If you are into hacking and modding, here’s the chance for you to start thinking on how you can connect the Nokia N900 to any device that you love, and possibly get your project funded by Nokia.

On the onedotzero_adventures in motion event in London, Nokia launched a PUSH project called Nokia PUSH N900 (@PUSHN900):

The brief is simple: tell us how you would hack and mod the N900 & Maemo to connect the N900 to something you love.  An expert judging panel will be selecting winning submissions and the groups behind them will receive N900 devices, funding and support to develop their PUSH idea. And once they’re complete, we’ll share them with the rest of the world with a series of installations in Nokia Flagship Stores across the globe.

During the London event, sample projects were on display, connecting the Nokia N900 to the Arduino, Speak and Spell, Rolodex, Last.fm, and a View-Master. Checkout PSFK’s coverage.

Nokia is now accepting PUSH N900 submissions until October 5. An expert panel will judge the submissions, and the winners will be announced on October 25. Submit your idea now.

EDIT:  Download the Hacker’s Guide.

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

*Photo courtesy of PSFK

The British Film Institute (BFI) onedotzero_adventures in motion event kicked off at London last night and as earlier reported, the Nokia N900 made its appearance by wirelessly controlling the display, projected on to the 50m BFI Southbank’s facade.

From the looks of it, if you are at the event, you can look for the Nokia folks and play with the Nokia N900 that lets you spin, zoom, and pause what is displayed on the gigantic screen. Jussi Makinen, Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Manager, tweeted that he was doing just that.

We have heard that some key people from Nokia will be at the event. Maemo Talk will be there this weekend to cover the Maemo specific events as it unfolds, so expect more pics and vids.

Here’s the latest video from onedotzero:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

If you’ve been wondering what the ‘Experience Lounge’ looked like during the recently concluded Nokia World 2009 at Stuttgart, Germany, my good pal Rafe Blanford of All About Symbian has produced two short videos, as he goes around the show floor. You can expect to see all the newly announced Nokia products, plus a short clip of the Nokia N900’s Bounce Revolution game on part II at about the 1:55 mark.

Oh,  here’s an interesting quote from Rafe regarding the Nokia N97 mini and the N900:

“Well it is a bit controversial to say this, with so many geeks listening to this, this N97 mini will out sell the N900 because it’s a more accessible device. You’ve heard it here first.”

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“This is gonna be the device to watch, not for all the geeks because they will be playing with their N900s…”

Part I:

Part II:

You’ve seen Ari’s video, here is Peter Schneider’s demo / interview at Nokia World 2009. Peter is the Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Head.

The videos are divided into several parts so you might want to skip some and watch those you might find more interesting. Thanks to MForum.ru for recording and compiling these vids.

Nokia N900 Demo:

Instant Messaging on the N900:

About APIs:

Nokia N900 Apps and Price Policy:

Who will create apps for the Nokia N900?

What would be Nokia’s next Maemo device?

Will we see more Maemo devices coming?

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Nokia Conversations recently ran a “What’s your favorite product from Nokia World?” poll. The results are in and the Nokia N900 wins it hands down receiving 68% of the 2670 votes. Honestly, I didn’t get to see the poll, but I guess you all know which device I will be voting for anyway.

I’ve also seen the same effect at talk.maemo.org where majority of the threads right now there are about the Nokia N900. Here’s an interesting stat: Since Sept 1 (until the time I’m writing this), 86% of the posts at talk.maemo.org are about the N900.

Did Nokia underestimate how good the Nokia N900 really is? Check out this article from Unwired View.

Maemo-guru has done a good job recording what seems to be a press sit-down interview session with Dr. Ari Jaaksi, Nokia VP for Maemo Devices during the recent Nokia World 2009 at Stuttgart, Germany.

The video is about 30 minutes full of great info. A must watch.

Thanks Ricky!

Speaking of BFI, someone just tweeted about a free workshop happening on September 12 at BFI Southbank. It looks like it’s also being organized by ondeotzero.

Here are the details of the workshop:

Title: Nokia: the art of open source – An introductory workshop showcasing the development potential of the Maemo platform.

Description:

An introductory workshop showcasing the development potential of the Maemo platform. Maemo developers will explain how you can get involved with this dynamic developer community, the many different applications this open source platform can facilitate and the new Nokia technologies that are expanding the possibilities of open source collaboration between designers, developers and users.

More details.

Anyone know who is conducting this? lcuk maybe?

The onedotzero_adventures in motion festival will be featuring the first Nokia N900 creative app which will be projected over 50m on the facade of BFI Southbank from September 9-13, 2009.

From the looks of it, the N900-powered app will display the festival’s identity (or any message),  created from real-time aggregated posts from Facebook, Twitter, etc. It uses the N900’s accelerometer, to rotate and tilt the display, the touch screen to pan, and the +/- buttons to zoom. The app was developed by Gary Birkett (lcuk for those who frequent talk.maemo.org).

Can anyone take a vid on how it will look?

Check out the video preview of the app:

Discuss this at talk.maemo.org.

Nokia World 2009 is about to wrap-up. There is no doubt that the Nokia N900 was a big star of the show.

I’ve been focused the past two days on reading and looking for N900 pics, videos, and first look articles. Mind you, there are a lot(!) and most, if not all of them have just positive things to say about the first Maemo 5 device. Here are the best ones.  I promise to update the list as I see more videos and articles.

Let me know if you find good ones as well.

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My good pal Mark Guim of The Nokia Blog was able to ask for a demo from Nokia Maemo Devices Marketing Manager, Jussi Makinen at Nokia World 2009. Jussi demos the N900’s contacts, video player, camera, gallery, web browser, spin zooms, mouse pointers, and YouTube.

Thanks Mark!