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Hassayampa Slim	2010-09-16 , 04:29
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Many of the online (cloud) apps I run are now having problems. Most of the Google Apps (Gmail & Schedule) now warn me that my browser cannot run the app, with other apps reporting either browser or flash update required. Is there software updates I'm not aware of that will allow these apps to run fully? My OS2008 is up to date and Application Manger doesn't show me any app updates available. Most of what I see being discussed now is for N900. Are we expected to throw away the N8xx's and buy 900's? I'm hoping I'm just missing something here. Solutions please,.... Thanks

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	silvermountain	2010-09-16 , 04:38
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Originally Posted by Hassayampa Slim

Many of the online (cloud) apps I run are now having problems. Most of the Google Apps (Gmail & Schedule) now warn me that my browser cannot run the app, with other apps reporting either browser or flash update required. Is there software updates I'm not aware of that will allow these apps to run fully? My OS2008 is up to date and Application Manger doesn't show me any app updates available. Most of what I see being discussed now is for N900. Are we expected to throw away the N8xx's and buy 900's? I'm hoping I'm just missing something here. Solutions please,.... Thanks

Apart from Gmail and 'schedule' - what apps/sites in particular are you seeing these issues?

Browser related issues may potentially be resolved by using a browser other than microB (Opera for instance if no flash is required) or you may try to simply mask your browser/device using a different User Agent.

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Hassayampa Slim	2010-09-16 , 13:59
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Originally Posted by silvermountain

Apart from Gmail and 'schedule' - what apps/sites in particular are you seeing these issues?

Browser related issues may potentially be resolved by using a browser other than microB (Opera for instance if no flash is required) or you may try to simply mask your browser/device using a different User Agent.

Other than Gmail & Schedule, most Google Apps as well as Facebook when trying to see all "my friends", and just about any site that uses Flash.
Can you recommend a browser replacement? I've tried some from the "Download" area but they were significantly slower than MicroB. Also, I don't understand "mask your browser/device using a different User Agent".
Thanks,
Slim

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	luca	2010-09-16 , 16:54
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Originally Posted by Hassayampa Slim

Are we expected to throw away the N8xx's and buy 900's?

Heck, no, you're expected to throw away your n800 and your n900 and buy the new! and improved! model that's coming soon (which you'll have to throw away in a year time to buy the newest! and even more improved! model).

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	danramos	2010-09-16 , 16:58
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Originally Posted by Hassayampa Slim

Are we expected to throw away the N8xx's and buy 900's? I'm hoping I'm just missing something here. Solutions please,.... Thanks

I'm beginning to think that if you got rid of your N8xx's and N900, you might forfeit your right to be able to speak here in these forums.

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	epage	2010-09-16 , 17:37
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Originally Posted by Hassayampa Slim

Many of the online (cloud) apps I run are now having problems. Most of the Google Apps (Gmail & Schedule) now warn me that my browser cannot run the app, with other apps reporting either browser or flash update required. Is there software updates I'm not aware of that will allow these apps to run fully? My OS2008 is up to date and Application Manger doesn't show me any app updates available. Most of what I see being discussed now is for N900. Are we expected to throw away the N8xx's and buy 900's? I'm hoping I'm just missing something here. Solutions please,.... Thanks

Some of us still release software for the n8x0. Each of the programs I manages has the same code base between n8x0 and n900. I continue to plan to release software for the n8x0 (and n900 when the n9 releases).

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	danramos	2010-09-16 , 18:40
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Originally Posted by epage

Some of us still release software for the n8x0. Each of the programs I manages has the same code base between n8x0 and n900. I continue to plan to release software for the n8x0 (and n900 when the n9 releases).

That's fantastic and appreciated, but I suspect he's speaking more to the generally outdated kernel and decrepit, aging, rusted-out closed-source applications that are forced on N8x0 users with the available images.

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cstryon	2010-09-16 , 21:58
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Do we have a list of programs/apps that are still currently being worked on? I know of a few, but it would be interesting to know how much the n8x0's are still getting.

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lma	2010-09-17 , 00:21
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Originally Posted by cstryon

Do we have a list of programs/apps that are still currently being worked on?

http://maemo.org/downloads/updated/OS2008/100/ is a good indication, though it doesn't cover work-in-progress such as packages in extras-devel. For those you can see the extras-cauldron-builds list (posts tagged with [diablo]).

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Hassayampa Slim	2010-09-17 , 04:13
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Just seems like Nokia has no interest in maintaining the included software, especially after the next product is released. Thanks to the community here and the likes of Epage we can continue to use the product. Seems if we had to rely on Nokia, we would have bricks by now...expensive bricks I might add.
Thanks for all the comments, and would still like to hear a recommendation for an alternate to MicroB. I'd sure like to be able to access Google Buzz, and of course Gmail's "Call Phone" would be a dream.
Slim