Nokia N900 is still the most powerful handset made by the Finnish company, in spite of its age. However, things are different now, because its price has dropped greatly, reaching $369 unlocked. The reduced price is available if you apply the coupon code LL17PBSTFKZ440. Till the Symbian^3-based N8 drops or the MeeGo-based N9 debuts, the N900 is still...
Nokia has just released a new software update for N900 owners, version 1.2 (V10.2010.19-1), to be more precise. The update is available today globally and it brings a couple of needed improvements to the Maemo5 mobile computer. Among them, there’s a batch of games, that you can check out in the video below: The titles can be found in Ovi Store...
Nokia N900 may be able to support Flash in the Mozilla browser or multitasking, but it’s also got some funny tricks up its sleeve, like the newfound ability to control a toy helicopter. This feat was shown in the video below, but you can notice that there are some limitations to it: It’s all based on infrared transmission, but the range...
Believe it or not, Nokia is also able to leak important stuff, like the Public Release 1.2 version of Nokia N900′s Maemo OS. A Chinese site was the first to post it and we expect the platform to spread all over the web soon enough. In case you’re wondering, this is the real thing and devices are already booting the software now. The changelog...
Who would have thought that a full-fledged desktop OS would run on a smartphone these days? And we’re not even talking about the Windows XP phone we’ve seen a while back, but rather of a Nokia N900 unit running Mac OS X 10.3. The performance was achieved by Toni Nikkanen from Finland, the first to run OS X on a phone. This bit of hackintosh...
After months of tests and releases, Firefox Mobile is now available in its final version on Nokia N900. The device that runs Maemo 5 can be seen below and you should know that Firefox Mobile is also heading to the Android and Windows Mobile handsets, as well. It might even reach the Apple iPad or iPhone, if Steve Jobs allows it. This browser’s...
Although Nokia N900 users can’t yet access the Ovi store by clicking on the associated icon on their screen, they can do it by going to store.ovi.mobi from their web browser. Once there, you’ll be allowed to install games, apps, get themes, wallpapers and more. Check out the video below for extra info. If you updated your N900 software...
The folks of AreaMobile.de have recently tested the iPhone 3GS, HTC HD2 and a bunch of other top smartphones (Motorola Droid, Nokia N900 and Palm Pre), in order to determine which of them handle the web browsing process better. The test can be seen in the video below and the results in the tables after the break: HTC HD2 came second to the iPhone...
Nokia N900 just got its own micro-blogging client, compatible with the Maemo platform and available for download from here. The software allows you to follow all of your friends via Twitter and also follow the thread of a conversation. Also, Mauku 2.0 supports more than one service, not only one account and site. Right now, the software is able to...
We’ve seen video comparisons between mobile browsers, processors and entire phones, but it’s very rare that we get to compare a couple of handset displays, according to the way they reflect sunlight. Here’s Samsung Omnia II facing Nokia’s N900 in this sort of duel: Omnia’s got an OLED display, while the Nokia smartphone...
