The SDK for version 1.2 of Nokia’s Maemo powered N900 has just been uploaded, along with several screenshots showing off new features. Most notable is a new soft keyboard that finally places the third row of a QWERTY keyboard at a bit of an offset. Also in place is the ability to turn on/off screen…
Intel to help Orange bring its services to the MeeGo platform
Intel and Orange are teaming up to deliver Orange multimedia services across a number of devices based on the Intel Atom Processor and MeeGo software platform. Among the operator services (Orange Signature Services) that will be ported to the new platform are Orange TV and Orange Maps, even though we’re still waiting to see the…
Video: BurgerFace: Nokia N900 game that uses the front facing video camera for controls
When Microsoft demoed Project Natal exactly 8 months ago today, it was heralded as being the most advanced way to interact wih video games. Just move your body, and a camera picks up all your movements. Simple. Shrink that down a little and you have “BurgerFace”, a game for Nokia’s Maemo 5 powered N900 that…
Research: Nokia Losing Marketshare, RIM holds Number Two Smartphone Rank in 2009
Gartner has just published the results of some of their latest research regarding the performance of the world’s big-name cell phone manufacturers and platforms over 2009, and hints at where we’re headed next. Android, iPhone, and to a lesser extent, BlackBerry, are poisoned for substantial growth, while Nokia (though still the world leader), Sony Ericsson,…
Video: Nokia N900 running Google Earth kind of service through Flash Earth
I’m not sure Google will release the official Google Earth client for the Nokia N900 — at least until they don’t see the platform (now Meego) hitting the mainstream — but that doesn’t mean you can’t access something similar called FlashEarth on your Maemo-powered device. It’s not the “official way,” but it works and that’s…
Video: Hands-On with the First ELSE Phone
You might remember that back at CES, we got a first look at the Israeli-born, Linux-based First ELSE handset. Well, they were here at Mobile World Congress, and we thought to check in and see what’s new. As it turns out, they have been busy at work, and have included quite a few new features.…
LiMo Foundation: New handsets, R3 release and Adobe joins in
LiMo Foundation is full of news at MWC in Barcelona. They’ve issued three press releases: First we got to learn about new LiMo-compliant handsets being launched by NEC, Panasonic and ELSE. Devices include NEC’s docomo STYLE series N-01B and N-03B, docomo PRIME series N-02B; Panasonic’s docomo PRIME series P-01B, docomo STYLE series P-02B and docomo…
JoikuSpot launched for the Nokia N900
As expected, Joikusoft has launched its JoikuSpot app for the Nokia N900 in beta to enable users to turn their Maemo 5-powered device into a hotspot. As you may know, JoikuSpot uses 3G connection and then spread it around as a hotspot, so you (and your friends) can connect multiple devices via the phone. Some…
BREAKING: Nokia merges Maemo with Intel’s Moblin, calling it Meego
Sitting at the press conference, it’s about to start, we all got USB keys with the press releases, here is a ZIP file with everything we were given. I’ll be updating this post. They’re still seating everyone, we’re already 11 minutes late. It’s a packed house. There was a super long queue, but of course…
ELSE joins LiMo Foundation
ELSE, the company behind that fancy UI – ELSE INTUITION, is joining the LiMo Foundation, which as you can see refuses to die. For the “endeavor” ELSE has aligned its UI/platform (whatever that “align” means) with the LiMo Platform specifications to leverage both the code contributions from other member companies and get inputs from the…