Nokia N900 Linux-based Mobile Computer

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Nokia announces N900 mobile computer

With less than one week before the start of this years Nokia World in Stuttgart, Germany, Nokia has officially announced its new Maemo-based next generation Internet Tablet. The N900 isn't Nokia's first Internet Tablet (770, N800, N810), but it is the companies first that also includes a GSM and 3G/UMTS modem, making it a fully fledged smartphone. Previous models could only connect to the Internet via the built-in Wi-Fi connection or via a Bluetooth link to another mobile phone.

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Maemo 5 injects speed and power into mobile computing

August 27, 2009

The new Nokia N900: Computer-grade performance in a handset

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today marked the next phase in the evolution of Maemo software with the new Nokia N900. Taking its cues from the world of desktop computing, the open source, Linux-based Maemo software delivers a PC-like experience on a handset-sized device.

The Nokia N900 has evolved from Nokia's previous generation of Internet Tablets and broadens the choice for technology enthusiasts who appreciate the ability to multitask and browse the internet like they would on their desktop computer.

Running on the new Maemo 5 software, the Nokia N900 empowers users to have dozens of application windows open and running simultaneously while taking full advantage of the cellular features, touch screen and QWERTY keyboard.

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Nokia N900 - Video Promo

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N900 interaction documentary

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Maemo brings the power of computers to mobile devices. Designed with the internet at its core, Linux-based Maemo software takes us into a new era of mobile computing.

See the features

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At the heart of this mobile computer is its powerful 600 MHz processor and up to 1GB of application memory.

The built-in 32 GB storage is big enough to store up to 7,000 of your favourite songs or 40 hours of DVD-quality video.

For the first time get high-speed broadband that’s as fast as an internet connection at home.

Capture vivid images and DVD-quality widescreen video with the integrated 5-megapixel camera.

Powerful hardware packed into a sleek, compact design.

Find your position quickly and accurately with the built-in Assisted-GPS receiver.

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Maemo 5 user interface

Sources:

1. heise online - Nokia announces N900 mobile computer
2. Nokia - ShowPressRelease
3. YouTube - Nokia N900 - Video Promo
4. YouTube - N900 interaction documentary
5. Maemo software | Nokia › The software behind your mobile computer
6. Maemo software | Nokia › Nokia N900 mobile computer
7. YouTube - Maemo 5 user interface

Related:

1. An Early Peek at the Nokia N900 - Digits - WSJ
2. Nokia N900 finally announced, is Linux-based
3. maemo.org - maemo.org: Home of the Maemo community
4. maemo.org - Intro: The Home of the Maemo Community

Wapipedia -- The Mobile Wikipedia

The whole content of the Wikipedia Encyclopedia on your mobile phone via Wapipedia.

clipped from www.makeuseof.com Wapipedia : Browse Wikipedia from Mobile Phone Wapipedia lets you access, search and navigate Wikipedia articles in a mobile-freindly manner. Just point your mobile browser of choice to Wapipedia to get all the goodness of Wikipedia on your phone. Apart from the obvious search functionality Wapipedia also has ‘Random’ button for jumping from one article to another. Quite handy if you’re on the road and looking for some timepass reading. clipped from forums.thoughtsmedia.com http://wapipedia.org Now you can access the knowledge of an entire encyclopedia where ever you go with Wapipedia.org. Wapipedia.org is a Smartphone friendly version of the Wikipedia. It has all the same information, but it's better formated to fit the smaller Smartphone screen. Give it a try and let us know what you think. Here's a link to get you started. clipped from wapipedia.org wapipedia.org Indexes - Random

Camera Mobilephone Controlling Computers In 3D

clipped from www.techlivez.com Software Prototype: Camera Mobilephone Controlling Computers In 3D UK researchers have a developed a software prototype that will use bluetooth of the camera enabled cellphone to control the computer as if its a three dimensional mouse. See this as a Wii controller(sort of) controlling your computer moving and manipulating onscreen items simply by moving,waving the handset infront of you desktop PC. clipped from technology.newscientist.com The software makes it possible to move and manipulate onscreen items simply by waving a handset around in front of a screen, a bit like the motion-sensitive Nintendo Wii controller. The computer translates the phone's movement and rotation in three dimensions into the actions of an onscreen cursor. It possible to use the phone like a 3D mouse, interacting with objects by pressing the phone's buttons or rotating the phone. A paper on the prototype set-up will be demonstrated at the International Conference on Computer Vision Theory and Applications in Madeira, Portugal later in January 2008.

Contact Lenses with Mobile Phone Display

clipped from www.textually.org Contact Lenses Could Project Mobile Phone Displays Directly into the Eye Imagine walking down the street and as your mobile phone rings, the name of the caller suddenly appears floating in the air in front of you. That is one of the possibilities offered by a new contact lens which incorporates electronic circuits which can create a type of heads-up display, right within the eyeball. Cellular News reports. "Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. clipped from www.cellular-news.com A researcher holds one of the completed lenses Contact lenses with metal connectors for electronic circuits were safely worn by rabbits in lab tests Ideally, installing or removing the bionic eye would be as easy as popping a contact lens in or out, and once installed the wearer would barely know the gadget was there, Parviz said.

Related:
textually.org: Contact Lenses Could Project Mobile Phone Displays Directly into the Eye
Contact Lenses Could Project Mobile Phone Displays Directly into the Eye
Researchers put circuits on contact lenses, freak out rabbits - Engadget
Heads-up displays, "super-vision," via contact lenses | Futurismic
uwnews.org | Contact lenses with circuits, lights a possible platform for superhuman vision | University of Washington News and Information
Update 01/22/08:
Microelectronics technology | Eyeing up a new technology | Economist.com
Photos: LEDs in your contact lenses? | CNET News.com
Heads up display built into contact lenses | Beyond the Beyond from Wired.com
The vision of the future seen in bionic contact lens - Frontiers- msnbc.com