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Got acquainted with Raemote today. A desktop widget that allows remote control of FrontRow. Its works great on my MacBook Pro! but I noticed that the application doesn’t optimize its use of lircd. This hits the battery hard. I let the developer know at t.m.o. Hopefully, a solution will come around soon. Until then I [...]
If you have been following this blog, you already know that the N900 is remarkable in its ability to adapt itself in various environments. This post will describe the steps needed in situations where you would like to connect to the internet using the N900′s wifi connection via USB from a desktop (or less likely, [...]
The Mac makes it easy to share its internet connection with any other device it is connected to. If you want the N900 to share a Mac’s Ethernet or Wifi internet connection over USB, this is what you need to do: 1. Connect the N900 to the Mac and select PC Suite Mode. 2. Setup [...]
Testing another gem. Funny looking fish, up to nothing! Its great to see Maemo development still pushing boundaries.
I thought it would be great to end the series with a visual summary of the options covered so far, and then some Ubuntu 10.04 Tether GPRS/3G connection via Bluetooth Tether GPRS/3G connection via USB Tether Wifi connection via USB Tether GPRS/3G connection via Hotspot Tether Ubuntu internet-connection via Bluetooth. (Haven’t tried this yet..PAN?) Tether [...]
In case you didn’t know, the N900 is capable of creating a hotspot and share its 3G internet connection with other wireless devices. Sharing via a Hotspot is the top-dog of all tethering options. There are currently two ways available to get this set up. Mobile Hotspot (Free) Like all maemo.org downloads, this comes free [...]
Tethering over Bluetooth is slower but being wireless is a great advantage over USB. Ubuntu 10.04 Another simple setup: 1. Install Dial-Up Networking (bluetooth-dun) from Extras on the N900. 2. Install blueman Bluetooth-Manager on Ubuntu. This is not required but a good gui doesn’t hurt. sudo apt-get install blueman 3. Open blueman from the status bar [...]
Windows 7 Unexpectedly, tethering on 7 was quite straightforward. Ovi Suite does a pretty good job at it. Here is what needs to be done: 1. Install Nokia Ovi Suite 2. Connect the N900 in PC Suite Mode. A nice confirmation is displayed after a successful connection 3. From the Menu, Select Tools -> ‘Connect [...]
The N900 is the undisputed king when it comes to the options available for tethering its internet-connection. The best part is that it works out-of-box without any software restrictions. Ubuntu 10.04 With the USB connection, the N900 is recognized as a modem that can be used to “dial-in”. The setup is easy. The only thing [...]
I have been tethering via USB a lot lately. I don’t connect to the internet using my laptop directly but instead, I access the N900′s data connection via SSH tunnelling (port-forwarding). I had to resort to this because I didn’t want to interfere with the network that my laptop was already connected to. So the [...]
Meego seems to be progressing well and all indications point to MeeGo having a strong future ahead. With the backing of the Linux Foundation, the list of industry supporters is long and growing; and so is developer interest of which the forums and mailing-lists are a good indicator. Intel’s MeeGo Zone is a good complement to the [...]
I got my hands on an iPhone 3gS so out of curiosity, I have been using it for the past week just to see what the fuss has been all these years. When I received the phone, I couldn’t use it because it was iOS 4.0 and not jailbroken. Since I am with T-mobile, I [...]