Category Archives: Maemo

The Nokia N900 To HTC Desire X

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Branedy

Well The end of my Nokia N900 did not come with a bang, but a bonus, a Christmas bonus gift card from my current employer. And and even though the N900 was still pulling it’s weight, it wasn’t current technology. … Continue reading →

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The end is near, for my Nokia N900

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Branedy

No, the USB connector is not loose, in fact everything is working fine. Well maybe the battery runs down and the tiny magnet on the prop went missing (fixed), It was the dissapearance of the Nokia catalog from the apt … Continue reading →

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Nokia’s direction down

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Branedy

If anyone has any doubts about the sanity of Nokia’s, rather eFlops selection of windows to hang Nokia’s future upon, this should settle them as Nokia Lumia 800 sales forecast gets chopped that puts first batch sales almost half of … Continue reading →

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The Mobile Convergence

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Branedy

Over the past few years there has been a subject called Technological convergence not to be confused with Technological singularity In one aspect that event has happened to me this year. Because no one noticed, I have been pretty sporadic … Continue reading →

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If you Love/Hate Nokia read this

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Branedy

Will the Real Stephen Elop, Please Stand Up? I couldn’t on my best day, speak to this better than this article. If anything it should speak to any CEO/CFO/CTO that arrogantly enters a new company environment with preconceived notions of … Continue reading →

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Maemo vs Meego – round two

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Branedy

I have been spending way too much time in Quora but it has proved interesting. I have learned from some of the discussions that Meego is a bit of a ruse. It seems that there are actually two Meego’s one … Continue reading →

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MeeGo is now Dead, as a Mobile OS.

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Branedy

This article MeeGo will not displace Symbian as enterprise OS has now demonstrated that Meego is no longer supported by Nokia, and it will be left to die with Maemo as a ‘Non-Runner’ in the Mobile-OS arena. It also indicates … Continue reading →

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Geeks and their toys

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Branedy

A couple of weeks ago a friend from work was clearing out their place, I assume that his wife was involved, but in any case my collection of computers grew a bit when he offered to gift them to me. … Continue reading →

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Eircom Speedup

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Branedy

We received a letter in the mail recently informing us that our DSL connection was scheduled to be upgraded to 8Mbits from the current 3Mbs, and without charge. Last weekend it happened, however they are doing it in stages, or … Continue reading →

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Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Branedy

That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? Pie chart: Apple’s outrageous share of the mobile industry’s profits In any other businesses this would be called a RIP OFF! by Apple, but with the Apple-Fanboy base, They can do no … Continue reading →

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Vodafone ripoff in Wales

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Branedy

Moments after we arrived in Wales, we were interested in checking email and whatnot. So we stopped at a McDonald’s to use the non-existant WiFi. So realizing we were in a Vodafone cell site, I thought I’d use my JoikuSpot … Continue reading →

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The Nokia N900 plays in a different world

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Branedy

When the Nokia N900 does real-time face tracking it again demonstrates why it’s not playing in the same SmartPhone world as the iPhone and Android phones.

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Nokia N900 moviemaking

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Branedy

Even though I’ve had my Nokia N900 for some time, I’ve never really tried out the video recording ability, So here’s my first. It seems quite adequate as a recorder of the present reality.

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My N900 Desktops

Posted on July 11, 2010 by Branedy

I’ve been seeing a lot of iPhone screen snaps lately so I thought I’d post some of mine from the N900 as I use them.

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Symbian to MeeGo not without pain.

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Branedy

Some how I think that the Nokia announcement that their N-Class phones were moving to MeeGo from Symbian was not greeted with universal internal acceptance, or gracefully. When Charles Davies departed abruptly and with the appearance of a mystery Nokia … Continue reading →

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