Apps I would love to see for Meamo 5 / Nxxx devices
 

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...

• Ability to sync Google Contact and Calendar with the native applications.
  
• Ability to create folders within the Applications folder (e.g Games)
  
• Notifications client for social networks (Facebook / Twitter / Flickr / Linkedin etc), something which will notify me that there has been activity on my account and launch browser taking me to the service (More than just an RSS reader...)
  
• Easy way of sharing content via WiFi. Run a web server on the device which can dynamically expose Contacts, Calendar, Media via a Webpages (PHP etc).
  
• Ability to use device as a WiFi Modem. (e.g. MiFi)
  
• Password support for Alphanumeric passwords

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• 3rd party community maybe. AFAIK not out of the box, not officially.
  
  
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  Easy way of sharing content via WiFi. Run a web server on the device which can dynamically expose Contacts, Calendar, Media via a Webpages (PHP etc).

  3rd party its possible to run a web server like Lighttpd or Apache. I don't think out of the box. The PHP frontends you mention don't exist either, and this all would lag the device, as in: why not let something else do the syncing, instead only offer the data?
  
  
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  Ability to use device as a WiFi Modem. (e.g. MiFi)

  BlueTooth DUN is supported 3rd party (not out of the box). See also e.g. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=314240
  
  
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  Password support for Alphanumeric passwords

For WiFi or IMAP or...? Works right now. Why would this not work?

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Also consider to input your wishes in the following wiki page:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Applications_y...ther_platforms

Who should we hand it to, then? ;)

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Works fine with "Mail for Exchange" aka. ActiveSync. Check out http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html

Edit: (I.e. it works out of the box, you just need to configure it based on the S60 instructions from Google)

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Spotify client

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Mauku 2 should already do this for you.

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Evernote! a very useful and cloud synced service

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Wifi sharing - think AirSharing on the iPhone, but better
Skype with video
Unity3D support - games or web client
Nimbuzz
VLC - a proper release... I HATE having to resample/convert video

And I fully support the prior Evernote request.

Now... I have more, but they mostly come from my use with my iPhone.

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any idea...what client should i install in the N900 ? i need mainly icq, skype, msn..something like the Symbain Nimbuzz would be good..
also, VLC or SmartMovie would be good...

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On the N810, I use Fring. If it also makes its way to the N900, I'd use it there too, personally.

Nimbuzz never got ported - and I'm personally not a fan of the web version via Maemo's browser. But lately, I've been using Nimbuzz via the iPhone and I know it would be better on Maemo 5 if done well.

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But a good front-end to MPlayer is far superior compared to VLC.

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Any particular reason you prefer Nimbuzz over Fring or Pidgin or even Gizmo for that matter?

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Anyone know if the Hava player will work with Meamo 5?

Other than that, my wish list would be for a full port of Gnome Games, or at least add Blackjack, to the repository.

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I'm more thinking along "Apps I don't want to see on the N900" among them... anything that would go to the cloud, sync with the cloud or send any data to the cloud for storage.

In other words I want software to obey me not the cloud or web2.0 and I prefer my data not clouded :)

I do hope it will be possible to rip out any such software and replace it with local alternatives. If I want syncing I'll setup my own syncml server and sync that :)

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I second evernote and fring
Gravity
an e-book reader
Nokia sports tracker
Pandora

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I dunno what "mEAmo" is :P

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It's the cool, new, mobile computer OS from Nokla, hadn't you heard?

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My experiences with MPlayer on the Maemo platform is much less superior to VLC on the desktop. I don't ever recall having to resample for the desktop. Had to do so on the NITs.

It's all about taste. And MPlayer, while I used to be a fan with it on my Mac very early on, VLC has replaced it in my usage.

Nimbuzz supports Skype voice and its interface is quite a bit more polished. I don't particularly like interface for Fring, but it's usable.

Pidgin stopped getting updated on Maemo 4 and I had connectivity issues to certain protocols and I dislike lengthy workarounds that may/may not work. And Gizmo... doesn't support Skype.

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Maybe you're buying the wrong device since it's pretty much the entire point of the tablet to begin with, at least for consumers.

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Well, you can also use the built-in chat program with the upcoming protocol additions by Collabora to have pretty much everything Nimbuzz gives you along with the extra integration.

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Dropbox and Evernote clients would be awesome.

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RTComm basically sucks. They've not updated it on the current platform in ages, it wouldn't connect to Yahoo, doesn't support voice in its current iteration and what I've been shown so far, Nokia has to really pull it together for me to believe in and use RTComm.

And add Skype voice to the mix. Would love to add video to the mix - that's not there either.

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Install libpurple0 in extras-devel. Yahoo connects just fine and you're wrong, they are still updating it.

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Meh. I read the lengthy wait(s) and long workarounds. Let's put it this way...

I'm happy the fixes worked for you. Search, I was left out in the cold for a few days and that turned me off. I would not want something like that to be in the hands of the mainstream, so I went elsewhere.

It's my prerogative to do so. It's yours to support the fixes that suit your needs. Having it bomb on me for as long as it did and the workaround was some obscure download is counter-intuitive to something that actually wants to be mainstream.

The updates? Where? The beta went from 2.3 to 2.7, right? And you still have to download the most recent libpurple, right?

I don't like to jump through that many hoops all of the time and the updates don't reflect what you just said. You have to admin your machine to do that. And most people simply don't take the time to admin their machine.

Bah. Nevermind. Whatever I say will invariably be ignored. Glad the fixes worked for you. Search... they didn't work for me initially. I had to wait over a month for something to finally work.

That's too long.

And it still doesn't support video or Skype. No update for that either.

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Neither does Nimbuzz.

This wasn't a conversation about mainstream vs. hardcore, but anyways... the RTCOMM updates in the future will be a lot easier to deal with since they should be much more deeply integrated than they were on OS2008.

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Nimbuzz supports Skype voice. RTComm doesn't - not in its present iteration.

Want screenshots? And since it's on an iPhone - it invariably won't support video... no forward facing camera like the N900.

I think you're grossly missing the point. There's room for improvement on what's already out there. Add video where you can. Add features that consolidate why I should use one app over the other.

It hasn't happened yet. Thus... my request.

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Seeing Scalado PhotoFlow in Nokia 5800 reminds me that there is free software available for the Linux Desktop that will compose panoramic pictures for you (but can't remember names of projects). Perhaps the engine can be kept and work the UI to make it really simple?

I can tell the N900 camera pulls you to take pictures from any wide impressive horizon. :)

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Hugin ??? Would be awesome.

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some of the features from nokia photo browser would be cool like the face recognition and magnifying glass http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view...-photo-browser

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since its a "wish for something":

- notifications should stay on the service area (in the videos i just saw notification "panels" while in the dashboard but no icons), you might just confirmed the panel but didnt really see the event (damn my english isnt sufficiant enough to explain). just say "you pressed to get rid of a call notification but didnt confirm the notification youll see a small phone symbol. if you press on it, youll get straigh to the call management"

- a option (its a small app ;) ) which anables the phone to work automatically as an usb Modem while plugged in via usb.
in the USB settings as an extra "USB modem -> enabled [ ] (<=checkbox)" evertime you plug in the usb and had choosen "enable" before the the device gets a modem. if not chosen "enable" nothing happens. to not have you install it on every PC you have, the usb modem routinese for usb connection are on den Maemo5 device "autorun"

-an easy way to disconnect mobile data transfer. if connected to the net via 3G/GSM, just have also the option "disconnect" and the connection dies...no update for allways on software (widgets, mail, IM). now if you press a applications needs to go online, say checking/sending emails, the application prompts "app needs connection, allow: yes no". after retrieving/sending, updating content (facebook goes online, checks "updates on news frm friends or statuses?" gets them, if nothing changes connection isnt needed) the internet connection is killed automatically

-a data log and volume alert, though the mobile networks wont like it. a application tracks the data on a monthly basis and also warns if a data volume is reached. you can adjust, say : my upload/download limit for a month are 50MB, after this youll just go to the application and see your usage. also it should possible to set different levels of warning, depends on how cautious you are and if you want these steps, example: you just want one step so you just adjust it to "warm me if its 5MB to limit", if you are more cautios just add annother level. warning 1 :20 MB to limit...warning 2: 5MB. with priority setting. 1 a small notice 2 a fullpage warning 3. everytime you connect to the net a notice "659KB combined left..still want to connect?"
short how the app should work for alerts.
1) Set limit : upload [ ], download [ ], combined [ X ] (because most of the networks limit up and download, but maybe yours limits just uoloading or downloading)
2) set alert. alert at [ 5 ] [ MB ] priotity [ 2 ] tab:"add "
3) time [ monthly ] day [ 15 th ] (so it goes to zero every month on the 15th

for the log. you can see you monthly upload, download, combined....for eyecandy some statistics in curves or solid bars. daily basis, week, month year. and just for the fun of it how many webpages,mp3 (at 4MB), videos (full mpeg2 600MB or youtube average 15MB? dont know the number). it would have been. logs in a transferable text only format

well if i could wirthe just one line of code i would try, but since i cant i wish for smth like that.... other people would charge money for it but i wouldnt, just for the fun of it ^-^"


- browser option to send out an mobile browser ID...so if a web page has a mobile version, it automatically gets loaded. pre select can still me standard desktop ID but, if you want to safe some MB it would help


- a option for the picutre viewer "addjust to with". a picture can expand to the fullscreen with, if its bigger in length youll scroll. basic intention : reading Mangas...some selfish aspect


-RDS radio with good interface

-a bluetooth application for full access to other BT devices, to retrieve available information/data. (had seen smth similar on a samsung phone ads was instantly fascinated. just select all images etc and pull them on your phone, well after you provided access and linked both phones...security aspects)

- folder view : ie. picture viewer ->pictures->options->sort pictures-> show all, sort date, sort name, sort entered*, sort folders, sort tags*, sort geo tag*

music doenst need folder view...its called Album :D


*=not that important




like said....those are wishes/hopes etc.

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Hey I've been looking for such an app even when I was using Symbian:

a megaphone + autotune (on choice) that projects input (via the microphone) to the phone speakers or an audio system when connected, REAL TIME.

I've been requesting on many Symbian forums but sadly, to no avail. Wonder if the maemo community is able to come up with a fantastic app like that!

Looking forward to responses, and thanks!

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I have only very bad experiences with desktop VLC, pausing has noticiable delay, subtitle rendering is horrible, bad ***/SSA subtitle support, noticiable quality decrease on playback, full screen corruption mess when skipping frames.

But hey, I don't know about the MPlayer on maemo, since I haven't tried it. MPlayer can play the exact same formats as VLC, but for IT's there's always need to for example, reduce resolution and/or choose format that's less hard for the CPU, like XVID instead of h.264 because of the limited CPU speed. Desktop's don't suffer this problem.

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The app that I really would like to see is the one tracking in real time Buss, metro, and trains on a map such as maemo mapper or ovi mapper. So that I would know exactly weither I missed the buss or that it is just in late.
I heard that iphone has one that tracks buss in the US. so I think it's gonna be possible to make it working under maemo 5.

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I would like to see some widgets for homescreen that allows one to turn on/off something fast.

- 3G widget with on/off feature: allows user to switch from dual-mode to single and so (GSM only or with 3G network)
- Bluetooth on/off
- GPS signal on/off: on S60 to turn this on I have to start an application that requires GPS first.
- Google translate.
- Flashlight/Torch: one button to turn on/off or perhaps one more for SOS.

and Finnish readers with experience with widgets please consider making a Journey planner widget for TKL and YTV.

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I don't think that's possible without having the public transport installing GPS devices in their vehicles and sharing the data with the rest of the world. And I don't see this happening anytime soon.

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ScummVM
Full speed NES/SNES emulator
Full speed Neogeo emulator
Full speed mame (for old games like Galaga)

As you can tell my commutes to work are long and boring ;)

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The way I understood it was that you can have a widget that provides you live updates as they happen for things such as face book, twitter. You can view this directly from your home screen without necessarily having to open up the app / web page

I hope to use it as a WiFi modem too, hopefully something like Joikuspot will be available like they had on S60

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Two for Sports Tracker!

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Make that three for sports tracker!

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I think Ride-on buss do have gps device installed, that's the transportation buss I'm using here in maryland, i don't know for the rest of the world. but i think all the buss in the US have it.

I was thinking about using the APRS option of Maemo Mapper, since I don't even know where to as for help I lef the idea.