BarrioSquare for Maemo 5 came out of private testing yesterday, and is now available to download in the Extras-Devel Repository in the N900 (if you’ve enabled it in your Application Manager). Barriosquare, if you havent heard of it before, is an... (Continue reading)
We figured we’d save the best for last with Web Browsing on the Nokia N900 as the final chapter in our Introducing Maemo 5 Series. And boy, Maemo 5 can seriously handle Internet Browsing. Here’s a more detailed look at it. Just... (Continue reading)
Jay over at MyNokiaBlog found a pretty cool little app called “Quick Launch” that allows you to place Four app shortcuts in your Maemo 5 Status Bar. As you might know, the Status Bar is always accessible from most Menus in... (Continue reading)
Apart from the General awesomeness of Maemo 5, it also has a pretty decent Email Client built in. Here’s a bit about it. So right under the “Email” icon in the main menu on the Nokia N900, you’ll find the Email Client... (Continue reading)
Thanks our friends over at MaemoItalia.com we’ve come to know that Nokia has (finally) released a Map loader for Ovi Maps on the Nokia N900. If you’re a frequent reader, you’d know that one of our minor complaints about GPS on... (Continue reading)
While we covered how the Maemo 5 Camera UI looked and worked, we didnt mention how Images are handled in the Nokia N900. So here’s a little bit about that. All of the Images you take with the Nokia N900 is listed... (Continue reading)
One more thing that Maemo 5 does awesome on the Nokia N900, is handle Conversations. “Conversations” in this case, means anything from Text Message conversations, to IM conversations you’ve had. And here’s a little bit about it. Tap on the “Conversations” icon in... (Continue reading)
Maemo 5 has a really nice and easy way to manage your Internet connections on the Nokia N900. Whether it’s Wifi, 3G or a network Dataplan (like Edge or GPRS), here’s a little bit about it. The easiest place to manage your... (Continue reading)
Initially when I got my hands on the Nokia N900, I honestly wondered, how the heck would I get apps installed on this lil’ Maemo 5 device. Well, as it turns out, that’s not a problem at all really. Maemo 5, atleast... (Continue reading)
One really cool thing about Maemo 5 (and hence the Nokia N900) has to be it’s Homescreen. And here’s more about it. First up, Maemo 5 allows you to have up to 4 Multiple Homescreens. Each of these are customisable, each able... (Continue reading)