Symbian Foundation has released the first look video of the upcoming Symbian ^4 platform expected to be launched Q4 2010 or Q1 2011 .
A brief overview of these videos shows the rendered Symbian ^4 device which looks very much like the N97 with exception of dedicated Home and Back Keys along with call send [...]
Symbian ^4 First Look – An Overview
by Farhan on 25. Feb, 2010 in App Lounge, N900 / Maemo, Nokia, Nokia Touch
NTT Docomo – Splitting Phone
by Farhan on 22. Feb, 2010 in MWC, N900 / Maemo, Nokia
At the Mobile World Congress Barcelona , there were a lot of unique phones , Puma Phones powered by Solar Cell , INQ Messaging phones but none were as unique as those phones and concepts at NTT Docomo stall .
One of the phones which caught my attention was the Splitting / Separable Phone [...]
Nokia N900 Version 3.2010.2.8 available
by Farhan on 16. Feb, 2010 in N900 / Maemo, Nokia
Right after the announcement from Nokia and Intel , Nokia has released the latest firmware upgrade for N900 and this time it’ full one version jump , from version 2.2 to 3.2 and it’s a huge 170 mb download or a 16 MB OTA download
Will it bring MeeGo branding to N900 and what new [...]
Nokia becoming [a] MeeGo with Intel
by Farhan on 16. Feb, 2010 in MWC, N900 / Maemo, Nokia, Nokia Touch
Nokia , first keynote address on first day of Mobile World Congress Barcelona was it joining hands with Intel and merge their open source platform Maemo with Intel’s Moblin renamed Meego .
A Linux based platform meant for a number of devices from mobiles to net tops , Car Infotainment systems to netbooks . Yes [...]
The new N8 by Nokia
by Farhan on 11. Feb, 2010 in N900 / Maemo, Nokia, Nokia Touch
French site Tom’s Guide beside the naming convention is also claiming to know of the upcoming N8 device aka N87 , the 12 MP packing Nokia phone .
No pics , silhouettes or spotted in the wild , they claim that Nokia N8 will have some killer specs like
Capacitive Touch Screen with Multi Touch
3.5 inch [...]
Calling All Innovators
by Farhan on 08. Feb, 2010 in App Lounge, Bunch 'O Tech, E Series, Free On OVI, N900 / Maemo, Nokia, Nokia Touch
A couple of days ago I received an email from Nokia Calling All Innovators that the submission period for Calling All Innovators contest has now started and will remain open till 18th May 2010 .
This is the third year of the program and last yeat some 1700 submissions were made from 85 countries , the [...]
Nokia – Quality Made in China
by Farhan on 03. Feb, 2010 in E Series, N900 / Maemo, Nokia, Nokia Touch
Many a times I get queries from my friends and readers about Nokia phones made in China . My answer to them is Nokia made in China is as good as Nokia made in any European country . China is not the same since past decade , it’s now the manufacturing hub for big trusted [...]
OS X 10.3 on Nokia N900
by Farhan on 31. Jan, 2010 in N900 / Maemo, Nokia, iPhone
The rivalry between Nokia and Apple is increasing , first it was Nokia and Apple suing each other on patents , then came Steve Jobs below the belt Jab “ Apple is the largest Mobile Device Manufacturer “ and Nokia’s blog reply A Fruit Confused , but this rivalry is not stopping people mixing the [...]
Watching TV on N900
by Farhan on 24. Jan, 2010 in App Lounge, N900 / Maemo, Nokia
N900 is always full of surprises and with newer applications being released everyday extended functionality everyday . One of the applications developed and still in trials is the WorldTV for N900 which enabled numerous Internet TV channels to be played on N900 .
To install World TV install Extra untested Repository from repository.maemo.org update the [...]
Nokia N900 Dual Boots Maemo and Android
by Farhan on 24. Jan, 2010 in App Lounge, N900 / Maemo, Nokia
Brandon , a self proclaimed mobile phone addict, linux user, open source supporter, web developer, sports fanatic, and overall internet abuser , has done it . He has hacked n900 and made it dual boot Maemo along with Android
Brandon for Maemo was using the Internal Phone Memory but to run android has hacked the phone [...]

