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Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2011-06-21, 12:15
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Posted By skinny
Re: N9: It's finally here

Saying that "The N9 is very much about world's firsts" such as the features you listed, implies that without those features the N9's appeal would be very much reduced.

IMO this is not true. I...
Forum: Nokia N9 / N950 2011-06-21, 08:57
Replies: 10,476
Views: 2,718,019
Posted By skinny
Re: N9: It's finally here

Maybe it's just me, but those aren't very impressive "world's firsts"... got any others?
Forum: General 2011-06-15, 14:36
Replies: 22
Views: 5,199
Posted By skinny
Re: The perfect mobile phone

HTC Universal (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=htc+universal&hl=en&rlz=1B3GGGL_enGB306GB306&prmd=ivnsl&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=28L4TfzTAsq3hQeu4MGADA&ved=0CF0QsAQ&biw=1354&bih=516) was...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2011-03-17, 17:17
Replies: 12
Views: 3,714
Posted By skinny
Re: Brand new n900 unopened for sale - £260

C**ts!!

I hope you're ok... and I hope that karma eventually catches up with those two.
Forum: Nokia N810 2011-01-07, 09:30
Replies: 3
Views: 2,639
Posted By skinny
Re: Swap menu and back button?

Thanks Matan.

I've reconsidered remapping the back button globally (as I do find it useful while browsing the web).

Would xmodmap allow me to emulate a menu button press via a long press (or...
Forum: Nokia N810 2011-01-06, 20:53
Replies: 3
Views: 2,639
Posted By skinny
Swap menu and back button?

Is it possible to swap the functionality of the back button (on facia, below task switcher button) and the menu button (on slide-out, below dpad)?

Preferably on a per-application basis, but I'd be...
Forum: Maemo 5 / Fremantle 2010-11-08, 10:50
Replies: 90
Views: 21,977
Posted By skinny
Re: Who said Nokia did not do false advertising? look at this

Yeah but that's _me_ doing the navigating... not the device. Whoever/whatever is keeping track of where we are and where we should go next is the navigator... be it the driver, a passenger or an...
Forum: OS2008 / Maemo 4 / Chinook - Diablo 2010-11-05, 14:38
Replies: 23
Views: 12,515
Posted By skinny
Re: wayfinder (maps application) on Nokia N8x0 - request to remove license

Well I'd love to be able to use my N800 or N810 as a satnav, but none of the available options are better (IMO) than Ovi Maps or Google Maps on my Nokia E72... even with the way smaller screen,...
Forum: Applications 2010-11-04, 09:58
Replies: 21
Views: 14,110
Posted By skinny
Re: ALERT Nokia N900 Users - DON'T UPGRADE TO FIREFOX 4 BETA!!

I think it was your alarmist thread title (not your actual question) that was the problem:
- All caps=>hey my problem is more important than everyone else's "lower-case" problems!
- "DON'T UPGRADE...
Forum: Nokia N810 2010-09-17, 11:37
Replies: 19
Views: 6,678
Posted By skinny
Re: N810 Keyboard Shortcuts

Ah I see... yeah I'm not running telescope.... soz!
Forum: Nokia N810 2010-09-17, 07:36
Replies: 19
Views: 6,678
Posted By skinny
Re: N810 Keyboard Shortcuts

Unless I've misunderstood the problem: from the home screen, you can press the 'menu' key to bring up the drop-down menu at the top, then select 'help' (or maybe something else), then press the 'task...
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 16:28
Replies: 336
Views: 81,340
Posted By skinny
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

Less and less nowadays it seems.
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 16:06
Replies: 336
Views: 81,340
Posted By skinny
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

Replace "this thread" with "the internet".... or better still "the world".
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 15:45
Replies: 336
Views: 81,340
Posted By skinny
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

How old are you talking? Like the hardware in a computer that shipped with XP not being supported in Vista or Win7?
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 15:25
Replies: 336
Views: 81,340
Posted By skinny
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

idk either but I would bet money on it... and I'd be suprised if any conversion was necessary anyway.


Well "good" is subjective, but yeah I think linux does struggle to compete with windows when...
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-26, 14:56
Replies: 336
Views: 81,340
Posted By skinny
Re: what do you guys have against apple?

I've yet to find something that photoshop can do that the gimp can't (not that I've been specifically looking)... maybe your experience is different?

What other windows/mac apps are (in your...
Forum: Competitors 2010-08-22, 09:36
Replies: 4
Views: 2,811
Posted By skinny
Re: Really strong point for Android

I don't think the OP meant it's much more appealing than the N900... I think he meant it's much more appealing than it was before vim was released for Android.
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-08-18, 10:20
Replies: 78
Views: 16,877
Posted By skinny
Re: Who's considering the N8

I don't like the look of the N8... looks like an iPhone in a protective case to me.

Also I don't understand peoples beef with symbian. I never developed for it so I can't appreciate that point of...
Forum: General 2009-02-24, 15:10
Replies: 3
Views: 2,268
Posted By skinny
Re: VNC into my internet tablet?

IIRC to open the apps menu when VNC'd into the tablet, click the web menu (or contacts, I think), then use the arrow keys to navigate out of the web menu and down and into the apps menu. So, click...
Forum: General 2009-02-17, 22:08
Replies: 12
Views: 3,763
Posted By skinny
Re: NFS Support for N800???

OK I found sunrpc.ko, lockd.ko and nfs.ko in the diablo repos and tried those versions instead and they insmod'd successfully \o/

But I can't find diablo versions of nfsd.ko and exportfs.ko which...
Forum: General 2009-02-17, 21:41
Replies: 12
Views: 3,763
Posted By skinny
Re: NFS Support for N800???

I'm having trouble getting NFS working.

When I do...

insmod /lib/modules/current/sunrpc.ko

...I get this...

insmod: cannot insert '/lib/modules/current/sunrpc.ko': Invalid module format...
Forum: Development 2008-08-02, 13:49
Replies: 1
Views: 1,181
Posted By skinny
Re: can't install subversion

Nevermind... I didn't consider that it was in chinook extras and not diablo.
Forum: Development 2008-08-01, 21:48
Replies: 1
Views: 1,181
Posted By skinny
can't install subversion

When I try to install subversion from maemo.org, the .install is downloaded, application manager is started, but then I get the message:

"Unable to download subversion. Application package not...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2008-03-18, 11:00
Replies: 31
Views: 19,178
Posted By skinny
Re: USB 2366 Mini Keyboard

Hmmm, I thought the problem would be independent of the type of keyboard, and more to do with the type of adapter. I'm using a non-OTG one and redtaco99 appears to be using an OTG one and...
Forum: Buy & Sell 2008-03-18, 09:12
Replies: 31
Views: 19,178
Posted By skinny
Re: USB 2366 Mini Keyboard

Hi Jim

I have the same keyboard... which is probably irrelevant in regards to the following question...

Does your virtual keyboard come back after you unplug the USB keyboard?

Mine doesn't...
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