Hey guy! I got something really cool to show you guys today, as you may or may not know for the last 4 weeks+ I have been super busy with work, testing out the lumia 800 and taking shots for this video that I have to show you guys today but before we get to the video i just want to share the idea I had when making this video.

So first off I wanted to crate a very very small scale version of the nokia Lumia 800  Amazing Everyday Video (I like that video so much!!) So I tried to get the cools shots I could find to put into the video, I went to bars, parties, shows,mountains and even to a local news station with the lumia 800 trying to get cool stuff to put into this video and I did to a point but with all that said I wish I had more time with the device so I could get all the cool shots I wanted but I did the best I could with the time I had, Hope you guys enjoy the video!

Please leave your comments letting me know what you think! Have a good day!

Great news all you nokia n9 owners, you can now get google’s  Android 4.0.3 (ICS) to run on your nokia n9! thanks to the guys at  NITDroid! now before you go back-flipping all over the place please keep in mind that this is just the first Alpha release so everything isn’t working just yet but you can still do the basics.

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Here a list of things that should work:

- dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability to choose OS after power on.
- 3D drivers, OpenGL
- hwrotation (portrait mode only, accelerometer HAL doesn’t work)
- touchscreen (multitouch)
- hw buttons (volume, power)
- ECI accessory (headset buttons)
- USB networking
- lcd off in sleep mode
- alarm driver, RTC
- mounting MyDocs as “SDCard” [realized; NOT FIXED, but HACK EXISTS]
- basic video decoding (sw) and playback, youtube (choppy)
- basic CellMo functionality: network registration, USSD, SMS, data (GPRS/EDGE/3G), signaling. Actually, ofono/ofono- ril stack is used: all things that it able to do on the n900.
- bluetooth (scanning, can pair devices. I didn’t test deeper).
- charging (note: without any notification in UI)
- sensors: accelerometer
- audio: playback (audio routing to: loudspeaker, headset or earpiece)
- lights HAL (lcd brightness)
- root access (via adb shell; su/Superuser.apk)

Demo video

And most important here is a  step by step guide and how to get ICS up and running on your n9:

1. Install dual-boot kernel as described here: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=90.0

2. Install sillyboot. Details: http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=91.0

3. Are you ready for NIT? ДА или НЕТ?!?

a. Download tarball from here: http://depositfiles.com/files/ue9wxpz49 , check its integrity, md5 sum for this archive is ee57d8c3b9199e87bb5c355e8c9d1cc3
b. copy the archive to your Nokia N9.

c. execute “as root” command:

4. Reboot, push “Volume Up” button when message “Press VolUp to boot alternative OS” appear . Wait a little, pray a little…

First of all: go to Settings->Display->Sleep, choose “30 minutes”. Critical defect (“too deep sleep to ping watchdogs”) is yet to be fixed.
Don’t let your device sleep. Otherwise it could die:)

Enjoy!

5. Usefull stuff:
get adb from Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html)

Commands that would make your life easier:
adb connect 192.168.2.15:5039 — connect to your device. USB/ADB is broken, but ADB works well over USB networking.
adb logcat — for reading “main” log
adb logcat -b radio — for reading “radio” log
adb shell — to enter to shell
adb pull/push — allow get/put file from/to the device
adb shell rr — “restart radio” — restarts ofono and RIL
adb shell bb — show battery/charging status

Big thanks to the guys at NITDroid!!

We have all heard that catchy music for “The Amazing Everyday” videos, well now you can have that same catchy tone as your ringtone on your nokia Lumia, Symbian or Meego device. My self personally has had it as my ringtone for almost 3 months (maybe more), download link after the video!

Download Here! 

Hey guys  just a quick heads up, the guys at Symbian tweet got there hands on the original Nokia lumia wallpapers that only comes with the Nokia lumia device when you buy it. there are some really cool one and if you want you can download them blow and rock them on your Meego or Symbian device! or on your lumia device if you happen to delete yours some how

Download Here!

The guys at flotron have created a really cool nokia “808 Red Style” theme for all nokia symbain belle phones, it also comes with some nice custom red & black anna style icons.

It’s available right now at the nokia store for free!

Download Here!

while you are at the nokia store you can also our “gadgetized” app for the latest news,reviews & downloads

Nokia Q4 results are out and things are looking a bit better for people’s company (yes.. i said the the people’s company) with well over 1 million lumia 800 & 701 devices sold, it’s  less than the 2 million targets that they had but if you ask me  , it’s a good start for a company that changed Os and focus and with in 6 months made an amazing and sexy device such as the lumia 800. So with that good start and a cool $250 million this quarter from Microsoft all i have to say is keep it up nokia!

you find other numbers here (including how much money they lost in 2011)

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Yes boys and girls!  according to the latest online rumors the nokia lumia 900 will be out on march 18th for $99.99 on  a two-year contract. The information came from Boy genius report who said that it came from a source close to the carrier (AT&T), so we don’t know how true it is but nokia did say they will be marketing the nokia lumia 900  aggressively so the rumors may have more truth to it then anything else we have heard so far.

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The great guys at Nokia wom world (now called Nokia connects)  are having a “follow the Mapstronaut and win” competition to celebrate the launch of the new Nokia Maps blog. The goal is to go where no one has gone before on Nokia Maps and to do that they are taking suggestions of places to visit from you! i mean us

As a matter of fact I have already entered and the mapstronaut visited my location not to long ago….

That’s the Stadio Olympico in rome by the way, home to one of my favorite football/soccer teams.

So if you guys would like to enter jump over here where you’ll find the rules and the prizes that you can win! have a good one!

I have been thinking about why I like the n9 so much and I am I willing to spend
almost $6000 TTD on it without having even used it yet and on a platform that many
think is already dead and the truth is, I really don't know why I want the n9, when it comes to
gadgets "anything but simple" is what I like to say, I like customization and I love sitting
down for hours setting up a new device just the way I want it.

So why do I want the n9? Well maybe it's because I just like having the latest gadgets or
maybe I'm just a big nokia fanboy or maybe I have gone mad and have nothing better to
do with my money......it could be one of those but I would like to think it's because the
n9 is so new and so different for the other.

The n9 brings something never see on a mobile phone before and yes! I know these days
every phone has something never see/done on phones before it but with the n9 it's not
just one new app or one new feature, almost everything is new about the n9, it's about
a new way of using a phone, a new way of thinking, a new way of living with you mobile
device, and I must say out of all the great new features in the n9 I think the swipe home
feature is what I like the most. And just to make something clear the "all touch screen, no
keys" thing isn't really new, it's something meego/maemo had from the start if you really think about, other than
the keyboard keys, the n900 had not keys on the front just like the n9 but that's not here
nor there.

So why do I want the n9? Well because it's something new and the swipe home feature
look really nice, simple, as does the hole OS. The n9 is simple and easy to understand and
use but it also has to the tools that allow you to make it the device you want to make it
plus I really like the design of the body.

So again why do I want the n9? Because it's what I've wanted all this time, I just didn't

know. So blue n9 here I come.

The Meego powerhouse is said to be available in singapore this month  from all telcos. The N9 will be sold sim free and unlocked  for a retail price of $799 for the 16GB version and $899 for the 64GB version.

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