I wish there was a video of Nokia VP for Maemo Devices, Ari Jaaksi’s presentation at OSIM World 2009. His nine slides (below) talk about making Open Source more user friendly, how Maemo is inspired by the consumer’s insights, and how Nokia is working with the community from day one. The last slide summarizes it perfectly though:
“We want to concentrate on user experience and work together on things that are generic.
This is how we can create value for our customers.”
Full Slides:
Need to take wide-angle photos and videos with the Nokia N900? All you need is an inexpensive fisheye lens and a rubber band (link).
Sample video:
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:
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:
It must have been lost somewhere in the specs, but the Nokia N900 actually does have an Infrared (IR) port. A programmable remote control app is coming to the N900 called Irreco, which will take advantage of the N900’s IR.
From the looks of it, you can program your own remote, customize the buttons layout, and download pre-programmed remotes and themes. If the N900’s IR is strong enough, this can eventually replace the $250 Logitech Harmony Universal Remote.
Any chance of adding bluetooth remote support for the PS3?
Check out the video demo of Irreco:
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?
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!
Popular Swedish magazine site Mobil has a nice walkthrough of most features of the Nokia N900. This is the first video I’ve seen the bundled game Bounce in action, at about the 4:00 mark.
Pixelpipe is a perfect app for the Nokia N900! From the N900 demo and walkthough videos I’ve seen, the built in gallery app currently can upload to only about three online services. Pixelpipe will definitely solve this problem.
I use Pixelpipe on the iPhone a lot to post pics and vids to numerous online sites such as Blip.tv, Facebook, Flickr, Photobucket, Tinypic, YouTube, and Zenfolio. You select pics and vids from the gallery, and with a click, they get simultaneously uploaded to the multiple online service you select.
Here’s Mark’s (The Nokia Blog) interview with the CEO and founder of Pixelpipe, with a great demo:
Now, if the NAM (Noth American) version of the N900 will only support AT&T 3G…
You must all have seen the italian video walkthrough of the Nokia N900 earlier this week (if not, I’ve included it at the end of this post). Kiamanokia has posted more videos detailing widgets, Nokia Maps, calling features, and multimedia.
Check out the new videos:
Desktop Widgets
Nokia Maps
Calling
Multimedia
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