Forum: Alternatives
2009-04-27, 09:02
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Replies: 81
Views: 28,005
Mer 0.12 released
Mer for Nokia 770, N800, N810, N810W, X86, Beagleboard, Pocket Loox 720, version 0.12
Information about Mer can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer and everything you need to know about the...
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Forum: Competitors
2009-04-26, 15:46
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Replies: 64
Views: 37,863
Nokia 5800 vs Nokia N810
As someone asked me to do a comparison in another thread, here it is, the Nokia 5800 compared to the Nokia N800/N810.
First of all, I don't think they are really direct rivals at all. Their...
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Forum: Community
2009-04-23, 02:47
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Replies: 26
Views: 6,519
Re: Tired of beating my Dead Horse...
This post wasn't meant to be an attack on anyone at maemo.org I really would like to see something similar at maemo.org I even offered to help set it up and help. Its just the hosting the only thing...
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Forum: Applications
2009-04-18, 07:02
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Replies: 0
Views: 3,830
clisp 2.44.1 with FFI
Hi, all
after week of ffcall porting and another week of clisp building on n810 (because qemu is sucks), I pleased to announce availability of full-featured clisp with support of FFI and other...
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Forum: Applications
2009-04-17, 19:44
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Replies: 632
Views: 189,655
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Forum: Alternatives
2009-04-05, 18:14
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Replies: 128
Views: 33,950
Mer 0.11 released
Mer for Nokia 770, N800, N810, N810W, X86, Beagleboard, Pocket Loox 720, version 0.11
Information about Mer can be found at http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer and everything you need to know about the...
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Forum: Applications
2009-03-24, 18:53
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Replies: 57
Views: 29,458
mcedit - Change MCE settings easily!
As I hinted at here (http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=273657&postcount=8), I've been working on a python application to change the settings in mce.ini. Along with the LED...
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Forum: Applications
2009-03-22, 05:01
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Replies: 30
Views: 8,148
Re: fbReader update
Autoscrolling is kinda fun, but it is hardly the must feature depicted above, it seems to me. To use it, you need to develop a new skill: "synchronized thinking".
With synchronized thinking, you...
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Forum: Nokia N810
2009-02-06, 10:53
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Replies: 8
Views: 2,088
Re: cross-platform encryption?
OK, this explains the problem: "Ubuntu v8.10 (PPC version)"
To correctly compile the Notecase for PPC architecture (it uses "Big Endian" memory data format), you need to enable this in the...
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Forum: Applications
2009-01-30, 22:54
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Replies: 3
Views: 12,647
Fast XV video output in MPlayer
Many of you probably know that mplayer uses '-vo omapfb' video output code with direct framebuffer access in order to improve performance. But XV can be almost as fast with the help of some...
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Forum: General
2009-01-09, 13:43
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Replies: 78
Views: 21,794
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Forum: General
2009-01-09, 13:15
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Replies: 78
Views: 21,794
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Forum: General
2009-01-08, 15:02
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Replies: 679
Views: 176,125
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Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle
2008-12-08, 17:32
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Replies: 213
Views: 82,027
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Forum: Competitors
2008-12-03, 23:30
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Replies: 71
Views: 21,907
Re: Nokia N97 Announced
The data and voice are independent in HDPA. GSM is considered 2G and HSDPA is 3G backward compatible to 2G.
It's not as easy as just popping in a new radio chip. There are an awful lot of...
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Forum: Competitors
2008-12-03, 12:01
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Replies: 71
Views: 21,907
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Forum: Community
2008-11-16, 11:42
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,680
Re: HTTPS/SSL Access
Do you really use a different password on every site you use and never ever reuse any of your passwords? Even if so, reading one of your passwords may give a clue about how you construct them and may...
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Forum: General
2008-10-30, 15:16
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Replies: 46
Views: 15,857
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Forum: General
2008-10-28, 17:09
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Replies: 339
Views: 56,059
Re: Future of Internet Tablets
I'm having a hard time understanding the point you're trying to get across anyway. It doesn't help that you're getting personal.
I can see the point of the simple "check mail while on the go" or...
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Forum: General
2008-10-16, 09:13
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Replies: 102
Views: 29,801
Re: An 'internet' tablet or a Linux computer?
I don't see the point of this "either-or" thing. And I don't see how a "web-device" is different from a computer. It is a computer!
What's great about the N8x0 is its size - and that it still is a...
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Forum: General
2008-10-16, 00:30
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Replies: 102
Views: 29,801
Re: An 'internet' tablet or a Linux computer?
World's first portable computer weighs 60 pounds, is built like a tank, and runs only on AC power.
http://www.computercloset.org/ibm_5100.jpg
http://www.computercloset.org/ibm5100.htm
Key...
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Forum: General
2008-10-15, 23:25
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Replies: 102
Views: 29,801
Re: An 'internet' tablet or a Linux computer?
I prefer a full blown, dual 24" screen computer, at least 8GB RAM, 5TB hard drive. But carrying it around is tedious.
I learned at IBM in the late 60's to carry a thinkpad, (see sig) and...
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Forum: General
2008-10-15, 22:33
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Replies: 102
Views: 29,801
Re: An 'internet' tablet or a Linux computer?
If they somehow manage to make a "clam shell swivel tablet" pc thin enough to fit in ones pocket, I will buy it. Until then, neither the N810 or a netbook is the ideal choice, because there are so...
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Forum: Competitors
2008-10-14, 19:13
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,626
Re: Maemo on the Pandora
... or requesting relicensing of the stuff that is really interesting to you. The current licensing of the components developed by Nokia responds to the current reality and demand. If you challenge...
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Forum: Competitors
2008-10-14, 10:46
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Replies: 35
Views: 20,626
Re: Maemo on the Pandora
So a brief perusal of the spreadsheet linked above shows that maemo running (legally) on 3rd party hardware would be missing quite a few things that are included in OS2008:
- microb web browser
-...
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