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Android VM running on the N800

Jonathan Greene — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:45:02 +0000

I regularly use VMWare on my Mac at home for Windows, but never thought it was even possible to do anything quite like this on the Nokia Tablet platform …

Nokia N800 running VMware from Eric Sloof NTPRO.NL on Vimeo.

Thanks @s_constantine!

UPDATE — here’s a another closer look:

Fennec reaches alpha 2

Jonathan Greene — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:48:37 +0000

Fennec alpha 2 has been released for the Internet Tablet and I gave it a quick spin today. While it still takes longer than I’d like to get going it’s starting to look quite nice.

A bug definitely worth noting is that some of the Google sites (like Gmail and Reader) may be hard to use with this release. Unfortunately without Reader, the browser is worthless to me. I think it’s still worth exploring here as it’s likely we’ll see some real progress with Mozilla on Maemo – at least that’s my hope!

Nokia’s Handwriting Calculator

Jonathan Greene — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:12:40 +0000

Just released from Nokia Beta Labs:

Download it here

And YES I know it’s been MONTHS since I posted here …

Boingo Mobile Updated

Jonathan Greene — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:27:48 +0000

Boingo Mobile has been updated across platforms. If you use a Nokia Handset (N or E Series), Nokia Tablet or a Windows Mobile Handset it’s worth checking out the new download. If you’ve used Boingo on your tablet I’m sure you’ll agree the auto-connect feature is very slick. I’ve gotten a ton of use from Boingo in my travels and definitely recommend it.

Technorati Tags: boingo, mobile, wifi, travel, nokia

Need a newer version of Flash but no way to update!

Jonathan Greene — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:10:40 +0000

I was just browsing Facebook and ran across this little issue … There is no way to install Flash directly on a mobile device as a browser plugin! Looks like I will have to wait it out for an update to the OS, but since we just got one this week, it may be a while …

Technorati Tags: Maemo diablo N810 Flash Facebook

Mauku goes to .5.1 – official release

Jonathan Greene — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:52:22 +0000

The previous mention of Mauku was an unstable version supporting Twitter concurrently with Jaiku. Today though we get a nice update to the official release in .5.1 which seems far more stable and able to handle the volume of connections both services require.

If you participate in either or both Twitter and Jaiku, Mauku is the gold standard for staying in touch. While twitter offers considerably less organization than Jaiku, Mauku makes it easy to stay connected.

Technorati Tags: Mauku maemo twitter jaiku n800 n810

Mauku Update Adds Twitter Support!

Jonathan Greene — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:47:52 +0000

Mauku has long been the best way to stay connected to Jaiku regardless of platform and today we’ve received a very nice update that adds Twitter into the fold as well. I’ve gotten a lot of questions on how to stay connected to twitter from the tablet and outside of IM which has not worked for months, the web site was the only solution until now.

In the above screenshot, Twitter updates are green and Jaiku are yellow. In one view, you’ve got a simple dashboard into the social conversation. The Mauku UI is optimized for finger touch over stylus and supports gestures as well if you’ve never seen it in action. For now the update is only in the unstable repository (change user to unstable in the repository setting after you install), though I’d imagine with the excitement around this release, we’ll be able to sort out the bugs and move it to release very quickly.

Technorati Tags: mauku, jaiku, twitter, socialmedia

Nokia Chat works great on the Tablet too

Jonathan Greene — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:21:55 +0000

Nokia Chat is a new beta labs release from Nokia for their handsets, but because it’s a jabber based chat system, you can easily take advantage of the basic features on your tablet as well. In my case, I’m extending my usage on the E71 through my desktop (Adium and Digsby) and also on the N810.

With your account created, you can simply add a new jabber IM account on the tablet using chat.ovi.com as the server and stay in touch just like any other IM account. Nokia chat offers some very cool location based stuff along with address book integration which unfortunately does not extend to the Tablet just yet. I have no idea if we’ll get to see anything connect with the pretty limited contact list on the tablet, but certainly the location settings would be very cool to use. On the handset, you can use Landmarks saved from either Nokia Maps or Google Maps. I’d imagine we’ll have to wait until the launch of Nokia Maps on the web which will hopefully also include Plazes integration.

I’m atmasphere [at] ovi.com if you’d like to connect.

Android + Rotation = Hall of Mirrors

Jonathan Greene — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:10:27 +0000

Just tried to rotate my screen to see an iphone web app and … whoa. I found the menu’s were in order over on the left side, but I had to “use the force” to figure out where to click to get things restored.

Technorati Tags: android, maemo, n810, rotation, bug, kernel

Android on the Nokia N810!

Jonathan Greene — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:25:20 +0000

File this under experimental but very cool … There’s a great thread on ITT which describes how to install Android on your tablet. So far it’s pretty simple and straight forward. I had to reboot to get Android to actually launch, but otherwise it’s all there … at least what’s available. Much more to try and will see about installing some apps soon as well.

Technorati Tags: android, google, mid, N810, Nokia, maemo