Theme Maker for N900

N900 is now out and we all want to make it even cooler. Even more My device than it already is. To the majority of the world that probably moot point as you don't yet have one, but you will. Soon. And then you want to make it more You. Enter Theme Maker N900.

Fullscreen and portrait modes for Panucci

Summer is always nice for travelling around, especially by train, which is quite cheap here in Austria, if you have the Sommerticket. Given that, I find myself having more time for listening to podcasts, and Panucci served me well so far.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.35

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-08-24 through 2009-08-30

Maemo Extras Bug Jar 2009.35

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-08-24 through 2009-08-30

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.35

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-08-24 through 2009-08-30

Images from n810 to the Web

New debs allowing you to copy to flickr, 23hq, vimeo, youtube etc from the n810 are available. The next step is closer integration, tapping into the "send to" menu to let you send any image file to these places. Hey, its just a filesystem now ;)

Maemo based Nokia N900 phone

So the Maemo-based Nokia N900 is finally announced. We are finally free to tell everyone the cool stuff we have been cooking all this time. My work on this device was mostly with UPnP/DLNA and MAFW, not counting my work from n800 that was re-used. GUPnP will soon be in your pocket, so those out there who doubt the greatness of this library, time to face the facts. :)

So now is the time to ask all the questions you have on our soon-in-the-shelves mobile phone. :)

Nokia World 2009...

Accelerating OBS .... !scratchbox

So I've been working on accelerating the Open Build Service recently.

Ovi: door, wall, or minefield?

Sorry to be picking on Ovi.com again, but it has been a few months and recent developments (such as announcement of Nokia's N900 tablet phone) beg an update. [...]

Theme Maker for N900

N900 is now out and we all want to make it even cooler. Even more My device than it already is. To the majority of the world that probably moot point as you don't yet have one, but you will. Soon. And then you want to make it more You. Enter Theme Maker N900.

Off To Nokia World 2009

In a few hours, I’ll be on a plane, headed towards Stuttgart, Germany, for Nokia World 2009. This annual event is where Nokia shows off its latest products, and also typically makes quite a few announcements around its services, such as Ovi Maps and the like. I’ll be attending as Press, courtesy of Nokia’s PR team, and will be looking to cover the Nokia N900 as in-depth as possible. I definitely plan to spend some hands-on time with it, and I’m bringing along a Nokia N810 to do some side-by-side comparisons for you, as well.

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.35

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-08-24 through 2009-08-30

Maemo Extras Bug Jar 2009.35

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-08-24 through 2009-08-30

maemo.org September 2009 sprint: committed tasks

This isn't a Nokia World update - you'll have to wait for tomorrow for that (well, later today!)

Nokia World 2009

Nokia World 2009 in brief There's been plenty of coverage already on this eye-popping event so I'll limit my analysis to just a few points. [...]

Maemo Summit 2009: Sponsorship window ends September 9th

The Maemo Summit 2009 is quickly approaching, and we've been busy processing the sponsorship requests we've received so far. For those of you who haven't registered, now is the time to do so. September 9th is the last day to register for sponsorship. So if you require financial assistance to attend, that will be your final chance to apply.

Hands on with the new amazing Nokia N900

There has bee a lots of interest around this new device and the Maemo 5 operating system. Lots of positive comments and then I have read some comments where people doubt that the transitions would be just some flash animations and not a real thing (which of course is not true). Well, this is a OpenGL hardware accelerated Maemo device, and all you see is real. Quim Gil just posted on Twitter a link to a new video showing how the Maemo UI works, if you had doubts, you can put the doubt aside and see by yourself. The user experience is slick and beautiful.

We Want You!

We are looking for talented and dedicated software specialists to join the Maemo Internet Browser team in Helsinki, Finland:

• Senior Software Engineer - ITÄ00000011
• Browser Integration Engineer - ITÄ00000010

Watch here what we do:

Canola on the N900

Hey there. I've been extremely busy working on a very important project which is driving me and almost half of our crew mad. :P

Video Preview Of The Nokia N900 From Italy

Nokia World ’09 and the Nokia N900, part 1

This is the first of a two-part series about the experience that Andrew Flegg and I had while at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. Both of us were able to get an insight into what Nokia is currently up to as well as some of the future endeavors of the Maemo Devices team. Likewise, we both tweeted a lot during the conference. But, tweets...? Well, they’re not always the best format for others to get a summary of everything was reported. That’s what this series is all about. Lastly, if you’d like a much more in depth look at the Nokia N900, please view Alan Bruce’s account here.

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2009-09-04 18:51 UTC to Planet maemo by Tim Samoff

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Nokia World ’09 and the Nokia N900, part 1

This is the first of a two-part series about the experience that Andrew Flegg and I had while at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. Both of us were able to get an insight into what Nokia is currently up to as well as some of the future endeavors of the Maemo Devices team. Likewise, we both tweeted a lot during the conference. But, tweets...? Well, they’re not always the best format for others to get a summary of everything was reported. That’s what this series is all about. Lastly, if you’d like a much more in depth look at the Nokia N900, please view Alan Bruce’s account here.

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2009-09-04 18:51 UTC to Community Council by Tim Samoff

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GrandCentral for Mer... connecting the components

First, I'm sorry but this isn't an N900 post :) instead I've been looking at one of the areas that's holding back Mer. It's fairly simple conceptually: just handling interaction between various parts of the system; and by this I mean things like screen dimming; what happens when you press the power key; shutting down when the battery is low; waking up for an alarm... Things that should just work.  Well, I think I have a potential solution. (Oh, and some of you may be interested... I also found out how far eclipse has come in the UML modelling space too!)

The N900 from a Community Perspective

As part of the official launch of Maemo 5 and the N900 at Nokia World 2009, I have been given a brief hands-on time on the N900, and now I can relate some of my impressions of the device and operating system as a tablet owner and maemo.org community member.

Hands on with the new amazing Nokia N900

There has bee a lots of interest around this new device and the Maemo 5 operating system. Lots of positive comments and then I have read some comments where people doubt that the transitions would be just some flash animations and not a real thing (which of course is not true). Well, this is a OpenGL hardware accelerated Maemo device, and all you see is real. Quim Gil just posted on Twitter a link to a new video showing how the Maemo UI works, if you had doubts, you can put the doubt aside and see by yourself. The user experience is slick and beautiful.

Giving Lightning Talks

During next Maemo Summit we will have at least 2 hours (one on saturday and another one on sunday) of lightning talks, about 20 talks where people will try to explain or present something in just 5 minutes.

White as Snow

Well, last day of Tokamak. It’s sad that I must say goodbye to all of these people that actually lived with me for one week. It was so intense that I almost didn’t realize that we were together for one week. But let’s talk about what we did during the sprint.

Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi

Sttgrt

We had a good few days @ Nokia world in Stuttgart. Nokians, journalist, analysts, partners, operators, Maemo.org dudes, etc. I received overwhelmingly positive feedback from people once they saw a N900 in action. But then again, I do not know what they talked behind my back.

Or actually I do. Very positive comments also in various blogs and articles. People understand what we are doing and they like the product.

It is all about
1) Internet (browsing, chatting, sharing, talking ....) first
2) Open source & collaborative development for consumers
3) True computer experience in a small package

Alan has a nice story @ maemo.org.

Do you take contributions? or is it "Beware of the Leopard"

Open source is about opening things up... right?
Well, yes.
But I think there's more to it than that.

GrandCentral for Mer... connecting the components

First, I'm sorry but this isn't an N900 post :) instead I've been looking at one of the areas that's holding back Mer. It's fairly simple conceptually: just handling interaction between various parts of the system; and by this I mean things like screen dimming; what happens when you press the power key; shutting down when the battery is low; waking up for an alarm... Things that should just work.  Well, I think I have a potential solution. (Oh, and some of you may be interested... I also found out how far eclipse has come in the UML modelling space too!)

Bracing for Amsterdam

In anticipation of possibly attending the Maemo 2009 Summit in Amsterdam, I recently began soliciting input first for a presentation topic and second for guidance on content. [...]

White as Snow

Well, last day of Tokamak. It’s sad that I must say goodbye to all of these people that actually lived with me for one week. It was so intense that I almost didn’t realize that we were together for one week. But let’s talk about what we did during the sprint.

The N900 from a Community Perspective

As part of the official launch of Maemo 5 and the N900 at Nokia World 2009, I have been given a brief hands-on time on the N900, and now I can relate some of my impressions of the device and operating system as a tablet owner and maemo.org community member.

Sttgrt

We had a good few days @ Nokia world in Stuttgart. Nokians, journalist, analysts, partners, operators, Maemo.org dudes, etc. I received overwhelmingly positive feedback from people once they saw a N900 in action. But then again, I do not know what they talked behind my back.

Or actually I do. Very positive comments also in various blogs and articles. People understand what we are doing and they like the product.

It is all about
1) Internet (browsing, chatting, sharing, talking ....) first
2) Open source & collaborative development for consumers
3) True computer experience in a small package

Alan has a nice story @ maemo.org.

The Summit: Git/Gitorious - Untracked talks: consider adding them...

I proposed a talk at the summit on DVCS and git and it has not been accepted (or rejected) by the talk selection group. This isn't a complaint  :)     . . . . .   however I do worry that it might worth pushing ... what do you think? (Breaking news... sounds like there has been an acceptance - also it may make sense to do a BOF session after any presentations). I still would appreciate feedback - what' important to you?

Do you take contributions? or is it "Beware of the Leopard"

Open source is about opening things up... right?
Well, yes.
But I think there's more to it than that.

GrandCentral for Mer... connecting the components

First, I'm sorry but this isn't an N900 post :) instead I've been looking at one of the areas that's holding back Mer. It's fairly simple conceptually: just handling interaction between various parts of the system; and by this I mean things like screen dimming; what happens when you press the power key; shutting down when the battery is low; waking up for an alarm... Things that should just work.  Well, I think I have a potential solution. (Oh, and some of you may be interested... I also found out how far eclipse has come in the UML modelling space too!)

Bracing for Amsterdam

In anticipation of possibly attending the Maemo 2009 Summit in Amsterdam, I recently began soliciting input first for a presentation topic and second for guidance on content. [...]

White as Snow

Well, last day of Tokamak. It’s sad that I must say goodbye to all of these people that actually lived with me for one week. It was so intense that I almost didn’t realize that we were together for one week. But let’s talk about what we did during the sprint.

Giving Lightning Talks

During next Maemo Summit we will have at least 2 hours (one on saturday and another one on sunday) of lightning talks, about 20 talks where people will try to explain or present something in just 5 minutes.

Nokia World ’09 and the Nokia N900, part 1

This is the first of a two-part series about the experience that Andrew Flegg and I had while at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. Both of us were able to get an insight into what Nokia is currently up to as well as some of the future endeavors of the Maemo Devices team. Likewise, we both tweeted a lot during the conference. But, tweets...? Well, they’re not always the best format for others to get a summary of everything was reported. That’s what this series is all about. Lastly, if you’d like a much more in depth look at the Nokia N900, please view Alan Bruce’s account here.

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2009-09-04 18:51 UTC to Community Council by Tim Samoff

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maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2009.36

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-08-31 through 2009-09-06

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.36

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-08-31 through 2009-09-06

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.36

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-08-31 through 2009-09-06

Sttgrt

We had a good few days @ Nokia world in Stuttgart. Nokians, journalist, analysts, partners, operators, Maemo.org dudes, etc. I received overwhelmingly positive feedback from people once they saw a N900 in action. But then again, I do not know what they talked behind my back.

Or actually I do. Very positive comments also in various blogs and articles. People understand what we are doing and they like the product.

It is all about
1) Internet (browsing, chatting, sharing, talking ....) first
2) Open source & collaborative development for consumers
3) True computer experience in a small package

Alan has a nice story @ maemo.org.

The Summit: Git/Gitorious - Untracked talks: consider adding them...

I proposed a talk at the summit on DVCS and git and it has not been accepted (or rejected) by the talk selection group. This isn't a complaint  :)     . . . . .   however I do worry that it might worth pushing ... what do you think? (Breaking news... sounds like there has been an acceptance - also it may make sense to do a BOF session after any presentations). I still would appreciate feedback - what' important to you?

GrandCentral for Mer... connecting the components

First, I'm sorry but this isn't an N900 post :) instead I've been looking at one of the areas that's holding back Mer. It's fairly simple conceptually: just handling interaction between various parts of the system; and by this I mean things like screen dimming; what happens when you press the power key; shutting down when the battery is low; waking up for an alarm... Things that should just work.  Well, I think I have a potential solution. (Oh, and some of you may be interested... I also found out how far eclipse has come in the UML modelling space too!)

Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi

The show so far

Yesterday we released WebKitGTK+ 1.1.14, Epiphany 2.27.92 and Epiphany-Extensions 2.27.92. I haven’t blogged about releases in a while (sorry!), and as the good people at Ars Technica mention development is moving at a “swift rate” (btw Ryan, you can remove the ugly hack to get the contents of the page from your app and use the new and shiny WebKitDataSource APIs) , so there’s a lot of ground to cover. I won’t go through all the APIs and fixes we have done in the last months though, you can always check the NEWS file for a brief summary, or check our documentation page to see what new APIs landed on each release.

Maemo Community Council elections Q3 09: Nominations open

The nomination period for candidatures for the Q3 2009 Maemo community council election is now open.

So far, so good.

N900 public launch and announcement...that went all right...Bloggers blogged. Twitters tweetted. People got excited... a dozen millions hits on the maemo5 website within 24 hours...Genuine interest all around.
Then came Nokia world....And the first opportunity for hands-on reviews...What was the result?. Reviews were mostly positive and the buzz was remarkable on the floor of Nokia world.

Nokia World ’09 and the Nokia N900, part 1

This is the first of a two-part series about the experience that Andrew Flegg and I had while at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. Both of us were able to get an insight into what Nokia is currently up to as well as some of the future endeavors of the Maemo Devices team. Likewise, we both tweeted a lot during the conference. But, tweets...? Well, they’re not always the best format for others to get a summary of everything was reported. That’s what this series is all about. Lastly, if you’d like a much more in depth look at the Nokia N900, please view Alan Bruce’s account here.

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2009-09-04 18:51 UTC to Planet maemo by Tim Samoff

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Wishlist for N900 ogg-support

Time to switch to a Linux phone and time to start preparing ogg-support for N900/Fremantle.

Hopefully everything will be easier to get working with the N900 since at least the closed source Metalayer Crawler is replaced with open source Tracker.

I would like to hear if there’s anything special people would like to get with ogg-support. Support for oggs in the built-in media player with tags is of course the first goal but is there something else that is a must? Theora? Flac?

Thanks.

Nokia World ’09 and the Nokia N900, part 1

This is the first of a two-part series about the experience that Andrew Flegg and I had while at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany. Both of us were able to get an insight into what Nokia is currently up to as well as some of the future endeavors of the Maemo Devices team. Likewise, we both tweeted a lot during the conference. But, tweets...? Well, they’re not always the best format for others to get a summary of everything was reported. That’s what this series is all about. Lastly, if you’d like a much more in depth look at the Nokia N900, please view Alan Bruce’s account here.

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2009-09-04 18:51 UTC to Community Council by Tim Samoff

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Nokia N900 Most Popular at Nokia World 2009 and talk.maemo.org

Nokia Conversations recently ran a “What’s your favorite product from Nokia World?” poll. The results are in and the Nokia N900 wins it hands down receiving 68% of the 2670 votes. Honestly, I didn’t get to see the poll, but I guess you all know which device I will be voting for anyway.

I’ve also seen the same effect at talk.maemo.org where majority of the threads right now there are about the Nokia N900. Here’s an interesting stat: Since Sept 1 (until the time I’m writing this), 86% of the posts at talk.maemo.org are about the N900.

Did Nokia underestimate how good the Nokia N900 really is? Check out this article from Unwired View.

Peter Schneider on Maemo and the Nokia N900

You’ve seen Ari’s video, here is Peter Schneider’s demo / interview at Nokia World 2009. Peter is the Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Head.

The videos are divided into several parts so you might want to skip some and watch those you might find more interesting. Thanks to MForum.ru for recording and compiling these vids.

Nokia N900 Demo:

Instant Messaging on the N900:

About APIs:

Nokia N900 Apps and Price Policy:

Who will create apps for the Nokia N900?

What would be Nokia’s next Maemo device?

Will we see more Maemo devices coming?

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Guided Walkthrough Of The Nokia N900

While at Nokia World 2009 last week, I was able to get one of the folks on the Experience Lounge floor to give a guided tour of the new Nokia N900, which is powered by Nokia’s Maemo 5 operating system. In the demo, you can get a great feel for the smoothness of the device, as well as some of the additional features that have not been mentioned in other videos.

Related Posts

• Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi
• Off To Nokia World 2009
• Nokia N900 Vs N810 Comparison Photos
• Nokia N900 Compared To The Nokia E71
• 10 Awesome Features Of Maemo5

M&M’s issue

No, I’m not going to talk about those little and tasty pieces of chocolate, but about Maemo and Multimedia

gPodder on Maemo 4 gets a facelift

I finally got around to redesign parts of the dialogs in gPodder for Maemo 4, because some dialogs were still not really finger-friendly and usable. It's still a work-in-progress, but it looks really slick already and the whole UI is completely finger-friendly.

Social Physics

A quote from a longtime maemo.org member combined with a brief passage in the book I'm currently reading got me thinking lately about measuring social interactions and expectations. [...]

Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi

Ton Roosendaal to keynote the Summit community days

Ton Roosendaal (on the left)

WebKitGTK+ 1.1.14 new features

Gustavo has written a nice sumary of all the new APIs in 1.1.14 (yes, all that stuff was only for 1.1.14!), so go and check it out if you are interested.

Nokia N900 Most Popular at Nokia World 2009 and talk.maemo.org

Nokia Conversations recently ran a “What’s your favorite product from Nokia World?” poll. The results are in and the Nokia N900 wins it hands down receiving 68% of the 2670 votes. Honestly, I didn’t get to see the poll, but I guess you all know which device I will be voting for anyway.

I’ve also seen the same effect at talk.maemo.org where majority of the threads right now there are about the Nokia N900. Here’s an interesting stat: Since Sept 1 (until the time I’m writing this), 86% of the posts at talk.maemo.org are about the N900.

Did Nokia underestimate how good the Nokia N900 really is? Check out this article from Unwired View.

Peter Schneider on Maemo and the Nokia N900

You’ve seen Ari’s video, here is Peter Schneider’s demo / interview at Nokia World 2009. Peter is the Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Head.

The videos are divided into several parts so you might want to skip some and watch those you might find more interesting. Thanks to MForum.ru for recording and compiling these vids.

Nokia N900 Demo:

Instant Messaging on the N900:

About APIs:

Nokia N900 Apps and Price Policy:

Who will create apps for the Nokia N900?

What would be Nokia’s next Maemo device?

Will we see more Maemo devices coming?

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

gPodder on Maemo 4 gets a facelift

I finally got around to redesign parts of the dialogs in gPodder for Maemo 4, because some dialogs were still not really finger-friendly and usable. It's still a work-in-progress, but it looks really slick already and the whole UI is completely finger-friendly.

We got thumbnails

I got thumbnails working in Rygel. :) Right now rygel doesn't generate the thumbnails on it's own but provide thumbnails if already generated by another application (e.g nautilus) and stored in the freedesktop or maemo (they are almost the same) standard location. It works on both desktop and N900 and now that gupnp stack has been released, a rygel release with this and some other cool features will arrive shortly. :)

Now it's very easy for me to find the videos of my friends.

M&M’s issue

No, I’m not going to talk about those little and tasty pieces of chocolate, but about Maemo and Multimedia

Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

After quite a bit of misunderstanding, it seems that Nokia initially implied that it would not allow carriers to customize the Nokia N900. If you’ve ever bought a Symbian phone from a carrier such as AT&T, you’re aware of the massive amount of crapware that they insist Nokia puts in there. The carriers are also well known for having random features removed, such as the FM radio from the E71x (present in the unbranded variant, the E71) and locking down the network selection, so that you cannot force the phone to use EDGE or 3G only, if you wanted.

Nokia World 2009 Experience Lounge Tour

If you’ve been wondering what the ‘Experience Lounge’ looked like during the recently concluded Nokia World 2009 at Stuttgart, Germany, my good pal Rafe Blanford of All About Symbian has produced two short videos, as he goes around the show floor. You can expect to see all the newly announced Nokia products, plus a short clip of the Nokia N900’s Bounce Revolution game on part II at about the 1:55 mark.

Guided Walkthrough Of The Nokia N900

While at Nokia World 2009 last week, I was able to get one of the folks on the Experience Lounge floor to give a guided tour of the new Nokia N900, which is powered by Nokia’s Maemo 5 operating system. In the demo, you can get a great feel for the smoothness of the device, as well as some of the additional features that have not been mentioned in other videos.

Related Posts

• Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi
• Off To Nokia World 2009
• Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out
• Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900
• More Nokia N900 Hands-On Video

Maemo Community Council elections Q3 09: Nominations open

The nomination period for candidatures for the Q3 2009 Maemo community council election is now open. Candidates eligible for election according to the rules of the council can be nominated by anyone in the community. If a maemo.org community member nominates someone other than themselves, the nomination must be accepted by the nominee before it is official.

WebKitGTK+ 1.1.14 new features

Gustavo has written a nice sumary of all the new APIs in 1.1.14 (yes, all that stuff was only for 1.1.14!), so go and check it out if you are interested.

Ton Roosendaal to keynote the Summit community days

Ton Roosendaal (on the left)

Frustration

I wonder if it was a mistake to adopt the “evaluate as they come in” method for Maemo Summit presentations. As we received proposals, for each proposal on its merits we said yes, no or maybe. If you were a yes, you were added to the schedule. A no got a nice email. A maybe stayed in the queue.

Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

After quite a bit of misunderstanding, it seems that Nokia initially implied that it would not allow carriers to customize the Nokia N900. If you’ve ever bought a Symbian phone from a carrier such as AT&T, you’re aware of the massive amount of crapware that they insist Nokia puts in there. The carriers are also well known for having random features removed, such as the FM radio from the E71x (present in the unbranded variant, the E71) and locking down the network selection, so that you cannot force the phone to use EDGE or 3G only, if you wanted.

Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has reached its fifth prerelease PreFinal targeting final release about 3 weeks after Fremantle platform and SDK Final release 2H2009.

Nokia World 2009 Experience Lounge Tour

If you’ve been wondering what the ‘Experience Lounge’ looked like during the recently concluded Nokia World 2009 at Stuttgart, Germany, my good pal Rafe Blanford of All About Symbian has produced two short videos, as he goes around the show floor. You can expect to see all the newly announced Nokia products, plus a short clip of the Nokia N900’s Bounce Revolution game on part II at about the 1:55 mark.

Guided Walkthrough Of The Nokia N900

While at Nokia World 2009 last week, I was able to get one of the folks on the Experience Lounge floor to give a guided tour of the new Nokia N900, which is powered by Nokia’s Maemo 5 operating system. In the demo, you can get a great feel for the smoothness of the device, as well as some of the additional features that have not been mentioned in other videos.

Related Posts

• Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi
• Off To Nokia World 2009
• How Would You Use The N900 In Portrait Mode?
• Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out
• Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

Maemo Community Council elections Q3 09: Nominations open

The nomination period for candidatures for the Q3 2009 Maemo community council election is now open. Candidates eligible for election according to the rules of the council can be nominated by anyone in the community. If a maemo.org community member nominates someone other than themselves, the nomination must be accepted by the nominee before it is official.

WebKitGTK+ 1.1.14 new features

Gustavo has written a nice sumary of all the new APIs in 1.1.14 (yes, all that stuff was only for 1.1.14!), so go and check it out if you are interested.

Ton Roosendaal to keynote the Summit community days

Ton Roosendaal (on the left)

Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out

Nokia used to be known for its Snake game, pre-installed on every device it sold. With the resurgence of Nokia’s new N-Gage gaming platform, they turned Snake into a for-pay title, unfortunately, and have since been experimenting with other titles being pre-installed. Two of the titles being installed on Nokia’s touch devices currently are Global Race and Bounce.

The Nokia N900 makes its appearance at the British Film Institute

The British Film Institute (BFI) onedotzero_adventures in motion event kicked off at London last night and as earlier reported, the Nokia N900 made its appearance by wirelessly controlling the display, projected on to the 50m BFI Southbank’s facade.

From the looks of it, if you are at the event, you can look for the Nokia folks and play with the Nokia N900 that lets you spin, zoom, and pause what is displayed on the gigantic screen. Jussi Makinen, Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Manager, tweeted that he was doing just that.

We have heard that some key people from Nokia will be at the event. Maemo Talk will be there this weekend to cover the Maemo specific events as it unfolds, so expect more pics and vids.

Here’s the latest video from onedotzero:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

After quite a bit of misunderstanding, it seems that Nokia initially implied that it would not allow carriers to customize the Nokia N900. If you’ve ever bought a Symbian phone from a carrier such as AT&T, you’re aware of the massive amount of crapware that they insist Nokia puts in there. The carriers are also well known for having random features removed, such as the FM radio from the E71x (present in the unbranded variant, the E71) and locking down the network selection, so that you cannot force the phone to use EDGE or 3G only, if you wanted.

Irreco – Remote Control App for the N900

It must have been lost somewhere in the specs, but the Nokia N900 actually does have an Infrared (IR) port. A programmable remote control app is coming to the N900 called Irreco, which will take advantage of the N900’s IR.

From the looks of it, you can program your own remote, customize the buttons layout, and download pre-programmed remotes and themes. If the N900’s IR is strong enough, this can eventually replace the $250 Logitech Harmony Universal Remote.

Any chance of adding bluetooth remote support for the PS3?

Check out the video demo of Irreco:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has reached its fifth prerelease PreFinal targeting final release about 3 weeks after Fremantle platform and SDK Final release 2H2009.

Nokia World 2009 Experience Lounge Tour

If you’ve been wondering what the ‘Experience Lounge’ looked like during the recently concluded Nokia World 2009 at Stuttgart, Germany, my good pal Rafe Blanford of All About Symbian has produced two short videos, as he goes around the show floor. You can expect to see all the newly announced Nokia products, plus a short clip of the Nokia N900’s Bounce Revolution game on part II at about the 1:55 mark.

Guided Walkthrough Of The Nokia N900

While at Nokia World 2009 last week, I was able to get one of the folks on the Experience Lounge floor to give a guided tour of the new Nokia N900, which is powered by Nokia’s Maemo 5 operating system. In the demo, you can get a great feel for the smoothness of the device, as well as some of the additional features that have not been mentioned in other videos.

Related Posts

• Video Interview With Dr. Ari Jaaksi
• Off To Nokia World 2009
• How Would You Use The N900 In Portrait Mode?
• Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out
• Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

Fremantle: Swipe launch.

Hello all. Just came up with little, but neat idea for Fremantle. It’s so little that I don’t even need “more…” tag :) As we’ve already seen on various videos, flush screen of the n900 allows to detect very first pixels of the display that opens up the door to some neat interactions for example roll-over mode [...]

Theme Maker Updated For Nokia N900/Maemo 5

Urho Konttori has updated his awesome Theme Maker application to support the Nokia N900 (and theoretically, other Maemo 5 devices, should some others get announced). The Theme Maker application not only allows you to package a custom background and change the toolbars and buttons used throughout the operating system, but you can also apply changes to the various icons, fonts, and widgets, as well. This is definitely an in-depth theming tool, and I’m really pumped to see this thing updated to support the newest Maemo-powered handset.

Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out

Nokia used to be known for its Snake game, pre-installed on every device it sold. With the resurgence of Nokia’s new N-Gage gaming platform, they turned Snake into a for-pay title, unfortunately, and have since been experimenting with other titles being pre-installed. Two of the titles being installed on Nokia’s touch devices currently are Global Race and Bounce.

maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2009.37

A Quick Look at maemo.org Extras in Bugzilla
2009-09-07 through 2009-09-13

TV out: the REAL game-changer

The Maemo Guru demonstrates gaming over the N900 TV-out cable and asks if this will impact the iPhone. Forget other handhelds-- what might this do to larger gaming platforms? [...]

Nokia will not support carrier customization for Maemo devices – incorrect

There has been a lot of buzz going around about Nokia, not planning to allow carrier customization for the Maemo phones (e.g. Nokia N900). Here’s a post at Nokia Conversations that clears things up (link).

Some quotes from the post:

“Many reports have erroneously suggested that Nokia will not support operator customization for Maemo devices – a fact that is simply incorrect.”
…
“While we have not announced immediate plans to offer an operator variant for the N900, there are many customization points for operators on the N900. It would be absolutely incorrect to assume that we will not offer operators the ability to tailor future Maemo devices to suit their needs.”
…
“…we wanted to clear up these few important details that appear to have been misunderstood.”

Read the full post.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.37

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-07 through 2009-09-13

maemo.org maintenance break 24.9.2009

There will be a maintenance break on all maemo.org services on 24.9.2009 between 00:00 and 01:00 GMT. The break will affect all maemo.org services.

OneDotZero experience – part 1

Last week I was invited to London for the onedotzero event at the BFI, where Nokia were showcasing some very cool stuff around the Maemo Plataform.

DIY Wide-angle Lens for the Nokia N900

Need to take wide-angle photos and videos with the Nokia N900? All you need is an inexpensive fisheye lens and a rubber band (link).

Sample video:

More information.

libchamplain hits 0.4

Nokia PUSH N900 (updated)

Test Drive the Nokia N900 at the U.S. Nokia Flagship Stores

U.S. folks, if you have been wanting to get some hands-on time with the Nokia N900 before you pre-order one, it looks like the Nokia flagship stores in New York and Chicago now have test drive units.

The New York Nokia store is located at 5E 5th Ave, while the Chicago Nokia store is at 543 N Michigan Ave.

If you happen to try out the Nokia N900, let us know what you think by adding your first impressions on this talk.maemo.org thread.

[VirtualPC SDK Image] VPC_SDK Version .02 Image Released

Image now has fully updated scripts; support to fix the mouse issue on VPC. Now has git & giplet pre-installed. New 3 step install with better error detecting scripts. Download: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/PC/vpc-sdk/

Maemo positions opened in Finland, US and India

There are a lot of positions opened now in Maemo. Just click here, and  this should take you to a search engine which has all our opened positions. Uuse the obvious "maemo" keyword, and you will find everything from engineering to marketing positions.

In the Application team, we are looking for architects, project managers, programmers, etc... covering a lot of different areas: browsing, location, real time communication, productivity, testing, program management, services, etc...and there are openings in Finland, US (Mountain View) and Bangalore.
I -in particular - am looking for somebody to drive our development in Bangalore - if you feel up to it , don't hesitate to contact me.

Maemo Community Marketing Campaign Call to Arms

Inspired by the conversation here, I created a new YouTube channel called "ourMaemo." I also created the first video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WniM2KO-E

(Sorry, this blog doesn't allow me to embed YouTube videos.)

Please help us out by adding videos of your own*.

*It doesn't have to be high-quality or have music or anything.

Nokia Wants You To PUSH The N900

Nokia World 2009 Videos: Ewan MacLeod Of Mobile Industry Review

In addition to the various hands-on and demonstration videos that we recorded at Nokia World 2009, I was able to sit down with my friend Ewan MacLeod of MobileIndustryReview to chat about various things, including the Nokia N900, and what it means to the mobile industry as a whole. Given that he speaks with developers for various mobile platforms on a regular basis, Ewan is rightly interested in the developer’s edge of the N900 and Maemo.

Mussorgsky 0.3

A new version of mussorgsky is available in Extras-devel. Mussorgky is a metadata editor and album-art downloader  for Maemo that allows a basic organization of the music collection directly on the devices. This time the changes are mainly on the UI: New main screen using fancy big buttons. Thanks to Gabriel Schulhof for his help translating the [...]

OneDotZero experience – part 1

Last week I was invited to London for the onedotzero event at the BFI, where Nokia were showcasing some very cool stuff around the Maemo Plataform.

Preview: Mnemosyne for Maemo

Hello everybody. Today I’d like to proudly present you the result of Google Summer of Code developement cycle from my good friend — Max Usachev. He was working at porting something very useful and unique to the maemo platform — card-based education app called “Mnemosyne” and I’ve gladly helped him with visual appearance of this port and [...]

OneDotZero experience – part 2

The second day of the OneDotZero experience started again with a nice chat during the breakfast, this time without devices . Was very nice to hear the ideas of my colleagues bloggers about the current state of the mobile devices market and the prosper future of this area. We talked mostly about the new N900, making comparisons with other platforms and discussing our impressions as end users of the new Maemo OS. I think in general everybody was impressed with the device.

Maemo positions opened in Finland, US and India

There are a lot of positions opened now in Maemo. Just click here, and  this should take you to a search engine which has all our opened positions. Uuse the obvious "maemo" keyword, and you will find everything from engineering to marketing positions.

In the Application team, we are looking for architects, project managers, programmers, etc... covering a lot of different areas: browsing, location, real time communication, productivity, testing, program management, services, etc...and there are openings in Finland, US (Mountain View) and Bangalore.
I -in particular - am looking for somebody to drive our development in Bangalore - if you feel up to it , don't hesitate to contact me.

Maemo Community Marketing Campaign Call to Arms

Inspired by the conversation here, I created a new YouTube channel called "ourMaemo." I also created the first video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-WniM2KO-E

(Sorry, this blog doesn't allow me to embed YouTube videos.)

Please help us out by adding videos of your own*.

*It doesn't have to be high-quality or have music or anything.

OneDotZero experience – part 1

Last week I was invited to London for the onedotzero event at the BFI, where Nokia were showcasing some very cool stuff around the Maemo Plataform.

Nokia Wants You To PUSH The N900

Latest Nokia N900 Sample Photos on Flickr – No More 007 001

We found early prototype Nokia N900 sample photos on Flickr before by using the code “007 001.” We don’t need that anymore because the latest firmware now includes the real camera name in the Exif data. All we need to do now is the Flickr search trick to find the latest Nokia N900 sample photos.

Nokia World 2009 Videos: Ewan MacLeod Of Mobile Industry Review

In addition to the various hands-on and demonstration videos that we recorded at Nokia World 2009, I was able to sit down with my friend Ewan MacLeod of MobileIndustryReview to chat about various things, including the Nokia N900, and what it means to the mobile industry as a whole. Given that he speaks with developers for various mobile platforms on a regular basis, Ewan is rightly interested in the developer’s edge of the N900 and Maemo.

Race to do nothing!

In the early days there was prelink as part of maemo. It disappeared in the n810 distribution ranges. I noticed that there is no armel deb in debian for prelink, but there were murmurs of folks hacking it to work. Push finally came to shove, and as I like C++ many of my apps on maemo have quite a few symbols that need to be resolved before the app can run.

Nokia: It’s all about User Experience and Collaboration

I wish there was a video of  Nokia VP for Maemo Devices, Ari Jaaksi’s presentation at OSIM World 2009. His nine slides (below) talk about making Open Source more user friendly, how Maemo is inspired by the consumer’s insights, and how Nokia is working with the community from day one. The last slide summarizes it perfectly though:

“We want to concentrate on user experience and work together on things that are generic.

This is how we can create value for our customers.”

Full Slides:

BeagleBoard guide

We got a couple of BeagleBoards at the office a while ago, and have been playing with them a lot. As low-powered Linux-running devices they are quite fun, and being a completely different architecture brings some interesting problems. However, there is lots of active development to improve the support, both from the kernel and userspace. There are several distributions and toolchains that can be used, and the setup is relatively painless.

To make it easier, we have written a guide on Getting started with the BeagleBoard, based on our experiences. We would be grateful for any comments or suggestions, enjoy!

OneDotZero experience – part 2

The second day of the OneDotZero experience started again with a nice chat during the breakfast, this time without devices . Was very nice to hear the ideas of my colleagues bloggers about the current state of the mobile devices market and the prosper future of this area. We talked mostly about the new N900, making comparisons with other platforms and discussing our impressions as end users of the new Maemo OS. I think in general everybody was impressed with the device.

N900 definitely increasing developer participation

While interesting articles from Reuters are one way to measure the hype around the new Maemo device, another way is to measure developer participation.

Irreco Turns The N900 Into A Remote Control

One of the best parts about a full-fledged home theatre setup is that it gives you complete justification to spend $200+ on one of those fancy touchscreen uber-remote controls, and the wife can’t say a word about it. Unfortunately, that also gives her the ability to steal the remote, if she’s more technically inclined, and rob you of the pleasure of using it. Fortunately, the Nokia N900 is going to be able to fix all that, thanks to a new application called Irreco.

Maemo positions opened in Finland, US and India

There are a lot of positions opened now in Maemo. Just click here, and  this should take you to a search engine which has all our opened positions. Uuse the obvious "maemo" keyword, and you will find everything from engineering to marketing positions.

In the Application team, we are looking for architects, project managers, programmers, etc... covering a lot of different areas: browsing, location, real time communication, productivity, testing, program management, services, etc...and there are openings in Finland, US (Mountain View) and Bangalore.
I -in particular - am looking for somebody to drive our development in Bangalore - if you feel up to it , don't hesitate to contact me.

Rootsh the first app in Fremantle Extras!

Rootsh by qwerty12 just became the first application to pass into maemo.org Fremantle Extras.

Nokia N900 Q&A With Jussi Makinen and maemo.org Folks

You’ve seen Ari Jaaksi and Peter Scheider’s interviews. This time, Jussi Makinen, Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Manager, along with Andrew Flegg and Gary Birkett of maemo.org, answer questions from bloggers, including Maemo Talk’s Roger Sperberg, during the onedotzero_advetures in motion event in London.

My good pal Jay Montano of My Nokia Blog, posted a 52-minute(!) video of the session. If you don’t feel like watching the video, Jay has summarized the Q&A session, emphasizing the important points on his blog (link).

Full video:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Race to do nothing!

In the early days there was prelink as part of maemo. It disappeared in the n810 distribution ranges. I noticed that there is no armel deb in debian for prelink, but there were murmurs of folks hacking it to work. Push finally came to shove, and as I like C++ many of my apps on maemo have quite a few symbols that need to be resolved before the app can run.

Nokia: It’s all about User Experience and Collaboration

I wish there was a video of  Nokia VP for Maemo Devices, Ari Jaaksi’s presentation at OSIM World 2009. His nine slides (below) talk about making Open Source more user friendly, how Maemo is inspired by the consumer’s insights, and how Nokia is working with the community from day one. The last slide summarizes it perfectly though:

“We want to concentrate on user experience and work together on things that are generic.

This is how we can create value for our customers.”

Full Slides:

BeagleBoard guide

We got a couple of BeagleBoards at the office a while ago, and have been playing with them a lot. As low-powered Linux-running devices they are quite fun, and being a completely different architecture brings some interesting problems. However, there is lots of active development to improve the support, both from the kernel and userspace. There are several distributions and toolchains that can be used, and the setup is relatively painless.

To make it easier, we have written a guide on Getting started with the BeagleBoard, based on our experiences. We would be grateful for any comments or suggestions, enjoy!

OneDotZero experience – part 2

The second day of the OneDotZero experience started again with a nice chat during the breakfast, this time without devices . Was very nice to hear the ideas of my colleagues bloggers about the current state of the mobile devices market and the prosper future of this area. We talked mostly about the new N900, making comparisons with other platforms and discussing our impressions as end users of the new Maemo OS. I think in general everybody was impressed with the device.

Irreco Turns The N900 Into A Remote Control

One of the best parts about a full-fledged home theatre setup is that it gives you complete justification to spend $200+ on one of those fancy touchscreen uber-remote controls, and the wife can’t say a word about it. Unfortunately, that also gives her the ability to steal the remote, if she’s more technically inclined, and rob you of the pleasure of using it. Fortunately, the Nokia N900 is going to be able to fix all that, thanks to a new application called Irreco.

U.K. Nokia N900 – Free with Contract

You’ve seen the U.S. Amazon.com $589 Nokia N900 deal. Well U.K. folks, it’s your turn. Mobile Phones Direct is now offering the Nokia N900 (pre-order) on Vodafone and T-Mobile for FREE(!) on a new 24 and 18-month contract respectively (link).

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

First steps with Maemo 5 SDK - Stardict

It looks like there is a lot of hype about new N900. I don't think I'll be able to afford one for myself but there are still people who will need a dictionary program while they are offline.

4 hours spent to get the first working binary. And there is a huge amount of work to do:

• read Maemo 5 HIG doc
• change the layout of potentially everything as all the buttons are HUGE now and previous useful area got shrinked.
• work around the bug "Xephyr crashes on clicking any editable area". Hate to have compiled/make_installed thing in my system.
  

Rootsh the first app in Fremantle Extras!

Rootsh by qwerty12 just became the first application to pass into maemo.org Fremantle Extras.

Nokia N900 Q&A With Jussi Makinen and maemo.org Folks

You’ve seen Ari Jaaksi and Peter Scheider’s interviews. This time, Jussi Makinen, Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Manager, along with Andrew Flegg and Gary Birkett of maemo.org, answer questions from bloggers, including Maemo Talk’s Roger Sperberg, during the onedotzero_advetures in motion event in London.

My good pal Jay Montano of My Nokia Blog, posted a 52-minute(!) video of the session. If you don’t feel like watching the video, Jay has summarized the Q&A session, emphasizing the important points on his blog (link).

Full video:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Race to do nothing!

In the early days there was prelink as part of maemo. It disappeared in the n810 distribution ranges. I noticed that there is no armel deb in debian for prelink, but there were murmurs of folks hacking it to work. Push finally came to shove, and as I like C++ many of my apps on maemo have quite a few symbols that need to be resolved before the app can run.

BeagleBoard guide

We got a couple of BeagleBoards at the office a while ago, and have been playing with them a lot. As low-powered Linux-running devices they are quite fun, and being a completely different architecture brings some interesting problems. However, there is lots of active development to improve the support, both from the kernel and userspace. There are several distributions and toolchains that can be used, and the setup is relatively painless.

To make it easier, we have written a guide on Getting started with the BeagleBoard, based on our experiences. We would be grateful for any comments or suggestions, enjoy!

Nokia: It’s all about User Experience and Collaboration

I wish there was a video of  Nokia VP for Maemo Devices, Ari Jaaksi’s presentation at OSIM World 2009. His nine slides (below) talk about making Open Source more user friendly, how Maemo is inspired by the consumer’s insights, and how Nokia is working with the community from day one. The last slide summarizes it perfectly though:

“We want to concentrate on user experience and work together on things that are generic.

This is how we can create value for our customers.”

Full Slides:

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.38

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20

Why I'm not standing for the council... but you should still vote! (Jaffa@maemopeople)

As those of you who read maemo-community might know, I've decided not to run for the council this time.

maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2009.38

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20

Nokia N900, liqbase, open source and onedotzero

gPodder 2.0 for Diablo is here + Fremantle progress

A new version of gPodder (2.0; "Day of the Tentacle") was released a few days ago, and it has already landed in Extras for both Chinook and Diablo. I wrote about the Maemo 4 UI changes some weeks ago, and you can enjoy them all on your tablets right now.

Nokia N900 Pre-Order Drops To $582 On Amazon

Amazon keeps on dropping the price of its Nokia N900 pre-order, now down to $582.99! This is for the unlocked, SIM-free variant, with full U.S. warranty! Keep in mind, the Nokia N900 supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and tri-band 3G (900/1700/2100MHz), which means that if you use it with AT&T’s service, you’ll only get EDGE speeds. T-Mobile’s network will support the 3G needed to really enjoy the Nokia N900.

Related Posts

• Pre-Order Your Nokia N900 Now
• Theme Maker Updated For Nokia N900/Maemo 5
• How Would You Use The N900 In Portrait Mode?
• Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out
• Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

U.K. Nokia N900 – Free with Contract

You’ve seen the U.S. Amazon.com $589 Nokia N900 deal. Well U.K. folks, it’s your turn. Mobile Phones Direct is now offering the Nokia N900 (pre-order) on Vodafone and T-Mobile for FREE(!) on a new 24 and 18-month contract respectively (link).

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Official Maemo 5 User Interface Docs

Thinking of creating an app or widget for the Nokia N900? The official Maemo 5 User Interface docs are now at forum.nokia.com detailing usability principles, device orientation, controls, icons, dialogs, etc. There is also a GUI design interface template in PSD format, so User Interface / Experience designers out there can start mocking up apps.

The docs are in three parts:

• Hildon 2.2 UI Style Guide
• Hildon 2.2 Widget UI Specification
• Fremantle Master Layout Guide

Additional documentation is also at the maemo.org wiki.

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.38

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.38

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20

Nokia N900, liqbase, open source and onedotzero

maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2009.38

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-09-14 through 2009-09-20

Nokia N900 Pre-Order Drops To $582 On Amazon

Amazon keeps on dropping the price of its Nokia N900 pre-order, now down to $582.99! This is for the unlocked, SIM-free variant, with full U.S. warranty! Keep in mind, the Nokia N900 supports quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz) and tri-band 3G (900/1700/2100MHz), which means that if you use it with AT&T’s service, you’ll only get EDGE speeds. T-Mobile’s network will support the 3G needed to really enjoy the Nokia N900.

Related Posts

• Pre-Order Your Nokia N900 Now
• Theme Maker Updated For Nokia N900/Maemo 5
• How Would You Use The N900 In Portrait Mode?
• Video Demo Of Bounce On N900 Over TV-Out
• Nokia Will Cater To Carrier Branding On The Nokia N900

gPodder 2.0 for Diablo is here + Fremantle progress

A new version of gPodder (2.0; "Day of the Tentacle") was released a few days ago, and it has already landed in Extras for both Chinook and Diablo. I wrote about the Maemo 4 UI changes some weeks ago, and you can enjoy them all on your tablets right now.

gPodder 2.0 for Maemo 5 is here

This release brings the Fremantle version up to the current upstream release (and all Fremantle-specific tweaks are now integrated upstream). gPodder 2.0 has been released last week, and the new package version includes all changes necessary to make gPodder look good on Maemo 5. Based on your feedback, the next version of gPodder will support Maemo 5 at the same day at the release for other environments (Linux, Maemo 4 and Windows).

Want to PUSH... need a kickstart?

So one problem with the PUSH is that it's a bit tough for us software nerds to get into the real world. What would be cool is a nice easy "apt-get install HARDWARE" ... interested? read on...

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Maemo Fremantle and Diablo SDK Virtual Image PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has released new out-of-the-box ready Maemo SDK Virtual Image based on Ubuntu Intrepid Desktop and supporting VMWare, VirtualBox and QEmu. This new SDK Virtual Image include full Maemo Fremantle 5.0 SDK Beta 2 and Diablo 4.1.2 Development Environments preinstalled.

Why I'm not standing for the council... but you should still vote! (Jaffa@maemopeople)

As those of you who read maemo-community might know, I've decided not to run for the council this time.

Official Maemo 5 User Interface Docs

Thinking of creating an app or widget for the Nokia N900? The official Maemo 5 User Interface docs are now at forum.nokia.com detailing usability principles, device orientation, controls, icons, dialogs, etc. There is also a GUI design interface template in PSD format, so User Interface / Experience designers out there can start mocking up apps.

The docs are in three parts:

• Hildon 2.2 UI Style Guide
• Hildon 2.2 Widget UI Specification
• Fremantle Master Layout Guide

Additional documentation is also at the maemo.org wiki.

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

New gPodder for Maemo… Wow! :)

So it looks like Thomas liked my ideas about gPodder user experience. Sweet!

New gPodder main view

I guess I need to draw some of those icons now... =) Stay tuned!

(Here is a funny thought for today: Ihink the N900 and boring meetings are the key to revive my blogging Wordpress editor works just great with the Firefox-3-based browser in the device.. )

gPodder 2.0 for Maemo 5 is here

This release brings the Fremantle version up to the current upstream release (and all Fremantle-specific tweaks are now integrated upstream). gPodder 2.0 has been released last week, and the new package version includes all changes necessary to make gPodder look good on Maemo 5. Based on your feedback, the next version of gPodder will support Maemo 5 at the same day at the release for other environments (Linux, Maemo 4 and Windows).

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Want to PUSH... need a kickstart?

So one problem with the PUSH is that it's a bit tough for us software nerds to get into the real world. What would be cool is a nice easy "apt-get install HARDWARE" ... interested? read on...

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Maemo Fremantle and Diablo SDK Virtual Image PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has released new out-of-the-box ready Maemo SDK Virtual Image based on Ubuntu Intrepid Desktop and supporting VMWare, VirtualBox and QEmu. This new SDK Virtual Image include full Maemo Fremantle 5.0 SDK Beta 2 and Diablo 4.1.2 Development Environments preinstalled.

Why I'm not standing for the council... but you should still vote! (Jaffa@maemopeople)

As those of you who read maemo-community might know, I've decided not to run for the council this time.

Application Theming Tricks

From time to time applications need custom theming rules. Especially when the project has professional UI designers involved. So how to achieve this with GTK+?

gPodder 2.0 for Maemo 5 is here

This release brings the Fremantle version up to the current upstream release (and all Fremantle-specific tweaks are now integrated upstream). gPodder 2.0 has been released last week, and the new package version includes all changes necessary to make gPodder look good on Maemo 5. Based on your feedback, the next version of gPodder will support Maemo 5 at the same day at the release for other environments (Linux, Maemo 4 and Windows).

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Want to PUSH... need a kickstart?

So one problem with the PUSH is that it's a bit tough for us software nerds to get into the real world. What would be cool is a nice easy "apt-get install HARDWARE" ... interested? read on...

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Maemo Fremantle and Diablo SDK Virtual Image PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has released new out-of-the-box ready Maemo SDK Virtual Image based on Ubuntu Intrepid Desktop and supporting VMWare, VirtualBox and QEmu. This new SDK Virtual Image include full Maemo Fremantle 5.0 SDK Beta 2 and Diablo 4.1.2 Development Environments preinstalled.

Why I'm not standing for the council... but you should still vote! (Jaffa@maemopeople)

As those of you who read maemo-community might know, I've decided not to run for the council this time.

Application Theming Tricks

From time to time applications need custom theming rules. Especially when the project has professional UI designers involved. So how to achieve this with GTK+?

gPodder 2.0 for Maemo 5 is here

This release brings the Fremantle version up to the current upstream release (and all Fremantle-specific tweaks are now integrated upstream). gPodder 2.0 has been released last week, and the new package version includes all changes necessary to make gPodder look good on Maemo 5. Based on your feedback, the next version of gPodder will support Maemo 5 at the same day at the release for other environments (Linux, Maemo 4 and Windows).

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Want to PUSH... need a kickstart?

So one problem with the PUSH is that it's a bit tough for us software nerds to get into the real world. What would be cool is a nice easy "apt-get install HARDWARE" ... interested? read on...

Third Maemo Community Council election begins tomorrow...

As stated here (and a few other places), voting for the third Maemo Community Council begins tomorrow, Monday, 21 September 2009, and will run through Sunday, 27th September 2009 23:59 UTC. Voting instructions should be sent out to all people who are eligible to vote soon.

If you'd like to see the final list of candidates, go here:

http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Candidate_declarations_for_September_2009

We've got a great line-up of very active community members this time. It's a very exciting time for Maemo and the five people who you choose will help guide our community for the next six months. Don't make your decisions frivolously.

Good luck to all of the candidates!

Maemo Fremantle and Diablo SDK Virtual Image PreFinal released

The Maemo Eclipse Integration 2nd Edition project has released new out-of-the-box ready Maemo SDK Virtual Image based on Ubuntu Intrepid Desktop and supporting VMWare, VirtualBox and QEmu. This new SDK Virtual Image include full Maemo Fremantle 5.0 SDK Beta 2 and Diablo 4.1.2 Development Environments preinstalled.

Why I'm not standing for the council... but you should still vote! (Jaffa@maemopeople)

As those of you who read maemo-community might know, I've decided not to run for the council this time.

Maemo Community Council elections voting open

The Maemo Community Council election for Q3 2009 is open, and everyone eligible to vote can now do so at http://maemo.org/vote. Voting is open until midnight UTC, on Sunday 27th of September, just in time for the new council to meet at the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam, from the 9th to 11th of October.

There are some great candidates this year - the following brave souls are candidates for the 5 person board:

• Randall Arnold
• Gary Birkett
• Andrew Black
• Alan Bruce
• Jay Carter
• Graham Cobb
• Stephen Gadsby
• Matthew Lewis
• Valerio Valerio

Anyone who has not received a ballot, and believes they should have, or who accidentally deleted the ballot email, please contact Dave Neary.

3 New Things About the Nokia N900 — pt I

BY ROGER SPERBERG

Nokia N900 1-Minute Multitasking Demo

I asked Chanse Arrington, Product Manager of Multimedia at Nokia North America, to show me the Nokia N900 in about a minute and this is what we came up with. You can see how multitasking is done on this Maemo device. I have to say I’m loving the N900 more each time I see it!

New gPodder for Maemo… Wow! :)

So it looks like Thomas liked my ideas about gPodder user experience. Sweet!

New gPodder main view

I guess I need to draw some of those icons now... =) Stay tuned!

(Here is a funny thought for today: Ihink the N900 and boring meetings are the key to revive my blogging Wordpress editor works just great with the Firefox-3-based browser in the device.. )

Rygel 0.4 (Fascinating!) is out!

Rygel 0.4 (Fascinating!) is out!

Application Theming Tricks

From time to time applications need custom theming rules. Especially when the project has professional UI designers involved. So how to achieve this with GTK+?

gPodder 2.0 for Maemo 5 is here

This release brings the Fremantle version up to the current upstream release (and all Fremantle-specific tweaks are now integrated upstream). gPodder 2.0 has been released last week, and the new package version includes all changes necessary to make gPodder look good on Maemo 5. Based on your feedback, the next version of gPodder will support Maemo 5 at the same day at the release for other environments (Linux, Maemo 4 and Windows).

Snes on n900

Thanks to the great developers of nrnoksnes, we have now snes running on n900 fullscreen. Wiimote supported, as well as tv out.

take a look at the video:



[Edit] I ported wiicontrol on the weekend just to get this awesomness up and running. While it's great that you can play games on the go and to be able to continue later from your couch with wiimote, you can also just bring your wiimote with you and use that to play games. It's just perfect.

And kids, don't pirate games.

maemo.org Extras Bug Jar 2009.39

A Quick Look at Extras in Bugzilla
2009-09-21 through 2009-09-27

Estimating merge costs

After commenting on Mal Minhas’s “cost of non-participation” paper (PDF), I’ve been thinking about the cost of performing a merge back to a baseline, and I think I have something to work with.

Maemo Official Applications Bug Jar 2009.39

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Applications in Bugzilla
2009-09-21 through 2009-09-27

Maemo Official Platform Bug Jar 2009.39

A Quick Look at Maemo Official Platform in Bugzilla
2009-09-21 through 2009-09-27

[Pidgin On Maemo] pidgin-2.6.2-0nix1 is now in Extras

After a long hiatus, Pidgin is finally up-to-date. It's in extras-devel for both Chinook and Diablo, and should show up in extras soon.

Maemo Community Council elections voting open

The Maemo Community Council election for Q3 2009 is open, and everyone eligible to vote can now do so at http://maemo.org/vote. Voting is open until midnight UTC, on Sunday 27th of September, just in time for the new council to meet at the Maemo Summit in Amsterdam, from the 9th to 11th of October.

There are some great candidates this year - the following brave souls are candidates for the 5 person board:

• Randall Arnold
• Gary Birkett
• Andrew Black
• Alan Bruce
• Jay Carter
• Graham Cobb
• Stephen Gadsby
• Matthew Lewis
• Valerio Valerio

Anyone who has not received a ballot, and believes they should have, or who accidentally deleted the ballot email, please contact Dave Neary.