The holiday season is here, and we have a small present for you! It’s a tech preview called Madde, a cross-compilation toolkit for Maemo5. Madde runs on Linux, Windows and Mac, choose your flavour. It’s a tech preview, so be aware that it isn’t production quality yet. We have played with it a bit, so it definitely [...] 2009-12-22 14:04 UTC with score 17

I know that the Q&A system needs improvements and we’re experiencing some outage due to the servers move, well that’s the reason why this is a challenge The deal is, test the apps currently in Extras-testing in order to promote them to Extras and make them available for all N900 users, simple isn’t ? Currently we’ve 82 free apps in Extras, so we need 18 more, to make things even simpler for you, I made a list with apps that in my opinion are ready for Extras. I chose the apps below because they don’t have any flaws reported so far, and also because they can be in Extras before the end of the year respecting the 10 days of quarantine required by the Q&A criteria. Feel free to suggest any app that I missed, commenting here. Note1: I’m not saying to thumb up all of these apps, you should rate them according to the Q&A criteria, some will end up in Extras others don’t. Note2: The links below might disappear when the packages are promoted to Extras. Here is the list: GPE Suite: Those apps don’t have the full Fremantle UI, but they’re usable, the author says that ported the apps for “completeness”, maybe if there’s enough interested he will improve them GPE Calendar GPE Timesheet GPE File Manager GPE Contacts QEmacs DSLRs RAW image viewer FMSX ColEm TabletBridge Tomotko Maelstrom Magyar Hosszú Ékezetek Pidgin Status Menu Plugin Anarchism Belltower Pidgin Extra Protocols Pidgin language Support Pygtkeditor Systeminfowidget OpenVPN 100Boxes Worldtv99 (needs KMplayer) Witter Stopwatch-home Mclock Call Forwarding Applet AccDisplay DialCentral EjPi QuickNote Stopish Cpumem-applet WebTexter N900Fly Maep maemo-org theme Bluetooth Dial-up networking Custom operator name widget Gjiten XkbLayouts-rx51-ru Battlegweled Crazyparking OpenVPN Applet Conky Vagalume Rapier KMPlayer Flashlight GBoggle Desktop-photoapplet Remember that the Software hosted in Extras-testing might have problems, so please report properly any problem found, you can find more information about the Extras-testing in these links: http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist We only need 18, but we’ve 50 candidates, let’s see the power of the Maemo Community 2009-12-22 14:32 UTC with score 12

Here's the BBC Technology story it's good that the N900 is being seen as an open system at this level.snippets:The browser, codenamed Fennec, will initially be available for Nokia's N900 phone, followed by other handsets.  and Apple is very restrictive. It doesn't allow other browsers.which is all promoting the core values the community loves about Maemo... 2009-12-22 12:30 UTC with score 4

Quick note about the stable version: Thanks to the hard-working testers, gPodder 2.1 has received its necessary karma points in Extras-Testing before the quarantime time is up, so we are just waiting for some more days to pass before gPodder 2.1 will finally enter the Extras repository.In the mean time, there have been some important developments in the Git repository, mostly based on ideas from the Barcelona Long Weekend - thanks to all the people who provided valuable input, especially Tuomas (tigert) for all the hard work. I have created a new set on Flickr with some screenshots of the current development version:The new UI is not set in stone, and still has some rough edges, so I'd like to receive some feedback on what can be improved.If you want to test the development version interactively, use Git to checkout git://repo.or.cz/gpodder.git on your device, and then run bin/gpodder --fremantle --verbose inside the checkout to start the development version in debugging mode. Make sure to have the current version of gPodder installed to drag in the required dependencies (alternatively, install the dependencies by hand). As with all development versions, if it breaks (or messes with your downloads/subscriptions), you got to keep the pieces.Thanks in advance for the feedback :) 2009-12-23 14:27 UTC with score 3

Good evening everyone! One more day is over and we’re getting closer to the new year. I’ve prepaired some really cool stuff for you today — it’s called “Extras Assistant”. We’re developing it with great Nokian Daniel Wilms and his crew. The purpose of this app is to provide additional comfort and ease to the maemo.org [...] 2009-12-22 19:39 UTC with score 2

Readers here have been seeing my coverage of the Nokia N900 collected into my Definitive Nokia N900 Guide, but my readers over on ZDNet are a different base in most cases so I thought I needed to share my passion for the N900 over there. As a Christmas present to my ZDNet readers I just posted my full review of the N900 that includes six pages of text, over 70 photos and screenshots (including photos taken with the N900), and a video of some of my favorite aspects. I have now had the Nokia N900 for a couple of months so readers here may also find that review perspective helpful. Now that my own personal N900 will be here in a couple of days, I plan to continue with some N900 tips & tricks posts to include in my N900 Guide so stay tuned for that in 2010. I chose to purchase the N900 over other devices like the N97 mini and E72 for the following reasons: T-Mobile USA 3.5G support Hardware has never limited me Fresh UI and prospect for amazing application development Best mobile browser lets me do what I could do on a PC in my hand There are many other strengths of the Nokia N900, covered in my review too, so I look forward to seeing what Nokia brings to Maemo brings in 2010. 2009-12-23 15:12 UTC with score 2

TuneWiki has been available for download on the Nokia N900 at launch, but I haven’t really given it any attention until now. It’s kind of pretty cool. TuneWiki allows you to watch subtitled lyrics while listening to music. Since TuneWiki works as a desktop widget on the Nokia N900, I place it next to the music player widget. Lyrics start showing line by line the moment music starts. Don’t expect it to be as helpful as a karaoke machine because it doesn’t highlight word by word. Not all songs are supported though. Some songs do not automatically scroll and some don’t have lyrics available. I was also hoping that TuneWiki work along with the awesome Internet Radio on the Nokia N900, but that’s not the case. In conclusion, I think TuneWiki is a cool app to have on the Nokia N900. It will help you sing along with your current songs or just find out what your favorite artists are actually saying. You can download this app for free from the application manager or Maemo Select. If you enjoyed this article, you might also like...Hahlo is an Awesome Twitter (Web) App on the Nokia N900Nokia N900 ReviewNokia N900 Review of EmailPreview: Pixelpipe To Release Single Service Plugins for Nokia N900 2009-12-23 21:31 UTC with score 2

A couple of very lengthy Nokia N900 articles from around the Interwebs for your Christmas Eve reading. Matt Miller, the 'USA's Nokia expert', has put up a nine page, detailed review of the N900 which makes for excellent reading. And Jay Montano has firmly gotten the 'constructive criticism' thing nailed down flat, with (at last count) 44 things which Nokia and the Maemo team need to fix or take on board. 2009-12-23 20:32 UTC with score 2

Hello everyone. Another day is over and it’s time for some exciting stuff from me :) Today I’m gonna show you a brief preview of the new homescreen widget for n900. It’s dead simple but I hope you’ll like it. It’s called Personal Clock and we’re developing it with, orly :D, Andrew Olmsted . Details, as always, [...] 2009-12-23 17:15 UTC with score 2

We released today a small application called "Snowtter" to bring N900 users that "Xmas is here, time to relax and enjoy!" - feeling. Basically it just shows Twitter messages related to holiday times, floating around with snowflakes & accelerometer support. But it's the idea that counts, right? =)If you want to see this in your N900:Make sure that you have the necessary Qt libraries installed (libqt4-gui, libqt4-network, libqt4-xml, libqt4-opengl). Qt 4.5 will do, but for better performance and graphics quality Qt 4.6 is highly recommended! (Instructions on how to install latest Qt 4.6 packages from extras-devel here)Download the application package from hereInstall the package with "dpkg -i snowtter_1.0_armel.deb". So ssh connection, sudo gainroot or red-pill-mode required (no install-file available for now, sorry)Thanks to all the cool Maemo/Nokia/Qt people for this year and Merry Xmas For Everyone! 2009-12-22 20:38 UTC with score 2