The folks at MeeGo have just announced the Day 1 of the Handset Experience project for Meego
This release is mainly aimed at developers but it clearly shows how Meego might look like on a phone.
Update: official video demo running on a Aava phone
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5wpg5epMs
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The folks at MeeGo have just announced the Day 1 of the Handset Experience project for Meego
This release is mainly aimed at developers but it clearly shows how Meego might look like on a phone.
Update: official video demo running on a Aava phone
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW5wpg5epMs
Head over to MeegoArena for more
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The guys from NegriElectronics have kept their promise to show a video of the leaked Nokia device . They are still strongly calling it the N9. Till know we were pretty sure that the N9 might be a MeeGo phone. But this thing is running on Symbian 3. We are hearing from sources that the Nokia N8 has some siblings one of which might have a QWERTY keyboard. Having looked at the Keypad it reminds of the N97 mini but this one has 4 rows unlike the min with 3 rows. We are not convinced that this is the N9. This might be a N8-01 or N8-02 or simply N8 QWERTY. It can also be the E7 or in a rare case the C7 !
Watch the video after the break !
Youtube version
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHpN6dFgoCg
Original Viemo Version
Earlier on we had posted information about Nokia's model nubering strategy for new phones. Back then there was no proper proof of it. But now we do have proof.
Because most of the model numbers were already used up by existing phones, Nokia had to introduce new model numbering strategy.
The entire Nokia product line will be divided under 5 letters:
S- The S range of phones includes luxury or limited edition phones which should include phones similar to the 8800 Sapphire Arte, 8600 Luna etc.
N- This is what was previously known as the NSeries. There will be two models, the N8 and N9. We already know of the Nokia N8-00. The next model to be launched under the N8 number would be called N8-01 and so on. We are guessing the N8 line will mean high end devices that run on Symbian. The N9 should mean high end devices running on the MeeGo platform.
E- This is what was previously known as ESeries. There will be three models, the E5, E6 and E7. The E5, E6 and E7 would correspond to the E5x, E6x and E7x of the ESeries.
X- This will consist of all the music oriented phones that were previously dubbed as ...
Finally Meego has released the version 1.0 of the software platform for Netbooks . And they have hinted at June release for Handhelds. MeeGo 1.1 handset UI development will start in June . The MeeGo Netbook User experience release will be followed by a early developer release for handhelds and tablets. The MeeGo image is available for download from the MeeGo site and it would run on Intel Atom based Netbooks.MeeGo v1.1 will be released in October and it will include support for touch-based devices such as Handsets, Tablets, and In-Vehicle Infotainment systems. So it should be end of the year by the time we see MeeGo powered phones
And this is a developer release , so if you are faint hearted , do stay away !
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Breaking news from MaemoArena , Nokia is finally rolling out the PR 1.2 firmware update for the Nokia N900. This update was leaked earlier and Nokia had issued a warning not to update using the unofficial source and that it could damage the device. This update brings tons of changes to the device and was eagerly awaited by the Maemo community . This update adds features like Portrait mode in Browser, Facebook IM supports, Email fixes, Skype Video Calling, Maps UI changes and lots more
Read the full details on MaemoArena
Nokia on May 10, introduced the N900 Maemo 5-based smartphone which features a 3.5-inch resistive touch screen, 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera and QWERTY keypad for the Taiwan market.
The N900 is priced at NT$22,100 (US$697). According to Nokia "N900 is the latest answer for the premium market, which has been dominated by Apple, RIM and HTC in Taiwan". Nokia also promised that it will unveil high-end devices based on Symbian 3 and MeeGo in the second half of 2010.
N900 was also recently launched in Australia and it is expected to launch in India soon.
via Digitimes
Intel had recently organized a Developer Event for MeeGo in Chennai and I was almost missed the event as I heard about the event through twitter . Considering my passion for Linux and after being present at the MeeGo announcement during MWC in Barcelona this Feb , I decided to see what's in store for Developers in the new MeeGo platform.
The Keynote about MeeGo was delivered by Santosh Bhat , Senior Application Engineer , Intel. He spoke about the MeeGo platform in general.
Meego is aimed at Netbooks , SmartPhones and TVs
Then there was a talk about Monetizing your applications using the Intel Atom Developer Program.
One of the interesting talks was about the Qt framework by Rajiv of Nokia. He spoke about the Qt framework which is the UI Toolkit for Meego.He spoke about Qt Creator and Qt Quick which are cross platform (Mac , Windows and Linux) development tools for designing User Interfaces for MeeGo applications . The thing about Qt is that you can write applications for multiple platforms in considerably less lines of code. Qt powers the Linux KDE Desktop.
Next was a talk by Praful Joshi from WindRiver who had an interesting presentation with nice numbers about the ...
The much awaited PR 1.2 firmware update for the Nokia N900 has been leaked and this unofficial update has been circulating on the Internet since yesterday .
We had posted this news on MaemoArena along with a bunch of screenshots and the changelog. We had warned that this update was not official and might brick your phone. Now Nokia has stepped in and tweeted that this unofficial update is causing damage to N900 devices. So users are requested to stay away from this update
@nokconv Be careful! Unofficial #N900 v1.2 firmware on web causing damage to devices! Don't download! Follow @nokconv for official announcements
What do you think about the new update ? Will the N900 India release coincide with the official release of the new firmware ?
Via
If you have been wondering how the UI on Meego devices would look like than here is a preview of Meego on Handsets and NetbooksThese screenshots and the Meego release roadmap have been discussed at the Intel Developer Conference in Beijing
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Nokia N900 is finally launching in India really soon. We have learnt that the price of this linux monster is going to be around Rs.25000 or upwards
We have the confirmation of the launch from Nokia India's product pages which lists the N900 as coming soon as you can see below.
The N900 is powered my the Maemo Linux operating system and we are big fans of the device and after playing with the device , Maemo Arena was born.
Rs.25,000 is the Dealer Price and actual price might be as much as Rs.28,000
And don't be surprised if the stocks run out really soon. Watch out this space for more. How much will you pay for the Nokia N900 in India ?
Check out the FoneArena Nokia N900 Review
The first builds of the MeeGo for Nokia N900 have landed and are available for download only for developers.
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The FoneArena Nokia N900 Review
The N900 is the first phone from Nokia based on the Maemo Platform. Nokia has expressed their intentions to use Maemo in high-end phones. The Nokia N900 is a Touchscreen, full QWERTY slider phone and one of most talked about members of the N-Series recently.
Does the first phone built on the top of this relatively new phone platform live up to it’s expectations ? Find out in our N900 review.
N900 Specs
The phone boasts of some pretty impressive specs including powerful ARM Cortex-A8 600MHz Processor with 256 MB of RAM and a 3.5 inch 800x480 pixel resistive touchscreen display.
Quad-band GSM EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), Tri-band WCDMA / 3G support (900/1700/2100 Mhz)
TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz CPU , OpenGL ES 2.0 support
Maemo 5 OS with Multiple Homescreens
800x480 pixel touchscreen display supporting upto 16 million colors
32GB inbuilt memory plus microSD slot.
Slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
5 MP Camera with Dual LED Flash ,16:9 video recording
Media player , FM transmitter
Kickstand
Wi-Fi , Bluetooth v2.1 , GPS
3.5 mm jack for Audio /TV-Out
MicroB Browser powered by Mozilla technology with full Flash 9.4 support
Skype , Google Talk IM Integration
Internet calling
Email : Mail for Exchange, IMAP, POP3, SMTP
OVI Maps with geotagging
BL-5J 1320mAh with USB Charging
More specs ...