already enable it. but still cant find how to open the virtual keypad.

u slide in ur keyboard, then touch the type sms area, a virtual keyboard should appear.

i think he is looking for alphanumberic keypad for smsing not virtual keyboard. Sad news for u PR 1.1 doesnt support that feature yet

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Added on May 17, 2010, 12:39 amcan u share with us exactly where which uploaded software is that?

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Added on May 17, 2010, 12:43 amu can get it thru your nokia n900 app manager

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: May 17 2010, 12:43 AM

sygic hard to search poi. i wan to go mid valley but duno how to route

U can make it search such way but the method just need to go thru a few more extra steps compare to garmin

1st Menu
2nd Navigate to?
3rd Point of interest
4th POI in City
5th Type the state you want to search
6th Show All
7th Any
8th Type the keyword you want to find example 1U, curve etc etc




This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: May 17 2010, 02:20 AM

Try vertsms from extras-devel (and ONCE you download it, DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING ELSE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR'RE DOING).

And again, remember kids, devel and testing is EVIL.

Anyhow, if you've bought the N900 expecting it to be the ULTIMATE PHONE, I'm sorry but you're outta luck. It's the ULTIMATE PALMTOP + a okok phone somewhere in there. You'll have to learn how to live with Linux, as that's how Maemo does things.

As for AVI and RMVB, AVI should be supported by the default video player, RMVB needs extra codecs, and mplayer does both easily, but less smoothly compared to the default.

But you're better of re-encoding to xvid MP4s for regular video watching, at native resolution of 800x480. They will:

1) Play faster
2) Lag less
3) Be a tad smaller in terms of filesize.

Playing un-re-encoded movies IS possible but still very much impractical on a mobile device. I mean, sure, my old Axim could handle full on desktop AVIs, but truthfully I didn't do it that much to begin with unless I'm showing off.

IMHO, anyway.

Anyhow, update watching is becoming a great pastime nowadays. It's always fun to see if the little yellow box in the status bar brings something that makes things better or break things worse.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 17 2010, 03:20 AM

Hey guys

I'm wondering why are my catalogues like Extras & extras-testing are in error?

I tried to disable,saved.Then,enabled it back but still it failed to refresh?

What did I do wrong?

Please help

Thanks

Check spelling for all catalogue data. Myself I misspell fremantle (or is it frementle) a lot, so it leads to that.

Oh, and make sure the HTTP address is correct, it it has a / at the end, don't forget that. Linux is picky about this kind of things (don't get me started on case sensitivity, I mean, tell me if DESCENT.PIG and descent.pig are 2 different files? huh? huh???).

You can always just enable RED PILL MODE (google that). It's far easier. Although making "the ability to break your N900 to the point it needs reflashing" something that is NOT that easy might be the best decision that Nokia ever made, at least to the normal user.

Case in question, the wonderful world of Extras-Devel.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 17 2010, 03:25 AM

@ above

Thank you so much for the info

Didn't know it is that sensitive (Noob user rlly )

I misspelled hahaha

Thanks

Ah, got OpenTTD to work with sound now... Hurrah...

I now have, 3 of my most favourite desktop games running on the N900

1) Descent
2) OpenTTD
3) Jagged Alliance 2 (sakit mata mau main, but is fun nonetheless).

Now, if only the CorsixTH guys can work faster, I'd have Theme Hospital as well.

Ah, the endless tinkering capability of Maemo. Hope I can still dualboot into it once Meego is released. I somehow doubt Meego is gonna be even half as power as Maemo is as a desktop class OS.

Sure, its gonna make the N900 a better smartphone, but DESKTOP APPS on a PHONE MAN = Maemo win!

Though I could be wrong and Meego could turn out to have UBER WIN desktop capabilities. But that's living in a perfect world where Nokia actually cares about what the nerdier users think.

This post has been edited by Eiraku: May 17 2010, 05:33 AM

i dont think the red pill feature is available for PR 1.1 anymore.

there's an update version of zoutube, in extra testing.
now can choose to play or download the files.

Yes true, you can now just directly install debian files from file manager

Any new cool apps and games to share anyone ??

i been a nokia user for so long. Nokia N900 GPS really impress me.

Dark cloud in car with V-kool without agps i get a lock in 2 mins. IMPRESSIVE

On nokia N97 and 5800XM it doesnt work at all

This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: May 17 2010, 10:11 AM

Yea same here

Though the phone does get quite hot with GPS. How bout yours?

Mine is warm but okay doesnt feel its too hot. OC @ 900mhz

anyone of you install bos wars?



This post has been edited by .:BreT:.: May 17 2010, 11:10 AM

+1 on that for me too, OC at 900mhz now, very happy with the speed, and heating is minor only.

Any sharing on the method to convert Garmin POI to sygic?

The map we have right now abit outdated.

[MYS]
provider=TA
mapRelease=2009.3
detail=full
speedcam=yes
speedCamRelease=2009.03.05

tweetdeck is heading to mobile web browsers..lets hope N900 is supported

http://mashable.com/2010/05/14/tweetdeck-mobile-web/