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Firefox v1.1 for Maemo Released, No Longer in Beta

James — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:51:25 +0000

The famous browser Mozilla Firefox now officially comes to Maemo 5 devices. It has been out from it’s beta version and now is in v1.1. Currently it supports the Nokia N900 and Nokia N810 only. If you have installed Firefox for Maemo on your device, you will receive a software update. For fresh install you may visit Firefox.com/m/ from your device.

Below is the highlight of new features on this Firefox v1.1 for Maemo, more details on Mozilla websites:

Firefox lets you browse in landscape and portrait mode
Volume rocker lets you zoom in and out
Personalized Start page helps you pick up where you left off
Add-ons auto-update and you can view the full add-on gallery
Fill out forms more easily with autocomplete improvements
Smart Tapping lets you tap on links, widgets and other Web content with accuracy
Context Menu lets you Open in New Tab and Save Image by long tapping and holding a link
Save to PDF in the Site Menu lets you capture important content, like a receipt or boarding pass, to view offline or access quickly
Forget Password in the Site Menu tells a website you no longer trust to forget your private data
Add Search Engine in the Site Menu lets you quickly add a new search engine to your Awesome Screen

And just like other version of Firefox, this Firefox v1.1 for Maemo is also comes with Add-ons support and there are currently over 60 add-ons available.

[via: zomgitscj]

Nokia Representatives Talk about Applications for N900

James — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:02:47 +0000

Just like another new platforms, great device will not automatically be a good solution like what’s happened when Palm launched the Pre to the market while the applications were not ready yet. The same case now happens to the newly launched the Nokia N900 which is running on Maemo 5 software. Due to API changes dramatically in Maemo 5 from the previous Maemo platform, most applications built for the previous version will not automatically compatible to the Maemo 5. Now there’s a big question, where to get the applications for the N900?

In these videos below, Peter Schnaider, Head of Marketing of Maemo Devices, talked about this issue during the Nokia World Event last week. In summary, Nokia doesn’t worry about the applications since the Maemo 5 which is based on Linux is an open source platform and there are many strong open source communities that will work on those applications.

Nokia N900 Voted as the Most Favorite Product at Nokia World 09

James — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:05:27 +0000

During the Nokia World 09 event last week, Nokia Conversation team conducted kind of popularity contest among those products announced at the event. And as the result, the Nokia N900 voted as the most favorite product followed by the Nokia Booklet 3G at the second place and the new Nokia X6 at the third place. One thing that’s interesting is that the Nokia N97 that was became a hot issues few weeks ago is only voted at the fourth place with 6% of vote.

This result is based on 2,670 votes received. The Nokia’s debut Linux-based Maemo 5 device N900 earned 1,804 votes or 68% compared to 15% for the mini laptop PC Nokia Booklet 3G at the second place and 11% for the Nokia X6 at the third place. Below is the complete chart of the result.

[via: NokiaConv]

Mobile-review on Nokia N900 aka RX-51 Review

James — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:11:50 +0000

I posted few pictures of the Nokia Rover N900 aka RX-51 few days ago including the specs. But this time Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-review just published a comprehensive report or i would say a quick review about the phone with huge number of pictures cover every single detail of the phone both hardware and software. It’s strongly recommended to read. But the one that’s shown on this report is a prototype and not the final version so there could be some changes compared to the final product later.

Nokia N900 is the upcoming Maemo 5 smartphone from Nokia. Here’s the highlight of the report that were not covered by our previous post for your convenient:

Physically the phone features a slide out full QWERTY keyboard
MicroSD card slot is hidden under the rear lid supports up to 32GB
The battery is 1320 mAh
There’s a connector microUSB supports charging of the cable and also output to TV
About the Maemo, the phone is significantly different with Nokia N97 and much more like iPhone with a lot of visual effects, smooth transitions, a good response for the touch-sreen. However the User Interface somehow different with iPhone and more looks like HTC products.
The web browser supports Flash video as well as applets

And finally the phone is expected to hit the market at the end of 2009 with a price of 550 euro.

[via: mobile-review]

Nokia Rover N900 first Photos Appearance

James — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:06:03 +0000

Another cool post on BGR showing the first photos appearance of the Nokia Rover aka N900 aka RX-51. The thing that made me laugh is that the photos came from one of Indonesian largest community Kaskus, good job my friends! What a small world since BGR i guess is one of the most famous blog about mobile phones latest news.

Anyway for your info, Nokia Rover is the upcoming Maemo 5 smartphone. The T-Mobile version is now have passed through the FCC and normally it will be available in couple of months. Here’s the specs of the phone:

3.5-inch resistive touchscreen
800 x 480 pixel resolution
32GB internal memory
5.0 MP Carl Zeiss camera with dual-LED flash, auto-focus and sliding cover
MicroSDHC support
FM transmitter
Quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA 900/1700/2100, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth with A2DP
GPS
CPU: ARM cortex A8 @ 600mhz up to 1Ghz (similar to iPhone 3GS and palm pre)

And enjoy the pictures of the phone below: