2   | Nokia N900 pole dancing robots |
Showing that this isn’t restricted to gaming or train timetable applications, Nokia proved just what the Nokia N900 is capable of last night, by revealing a couple of pole dancing robots, controlled entirely by the Finnish company’s range-topping smartphone.
Nokia N900 Dancing pole robots
1 | BlackBerry OS Running on Nokia 5700 |
The 3-year old Nokia 5700 is, usually, running Symbian S60 3rd Edition – but I’m sure you already know that. What you may not now is that the 5700 can run BlackBerry OS, too – more exactly, BlackBerry 4.6.0.305 for the BlackBerry Pearl 8220.
Nokia Blackberry BlackBerry-OS 5700
1 | Nokia To Offer A Robust Ovi Maps API to Developers |
Nokia, which recently launched a new, free version of its Ovi Maps application, may also open up the app to outside developers via a more robust API than the one currently available, according to Dr. Tero Ojanperä, the company’s EVP of services. The company, which offers a basic version of the Ovi Maps application programming interface (API), is looking to extend its capabilities even further.
API maps Ovi Developers
4 | Dual booting Maemo 5 and Android on Nokia N900 |
A short video of the Nokia N900 dual booting Maemo 5 and Android 1.6. The touchscreen and keyboard still needs work, but its proof of concept
N900 Android
3 | Nokia N900 VoIP integration rocks. How to set Skype, Jabber, and Google Talk |
Within Maemo on the N900, you can easily set up VoIP and IM accounts for Google Talk, Jabber, SIP, Skype and Ovi.
N900 Maemo Ovi Skype Jabber SIP
3 | Android 2.0.1 SDK is available for download now |
Google Android developers have just released three new SDK updates, most prominently the 2.0.1 SDK. The fixes from the previous 2.0 version are directed towards Bluetooth and application resource selection issues.
Android SDK
1 | Nokia releases Qt 4.6 - Symbian and Maemo support |
Qt 4.6 was released by Nokia this morning. This is the first full release version of Qt to natively support Symbian and Maemo 6. Also released today is the second technology preview for Maemo 5, which enables (partial) common development between Maemo and Symbian for the first time.
Nokia Maemo Symbian
1 | Chrome OS like lightning from a USB key: we could get used to this |
We finally got around to prepping a USB key so we could boot to Chrome OS natively, and let us tell you: it’s a world of difference. Of course, running something natively instead of virtualized is always going to be a treat, but what we’re seeing with Chrome OS is actually on par performance-wise with our crazy expectations for a stripped-down OS. It boots in mere seconds and loads web...
USB Chrome-OS
4 | Top 10 Nokia N900 Apps On Maemo Select Store |
Now it’s time to put that new OS to the test, by piling on all the apps the multitasking Nokia handset can handle. Want to know which are the must-have phone programs to load up? Read on and we’ll tell you…
Apps Nokia N900 Maemo store Maemo-Select
1 | Ovi Store - first 5 months |
2009 has sure gone by quickly and being mid-November, 2010 is rapidly approaching. For those of you who are mobile developers or are following the various mobile application stores available in market I thought I would give another update regarding Ovi Store and where we are since we launched about 5 months ago. The following stats are from 26 May through 31 October:
Nokia Ovi store
