Tag Archives: mobile

Nokia Kinect @ Nokia World, London

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

A new concept device from Nokia: it’s operated by twisting and bending the device itself! That’s quite different from the touchscreen stuff we see all the time.

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BlackBelt Sorvi Hero for N900

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Assembly 2011 winning game: Black Belt Sorvi Hero is also available for Nokia N900. Here’s how to install. root (or sudo gainroot) apt-get install libmad0 libsdl-ttf2.0 libsdl-gles1.2-1 libgles1-sgx-img wget http://media.assembly.org/gamedev/2011/BlackBeltSorviHero-2011-08-03.zip unzip BlackBeltSorviHero-2011-08-03.zip cd BlacBeltSorviHero cp -R data /home/user/MyDocs/BlackBeltSorviHero dpkg –install BlackBeltSorviHero-n900.deb … Continue reading →

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Meego and Qt after Microsoft & Nokia: a summary of “facts”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

Updated 2011-02-17: added FLOSS@WP7 You know the story, Nokia announced their co-operation with Microsoft. Here’s a summary of what’s been said by people who know about these things. MEEGO@NOKIA: Under the new strategy, MeeGo becomes an open-source, mobile operating system … Continue reading →

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Setting up N900

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Risto H. Kurppa

I bought a second-hand Nokia N900 in November. At some stage I noticed that the USB charger didn’t charge the phone and found out that the USB connector on the phone was loose. Taping a screwdriver in the charger plug … Continue reading →

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Meego 1.1.80.10.20101214.1 on N900

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Another quick Meego@N900 test. Earlier tests here and here. UPDATE: Someone correctly reminded me that it isn’t very fair to review latest unstable images that go through major changes all the time. So when reading this post, remember that ‘there’s … Continue reading →

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