An (almost) Daily digest of N900 and Maemo stuff

**YoDude** · 09-29-2009, 06:39 AM

This sticky was originally reserved for the first posted pictures in this forum of a member owned, production release N900.

Since Nokia has released pre-production N900's to journalists and bloggers who attended the annual Maemo summit many pictures and "unboxings" have been posted. Additional production based DDP units are in the pipe. What is also relevant is that some of these journalists, bloggers, and developers are also long time members of HoFo so this thread as it was originally intended, may no longer be needed.

Instead I will continue to post an (almost) daily update of relevant N900 and Maemo information in this thread and I have changed the thread title to reflect this.

As our friends over at http://maemo.org/ are found of saying... "Feel free" to use any information or images found here to support your posts in the forum.

**YoDude** · 10-01-2009, 08:10 PM

Something Overfloat pointed to today...

New N900 promo produced by Nokia >> HERE <<

**YoDude** · 10-03-2009, 08:10 AM

A preview of what community developed/ported software is in the works for the yet to be released N900 can be found

>> HERE <<

...in the extras-testing QA queue.

According to qgil

When an app/update gets karma >10 then it's considered stable and good for end users

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**YoDude** · 10-05-2009, 03:56 PM

A couple of newer vids for your enjoyment.

This one I'll call the "tiny hands" video >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDbFDVhg8mQ

And this one is called "Nokia N900 in-depth - plus Maemo browser tips and tricks" (sounds like a lecture or course description) >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUCc2...=youtube_gdata

**YoDude** · 10-07-2009, 05:27 PM

Flash 10.1 Player for N900 shown at Adobe MAX on Monday

After registration you can watch Monday's keynote anytime >> HERE <<

Monday, October 5
Technology as the Engine of Reinvention
Twitter: #adobemaxgs
To remain competitive and viable in a rapidly changing world, entire industries are faced with reinventing the way they do business. This session will showcase Adobe's vision of how technology will drive unparalleled industry transformation, today and into the future.

http://max.adobe.com/online/keynote_monday/

EDIT: Thanks again gerbick

Adobe Flash v10.1 pre-beta can be seen running on the N900 at about 51:30 in the above linked video.

Or this YouTube video that does not require registration.

>> HERE <<

**YoDude** · 10-07-2009, 05:51 PM

SNES running on a N900 fullscreen. Wiimote supported, as well as tv out.

>> HERE <<

Thanks javispedro & konttori

>> http://konttoristhoughts.blogspot.com/

**YoDude** · 10-08-2009, 05:50 AM

N900 PIM

Calendar Video >> HERE <<

Maemo5 (N900) download page (check for updates daily) >> HERE <<

http://www.youtube.com/user/Maemo5UITeam

**YoDude** · 10-09-2009, 07:19 AM

Maemo Summit News...
October 9, 2009

^300 geeks lacing up their chucks and getting ready for a mad dash for a free (6 month loaner) N900, pre-production unit

Also: Video of QT 4.6 for Maemo running on a very pre production, "rover" N900 mule >> HERE <<

Follow Maemo Summit news running through Sunday, October 11, 2009 on the demandmedia.com driven tumbler thingy optimized for your new device >> HERE <<

Some images were sent via pixelpipe.com and collected in mackarus' photostream @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/mackarus/

**YoDude** · 10-10-2009, 08:11 AM

Day two Maemo Summit news >> HERE <<

Modification^ and not official

**YoDude** · 10-10-2009, 05:06 PM

Video playback through TV out... >> HERE <<

A 720×400 4Mbps DivX video playing through a 50" TV courtesy of Chippy posted on http://www.umpcportal.com

Now let's see how it does with an active stream.

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I almost forgot... I think I linked to this the other day somewhere else when there were only two or three apps listed for download. It seems to have grown some...

Maemo Select

**YoDude** · 10-11-2009, 12:02 PM

Live coverage of Maemo Summit 2009 - Day 3 can be found >> HERE <<

...Plus more video from the Maemo5 UI Team

>> Phone calls

>> Desktop Shortcuts

>> Messaging

>> Web Mail

http://www.youtube.com/user/Maemo5UITeam

**YoDude** · 10-14-2009, 06:38 PM

Download Ovi Maps to your N900 for use without a network connection.

Unlike Navicore/Wayfinder on previous Maemo devices, Ovi Maps on the N900 downloads maps on demand. This is obviously a problem if you're going somewhere abroad and don't want to pay extortionate data roaming charges.

Fortunately, S60 Ovi Maps users also have the same problem, and the solution is straightforward:

Download the maps you are interested in.

Unzip the maps into cities/diskcache on the big VFAT partition (mounted under MyDocs) on your N900.

That's it!
Some of the files you may already have, I've chosen to overwrite them; YMMV.

However, as far as I can tell, searching for locations still requires a network connection :-(

Originally posted By Jaffa >> HERE << on maemopeople.org

**YoDude** · 10-19-2009, 06:17 PM

HOLY MACRO!

Tigert is a maemo.org member that has been providing feedback in the development of Maemo since the days of the 770 tablet.

Originally Posted by Tigert

Here are some of the best photos (in my opinion of course) that I have taken with the Nokia N900 during the recent months. I'm pretty amazed with the camera quality and the fact that it's so easy to tag pictures and to post them to flickr and facebook etc.. directly from the device itself. Hope you like them too

Visit Tigert's blog http://www.tigert.com/ and compliment him your self.

... and special thanks to king601 for bringing Tigert's work to the attention of our forum.

**YoDude** · 10-23-2009, 07:23 PM

The Helsinki N900 meet-up video... >> HERE <<

....h'mmm, drinks

**YoDude** · 10-24-2009, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by cb474

Reuters wire story saying Nokia has officially confirmed the delay of the N900 shipping until some time in November:

http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...59M2RJ20091023

Thanks Dude!

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Newegg's N900 promotional page... They ain't shy about sellin' it too.

Check it out >> HERE <<

Thanks to les_garten