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sevla	2009-08-27 , 16:42
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Originally Posted by ColdFusion

I still find it hard to believe, but anyway... as Maemo is an open development platform, no one's stopping the community to add this functionality.

I have no doubt that Nokia will release an update supporting it and Google video chat but out of the box I don't think it's supported..

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hyartep	2009-08-27 , 16:47
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Originally Posted by pelago

As I understand it, the only built-in app that can use portrait mode is the phone app. (And possibly the image browser app?)

i hope ovi maps support portrait as well.

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	Texrat	2009-08-27 , 16:50
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Originally Posted by krisse

-Ovi Mail uses the unified login but currently only has a client available for Series 40 phones (as it was mainly intended for the developing world where cheap phones are usually the only available computer). They're doing an S60 client though and presumably a Maemo one too, and of course they have a webmail page for access through a browser.
-.

Worse than that: Ovi Contacts are inaccessible to Ovi Mail.

That's just nuts.

The big problem is that Ovi's issues will be seen as device issues as well. Nokia has reached a point in certain markets where they flat cannot afford these easily avoidable goofs and gaps. Poor service really hurt the N800's reputation-- the market won't tolerate too much more of that.

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	Texrat	2009-08-27 , 16:56
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Originally Posted by jalladin

is ovi finally available to ppl using nokia devices in the states, last i checked we werent able to use it.

Parts of Ovi are available to us. Until it broke for me this week, I was really loving the Contacts service. And I intend to use Ovimail more and more.

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	Texrat	2009-08-27 , 16:58
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby

Great. First Tim gets one of those awesome Mozilla-Maemo Danish Weekend shirts, now he gets to caress an N900 early.

Let's make sure he suffers at the Summit.

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	qole	2009-08-27 , 16:59
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The device and the OS look beautiful!

Best screenshot:

Originally Posted by sjgadsby

Great. First Tim gets one of those awesome Mozilla-Maemo Danish Weekend shirts, now he gets to caress an N900 early.

I wonder if the September community council election is going to be a lot more crowded with candidates than the last one?

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	dansus	2009-08-27 , 17:05
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Ok, im seriously impressed.

\peels myself off floor and digests.

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	Texrat	2009-08-27 , 17:11
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Originally Posted by Peter@Maemo Marketing

You are welcome. And I hope you did not miss Anssi Vanjoki quote: "The Nokia N900 shows where we are going with Maemo and we'll continue to work with the community to push the software forward."

Thanks again. That's one for my presentation.

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	johnkzin	2009-08-27 , 17:22
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Originally Posted by paperscissors

Re: google services
my impression would be since it's running a fully loaded mozilla browser it'd be able to access any of Google's services as you would normally from a desktop browser--no?

But syncing to the local app is useful for:

1) situations where you've got NO signal, but still want to know your appointments, check a phone number to dial from a landline, etc.

2) situations where you're trying to change something, but the signal is so low/slow that it's unbearably unusable.

3) when a Google App is down (it has happened), and you want to look at your last known data set.

Even Google lets you do syncing of their apps (with Gears on regular platforms, and it's built-in to Android).

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