Android

Mar

2013

by Ash

Jolla Wants To Build A Foursquare Phone, A Facebook Phone — Whatever It Takes To Wake Smartphones From Their Android Slumber

Finnish startup Jolla is open for business. That’s the message CEO Marc Dillon was putting out, loud and clear, during two on-stage appearances at the Mobile World Congress tradeshow ...

Jun

2012

by Ash

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Nokia N900 Running Android ICS with Hardware Acceleration – U-Boot

All Categories , Handset

The Nokia N900 finally gets some Android love like its N9 Brother via U Boot. The OS Images have not been released as the developer wants to tweak ...

May

2012

by Ash

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VLC hits 1,000,000,000 Downloads

All Categories , Netbook

The VLC media player recently hit 1 billion downloads, VideoLAN project reports. VLC’s enormous popularity is largely caused by the huge variety of video-formats it supports, and its cross ...

Apr

2012

by Ash

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Video – Grand Theft Auto 3 on Nokia N9 (NITDROID) + others

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Here is a collection of Videos being showcased on the MyNokiaBlog Website Showing quite a few games playing on NITDroid on the Nokia N9. Take a look: ...

Apr

2012

by Ash

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Android 4.0.4 ICS for Nokia N9. Alpha release #2 “Sleepless Nights”

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The Newest version of NITDroid Alpha release #2 is now available. Here is all the Info: Working: - based on Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) v 4.0.4_r1.1 (IMM76D) - ...

Mar

2012

by Ash

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Android (NITDroid) Alpha ICS on Nokia N9

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In the Spirit of Open Source and Hacking and all things would you want Android running on your Nokia N9 ? Well if you did then NITDroid an ...

Jan

2012

by Sam

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Intel Showcases Medfield SmartPhone Reference Design Model at CES 2012

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Intel at CES have laid out that they have serious intentions for the SmartPhone game. They are currently showcasing a hardware reference design so that manufacturers can build ...

Dec

2011

by Ash

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Two Decades of Linux: the Big Open Source Stories of 2011

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In 1999, Linux founder Linus Torvalds joked about plans for world domination. But as the Linux kernel celebrated its 20th birthday this year, Linux, and open source in ...

Dec

2011

by Ash

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Video: Nokia N9 MeeGo-Harmattan for iPhone, with 3 Swipey Screens.

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Remember that Nokia N9 MeeGo Harmattan theme we came across for Android? Well he’s one for iPhone. It even has swiping for all three screens – notifications, icon ...

Dec

2011

by Sam

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Application – TalkBox Voice Messenger for Nokia N9/N950 – MeeGo – FREE !!!!

Handset

Looks like its time to turn up the heat when it comes to instant messaging on the Nokia N9/N950 (MeeGo Harmattan). Here we have TalkBox Messenger that basically allows ...

Nov

2011

by Ash

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Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich on Nokia N900

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NITDroid project entered a new stage of development. Talk of our community JumpErr said that on the Nokia N900 running Android Ice Cream Sandwich. For details and to ...

Nov

2011

by Ash

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Google Releases Android 4 Source Code, But True Openness Still Elusive

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In a statement posted to an Android developer mailing list, Google software engineer Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that the Android 4.0 source code is being rolled out to the public ...

Nov

2011

by Ash

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OpenMobile goes into Asia with their 300,000 Android Apps !

All Categories , Connected TV , Developer , Handset , IN Vehicle , Netbook

Since being featured on MeeGoExperts and other tech sites (that Engadget fella comes to mind) OpenMobile has been shunned into the limelight with its Technology that allows any ...

Oct

2011

by Ash

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Microsoft’s New Patent Agreement with Compal: A New Milestone for Our Android Licensing Program

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This Article is from Technet Blog: Today, Microsoft announced its tenth license agreement providing coverage under our patent portfolio for Android mobile phones and tablets. Today’s agreement is with ...

Oct

2011

by Ash

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First Android / MeeGo / Symbian Qt Application Released to Stores

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Nokia’s Qt platform is available for Android, MeeGo and Symbian. So far, quite a few apps were released for Symbian and MeeGo – but none was available which spanned ...

Oct

2011

by Sam

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How to Make your QML Applications Scale to and Look Nice on Symbian MeeGo/Harmattan and Android

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This Article Is From Agile Software Development: Yesterday I was talking at the 2nd Tampere barcamp about how you can make your application automatically scale to different devices, yet ...

Sep

2011

by Sam

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A Game Of Ecosystems Crashing The Android Party

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[In a game of ecosystems, it it possible to bend the rules? Research Director Andreas Constantinou examines the few technologies that can bring the Android ecosystem on non-Android devices ...

Sep

2011

by Ash

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OpenMobile’s ACL brings over 250,000 Android apps to MeeGo

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OpenMobile’s Application Compatibility Layer (ACL™) brings over 250,000 Android apps to your MeeGo device. ACL for MeeGo performs seamlessly on Smartphones, Tablets, eReaders, Connected TVs and IVIs. ACL powers ...