As we mentioned earlier this morning, Nokia has announced official Qt port to Maemo which was previously only available as an internal community project.

This release also marks an important milestone for the open source community and another significant milestone in Qt's life as developers can now use Qt to target the upcoming N900 device.

Nokia vision is to have Qt Everywhere and to enable you to create advanced applications with innovative user experiences while getting to market quickly. With the release of Qt port to Maemo 5, Nokia is are further broadening its embedded offering and allo... .. .

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During the Adobe MAX 2009 in Los Angeles, Kevin Lynch, Adobe’s Chief Technology Officer showcased Flash Player 10.1 on a series of smart phones including the forthcoming Nokia N900.

Flash Player 10.1 will be available for Palm webOS, Maemo, Google Android, Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems and allow consumers to enjoy flash content even customer when the computer is turned off and the laptop is closed. On these devices, you will be able to install and update Flash Player and view SWF content in the browser, just as you would on the desktop.

Flash Player 10.1 is the first consistent runtime release of the Open Screen Project that enables uncompromised Web browsing of expressive applications, content and high definition (HD) videos across devices. Using the productive Web program... .. .

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The good folks over at Nokia Conversation blog, brought to us six-minute in-depth video of the Nokia N900, the most ingenuous and powerful combination of software and hardware that they have ever created!

The first half of the video sees Mikko Korpelainen, a Senior Product Manager at Nokia, give you a rigorous close-up look at the core features that make the N900 the best pocket device for browsing the web and takes us through the five things you need to bring the full internet into your pocket.

With Linux based OS, and Mozilla based web browser, the Nokia N900 delivers a powerful mobile experience. To make web browsing even more enjoyable, the Nokia N900 features a high-resolution WVGA touch screen and fast internet connect... .. .
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OK, it's still in the early stages and not available for public but fact that N900 is powerful enough to process and run the SNES emulator with Wiimote support through the TV out is freakin’ awesome.

So if you one of those Nintendo fans who grew up in the NES days and you miss the good old school video games and you are planning to get Nokia N900 you’ll be able to run emulator and play these oldie games straight away on a big screen with intuitive Wiimote controls.

Linux isn't the best possible gaming solution but thanks to the numerous available emulators it is still possible to create a great gaming experience and fortunately Nokia N900 which is also based on the Linux platform is not excepted from this general rule! Anyway, I just hope that this great work from develo... .. .

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I just came across yet another Nokia N900 walkthrough video but what makes it different from all other hands-on previews that appeared since its official release last week is the eye-catching demo of the Bounce Boing Voyage game that reveals beautiful 3D graphic which takes advantage of the build in 3D hardware graphics acceleration!

The rendering quality offered by a hardware accelerated core and the OMAP chipset is obviously a lot better than through software rendering. The addition of high-performance hardware, Filtering Modes, MIPMapping and higher resolution textures massively improve the appearance of objects removing the ugly, pixelated blockiness seen in software rendering games on a new Nokia's N-Gage plat... .. .

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Since the first Linux powered Nokia phone became official last week, there has been a lot of buzz about device and the huge influx of various different photos, videos and even camera samples onto the internet but most of these materials were produced by Nokia Press studios and if you one of those who prefer real user experience over boring press materials read on!

They lucky bastards from Kiam Nokia have managed to get hands on the preproduction model of Nokia N900 and make an exclusive 5 minutes long hands on video that allows you to take a virtual walk-through the key features of Nokia’s hottest dev... .. .

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