CellPhoneBurn

For those looking to modify their LED status light on their N900 Simon from KnowNokia.ca has created a great write up that will allow even the most inexperienced Maemo coder to modify their LED status light successfully. Head on over for the full details:
http://knownokia.ca/2010/01/27/n900-led-modifications/

The Nokia Booklet 3G marks Nokia’s first foray into the netbook market and is currently only available in a few markets around the world. You can think of the Booklet as a premium netbook constructed out of a single block of aluminium, much like Apple’s Macbooks. It packs a 10.1″ 1280 x 720 display, a fanless 1.6 GHZ Intel Atom processor (which makes the Booklet virtually silent), a 120 GB hard drive, 1GB of non upgradeable RAM and runs Windows 7.

Nokia has spent the past couple years heavily investing into the music industry with mobile devices and music services.  This year Nokia has released the BH-905 stereo bluetooth headset which features not only bluetooth stereo streaming but also has a 3.5mm jack.  The headset also has a noise canceling feature.  I had the privilege of trying the BH-905 stereo headset on the show floor.  On first impression the unit is light, sturdy and loud (hard to truly tell but the sound was loud and clear on the show floor, Id assume it would be fine for general home use).  The unit does feature noise canceling which is activated with a flick of a switch.  I wasn’t able to verify that this actually worked since when I flipped the switch nothing happened.

Browsing the show floor at CES can be overwhelming. Its easy to overlook small things that could make a new product outstanding.  The X6, Nokia’s flagship music device has an interesting application that sorts your music based on mood.  While the rep couldn’t explain the specifics from what I gathered the application seems to connect online and sort your music catalogue via mood categories. Depending on your adjustments, you can increase or decrease each category (Happy (upbeat?), Heart (romantic?), Cloudy, Watch (workout/fast paced?)) it will make a playlist.  For the time being it will be a X6 feature but is capable of working on other S60 5th edition device.

A quick overview of the Nokia booth at CES 2010.

Remember the Nokia Point and Find application? Well at CES 2010 I was able to see its evolution at the Nokia booth.  The demonstration shows that the application can now recognize products and provide relevant information (prices, call option, text/email a friend) to the user.

With many N900’s going through daily abuse it was interesting to see this pop up at MaemoCommunity.com. A plastic case that surrounds the N900. Its s two piece unit that gives a ridge around the screen and snaps to cover the whole back end.  While it seems like a good purchase, I don’t think I could stomach the idea of making the N900 any thicker than it already is.

MaemoWorld.org has a great video showing the N900 playing Duke Nukem.  Whats next Crysis?

While the N900 made a couple ripples with its ability to emulate certain video game consoles (resulting in legal action from Nintendo), I chose to have some fun with the remaining number of emulators that were readily available via download from the default repositories.  I chose the MegaGear and Colecovision.  First and foremost I must state that when downloading roms it is important that you abide by the law and make sure that you own the acutal copies of these games.  I chose two classics, Sonic and Pitfall.