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Qualcomm Shows Augmented Reality Demo And Announces Developer Challenge

Augmented reality (AR) is always an interesting technology, and it’s often used in games. What if developers were to take things one step further, and offer AR multiplayer gaming over different platforms? Qualcomm seems to be a supporter of AR, as it …

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Mozilla Releases Firefox Mobile 1.1 For Maemo Devices

Nokia N900 and N810 users who are looking for a powerful browser should be quite happy to hear that Mozilla has just launched its Firefox Mobile 1.1, offering Maemo-powered phones the same browser engine as Firefox 3.6 on the desktop. Aside from that,…

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Qualcomm demos augmented reality and peer-to-peer tech, tries to punch cellular gaming’s block off (video)

It’s just a tablecloth and a piece of paper, until you pull out a Nexus One, at which point it magically becomes an arena where toy robots fire off punches. Augmented reality isn’t anything new, of course, but Qualcomm seems determined to bring it to …

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Firefox 1.1 hits Maemo in final form, featuring Add-ons, Save to PDF and more

Two months after an impressive beta, Mozilla’s finalized its first full mobile browser for Maemo — beating iPhone, Android and most assuredly Windows Mobile versions to the punch. Though it doesn’t seem to have gained any new features in the interim,…

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Nokia MeeGo 1.1 for handsets viewed in video

Nokia recently released the MeeGo 1.1 build for handsets, where this pre-alpha version is still a rough diamond in the works. Needless to say, don’t expect all of its APIs to run in a stable manner, and it is not surprising to see some components incl…

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MeeGo for handsets makes its first appearance

As promised, Nokia and Intel have revealed the pre-alpha version of MeeGo for handsets today, supporting the Intel-powered Aava reference phone and the Nokia N900. What’s most interesting at this early stage is the UI, which appears to have taken a bi…

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Google Android 2.2 runs on Nokia N900 smoothly

How often would you see a Nokia device run an operating system that is not normally associated with the Finnish cellphone manufacturer? The correct answer would be pretty rare, unless you literally take things into your own hands as with the case of this Nokia N900 running on Google’s Android 2.2 operating system. They seem to get along extremely well as though they were old friends, offering some blazing fast Web browsing performance as well as decent hardware support, although you can forget about cramming in a memory card. Check out the video above for additional detailed information if you’re curious to know more.

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Hacked N900 blazes through Froyo

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/mods/Hacked_N900_blazes_through_Froyo’;
While the various and sundry Android manufacturers are all scrambling (or casually strolling) toward official Android 2.2 updates for their manifold handsets, someone managed to get Google’s Froyo running on the Nokia N900. Turns out, the two are a pretty great pair, with some super speedy browsing (like, really fast) and decent hardware support outside of an unfortunate lack of memory card support. Hit up the video after the break to see it in action, the browser starts kicking around the 4:45 mark.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Hacked N900 blazes through Froyo originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Unlocked Nokia N900 going for $369.99

The Nokia N900 is one of the more hackable smartphones out there in the market, but it has hardly reached near any iPhone sales figures simply because we believe it is too expensive for the masses and lack the sex appeal of Apple’s product. Things might change for a bit though, since it will retail for $369.99 a pop unlocked, making it perfect for those who want to pick up the N900 without having to tie themselves down to a new 2-year contract. After all, it is a whole lot more affordable than the $599 price point, where you will need to apply the coupon code LL17PBSTFKZ440 in order to receive the discounted price. Not only that, free shipping has been thrown into the mix to sweeten the deal further. Are you game for the Nokia N900, or are you one who would be happy with the iPhone 4?

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Nokia N900 drops to $369, unlocked

Hard to believe but after all this time the N900 remains the most powerful handset in Nokia’s vast collection of cellphones. No other Nokia handset even comes close and that won’t change until Nokia launches the Symbian^3-powered N8 or the MeeGo-powered N9. So if you’ve got the dough and a certain inclination to write Python scripts on a Friday night, you might want to think about sliding $369 (down from $649 at launch or $479 currently at Nokia USA) Espoo’s way for a crack at the ARM Cortex A8 slider. Sure, it’s not the freshest face on the block, but the development community will certainly help eek-out every last bit of value for many months to come.

P.S. Don’t forget to apply the coupon code LL17PBSTFKZ440 to get the reduced price.

Nokia N900 drops to $369, unlocked originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:34:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Skype To Offer Two-way Video Calling On The Nokia N900

Nokia N900 users are in for a treat, as Russ Shaw, Vice President of Skype Mobile, has confirmed that Skype is planning to offer the ability to make two-way video calls on said device. Such a feature would allow Nokia N900 owners to make two-way video calls to other mobile clients and also Skype-on-TV. Further good news includes that fact that video calls would work on both 3G and Wi-Fi networks. The VoIP company is looking to offer video calling across all platforms, regardless of operating system and carriers, so chances are when the iPhone 4G is released with a front-facing camera, there should be a version of Skype released that supports two-way video calling for the iPhone too, and in case you missed it, Skype for the iPhone has also been updated to support 3G voice calling.

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MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download

You’ve seen it teased, and now it’s time to shelve whatever you had planned for this evening (or morning, depending on your current coordinates) and slap the first bona fide 1.x MeeGo release onto whatever device you’ve got handy. As of right now, MeeGo v1.0 for Netbooks and v1.0 for Nokia N900 are available for download, with the former supporting Atom-based machines and the latter supporting… well, we’ll let you take a stab there. The API that’s being released includes Qt 4.6, and while the current SDK is tailored for netbooks, the next version — slated to hit devs in June — will support “touch-based devices, such as handsets and tablets.” We’re also told that v1.1 will be outed in October, with the development tree already being open. We’re certainly digging the layout shown here at a glance, but why not give that source link a visit and find out how it suits you in real life? We heard Snooki totally digs it, too.

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MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 May 2010 18:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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