Orb makes YouTube work on the Nokia N800
By Stefan Constantinescu on Saturday, January 20th, 2007 at 11:18 PM PST In Uncategorized
Source: ThoughtFix
This is a partial solution … what happens when you want to view websites that embed YouTube videos? That’s the kicker for me.
Still waiting on Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to announce their working with Adobe to make Flash 9 work on the new N800. It’s a shame that the two things I love more than anything, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Reader and YouTube, work so poorly on this internet tablet.
Thanks for linking to me again, Stefen. I sent the following directly to Orb:
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Already readers (and other bloggers: http://www.ringnokia.com/2007/01/orb_makes_youtu.html) are asking for some kind of solution to re-code YouTube videos on demand instead of having to search for them. Can we put into the “suggestion” queue an extension that allows users to paste a YouTube video into their Orb site and then have it stream back the requested video?
Thanks!
—Dan
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Also: If you ever want to ping me directly on questions or suggestions for Nokia Internet Tablet hacks, you can find my AIM name easily. One guess on what it is.
Adobe offers Flash 9 Player as .RPM on their website. The N800 runs debian right? Go to a linux PC, convert the rpm with alien, and put the .deb on the N800 and maybe it works.
lutzs: the released version is for a different architecture. x86 versus the TI OMAP.
>>It’s a shame that the two things I love more than anything, Google Reader and YouTube, work so poorly on this internet tablet.
Google reader on the tablet works well if you use the Reader Mini layout:
https://readermini.com/
oh sorry i missed this detail ; )
Hello all,
I want to share my bad experience on nokia dot com Europe, trying to purchase the N800 :
It’s the third order I am sending, as in the first two, my Gold credit card didn’t pass the financial test, now I sent another with another credit card, because I want to see if it’s a problem with my specific Gold card issue..
Honestly, i strongly doubt that a card with several thousand euro plafond might be refused..
Anyhow, I wish anyone who purchased or tried to do it at Nokia direct shop could share the experience, as I am quite frustrated!!!
I start thinking that there’s something behind… Maybe they run out of item, or something else…
Anyhow, I wanted first to aware anyone who might read, as it seems they don’t want to sell the N800 so easily…
Maybe you need to deserve it????
Trendy: why not try another credit card? that makes sense to me.
I have two, and if that doesn’t work then I just call up my friend who also has a chase account, put the money in his account, and then he lets me use his credit card.
then again i’ve known him for a decade so that’s how we trust each other so much.
Thank you stefan for your answer!
Thta’s what I did yesterday, I order it for the third time with another credit card of mine.
I’ll wait tomorrow, and see what is the answer..
I forgot to say that I called the toll free call center about 5 times to get an explanation, and the answer was they were sorry, but the financial tool is out of their contol, so they apologize but don’t have an explanation!
I also told them to call my bank…
No clue, it’s since the 770 came out the I was waiting and now that is out I really want the N800 badly!!!
I don’t know, i was hoping to find anyone that experienced the nokia direct service, and read his experience…
hi trendy, have you purchased n800 successfully eventually? i met the same problem