Maemo Weekly News – February 15, 2010

Front Page

• Nokia Qt 4.6 to replace Community Qt 4.5 in PR1.2
• Council election timeline

Applications

• Maemo 5 themeing on Windows for dummies
• Video how to on using MSN, Yahoo Messenger, AIM, ICQ and more with the Maemo 5 Telepathy system
• How to use Facebook Chat via the built-in instant messaging
• JoikuSpot for the N900
• User interface improvements in fMMS
• AdFlashBlock-CSS in testing
• WayFinder licences start expiring, not renewable
• EasyPark for re-finding your parked car

Development

• Battery status graph for analysis using battery-eye
• TI collaboration on getting 3D acceleration drivers for N8×0 progressing
• PySide (Python + Qt) tutorials
• Open sourcing of Maemo components queue & workflow
• Maemo 6 Platform Security: FOSDEM slides
• Maemo 6 Platform Security: FOSDEM video
• Maemo book for WRT/Qt/QML – request for content suggestions
• TpSession, simplified Maemo 5 SMS & messaging API

Community

• How to avoid “me too” replies to bugs
• Should maemo.org have a “mascot” in addition to the community-sourced logo
• Efforts to launch a maemo.org store of branded caps, mugs etc.
• Testing squad getting started

Devices

• Desktop stand for N900
• XMPP credentials vulnerable to MITM attacks
• Mer with working 3D acceleration on N900 with open source kernel (closed libraries)

Maemo in the Wild

• maemo.org group on LinkedIn hits 1,000 members
• Running Windows 95 on the Nokia N900

Announcements

• Diablo & Fremantle openness reports
• Quick Brown Fox font viewer in Testing
• wizard-mounter allows browsing of remote filesystems (incl. SMB & NFS)

• PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking
• Hands-on Mozilla’s pocket-sized Firefox mobile
• Forum Nokia Developer Conference, 2nd March, Sydney Australia
• February maemo.org sprint meeting minutes & actions online
• Porting Maemo’s base to other chipsets/devices
• 2009 Engadget awards – N900 nominee in 2 categories
• Maemo 6 Platform Security software home now in gitorious
• Maemo’s cellular software components’ home now in gitorious

Below is the full list of articles in this week’s issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 8, 2010

Front Page

• BBC tech correspondent covers Nokia still ruling in face of iPhone & iPad
• PUSH N900 US competition launched for hardware hacking

Applications

• Ken-Young on Orrery, bringing more stars into view than you can see
• Hands-on Mozilla’s pocket-sized Firefox mobile
• Browser Switchboard makes it easy to define alternative browsers as default
• Foursquare social networking/geolocation service & game
• More info on community-designed levels for Angry Birds
• Low-level recovery tools: TestDisk and PhotoRec
• MaePad notepad/jotter for Maemo 5
• Comic widget in early development
• Nokia N900 running emulated SNES controlled with PS3 SIXAXIS controller
• Extension enables Flash for YouTube on Firefox Mobil
• Showtime – TV listings app

Development

• Forum Nokia Developer Conference, 2nd March, Sydney Australia
• Akademy KDE/Qt conference call for papers
• Debian Etch rebuilt for Maemo
• PyGtkEditor: On-device syntax-highlighting editor designed for Maemo
• Windows: Python & Qt for Maemo development in half an hour
• Elena Reshetova interviewed before FOSDEM about Maemo 6 security

Community

• Testing Squad for maemo.org Extras created
• February maemo.org sprint meeting minutes & actions online

Devices

• Porting Maemo’s base to other chipsets/devices
• Device quality assurance inside look

Maemo in the Wild

• 2009 Engadget awards – N900 nominee in 2 categories
• A quick round up of the PUSH N900 Showcase last night
• PUSH N900 London party pole-dancing robot video

Announcements

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• Marina theme for Maemo 5
• Hoops Frenzy available for $1.99
• Magnetic Scrolls adventure games interpreter in Testing
• MADDE tech preview updated for PR 1.1
• Maemo 6 Platform Security software home now in gitorious
• Maemo’s cellular software components’ home now in gitorious
• mStatus updates multiple social networks’ status

Maemo Weekly News is a weekly online publication that highlights Maemo specific news throughout the week. What’s good about it is that all the news are community contributed by sending a tweet to @mwkn. Editors (which I am a part of) and sub-editors will then flesh out all the tweets and the best ones will make to the weekly publication. More information here (link).

I will be posting the contents of each issue here at MT. Here’s the full list of the contents of the first issue:

Maemo Weekly News – February 1, 2010

Front Page

• First edition of Maemo Weekly News
• Firefox mobile released for Maemo 5

Applications

• The One Ring – Google Voice properly integrated into Maemo 5
• Ovi store still selling DRM content the N900 can’t play
• Mac OS X iSync plugin for N900
• Finger friendly last.fm Vagalume in beta test
• pyPianobar Pandora client
• Community-built levels for Rovio’s Angry Birds
• Mac OS X running on an N900
• Paris3D preview
• Augmented reality with camera & OpenGL

Development

• Proposal for micro-donations for authors via maemo.org
• maemo.org Extras definition of ‘free’ brought into focus
• Network connected apps should better support proxy
• Further design work on “badge” for CLI icons in Extras
• PyQt 4.7 released on all Maemo devices, for Qt 4.5/4.6
• MADDE: new cross-platform Maemo development environment in technology preview
• MADDE frequently-asked-questions
• Maemo Developer Day, November 2009 writeup
• Change chinook repos to ‘archive’ mode?
• Qt/3D Demos Running on N900

Community

• UK development community used in Nokia marketing video
• Brainstorm – how do we make it useful, and manage it?
• Ask the Community Council
• FOSDEM 2010 just around the corner
• London Maemo meet-up
• Dist- and deb-master timesheets online
• Sheep: a community built game

Devices

• No clarification on Maemo 6 for N900
• N900 call volume fading out – hardware or software fault?
• PUSHN900 pre-London meet roundup

Maemo in the Wild

• N900 viral marketing in top 5 for 2009
• Prominent N900 adverts in London Underground

Announcements

• SyncEvolution 0.9.2 announcement
• Download Assistant preview
• Catorise sorts your #N900 apps: now in Extras
• More iPhone games developers porting their wares to the N900
• WorldTV99 for N900 under development
• Qt-based language translation in -devel

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