Nokia’s N900 handset is a step closer to running MeeGo, the open source operating system that Nokia plans to challenge with in the high-end device market. By increasing development efforts on an existing device, Nokia can’t be seen as “late” in delivering a MeeGo device. Read more »
Mozilla released an updated version of Fennec, its mobile browser for Nokia’s N900 and Google Android devices. Along with improved JavaScript performance, the web client includes Firefox Sync so users can seamlessly have access to bookmarks, passwords and open tabs between the desktop and smartphone. Read more »
In this week’s audio podcast, we chat about the Dell Mini10 netbook and Motorola Devour, as well as the Apple patent suit against HTC. Matt’s normal Internet connection is down, but the show goes on thanks to mobile tech — and the Nokia N900. Read more »
Nokia’s N900 offers one place for all types of communications, aptly named “Conversations.” This catch-all bucket now supports Twitter as a method, but you’ll have to walk on the wild side — the repository for this update holds alpha and beta code. Read more »
What do you get when pairing three Nokia N900 users and Skype? Various viewpoints on the latest and greatest Nokia smartphone in the form of an audio podcast. This roundtable covers the device from software to hardware and everything in between. Read more »
Evernote, a Mountain View, Calif.-based startup, says that Nokia has developed a version of its web service that allows users to capture and store information using the built-in sharing functionality of the N900. It is made possible using a plug-in using the Evernote API. Read more »
Mozilla’s Firefox for Maemo isn’t quite ready for its already expected debut. A third Release Candidate just hit for Nokia tablets and while performance is marginally better, plug-ins were pulled out. That means no Adobe Flash just yet for this otherwise solid web browsing client. Read more »
Nokia has extended support for the Ovi Store to the N900, its impressive — but pricey — Maemo-baed flagship device. Could that help score a much-needed subsidy deal with T-Mobile USA? Read more »
Skype, the Internet telephony business of eBay that is in the process of being sold to private investors for about $2 billion, is going to be making a debut on the forthcoming Nokia N900 device powered by the Finnish company’s Maemo operating system. This should come […] Read more »
The biggest challenge for any touchscreen smartphone, no matter how good or great it is, is that it will almost always be compared to the iPhone. Some of them, like Verizon’s Droid and Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Storm, seek that comparison. Others are just going to […] Read more »