MWKN Weekly News: 19 December 2011
MWKN Weekly News: 19 December 2011
Nokia N900 gamepad hack
Engadget covers Emyrth's slide-on, USB-based, gamepad for the N900:
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Nokia's internetting tablet that simply refuses to quit has already run the multi-purpose gamut, standing in as a brain scanner / replacement, OS dual-booter and Ice Cream Sandwich biter -- just to name a few.
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Now, a homebrew mod from Polish hacker Emeryth, has that soon-to-be retro QWERTY slider sporting a custom gamepad to make those long hours logged into video game emulation that much more thumb-friendly. The exposed overlay is based on an ATmega8A microcontroller and plugs directly into the device's USB port, giving gamers an eight button solution, plus a PSP-like analog stick. It's a handy, albeit ugly, add-on that'll help get your gaming heroes of old through well trodden enemy lines.
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A video is presented, and schematics and code is available to download from Andrzej's blog.
First Qt application accepted to Apple's App Store
Qt was always intended as a cross-platform development framework. Nokia took it to Symbian, Maemo, MeeGo and Harmattan. Open source Necessitas took it to Android. Now, Qt4iOS on Twitter says
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THE question has finally been answered... The first Qt Widget app to be submitted to Apple has been accepted for the App Store... :)
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This means a Qt developer can now target Android, iOS, Symbian and MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan with a single code-base.
In this edition...- Front Page
- Nokia N900 gamepad hack
- First Qt application accepted to Apple's App Store
- Applications
- Installing AIM/ICQ/Yahoo!/MSN/Vkontakte and QIP chat accounts, with GUI, on Nokia N9
- Kheweeteur 0.7.1 promoted to Extras-testing for testing
- Development
- Qt Creator 2.4.0 released with improved coding style and quick fixing
- PhoneGap porting to MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan
- Devices
- Adding additional languages to N900 welcome screen
- Announcements
- Fully open source flasher
- Nokia Live View augmented reality available for Nokia N9
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