January 14, 2010 - 2:53 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, n900, shortcuts, tips, tricks, xterm
Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900, Uncategorized | 4 comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Disclaimer: If you are not comfortable with the command line, do not try this.
If you have installed an app from the Ovi Store web portal, you would have noticed that the process is not fast. Clicking the Download link opens the Application-Manager which takes anywhere from 30-40 seconds to prepare the system [...]
January 14, 2010 - 12:21 am
Tags: maemo, maemo 5, maemo browser, Maemo firmware, Maemo major update, maemo pr1.1, maemo ram limit, n900, n900 fm transmitter demo, n900 ovistore, n900 speakers
Posted in Development, Devices, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Hi folks a major firmware update for Nokia N900 is out. The Update is called PR 1.1 Release1.2009.42.11 to PR1.1 release 2.2009.51. Maemo 5 PR1.1 is being released on January 14, 2010. Starting in Finland at 7am local time and following a staggering process country by country through the different time [...]
January 4, 2010 - 6:20 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, mkmms, n900, n900 camera, n900 mms, n900 mms application
Posted in Applications - Apps, Development, Devices, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
We all know N900 doesn’t yet feature a MMS sending capability. mkMMS is an application developed by Mohammed Sameer
The application is not yet finished. It’s in alpha stage but it’s working good. It lacks GUI and very limited in features.This application allows you to create a MMS and send your photo to [...]
December 28, 2009 - 4:19 pm
Tags: browser, maemo5, n900, n900 softwares, N900 Tricks, Nokia N900 portrait mode, tips, tricks
Posted in Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | 2 comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
If you connect the N900 to a computer via USB frequently, you will sooner or later encounter this error where the N900 will refuse to be used as external media.
This is because a program (or programs) is accessing files in the /home/user/MyDocs folder. To fix the problem, the program(s) in question needs [...]
December 19, 2009 - 1:54 am
Tags: maemo5, n900, n900 faq, n900 key tips, n900 tips, shortcuts, tips, tricks, xterm
Posted in Applications - Apps, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900 | No comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
This tutorial will show you how to add an icon to the topx shortcut in Part 1.
Find/create a PNG image of dimension 48×48. (google this)
Name the file topx.png
Save file to /usr/share/icons/hicolor/48×48/hildon/ (you will need root access)
Modify the topx.desktop file to include the following line. The right side should be the name of [...]
This is part two of the Python for Newbies tutorial. Part One can be found here. The content of this tutorial is provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 license.
December 9, 2009 - 10:23 am
Tags: maemo, maemo5, n900, nokia n900, python, tips, tricks
Posted in Development, Devices, Editorial, Nokia N900 | 18 comments
This is a Python tutorial that tries to touch on most areas of the Python language, but attempts to be very simple so that people who have never done any sort of programming can grasp it. Special attention will be given to its use as a Maemo OS development platform.
December 6, 2009 - 1:27 am
Tags: n900, n900 tips, N900 Tricks, tips, tricks, xterm
Posted in Device, Devices, Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, Nokia N900, Uncategorized | 8 comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
On the N900, it is possible to run a terminal program like ‘top’ directly from the Desktop/Shortcut. The following example creates a shortcut to launch the system monitior program ‘top’.
1. Use a text-editor like vi or Leafpad to create a file with the following text:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=0.1
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Name=topx
Exec=/usr/bin/osso-xterm top
Icon=
X-Window-Icon=
X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true
X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable
2. Save the file as topx.desktop.
3. [...]
November 29, 2009 - 7:23 am
Tags: browser, maemo, maemo5, n900, N900-portrait, nokia n900, Nokia N900 portrait mode
Posted in Hacks ,Tricks and Tips, News, Nokia N900 | No comments
N900 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts
Now we have some interesting news for you all
Here are the pictures showing N900 can be used in portrait mode too, So it seems like they have already implemented and now taking their time to make it work flawless on accelerometer
It just matter of weeks to get the portrait mode working.
Here is [...]
I won’t go into every detail and feature because those have been covered ad nauseum already, including the fact that it has by far the best web browser(s) and the best multi-tasking experience of any comparable device out there right now. I will only focus on some of the features that are unique to the N900 and make it a real standout, and which, if any, could be considered the N900’s “ killer feature”.
November 22, 2009 - 8:50 am
Ctrl + Shift + X: Opens ‘X Terminal’
November 22, 2009 - 8:55 am
will add bro
January 8, 2010 - 7:35 am
nice post. thanks.
January 18, 2010 - 2:03 am
In the Browser CTRL L takes you to to URL input field to load new page.
January 30, 2010 - 7:34 am
With web browser open, Ctrl+Shift+O to toggle the auto rotation to portrait mode ..