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GSSDP 0.6 released in Planet maemo
GUPnP 0.10 released in Planet maemo
offtopic in Planet maemo
Nokia N800 & N810: How to connect a USB flash drive to your tablet using the USB cable in Planet maemo
2008-05-14
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Feed What is new and important according to the maemo community.Addressing the Stylus-Driven UI
Given the fact that touchscreens have become nothing but the “in” thing to do, it seems like most every innovation with the Internet Tablet focuses on making it finger-friendly. Now, there’s nothing wrong with it, and personally I prefer it. But, what would happen if we addressed the UI from a perspective of being optimized [...]
Vagalume 0.6 released
Vagalume 0.6 is here!
offtopic
Could we all agree to modify our blog feed URLs so that only internet-tablet-related things end up on planet maemo? Competing hardware and software is okay, even, but some of the stuff that’s been on here lately is completely off topic.
Labyrinth - bugfix release
It was too early to release the first version of Labyrinth without proper checking. Even considering "alpha" status of the project. The issue was found almost immediately, though I did not have a time to fix it.
Maemo style on Qt applications
I’ve just readed on trolltech blog that there is a new Qt plugin that permit a Qt application to use the current gtk theme engine.
It will be nice to use it in Qt maemo apps.
I’ve to try it.
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Nokia N800 & N810: How to connect a USB flash drive to your tablet using the USB cable
To get the most out of this tutorial, watch the video above and then read the text below. The tutorial assumes that N800 owners have upgraded to OS 2008. If you want to find out more about upgrading your N800, click here. If you want to comment on this tutorial, please post in the comments section at the end. If you have any questions or problems regarding your tablet, please post about them
Introducing Andre and Karsten, bugmasters
Even if they have been around already for some days, here we go with the official introduction of Andre Klapper and Karsten Bräckelmann, the new bugmaster combo taking care of bugs.maemo.org. Both are experienced bugmasters with a very good track in GNOME's bugzilla and a deep knowledge about humans reporting problems (aka users) + other humans dealing with them (aka developers).
Google Reader for iPhone running on the N810
Tonight I learned from Gerry Moth and Matt Stevens that Google Reader has been updated for the iPhone … which of course means it works great on the S60 Platform as well as the Nokia Tablets running the MicroB (mozilla) browser. I tried this tonigh on the N82 using the S60 webkit browser but as soon as I saw it in action I knew I wanted to use the tablet instead.
Evas, Smart Objects and Edje
I’m often introducing new developers to Evas, part of the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL), and one common problem is to understand how Evas, Smart Objects and Edje integrates. Yesterday, while teaching some guys here at ProFUSION I came to the following picture, that describes it well:
N810 development team featured in Fortune
The latest issue of Fortune Magazine has a piece highlighting the global development team of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Some of my favorite names and faces are missing (you know who you are) but some great people I've met are in there. If you would like to put faces to many of the names you've seen and heard, take a look at the article on CNN Fortune.
Photo by David Yellin, borrowed from the CNN piece. Please don't sue me!
Getting constructive about Nokia and maemo
There has been some criticism recently of Nokia and its handling of maemo - improving the state of affairs is one of the reasons why Quim contacted me and asked me if I’d be willing to work with the project to improve things.
