Category Archives: Maemo

Android on the N810

There’s a thread at Internet Tablet Talk with amazingly simple instructions. I was up and running in just a few minutes: Wifi networking worked, as long as you were already associated with access point under Maemo before you run the … Continue reading

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Maemo Screen Rotation

I was fooling around a bit with the screen rotation support for Maemo this morning on my N800 (didn’t want to risk mucking with the N810 yet). I would put up some screenshots, but for some reason the screenshot applet … Continue reading

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N810 Geoweb Launcher

I was mulling some of the geo hacks for the N810 that are out there now. Maemo Mapper is a great open source mapping application, there’s a little app that geocodes photos as well. Then there’s Maemo WordPy for posting … Continue reading

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OS2008 Homescreen Hackery

Inspired by some screenshots that came through my feed reader the other day, I updated the firmware on my N810 and installed a few new bits of hackery: Those are transparent homescreen apps, and more important than looking slick (if … Continue reading

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Maemo Browser Friendly Apps

I was somewhat curious how the new WordPress 2.5 admin interface would play with the browser on the N810 so I spent a little time poking around. Even though the new interface seems to be a lot more squishy than … Continue reading

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USB Host on the N810

Looking at the recent updates on maemo.org I noticed a utility for putting the USB controller into host mode. I had seen Kate’s post about modifying a standard cable or getting a USB On the Go cable to take advantage … Continue reading

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Microb Browser Extension Testing

After my IUI Maemo Microb hackery the other day I started pondering making the browser lie to say it was an iPhone. More cause I wanted to hack around some with extensions and Microb than because I really find myself … Continue reading

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Vote N810 for “Handheld of the Year” at Engadget

I’m going to pick up the handheld of the year thread from TabletBlog and encourage all you N810 fans to go vote N810 at the Engadget awards.

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IUI Dev on OS2008

I’ve been fooling around a bit with doing IUI dev on and for the N810. IUI is the javascript library behind those cool iPhone web apps. It does a menu style rendering and slides and all that. It actually works … Continue reading

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Microb Spellcheck Extension

Some of the comments to my previous posts about Firefox mobile pointed me toward the packaged extensions to the Microb browser, which is the default browser on the N810. One of the extensions is a spellcheck extension that underlines misspelled … Continue reading

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