Matt Croydon::Postneo

Month: June 2006

  • Internet Tablet OS 2006 FINAL Drops

    It’s not on the official Nokia software download page yet, but I just flashed my Nokia 770 to the final release of Internet Tablet OS 2006 from the Maemo download page.

    I can’t wait to play with the gizmo 770 client.

    The OS ships with links to tableteer.nokia.com, which looks really sweet on the 770 (see more screenshots here):

    Nokia Tableteer

    The application manager also includes http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/ and http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/non-certified/ as default repositories. These currently only contain themes and a game, but there is tons of potential here. This is a great way to deploy new software for the 770 without requiring a flash. I would love it if the gizmo client or other official third-party apps end up in the certified repos and it would be great if Nokia made it easy for open source developers to get their software included in the non-certified repository.

  • Internet Tablet OS 2006 BETA Application Repositories

    Update: I have moved this list over to the maemo wiki which will contain the most up to date list of repositories.
    I’ve been loving every minute of the release of the 2006 OS beta for my Nokia 770. Everything is just that much zippier and there are more built-in features including contact management, jabber/jingle support, and a boatload of other things.

    One of the new features that I absolutely love is the new application manager. The 770 is built on a custom Debian build, so package management is done via APT. In the 2005 edition you had to point the package manager at individual .debs, handle dependencies yourself, and all that not-so-fun stuff. The 2006 OS ships with an enhanced package manager that you can point at repositories to handle everything for you.

    Here’s a quick list of the repositories on my 770:

    Maemo repository
    Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/
    Distribution: mistral-beta
    Components: free
    Applications: Maemopad

    Maemo Mapper
    Web address: http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/
    Distribution: mistral
    Components: user
    Applications: Maemo Mapper

    FBReader
    Web address: http://only.mawhrin.net/fbreader/maemo/
    Distribution: mistral
    Components: user
    Applications: FBReader

    Kernel Concepts
    Web address: http://www.kernelconcepts.de/~fuchs/nokia770/ex_2006/
    Distribution: ./
    Components: (blank)
    Applications: GPE Calendar, GPE Contacts, GPE Todo

    Maemo Hackers
    Web address: http://maemo-hackers.org/apt/
    Distribution: mistral
    Components: main
    Applications: maemo-gaim, osso-xterm, osso-statusbar, xchat

    Python Repository
    Web address: http://maemo.org.br/platform/apt/
    Distribution: python
    Components: python
    Applications: Python and related bindings

    To add new repositories to your 770 running the 2006 beta, hit Tools -> Application Manager, then hit the title bar or menu key, select Tools -> Application catalog… and away you go.

    Update: Two new repositories ship by default with the final version of Internet Tablet OS 2006:

    Nokia Tableteer
    Web address: http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/
    Distribution: mistral
    Components: user
    Applications: Maemo-blocks, themes

    Nokia Tableteer
    Web address: http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/non-certified/
    Distribution: mistral
    Components: user
    Applications: Hello world app, Maemo development examples