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[Video] #Ubuntu mobile OS, demoed on a Google Nexus… any future?

January 9, 2013 by John Norris 4 Comments

Interesting video from Engadget.com, demonstrating the Ubuntu mobile os running on a Google Nexus. It’s an alpha, experimental, version at this stage.  The Ubuntu devs behind this clearly have aspirations for the os, but will it ever get any traction in the consumer market; could an OEM adopt it for future devices.  Engadget don’t really have much confidence. […]

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Nokia Lumia 920

December 2, 2012 by John Norris 10 Comments

So, a die hard Meego, N9 fan gets hold of a Nokia Lumia 920 device.  Sounds like war, yeah? I have been playing around with a Lumia 920 for a couple of weeks now.  It has been a strange experience for me, in one way extremely pleasant to have a quality piece of hardware in my […]

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‘Jolla Tides’ seeks views on form factor of future Jolla smartphone

October 1, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

Jolla Tides is seeking your views on what form factor the first Jolla smartphone should adopt.  I not sure if Jolla Tide is an official website for Jolla Mobile or an enthusiast’s site.  Either way, rumour and speculation is always good fun and the there is already plenty of anticipation being stoked up over the device […]

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[N9 app] In car home screen

September 26, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

A nice little app for those of you who use your N9 whilst driving (legally, of course). In Car Home Screen sets a fixed home screen with pre-set app icons for Drive navigation, Camera, Notes, Phone and Music apps.  It also temporarily disables the swipe functionality, hence avoiding accidentally swiping the screen away when trying […]

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[N9 app] Brain Party puzzle game

September 26, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

The Nokia Store is building up a nice collection of puzzle games for the N9, but Brain Party deserves a special mention. Ported to Meego by the ingenious Mr Thomas Perl (famouse for the great Billboard app and many others).  You can now test your brain power with this nice and free app. Brain Party […]

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Cutepress for #N9

September 1, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

Cutepress for #N9 has been updated to version 2.0.0 . A great app for people with WordPress blog and who use the N9.

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[N9App] Meedocs for Google docs #N9 #Meego

July 25, 2012 by John Norris 3 Comments

Meedocs is a work in progress project from developer Marrat. The app allows you to download and upload documents from/to your Google documents account for viewing. Whether you like the idea of being able to store documents, pictures etc in a virtual filing system on a third-party server, it seems the way of the future. […]

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Applications, Nokia N9

Future Meego: Forbes comments on promising Jolla smartphone future #Meego #N9

July 21, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

It’s not always about volume, it’s about having something desirable and relatively unique. These are the words that Ewan Spence of Forbes when describing the new Jolla venture – a promising next phase of the Meego development which promises at least a one new smartphone to succeed where the N9 began. It is an interesting article because […]

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[N9 App] New version of Twimgo for Twitter

July 21, 2012 by John Norris 0 Comments

Twimgo is a great open souce app for Twittering with your friends and it has just received an update to make it one of the best apps for N9 users who like to tweet. I remember fondly first using Twimgo with my Nokia N900 and thinking what a great app it was.  I was equally happy to find that […]

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IntoMobile interview with Jolla Mobile CEO, Jussi Humola; 11 July 2012

July 13, 2012 by John Norris 1 Comment

Intomobile’s great interview with Jussi Humola, CEO of the new Meego focused start-up company; Jolla Mobile.  It is nice to learn more about the future of Meego, especially about the prospects of a true successor for the N9.  Intomobile’s Stefan Constantinescu asked Jussi some insightful questions.  And with respect to the CEO of Jolla Mobile, […]

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[App review] Tweetian twitter client for #N9

July 12, 2012 by John Norris 4 Comments

Hiya, long time no see! Introduction It seems an age since I wrote the top N9 apps series; three posts covering the best apps over three main categories; general, utility and games.  In the first of those  distant posts I included a selection social media apps; Facebook, twitter etc.  That was in February 2012, and lack of time […]

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Nokia N9 PR1.3 firmware update

July 10, 2012 by John Norris 1 Comment

Released by Nokia on 3 July 2012, the latest firmware update for N9 owners is now being rolled out globally.  Hopefully you have already received your notification of the ‘over the air’ (OTA) update and are enjoying the improvements. Roll-out Nokia said that it would be releasing updates over three weeks.  I checked earlier today […]

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Put your safety belt on…

July 8, 2012 by John Norris 2 Comments

Yesterday I set the scene for what I believe is the future for Nokia N9 owners with two posts. The first attempted to articulate where the Nokia N9 is today, both in terms of official Nokia support and future development for the device.  It also eluded to the future of Meego devices in a broader […]

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