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Firefox for Nokia N900 now available in the Ovi Store

Firefox for Nokia’s N900 is now available in the Ovi Store.

GLOBAL – N900 users rejoice, Firefox is ready to download directly from the Ovi Store. Officially released at the start of the month on the Mozilla website, the app has been working its way through the Ovi Store approval process and is now ready for N900 users to download.

This is a big leap for Firefox, as this sparks the first release of the full Firefox experience on a mobile device. There’s a ton of great functionality to get stuck into, and some new mobile-specific functions as well.

One of the best parts of Firefox mobile is the ability to sync with your desktop or laptop browser. Using the Weave Sync plugin, you can keep create a Weave account and keep all your browers in Sync. As Jay shows off in the video below, you’ll be able to pull up pages from your history on a mobile device, which you previously browsed on your desktop.

Check out the video after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 20, 2010 09:30 | 0 comments

Preview of upcoming apps and games for the Nokia N900

From Mobile World Congress comes a preview video of games and apps for the Nokia N900. The titles seen in the video should hit the Ovi Store soon.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 17, 2010 13:12 | 0 comments

Nokia N900 firmware updated

Nokia just updated the N900’s firmware to version 3.2010.02-8 (PR1.1.1).

Maemo 5 PR1.1.1 is being released on February 16, 2010.

This update can be installed over the air. Below you will find additional technical details.

The Maemo 5 SDK and tools were not updated as this is just a minor release.

There are reports that at least 42MB of free rootfs is needed for the update.

Read the full changelog here.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 16, 2010 18:25 | 0 comments

microUSB connector on the Nokia N900 prone to failure?

There is a discussion going on over at Nokia Support forums and Maemo Talk, about the microUSB connector on the Nokia N900. According to the threads in there, the microUSB connector gets misaligned, or disconnected completely. Some of the users haven’t gotten this fixed via the warranty, while the others have. A statement from Nokia would help this.

The problem is that the microUSB connector is a surface mount part, so it’s just lead that connects the microUSB connector to the PCB. To solve this, the whole connector should be changed to a through-hole design, which means that the connector is sort of anchored to the PCB.

Read a thorough analysis of the problem here.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 11, 2010 08:41 | 0 comments

Video: Super Tux game for Nokia N900

Every real Linux OS needs its own Tux game, and here is Super Tux for the Nokia N900.

Video after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 11, 2010 08:23 | 0 comments

Conversations on Nokia N900 updated – Adds support for Facebook Chat, MSN and AIM

Mark from thenokiablog noticed that the new version of Extra Protocols Plugin for Conversations adds support for a few new protocols, including MSN, Facebook Chat, AIM and more. Download Extra Protocols from Extra-testing repository on your Nokia N900.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 5, 2010 21:57 | 0 comments

Nokia N900 with SNES emulator avec PS3 controller

Video of a Nokia N900 running a SNES emulator software with support for a PS3 sixaxis controller. Video after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 5, 2010 15:47 | 0 comments

Weave Sync 1.0 for Firefox/Fennec on Nokia N900 released

Mozilla Labs today announced the release of Weave Sync 1.0 Firefox add-on. The plugin lets you sync your mobile and desktop firefox.

Using this free browser add-on from Mozilla Labs, you can securely access all of your personal data across all of your supported devices, making your Web experience instantly more personal and useful.

Download: Weave Sync 1.0 Add-on for Firefox and Fennec

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Jonne Eilimö | February 2, 2010 13:09 | 0 comments

Mac OS X 10.3 installed on a Nokia N900

Toni Nikkanen, a finnish hacker, has managed to install OS X 10.3 on his Nokia N900. This is probably the first time a full OS X version has been installed on any smartphone. The OS is working, but it’s totally useless because of the slowness. It took 2 hours from boot-up to the About this Mac screen you can see in the image above.
Hit read more for the video.

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Jonne Eilimö | February 1, 2010 06:29 | 0 comments

Final version of Firefox v1 released for Nokia N900

Final version of Firefox was today released for the Nokia N900. The final version comes only 3 days after they released the Release Candidate 3 of the browser, so it is basically the same version. To download this version, go to http://firefox.com/m with your N900’s default browser.

Video and changelog after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | January 31, 2010 10:52 | 0 comments

Firefox RC3 released for Nokia N900/Maemo

A new Release Candidate was today released of the Firefox browser for Nokia N900/N810.

You can download Firefox RC3 for Maemo by opening http://firefox.com/m with your browser on the N900.

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Jonne Eilimö | January 29, 2010 10:50 | 3 comments

Joikuspot for Nokia N900 – preview

Joikuspot, application for wireless tethering, is soon going to be released for the Nokia N900. Joikuspot is one of the best tethering applications for Symbian, luckily its now also coming to the Maemo platform.

If you want to be on top of the information chain and be notified when new updates arrive, you can join the Joikuspot facebook group here.

A few more screenshots after the break.

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Jonne Eilimö | January 26, 2010 09:25 | 0 comments

Nokia N900 dual-booting Maemo 5 and Android 1.6

A proof-of-concept video showing Nokia’s N900 booting first into Maemo 5, and after that into Android 1.6. The touchscreen doesn’t actually work on Android, but this is a fairly good start. Hit read more for the video.

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Jonne Eilimö | January 24, 2010 09:15 | 0 comments
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