Free: Bounce Evoloution

 

Bounce Evolution is a fully playable technology demonstration of the impressive gaming and 3D capabilities of the Nokia N900. Since it's a demo, there are 2 playable levels and one tour of the land.

Use the intuitive motion control to guide Bounce through beautiful countryside scenery, race against time on the futuristic racing track, or just enjoy beautiful landscape in the non-interactive demo.

The game is rendered using OpenGL ES 2.0 hardware acceleration allowing the game's next-generation graphics to run smoothly on the sharp 800 x 480 display. The result is a beautifull experience.

Free Download from Ovi

Nokia n900: PR 1.2 is Available (whew!)

  Legendary Threads were started to herald it's coming. 1000s of people were pissed waiting for it. In the end, it came.

OTA in UK - May 25, flasher - May 25, OTA & NSU worldwide - May 26

Change Log for 10.2010.16-8 a.k.a PR 1.2:

• First up – new games like Jurassic 3D Roller-coaster, Zen-bound, Angry Birds (level pack), Sygic, Kroll, WeatherBug, and GoGadget are all available to keep you entertained. Important to note though that Ovi Store will do a full switchover this week Thursday, May 27.
• Next are the improvements to communication. Email has been improved with the ability to accept or decline an event invitation right there in your inbox, and Facebook IM chat has also been bundled in. The release also brings with it video calling.
• An additional update you will be pleased to hear about is portrait browsing on the Internet is a-go on the N900. Ovi Maps also gets the update treatment with changes to the UI, improving the experience of finding your way around. 
• And finally, there’s also a change to the menu system UI with the first level now customizable.
• Smoother scrolling
• Long key press gives numbers
• FM transmitter still works even though HK models do not have the hardware.
• Faster. Though this could be due to the reflash..
• No stuttering while recording video
• currently skype video chat seems to be still disabled
• New application manager is awesome!
• Flash version has been updated
• USSD codes now work without requiring additional apps

Read about the Leaked PR 1.2 version here.

NITDroid Demo

This is a video demonstration of NITDroid Android port to Nokia N900, showing general Android features. It still isn't a fully functioning product but the team behind NITDroid have really worked hard to set it up like this. Hats off to you guys!

Nokia N900: PR 1.2 Released Unofficially

The much awaited Public Release 1.2 of the Nokia N900s Maemo Operating system has been leaked.

FileName: RX-51_2009SE_10.2010.12-9_PR_COMBINED_MR0_ARM

The site where it was first released is a Chinese site but we're working on and will get torrent links over here real soon. The first link was posted by a newbie over at the talk.maemo forums which led to suspicion as to the authencity of the firmware image. But curiosity led some of the members to check it out and eventually it was proved to be the real thing. Within 2 hours of the first post devices had already started booting up with the pr 1.2.

UPDATE:
The torrent link is below

http://www.filedropper.com/rx-512009se10201012-9prcombinedmr0armrar

MegaUpload Link

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JTHRXCJS

Original file:  Download the firmware image here.


 Change Log for 10.2010.16-8 a.k.a PR 1.2:

• Smoother scrolling
• Long key press gives numbers
• FM transmitter still works even though HK models do not have the hardware.
• Faster. Though this could be due to the reflash..
• No stuttering while recording video
• currently skype video chat seems to be still disabled
• New application manager is awesome!
• Flash version has been updated
• USSD codes now work without requiring additional apps

Nokia n900: As a Canvas?

Of all the things that I've seen being done with a Nokia n900, this is something that really caught my eye. These sketch are done using the Nokia N900 Phone + MyPaint 0.7.2 for Maemo 5 a.k.a Fremantle.Sketched by CreativeTone these pieces of art an example to the flexibility of apps and functions that the Nokia n900 and open source OS can support.

Nokia n900: Clocking 800MHz

And there you have it, a 800MHz clocking Nokia n900 - that's a 33% overclock over the stock 600MHz and it's all thanks to Letho's kernel. Titans kernel was also available but i felt an inclination towards this one. It's also a ultra low voltage kernel, which means that in this case the processor is running at (an assumed) 1.14v which is lower than the stock by a couple of milli volts. And that's more than enough to create a difference.

Overclocking the n900 is a real tough job because unlike 'traditional' overclockable systems this isn't a PC with fans or other active cooling systems - it's a phone that has features crammed into it so much that there's no space for anything more. Any extra heat that might be generated due to misbehaving code might fry the device and your pocket with it. This is a good reason to not keep your n900 in your pants pocket.

I'll let you know in a few days how i get along with the 800MHz n900 and of any stability/heating issues that hopefully won't crop up. If all goes well i might move onto overclock this baby all the way to 1GHz - and maybe fry an egg while I'm at it  ;).

Read the previous n900 overclock post here.

Nokia n900: What's your clock speed?

After hacks that made overclocked the n900 were made available by Lehto and Titan the question on everyone's lips had been why Nokia didn't do this itself in the first place. Possible answers include:

• Greater Stability at lower clock speeds.
• Lower power loss due to heat which also accounts for longer lifespan.
• Increased battery longevity.
• Fewer defective devices at the production level.

Then they probably had spaced it out some to accommodate for hardware tolerance. To get a better idea on what you can expect from overclocking your n900 I'd recommend you to check out Jaikmans Guide.

 

If you have a Nokia n900 that you want to overclock (or fry..) then head over to the Overclock WiKi at maemo.org 

But first you have to keep in mind that:

 - Overclocking WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY
- The lifetime of your device will get reduced
- You could lose the data in your device (file system corruption)
- Every device is an individual, what is stable for others might not be for you
- If you encounter ANY unusual problems, lower your clock frequency
- You do it at your own responsibility. No whining after wards. If you're unsure, don't do it.

 Read the next n900 overclock post here.

Nokia N79 vs Nokia N85 vs Nokia N96 [Three 5 mpx camera phones]

About N96:

Successor of the N95, the N96 is dual-slider with both numeric keypad and one for multimedia control. It still has 5-megapixel camera, but now is with 2.8″ display, 16GB of memory plus microSD slot and DVB-H for digital TV. It is Symbian S60 Feature Pack 2 smartphone with WiFi, GPS, quad-band GSM support and dual-band UMTS.

About N85:

Nokia N85 is a two-way slider, revealing either a numeric keypad or music shortcuts, depending on the way it is opened. It is a Symbian S60 smartphone with 2.6” OLED display, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and N-Gage gaming platform. For music it has 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, FM transmitter and radio.

About N79:

Nokia N79 is a multimedia phone with 5-megapixel camera, N-Gage gaming platform, 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, FM transmitter and radio. It is a Symbian S60 smartphone with 2.4” display showing up to 16 million colors.

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NSeries - How it all began

We have been hearing and witnessing the popularity of Nokia Nseries phones from quite a long time now. But did we ever wonder as to how it started. Well to be very exact, it was 27th April 2005, when the Finnish giant Nokia, shook the mobile industry by announcing a new brand of multimedia devices. They decided to call this sub-brand with a simple and easy-to-recall name of "Nokia Nseries". The Nseries phones are developed and marketed by Nokia's multimedia division.

The main aim behind the launch of Nokia Nseries was to completely change the people's perception of the brand from a handset manufacturer, by taking them from mobile telephony (Nokia) to multimedia computers (Nokia Nseries). Nokia Nseries is for people, who are early adopters when it comes to technology and innovation. It is an ideal choice for gadget freaks and technology stylists who are always on the look out for new devices and gadgets.

Now question arises that what does the Nseries range offer? Portraying it in simple words, they are convergence mobile devices that support digital media services such as music playback, video capture and photography along with mobile gaming and Internet services. All Nseries devices support at least one high-speed wireless technology, such as 3G, HSDPA, or Wireless Lan. These devices have some ground-breaking features such as Bluetooth, WiFi, USB, navigation facility and GPS receiver.

The first three Nseries phones that came out were N70, N90 and N91. After few months time, Nokia again came up with some new Nseries phones such as N71, N80 and N92. Pacing forward rapidly, Nokia launched four more devices such as N72, N73, N93, N75 and N95 in 2006 & 2007. Where as N95 8GB, N81, N81 8GB and N82 came in the year 2008 and rocked the world with their design and feature-rich functionalities. And finally in 2008 GSMA held in Barcelona, N96 and N78 were unveiled. They are feature packed and even compete within themselves in some cases.

By introducing these above revolutionary devices, the world's biggest manufacturer brings a mix of latest technology and design - empowering people to change their lifestyle in whatever they do. People no longer need to take laptops, digital cameras or camcorders with them. All they need is a Nokia Nseries phone. In short, they have not only changed the way people communicate but also provided them with an option to carry light and work better.

Nokia Nseries is the forerunner in setting up a new market of converged devices. After looking at the trends and development of mobile devices few years back, we will be surprised to know that there were no competitors back in 2006 that could match their offerings.

About the Author
Sarah Shaukat is an experienced writer who possesses in-depth knowledge of cellular industry and specializes in the areas of latest mobile devices, mobile content and mobile application development. Her new project "Everything about Nokia NSeries", aims at analyzing the impact of Nokia Nseries devices in the cellular world.