Welcome - Please read before you post
 

Welcome to the n900 forum of the maemo-org community. This is a hardware forum. If you are looking for information on software, you're in the wrong place. The Maemo 5 forum is for platform/system-related discussion. There are also fora about Applications, Games, Multimedia and various other topics. Posting a new topic here that does not belong will probably result in it being deleted or moved.

Before you start a thread, please check the following:

• If you have a question about basic use of the Nokia n900, please check http://maemo.nokia.com (users) and http://forum.nokia.com/maemo (developers)
• Please check the User Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), and search the wiki. Your question may already have been answered there.
• In addition, please also search the forums, as there may already be a thread on your topic.
• If your question is about an application, multimedia, games or design, please post in the appropriate forum instead.
• If your question is about Maemo in general, please post in the General forum.
• If your question is about the nature of our community, please post in the Community forum
  
  For any further support - please visit the Maemo Support pages

If you are answering a question

• Please quote the question, and post a simple, short answer.
• Refer people to the FAQ or wiki if an answer is there.
• If an answer is not there, and the question is a common one, please write an entry. Guidelines on writing to the wiki can be found here.
• If you wish to chat Off Topic, we have an Off Topic forum for informal conversation. Please keep the main forums focused on their subject. Posts which are deemed off topic may be deleted or moved.

Useful N900 Threads & Links

• N900 Case / Pouch / Screen Protector Thread
• N900 Owners thread - what did we think of the device when we first got it?
• Nokia's N900 User Manual - saving trees by being online!
• N900 Wallpapers
• Nokia Official Accessories

I would like to start developing for the N900 what do i do?
First of all, visit the development pages, In here you will find many valuable resources for example:
Links to the SDK, tutorials, documentation, references and extra help.

If you are interested in application development and are on a windows PC, you can still install the Software Development Kit (SDK) via one of a few methods. Please take a look at this post for more help