Howto enable portrait/landscape on the N900 (Maemo)
by Brazza on May.16, 2012, under N900
With these new updates we have a way to get portrait calling and browsing back on the N900!
Modified base on CSSU master source and can lock N900 display in portrait mode or landscape mode. Using “Orientation lock” applet can switch between auto rotation mode or the current orientation(landscape or portrait).
How to install:
Using the following command in terminal
root
dpkg -i file.deb
killall hildon-desktop
TwimGo with “Read Later” support (N900/N9/N950)
by Brazza on May.15, 2012, under N900
TwimGo is an open source Twitter client for Symbian and MeeGo devices written entirely in Qt Quick. The app provides both the basic functionality you’d expect, including home screen, mentions, favourites, timelines, search, lists, trends, along with more advanced functionality like searching for mentioned hashtags and opening tweet detail. The project moderation team think this is one of the best twitter clients available on Symbian.
We recommend you try this app – you can download it from the project summary page or from Nokia Store.
It also rewarded the first Featured Project of the Month (@nokia)
Source: substanceofcode.comUbuntu for Android is coming
by Brazza on Feb.22, 2012, under Android, Linux, N900, Software
Meet ‘Ubuntu for Android’ – a side-by-side pairing of the Android and Ubuntu OSes on a single phone, the latest part of Canonical’s ‘multi-device’ future for Ubuntu.
Designed to coexist with Android on users’ multicore smartphones, the new version of Ubuntu is designed to launch the full Ubuntu desktop when the phone is docked with a keyboard and monitor. The rest of the time, the phone runs Android as usual.
All data and services are shared between the Ubuntu and Android environments, so Android data and applications such as contacts, telephony, and SMS/MMS messaging are accessible from the Ubuntu interface.
The desktop is the killer app for quad-core phones in 2012,” said Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth in the Canonical announcement. “Ubuntu for Android transforms your high-end phone into your productive desktop, whenever you need it.”
Hackers plan space satellites to combat censorship
by Brazza on Dec.31, 2011, under Hacking, Linux
Computer hackers plan to take the internet beyond the reach of censors by putting their own communication satellites into orbit.
The project’s organisers said the Hackerspace Global Grid will also involve developing a grid of ground stations to track and communicate with the satellites. The hacker activist Nick Farr first put out calls for people to contribute to the project in August. He said that the increasing threat of internet censorship had motivated the project.
“The first goal is an uncensorable internet in space. Let’s take the internet out of the control of terrestrial entities,” Mr Farr said.
End of Flash for mobiles? Welcome HTML5
by Brazza on Nov.11, 2011, under Mobiles
Adobe is all about enabling designers and developers to create the most expressive content possible, regardless of platform or technology. For more than a decade, Flash has enabled the richest content to be created and deployed on the web by reaching beyond what browsers could do. It has repeatedly served as a blueprint for standardizing new technologies in HTML. Over the past two years, we’ve delivered Flash Player for mobile browsers and brought the full expressiveness of the web to many mobile devices.
However, HTML5 is now universally supported on major mobile devices, in some cases exclusively. This makes HTML5 the best solution for creating and deploying content in the browser across mobile platforms. We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook.
Providers won’t release Nokias N9 with MeeGo
by Brazza on Aug.13, 2011, under N900
According to a e-mail send by the CEO of Nokia, providers are more interested in the Windows Mobile phones. He doesn’t said those exact words, but there must be something going on. Since the N900 was kinda a succes with Maemo on it.
Right now, many of the larger operators are showing a strong preference towards WP…
[Tweak] Speed up your N900 with SpeedPatch!
by Brazza on Jun.27, 2011, under N900, Software, Tutorials
This guy has made by far the best and easiest script/tweak for the N900. Together with power-kernel 47 and Uptimes up to 20 days. My N900 has been extended with some life juice 
For the whole story check Maemo.org to be sure what you are doing.
For those who can’t wait here let’s begin!
Part I: Scripts
Nokia presents the N9 with MeeGo
by Brazza on Jun.21, 2011, under Meego, Mobiles
Nokia unveiled Tuesday its new N9 smartphone that runs the MeeGo operating system, and is being marketed as a “pure touch screen” device without buttons. Nokia N9 a bold, all-screen phone that’s incredibly fast and simple to use. All it takes is a swipe.
Community SSU PR 1.3.3.7-9
by Brazza on May.31, 2011, under N900
Community SSU released an new update
Changelog
- a null related segfault
- Use camera key to close preview window
- Added icons for iso 800 / 1600 / Auto mode (fixes #12135)
- Added sound effects (focus done, capture, start recording)
- Fixed 15 seconds timer only going for 10 seconds
- Fixed free device space related errors
MeeGo 1.2 release now available
by Brazza on May.21, 2011, under Firmware, Meego
The MeeGo project today announced the availability of the MeeGo 1.2 release. This release is intended to provide a solid base line from which device vendors and developers can start creating software for a range of device categories. In this sense it can be seen as the first mature release of the core platform. Also available today is version 1.2 of the MeeGo SDK and the first MeeGo tablet developer preview release (Tablet UX).
The MeeGo 1.2 Core OS is described as providing a complete set of enabling technologies for mobile computing. Highlights include reference kernels for a number of Intel Atom and ARMv7 platforms, a QML application framework, QT Mobility APIs and enhanced telephony and connectivity capabilities (HSPA, SIM toolkit, additional Bluetooth profiles, improved multimedia support and more).
More details are available in the release notes.
The MeeGo 1.2 release also contains updates for a number of the UX releases and the MeeGo SDK:
- Netbook UX 1.2, with a complete set of core applications.
- In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) UX, including a sample IVI homescreen and speech recognition enabled application launcher.
- Tablet Deverloper Preview (see below)
MeeGo SDK 1.2 (see below)
