Earlier this morning the Mozilla has pushed out the third release candidate (RC3) of F of Firefox mobile and gets one step closer to deliver the final version of their mobile browser for Maemo-based devices.
According to Mozilla's dev team, they have managed to fix several usability bugs that were found, as well as address a number of performance issues and fix several crash bugs based on your feedback.
They have also tuned a number of preferences and improved several algorithms to improve page load times and responsiveness as well as spe... .. .
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Nokia invites US tweekers and modders to submit their ideas for morphing the Nokia N900 into something entirely new. Whether it’s turning the Nokia N900 into a TV remote control or the brain of a fully functioning robot, the only limit is the contestants’ imagination.
The Nokia N900, which became available in the US this past November, is a powerful mobile computer that uses the open source, Linux-based Maemo Software to deliver a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.
The top three ideas will be chosen from the ideas submitted by a panel of judges, after which the finalist teams will be provided with a Nokia N900 and so... .. .
At 3:35 am CST, Nokia announced that Ovi Maps Navigation will be free to all Nokia smartphone users FOR LIFE! This means tens of millions of devices across the world will have the same functionality of most typical personal GPS devices like Garmin and Tom Tom produce. While obviously a response to Google's free navigation offering on Android, it has far greater implications.
Nokia is throwing its massive reach and weight around. While Google Maps is free is the US and other locales, Ovi Maps 3.3 and its free services will be in tens of millions of devices immediately on a much larger scale.
This means Nokia will be able to provide voice and visual guidance to over 70 different countries with language localization for both drivers and pedestrians alike. This will also include Ovi's planned indoor navi... .. .
The KOffice team proudly announced today that Nokia has packaged their cross-platform office suite for Maemo 5 platform and released the first public version of the office document viewer for the Nokia N900 phone.
This particularly means that KOffice is now fully compatible with the latest Maemo device but due the numerous bugs in this early Alpha stage it is only available through the Maemo Devel repository in a typical Linux’s 'release early and often' policy.
Viewer also requires the latest platform version (PR1.1) so in case you still didn’t update you N900 do it as soon as possible! Application uses a custom user int... .. .
Qik, the leading live mobile video streaming platform, expands their relationship with Nokia in developing a Qik application optimized for the Nokia N900 and Maemo software. Utilizing a new user interface, streaming live video from a mobile device is made easy with on-screen features including adding a title or adjusting the privacy settings.
With a high speed data connectivity over 3G or WiFi, a 5MP camera, dual LED flash and Carl Zeiss Optics, taking videos and streaming them with Qik has never been simpler than with the N900.
Qik lets anyone easily stream live video from their handset, sharing their moments in real-time with selected friends and family or the entire world. More than three dozen Nokia handsets are Qik-com... .. .
The Nokia N900 and Linux-based Maemo software platform attract a growing number of developers and brands signing on to create innovative applications that enrich the device experience.
Fusing PC power, the internet, and the mobile phone together with an intuitive user interface, Maemo and the Nokia N900 prove an attractive avenue for creative collaboration and distribution. The applications allow users to customize and personalize the device further to meet their needs.
The Associated Press announced that AP Mobile, the award-winning multimedia news portal that provides anytime access to international, national and local news, is availabl... .. .
After the minor software update that brought Ovi store and app manager face lift earlier this week Nokia has released the first major update for its flagship Smartphone that brings wide range of improvements , dozens of minor bug fixes and further optimizes functionality and stability of the phone across many applications.
Maemo 5 PR1.1 is being released on January 14, 2010. Starting in Finland at 7am local time and following a staggering process country by country through the different time zones.
This update is currently only available over the air by users with the PR1.0.1 already installed. Images for manula flashing will be available later today as well so in case you can’t get updat... .. .
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced semiconductor technology solutions, today announced two high-density memory solutions for mobile devices. The new storage solutions – a 64 GB moviNANDTM memory device and a 32GB microSD memory card – satisfy mobile handset designers’ requirements for advanced compact high-density memory.
"Samsung’s high-density memory solutions bring the storage capacity levels of computing systems to small, mobile devices," said Dong-Soo Jun, executive vice president, memory marketing, Samsung Electronics.
He added, “The 64GB embedded memory, moviNAND, and the 32GB microSD card each greatly expand the data storage density of mobile devices, meeting custo... .. .
No, no, this is not just another nostalgic article about crappy games from the late '80s and early '90s before the Microsoft came and bought our souls.
This is the article about the Maemo port of the DOOM, a game which set new standards for graphic quality and graphic violence in computer gaming when it hit PCs in 1993! Doom is a landmark title in the first-person shooter video game genre, and in first person gaming in general.
I loved this game and have played every Doom version since the early days and I can’t tell you how happy I am because I’m able to run in on my lovely Nokia N900 and its great high-defi... .. .
Nokia Research Center (NRC), Hollywood, has begun a private pilot of its research project, the Westwood Experience.
The pilot explores how a compelling narrative, combined with a user’s physical location (context) augmented with digital content as well as social interactions with other “participants” can enhance the user experience and provide the media industry with new options and business models.
The story unfolds as the participants wander through the village of Westwood. They learn about a man, and the woman who changed his life through one magic evening, and how both of them are forever tied to Wes... .. .
After morning’s news about the firmware update that brings some minor improvements here and there, enhancements of the user interface and addition of the non-functional OVI application catalogue, I’m pleased to tell you that Nokia’s OVI Store has today reached another major milestone by adding support for Maemo platform!!
The first public Beta version of Nokia's eagerly awaited Ovi Store for Maemo devices is finally available and the just released catalog can only be accessed from Nokia N900 through the web browser.
If your one of lucky Nokia N900 owners you can test Ovi Store by pointing your browser to store.ovi.mobi and join ‘the buy it on the go’ fu... .. .
Just want to give everyone a quick heads up that Nokia has rolled out first firmware update for Nokia N900 and you can get it as Firmware Over the Air (firmware over the air) through the Application manager.
If you haven’t been warned yet, than enable internet connection and refresh app manager and you should see the 18.5 MB large Firmware version 1.2009.44-1. It should be available for most of the generic product codes but owners of branded devices might have to wait a bit longer.
Although there is no detailed change log it is still highly suggestible to get it as it usually brings dozens of minor bug fixes and improves reliability of your pho... .. .