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March 14 2010
Dash 8 @ Windstärke 100km/h
Hui wui... das wird ein spannender Flug!
:-0
Wohnen + Interieur 2010
Interessante Wohnkonzepte.
:)
Geh Bua!
Großes Fressen mit SCP und Florence Foster Jenkins
Kauf ich dir gern ab
March 13 2010
Schillersauna
Chess am N900
Freunde zum Abendessen.
Die 'französische Bananenschalotte' ist wichtiger Bestandteil der heutigen Vorspeise. Als noble Schwester der gemeinen Salatzwiebel verleiht sie unserer Suppe das 'gewisse Etwas'.
Vorfreude herrscht! :)
Das war ja genial!
OFF WITH HIS HEAD!
:)
Nur eine kleine Szene, von denen es im neuesten Tim Burton Film "Alice im Wunderland" jede Menge gibt - schlichtweg fantastisch. Um Längen besser als "Avatar" - für mich zwei Stunden pure Unterhaltung.
Unser Favorit: Natürlich die ´Rote Königin´, umwerfend gespielt von Helena Bonham Carter.
LOVIN´ IT!
P.S.: Die Szene mit dem Schwein ´bring the pig heeeere´...wunderbar:
I love a warm pig belly for my aching feet...
March 12 2010
Ovi Contacts for web (beta) gets a new back end and a small facelift
Greetings from California!
We rebuilt the backend of Ovi Contacts web UI to enable the use of contacts across Ovi services. We also did some minor UI changes, but most of the work has been done behind the curtains. The starting page for the new users changed to make the first use easier. Also, contact and group creation UI has been improved for better usability.
To check out this beta version, go to http://contactsui.ovi.com. Note that this beta uses production data, so if you're using Ovi Contacts for web, your contacts will sync concurrently. Also, you can already see how using contacts across services works with Ovi Mail, the first service to use the same backend. When you log in to Ovi Mail, select ’Address book’ to see all your Ovi Contacts there.
Once you try it out please let us know what you think here at Nokia Beta Labs.
Best,
Anne – Product Manager, Ovi Contacts WebUI
Maemo Community Council nominations closing soon
The Q1 2010 Maemo Community Council elections are up and running, and nominations have been open for several days now. If you're eligible to be a candidate, you have until next Tuesday, March 16th, at 23:59 UTC to get your name on the ballot. Nominations should be sent to the maemo-community mailing list, and reposted to talk.maemo.org in the appropriate thread.
This is a great opportunity to have your fingers on the pulse of the nascent MeeGo community, and to carry on the great work done by previous community councils. The community council is the body that represents the Maemo community, and being part of it gives you a real opportunity to affect the things that are important to you.
March 11 2010
Parential education
Eberhard Forcher legt auf, wir sind dabei. In der ,Bar am Spittelberg' einen akustisch feinen Abend gehabt. Was die gute Mucke vom Eberhard allerdings mit 'Elternerziehung' gemein hat, bleibt mir verborgen.
Es ist soweit
Tweakr – Additionally Settings For The N900
JoikuSpot Premium for N900 1.0 available now for less than $10
Just a few weeks ago I wrote about the beta version of JoikuSpot for the N900 and was able to use it for downloading data when connected to my computer. I spent the last couple of weeks bouncing around with a Sprint Overdrive and Palm Pre Plus with Mobile Hotspot, but tonight when I needed a connection I ended up putting my T-Mobile SIM back into my trusty Nokia N900 and firing up Joikuspot. I then discovered that the beta version had expired and JoikuSpot graduated to a full version, called Premium, for the N900. The great news for those who are reading this site and are probably one of the early adopters is that you can buy JoikuSpot Premium Linux (N900) Edition for just 7 EUR, which is less than half the regular price. This launch price is only available to the first 1,000 people who purchase the application. BTW, this works out to about USD$9.50.
I purchased the full version immediately and am actually posting this entry from my MacBook Pro connected to the N900 wirelessly. With the fast T-Mobile 3G data signal, this solution is awesome and will result in me not needing to turn on the Verizon HotSpot option on the Palm Pre Plus. If you have a Nokia N900 on T-Mobile I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you go buy this application right now.
Nokia Spotlight - Interview with Peter Schneider - Part 2
Fast forward to February 2010, only a few months after the N900 sales start. A pivotal moment occured in the Maemo world, with the announcement that Nokia's Maemo operating system would merge with Intel's Moblin to form MeeGo, a project supported by the Linux Foundation. With Maemo 5 just out the door, and Maemo 6 around the corner, the maemo.org community has been active speculating what this means for the future of the devices and OS that they hold so dear to them.
Peter Schneider, head of Maemo marketing at Nokia, joins the discussion in this concluding part of the Mobile Tablets! interview with him.
1. MeeGo is a merging of Maemo and Moblin. Can you give us an overview of of how the MeeGo project is administered, such as roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders?
2. Maemo 6 (Harmattan) was announced at Summit 2009 as the successor to Maemo 5 (Fremantle). Is the Harmattan concept still on track as announced at Summit 2009. Specifically, the things that were known in Amsterdam related to the timeframe for the first SDK release (approximately 2010-Q1), the canvas-like 2-way pannable desktop, and support for DRM.
3. Harmattan has been called a first instance of MeeGo. Is it a transitional release, or would you say that it is based upon a pure MeeGo core?
4. How is MeeGo going to be handled internally within Nokia now? Is Maemo Devices just renaming itself, or can we expect some changes on that front?
5. Ari Jaaksi mentioned at Summit 2009 that it's possible in the future that Maemo would open up its internal bug tracker. With the shift to MeeGo, and the fact that it is backed by the Linux Foundation, can we expect a unified and open bugtracker for Harmattan?
6. Can you give us an example of how a 3rd party hardware manufacturer would go about using MeeGo on their devices? Is there some level of involvement that they have to demonstrate to the stakeholders? Or, can they simply take the MeeGo framework and build on top of that for their particular application?
PS: Not sure what a “3rd-party hardware manufacturer” in context of MeeGo is because everybody is a “first class participant” in MeeGo, but imagine that any device manufacturer can take the MeeGo software from the upstream project, make the necessary hardware adaptation to let it run on their hardware, and channel the enhancements back to the MeeGo project to stay in synch with the upstream project. While we will see a variety of different mobile computing devices from mobile computers to netbooks, Nokia will continue to use MeeGo for pocketable mobile computers in our portfolio.
7. Obviously Nokia is cognizant of competitor products, even before any announcement of MeeGo. Do you think you've opened the doors to more hardware competition by removing the advantage of the base operating system? Or are there enough avenues for device manufacturers to set themselves apart in terms of UX, services and packaging so that this is not really a factor?
PS: We’ve been rather verbal already in the Open Source in Mobile event in October 2009 that we want to focus on user experiences not on the operating system development in-house where we expect significant synergy benefits by working together with the leader in computing i.e. Intel. With our first MeeGo-based device in the second half of 2010, we intend to create an iconic flagship experience. That’s the focus now.
'Post-Mortem' by EIPI:
The MeeGo concept fits Nokia's current products lines such as high-end cellular phones and the Booklet quite nicely. The 'original' tablet market has been left untapped by Nokia since the N810 stopped production. I know for a fact that many in the community would be excited over the prospect of a 5" MeeGo powered tablet coming from Nokia.
The MeeGo concept is mind blowing if you allow yourself to think it through a bit. One could have a MeeGo powered phone in their pocket, a MeeGo based navigation unit in their car dashboard, a MeeGo MID or tablet in the backpack for when more screen real estate is required. In fact, this is what I recall the Mer project envisioning say about year ago. Seems like we are getting much closer to a Linux environment surrounding us. And it appears that Nokia will have a large influencing role in that.
March 10 2010
Nokia's Tero Ojanperä on Solutions and strategy
Nokia is currently transforming itself from a hardware company to a hardware+services (solutions) company. At MWC 2010, we spoke to Tero Ojanperä, EVP of Services, in order to get an insight into current progress. Over a wide-ranging interview we cover a number of topics around Nokia's service strategy including how Ovi fits into Nokia's software platform strategy, the thought processes that led to free navigation, the importance of services compared to phone hardware, getting content onto the Ovi Store, the importance of partners and much more.
Video How to: Use Bookmarklets on the Nokia N900’s Browser
Bookmarklets are bookmarks in the browser designed to add one-click functionality to a web page. On our desktops, we save bookmarklets by dragging a links to to our browser’s toolbar. It’s different on mobile devices. I checked the Nokia N900, Nexus One, iPhone, and the Nokia N97 mini and noticed only the N900 can quickly save bookmarklets.
bit.ly bookmarklet on the Nokia N900
A couple of bookmarklets I use a lot are the Bit.ly sidebar and
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To save a bookmarklet on the Nokia N900, long-press on the link and add as a bookmark. You can access it later by clicking on the bookmarks button on the lower left corner. That’s it!
It’s not that easy on other devices. Saving bookmarklets on the iPhone requires syncing with a computer. There are other ways, but again, it’s not as intuitive as the N900. I also tried saving a bookmarklet on the Nexus One and the Nokia N97 mini, but failed.
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