At Intel’s Computex, the first MeeGo running tablet has just made an appearance and it promises to thrill. The 10-inch Moorestown Quanta Redvale tablet is still running on pre-alpha software and will not be making it to store till 2011, but even in its current iteration it is quite a powerhouse.

It is poered by the 1.5GHz Moorestown chip and as you can see from this video it is pretty snappy and has no problems playing a 720p HD clip. While the tablet version of MeeGo is based on the netbook version, the UI is very diffirent. There are two modes, a simple icon based page and a much more advanced panel based design where your webpages, Facebook feeds, apps etc reside as live panels.

Engadget has a ton of hands on pictures and a video, jump over to check it out.

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I have received confirmation that the device we have all been waiting for ages in India, is finally making it here. From what I hear, the third week of June is when you should be able to get your hands on it. But that’s not the reason for this post, if you are in India and have been waiting for it, I’ll have some even better news to share in the coming days.

As you may have noticed, I have been using the work ‘it’ to describe the device, its for a reason and unfortunately I cannot tell you about it now – blame the embargo. In order to give you a little teaser I had decided to do a video which unfortunately sounds more like an advertisement right now, but since I did take the time to edit it, I am publishing it away.

Clinton Jeff has also tried to tell you the same thing as I am, albeit in a different manner. So if what I have said sounds odd to you, clickthrough to see his version.If you enjoyed this, you might also like:

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While looking through the Ovi Store on the N900 to see if the post PR 1.2 revamp had happened, I came on a little surprise that Nokia’s had added to the store, a Twitter widget for the N900’s desktop.

It looks good and is a nice way to glance through tweets, if you want you can simply tap on it to tweet directly from the homescreen. I like it, but I would hope to see a few more options there – refresh rate, speed etc.

But if Nokia can add the ability to scroll through the tweets right from the desktop, it would be nothing short of awesome. I don’t know how easy or difficult it is, but I would really like to see them go the extra mile on this one.

Depending on the Tweet, you either see two or three tweets at a time and it seems to scroll every 9-10 seconds. I’d like this to be faster as well.

Tap to tweet and the best part is that there is a character counter as well. All in all its a great start, and I really hope they do just a little more work on it. You can follow us @TheMeeGoBlog.

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While looking through the Ovi Store on the N900 to see if the post PR 1.2 revamp had happened, I came on a little surprise that Nokia’s had added to the store, a Twitter widget for the N900’s desktop.

It looks good and is a nice way to glance through tweets, if you want you can simply tap on it to tweet directly from the homescreen. I like it, but I would hope to see a few more options there – refresh rate, speed etc.

But if Nokia can add the ability to scroll through the tweets right from the desktop, it would be nothing short of awesome. I don’t know how easy or difficult it is, but I would really like to see them go the extra mile on this one.

Depending on the Tweet, you either see two or three tweets at a time and it seems to scroll every 9-10 seconds. I’d like this to be faster as well.

Tap to tweet and the best part is that there is a character counter as well. All in all its a great start, and I really hope they do just a little more work on it. You can follow us @TheMeeGoBlog.

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On Tuesday Nokia said ‘… Nokia N900 devices are being used for platform development and testing purposes by those involved in the MeeGo project, Nokia doesn’t have plans for a full scale commercial MeeGo upgrade on the Nokia N900′. For a lot of people this translated to the assumption that MeeGo was not coming to the N900. Period.

On Tuesday Nokia said ‘… Nokia N900 devices are being used for platform development and testing purposes by those involved in the MeeGo project, Nokia doesn’t have plans for a full scale commercial MeeGo upgrade on the Nokia N900′. For a lot of people this translated to the assumption that MeeGo was not coming to the N900. Period.

The Nokia N900 PR 1.2 firmware came out for yesterday. UK users got it over the air yesterday itself while the rest of us will be getting the much sought after fix for the N900 today. But if you do not wish to update over the air, or cannot do so because you do not have enough free space in the rootfs, or for some other reason and you also happen to have a Mac then here is how you can update.

Updating on a Mac is much easier than having to manually flash on a Windows machine and the best part is that you can stay clear of the Terminal and do it in under two minutes with a clean graphical user interface.

• Download the 770Flasher by Andrew Flegg from this page, here is the direct link. Install it like any other Mac application.

• Next, Download the latest firmware (.bin) file, it will look like “RX-51_xxxxx_ARM.bin”. You will need your IMEI  number to access the downloads, it can be found on the box or by going to Settings > General > About Product.

• Launch the 770Flasher application.

• You will the above screen. Click Ok.

• Select the firmware file which you want to flash. Next, you should see the following screen.

• Hit Ok.

• You will see the above message. Now insert the USB cable into the Mac, next press ‘u’ on the N900’s keyboard and insert the other end of the USB into it. Within an instant you will see a USB icon on the top right corner of the N900 and feel a small vibration. Now leave the ‘u’ key.

• The flash will begin and will take merely a minute.

• Soon you will see the above screen, this is your cue to take the USB cable out and rest assured that you have successfully flashed the N900.

If you are technically inclined, the N900 can also be flashed with the Console, directions here.

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The much awaited PR 1.2 (V10.2010.19-1) Firmware for the N900 is finally available for those of you in the UK, the rest of us will be blessed with this much awaited update tomorrow (OTA) i.e. Wednesday, just like we told you. The update brings a ton of bug fixes (literally), faster performance, inbuilt Qt libraries so you can gear up for some tempting applications, changes to the way the application display is handled and support for paid apps from the Ovi Store. Oh and there is support for Skype video calls as well.

Just because speculating is fun, I am going to point you to this Nokia Italy Facebook page from which stems the news that the N900 might finally be getting the much awaited PR 1.2 firmware come Wednesday. We had been promised an update by the end of May so this seems just about right, unless Nokia plans to take ‘end of May’ really seriously and release it next Monday on May 31.

In any case I’m not too worried about when the update actually comes along, my N900 is performing well enough, yes I want the Qt goodness but frankly there are not many Qt apps waiting in the wings anyway. But there is one things I must say, Nokia has taken its own sweet the testing the firmware so I hope they deliver a fantastic update, an issue here will really have the users wanting blood.

Meanwhile the N900 PR 1.2 speculation thread and crossed 6800 posts and continues to serve as a great source of entertainment if you are trying to kill time waiting for the update.

[via: Maemo Italia]

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I was recently interviewed for CellGuru, one of my favoutite tech shows, broadcast on NDTV 24×7, NDTV Profit and NDTV India, all leading news channels in India. The interview was done in both English (for HDTV 24×7 and NDTV Profit) and Hindi (for NDTV India) and was based around the N900, MeeGo and the future of mobile.

I personally have only been able to see the English version myself and a friend of mine was kind enough to capture a clip from the show and send it to me, fittingly it was shot on a N900!

I have to say it was great fun doing it and I look forward to many more of such times. Seen the video? Agree with what I said? Let me know what you think?

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