Just shelled a couple of grand (probably more and am talking about USD here) on that unibody Macbook or Macbook Pro? It does burn a hole in your pocket and it hurts especially when you haven’t got a deep one to start with. Anyways, lest you be thinking of getting that Apple remote which unfortunately isn’t part of the standard package, let me save you 20 bucks (that’s like 1/10th of the Macbook, but then still it’s money saved), by suggesting this amazing desktop widget going by the name of RaeMote, which lets you control your Macs (Mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro) via the N900’s CIR (consumer infrared) port. It’s available in the Maemo’s Extras repository and before you jump there, let me show you the widget in action, after the break though. Read the rest of this entry »

There have been a lot of rants and raves about the navigation experience on N900 via the default Ovi Maps for the Maemo platform. One constant nagging issue has been the absence of offline maps, a feature which has been the USP of Ovi maps on symbian platform, so much as to push it to the top spot in the favoured navigation device in Europe.

However, the very feature which catapulted Ovi Maps to the top position has been missing from the maemo version of the application on N900. But all that is history, as Nokia have now updated the Ovi Maps loader with support for Maemo version of Ovi Maps, meaning you can now download and save maps on your N900 and be able to use the app in absence of data connection.  Catch more details on this after the break Read the rest of this entry »

The folks at Nokia Research Center (NRC) just can’t help making things easier for us. While there has been a lot of speculation about Symbian Foundation going open source and Symbian^3 demoed, even our Maemo brothers have got new company with MeeGo, the researchers at NRC thought it was time to flaunt some hardware technologies to the world. So here it comes in the name of Nokia’s Explore and Share technology which at this stage is still a concept but I see it coming on the mainstream N900 soon.

So what really is this Explore and Share Technology? It’s a new wireless data transfer concept which promises blazingly fast transfer speeds. How fast? Imagine transferring an entire Bruce Springstein album in less than 10 seconds, that fast! Seems out of bounds? Check out the demo video after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

First came Windows 98 and then the Android and even Mac Os X paid a visit to our N900, but now it’s the turn of none other Ubunto Mobile the popular Linux distribution for mobile devices, to boot on the N900.

First attempted by YouTuber lifenexus, this is one of the most complete attempts at loading a foreign operating system on the N900. It’s fully functional and more importantly there is no lag, even when the OS is booted from the memory card. Now that must have gotten some Linux geeks excited out there, so this one goes for you guys. Catch the demo video after the break.

Demo Video-

Doesn’t that look cool? I just love the LXDE desktop and the fact that there is no lag means you can as well use Ubuntu as the main OS. What a pity, that there isn’t room for phone functions in this OS, which otherwise looks very promising as a mobile OS. So Linux hackers: can any of you get some phone functions on to the Ubuntu Mobile? Not that we are complaining about Maemo 5 but having options is always better and plus it pushes the competition to come up with better solutions.

Have you ever found yourself in a foreign country with little to no knowledge of the local language? Sounds very familiar right? Most of you will definitely will relate to that lost feeling and guess what you don’t have to anymore. Thanks to Photo Translator- an amazing translator tool for our N900s.

You would have probably used the translator services of mighty Google, which I covered previously but that doesn’t really help when even the script is as alien to you as the language you are trying to decipher. That’s where Photo Translator pitches in with its OCR based translator engine. OC what? Find out after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

If you have been all excited about the Google Buzz announcement and release yesterday, I have another reason to cheer for you guys. The android  version of Google Buzz (which packs in more features) has now been hacked on to our mighty N900s. Thanks to Abhista for finding a way around it and that in less than a day since the service saw the ray of light! We are definitely impressed both by Abhista and our N900’s capabilities.

So what exactly is this hack all about? Well, to put it plain words, you are fooling the Google servers into believing the N900 browser to be the android browser. Simple and yet effective. Details and demo video after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

The N900 Hackathon continues! After Android and Windows 98, it’s now the Mac OS X 10.3 aka Panther, which has made an appearance on N900. Thanks to Finnish hacker Toni Nikkanen, who takes the distinction of successfully porting OS X on to a mobile device.

While there are plenty of Mac fans out there who would just love to have this OS on their mobile phones, the present port is of little to no practical use for an average user. But, that’s not gonna stop enterprising geeks from trying this hack, now does it? Before, you take the dive into the hack, do take a look at the demo video. Read the rest of this entry »

Yeah, here it comes! The day when you can seamlessly take your work from your desktop/notebook to your mobile device has finally arrived. Thanks to the Firefox mobile team, for releasing the Maemo 5 version of their popular browser. Just in case you were wondering, how to take your work from desktop/notebook to your N900, the Weave plugin synchronises all your web-activities across firefox browsers on multiple platforms.

In addition to Weave, there are 40 other plugins for the mobile version of the popular browser from Mozilla. So what exactly does Firefox mobile bring to your N900, find out after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

If you are a frequent user of the web , I bet you have atleast a couple of podcasts you follow religiously. For me, there are close to a dozen podcasts, without which I start getting withdrawal symptoms!

So obviously I started hunting for a podcast aggregator for my yet to arrive N900 and as always I headed to Maemo Select for my search and look what I found: gPodder. Its a gem of app, which makes following podcasts on your N900 so damn easy that you can install and start using one in less than 3os. Too good to be true? I have got video evidence to prove it. Read the rest of this entry »