One of the things that I fear is that very soon I will reach a stage where I will need to hard-reset the N900, for me this is because despite the warnings I like to look at applications in the extras-testing and devel repositories. Sooner or later I will end up installing a rogue application that will hamper N900 performance and a desire to start from a clean slate will be born.
Now had this been a Symbian device, it would have been a simple matter of hitting *#7370# and I …

Nokia has just released Qt 4.6, the first release of Qt to natively support both Symbian and Maemo. Why Qt is important is because it enables the creation of applications which can run on both platforms yet be born from a single code base. In other words, the developer can make an application once and then supply it both for Symbian and Maemo devices.
This is the tool Nokia is looking at to harmonise software development across its different platforms. Qt also supports Windows 7, Apple Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) …

Fujitsu has created a Symbian smartphone (Fujitsu F-04B) that has a detachable QWERTY keyboard, touchscreen, a 12Mp camera and an optional camera module that can be snapped on if required. For days when you would like a slim device, you can use the phone independent of the keyboard navigating with the touch interface.

NTT DOCOMO, the leading mobile operator in Japan, recently announced its line up of 19 new handsets, and the F-04B is one of the 9 based on Symbian. The device will be available in March-April next year, but …

A few days ago we brought you the N900 service manual that showed you how to disassemble the N900. But if pictures weren’t enough, the guys at TehkSeven.net have gone ahead and disassembled their N900 on video. The video makes for a very interesting yet scary watch, specially if you treat your latest gadget like a baby.

They were able to reassemble their N900 into a working condition but lost one screw in the process. As always, these things are best seen and forgotten, never to be attempted yourself!

Over an hear ago I had written about the noBounds! project (run by people from the Nokia Research Center in Germany) that aimed to provide a low-power solution for mobile users to extend Smartphone and Internet Tablet screens and project them to higher resolution external displays such as high definition TV’s, projectors and near-to-eye displays (NED).

The aim of the project was to let those devices output video at Full HD (1920×1080p) – 30 FPS over USB or WiFi.

It has been quite some time since I got back from Finland and The Way We Live Next 3.0 event. So therefore I would like to apologies for not bringing you all these awesome videos, demos and interviews sooner, but hopefully the content will be able to make up for it.

So starting today you can expect a whole lot of coverage from the event, and to kick things off here is a video showing what it feels to be inside Nokia House. In addition to trying to show the areas …

Since the N900 has no physical button to call up the task manager, you need to exit the full screen mode of an application in order to tap the top left corner of the screen and bring it up. This is a bit of an annoyance, although you can bring it up with the Ctrl + Backspace shortcut incase you are browsing with the keyboard slidout.

But you will have to agree it would be far more convenient if we could simply press a physical button to bring it up. Heikki …

Hot on the heels of updates for the E63, E71 and the E66 comes the v201 update for the E75. The update is a 153 MB download via the Nokia Software Updater and currently isn’t available over the air. The new firmware is a major update and brings a host of improvements and bug fixes such as an update to the Nokia Messaging application and the web browser.
Quickoffice is now upto v5.3 and Ovi Contacts have also been integrated with the contacts application. Steve over at AAS has compiled a …

Now that N900 deliveries have started, chances are you will be getting hold of your very own N900 pretty soon. There is also a high probability that you will feel just a little at sea when you use the device for the first few minutes when you try and get a feel of it and wonder what is the best way to set it up.

Fortunately, I have already gone through the same experience and will be able to provide you a reference on how to best setup your N900. This …