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Maemo 5 Extras passes 15 million downloads

Downloads from Maemo 5 Extras, the primary repository for Maemo applications, have now passed the 15 million mark. The 10 million mark was reached...

Where are those mobile Qt apps ? (Part 2, Adoption)

After my last blog post that discussed the Qt toolkit's history, present and future in the Nokia ecosystem, in this second...

Fun things you can do with the Nokia Qt SDK

Recently I presented a small Qt 4.6 based demo on the LinuxTag in Berlin, as an example of something you could do with the Nokia Qt SDK. It combined existing projects like the Tiled...

Nokia response to MyNokia subscription in PR1.2

The Maemo Community Council raised with Nokia the issue that upgrading to Maemo 5 PR1.2 forces the user to subscribe, via SMS, to the "MyNokia" service. The user has no ability to opt-out: it's either subscribe...

Contacts merger 0.1.3 in Maemo extras-testing

Since my previous post about the contacts merger, I fixed a crash, made it handle better broken vcards, improved the partial matching and made the...

Maemo Weekly News for Monday, 7 Jun 2010

Front Page Time running out on Nokia's $50,000 prize app competition Nokia is running a competition, "Calling All Innovators", where the best applications submitted for their various platforms - including Maemo - can win up to $50,000...

Pedal power - Nokia Bicycle Charger Kit

Nokia today announced a new charging accessories for its mobile phones - one that uses by pedal power. The Nokia Bicycle Charger kit, which is targeted at emerging markets, generates electricity via a dynamo connected to a bike wheel, which is fed...