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Nokia Uses N900s For Pole-Dancing Robots

Tonight, Nokia hosted the PUSH N900 event in London, showing off various interesting uses for the Nokia N900, including a trick-tracking skateboard, N900 kite, and more. However, the stars of the show were easily the pole-dancing robots, apparently controlled by none other than the Nokia N900! My friend Ilicco was kind enough to snap some photos [...]

PUSH The N900 In The U.S.A. For $10,000

Nokia launched a PUSH campaign for the Nokia N900 globally a while back, but recently they launched a new contest specifically for folks in the U.S. of A. The U.S. PUSH contest is the same – submit your idea for so[...]

Nokia N900 Firmware Update Brings Portrait Web Browsing And Exchange 2003 Support

The long-awaited firmware is now available for the Nokia N900 after a smaller preview one was released yesterday. This new firmware, v2.2009.51-1 is now available through the device’s onboard update process, and br[...]

How To: Really Stream Last.FM With Vagalume On N900

When Vagalume was announced for the Nokia N900 a few weeks ago, it was able to scrobble to Last.FM, but not stream music, unfortunately. The application easily connects to Libre.FM, but due to restrictions with on mobile[...]

Sending The Nokia N900 Home

I got an email from Nokia today, reminding me that the Nokia N900 I received a few months ago was only a review unit and that I need to return shortly. At first, I was rather sad – sending a device back is almost a[...]

Spotify Support Coming To The Nokia N900

While I still find the Nokia N900 a bit limited for my use, there’s no doubt that developers are quickly coming to the table with new applications all the time. Today’s little nugget of gold is a video from Q[...]

New Twitter Plugin Integrates With The N900 Phonebook

One of the cool things about the way the phonebook and messaging is built on the Nokia N900 is that it’s easily extended by 3rd party plugins. One such plugin that was recently made available is simply called the T[...]

How To Be A Beta Tester With Maemo Extras-Testing

There are likely over a thousand Nokia N900 devices in the wild now, a number that is steadily increasing, judging by the readership of this site. Many of you are likely wondering just how you can help get more high-qual[...]

Vagalume Update Brings Last.FM To The N900

One of the biggest things missing from the Nokia N900, in my opinion, was support for streaming Last.FM stations. I use Mobbler on my Symbian-powered smartphones to cover this, and it’s a really well written applic[...]

We’re Relaunching As Maemo-Guru.com

Nearly 1 year ago, you’ll remember I placed Tablet-Guru.com under permanent hiatus, for several reasons, which you can read about here. However, recent events, such as the new specs of Maemo5 and plans for the future, as well as Mobile-Review’s full review of the unannounced Nokia N900 (or whatever they decide to call it), have [...]