Archive for the ‘How-Tos’
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 phones, is unable to stream music from Last.FM. However, thanks to our friend Gerrymoth, it’s possible to stream [...]
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-quality applications released on the Maemo platform, and that’s great. In fact, your help is greatly [...]
Nokia N900 Gets Disassembled On Video
There’s so much technology crammed into the Nokia N900, no doubt you’ve wondered just how Nokia fit it all in there. While I’m certainly not brave enough to rip my loaner unit apart, our friends at Tehkseven.net did the dirty work for you. They say all you need is a philips screwdriver, Torx 6 screwdriver, [...]
N900 Bug Enables Portrait Mode
One of the biggest complaints that I have about the N900 currently is the lack of portrait mode for applications other than the phone. This is huge because currently, with the device stuck in landscape mode, it’s a two-handed device only. Sure, you can try to use it one-handed, but it’s clearly a terrible experience. [...]
How To Update Your N900’s Firmware
With the production Nokia N900 units now shipping to most countries, those of us with pre-production units need to update our firmware to the latest release. Also, historically in Maemo, there are much more frequent firmware updates than there are in the Symbian world, so the maemo.org community has put together a Wiki with helpful [...]
How To Use Mauku With Multiple Twitter Accounts
Mauku is currently the only real Twitter client for the Nokia N900 and it does a pretty good job of letting tyou interact with your Twitter timeline. Unfortunately, at first glance, it seems as though Mauku only lets you login to one account at a time, which can be frustrating for those of us with [...]
Nokia N900 Keyboard Shortcuts Galore
The Nokia N900 is one of the first QWERTY-equipped smartphones from Nokia to come with a junkload of cool keyboard shortcuts. Honestly, there’s so many, you probably won’t remember or use most of them, but there are a few that deserve to be highlighted. Thanks to Matthew Miller at NokiaExperts.com for pulling these out of [...]
Debian Linux On The Internet Tablet Made Simple
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Following closely behind the Android simple install earlier this month, users over at Internet Tablet Talk have setup an easy way to install Debian Linux – the full desktop – on the Nokia Internet Tablet. Not to miss out on the fun, I decided to give the Debian a go on my [...]
Android Is Live On Internet Tablets
Leave it to the crew over at InternetTabletTalk.com to hack together a legitimate way to install Android on the Nokia Internet Tablets. Android is Google’s open source operating system for mobile devices, and has been in the works for several months now, with first devices rumored to launch towards the end of 2009.
Since we’ve already [...]


