Tag Archives: n900

HowTo: n900 Browser: Selecting Text

Posted on 2011-01-28 by dgilbert

The mul­ti-but­­ton mouse and key­board com­bi­na­tion has become so ubiq­ui­tous that some­times we can’t imag­ine how to accom­plish some­thing on a sim­i­lar but dif­fer­ent inter­face.  Select­ing text in the n900 brows­er was one such prob­lem for me.  It’s not that … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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The Rise of Tablet Computing… Finally

Posted on 2011-01-21 by dgilbert

What is it that has final­ly caused the rise of the tablet com­put­ing device?  Is it real­ly the church of Jobs? It’s not like this has­n’t been tried a dozen times.  The first wide­spread exam­ple in pop­u­lar cul­ture was the big … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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My N900 Continues to Amuse and Amaze (Me)

Posted on 2011-01-14 by dgilbert

Apolo­gies in advance if this post ram­bles some­what; the sub­ject mat­ter is also some­what vague.  My phone, the n900 from Nokia is hard to pigeon hole.  The oper­at­ing sys­tem (Mae­mo) is shared by Noki­a’s oth­er tablet com­put­ers.  The fact that … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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N900fly: Extrememly Expensive Sport!

Posted on 2011-01-10 by dgilbert

Some­times you see some­thing and won­der, “What were they think­ing.”  Some­times this is an obvi­ous thing — many peo­ple see it.  Oth­er times, a sign or direc­tion sits there qui­et­ly mock­ing the world and only a few peo­ple notice it.  … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Nokia N900: A shell prompt on my phone…

Posted on 2011-01-06 by dgilbert

I received the Nokia N900 that I bought on eBay last week today.  I’ve been play­ing with it… find­ing appli­ca­tions I want to use, con­fig­ur­ing things… learn­ing how to use it.  It’s a very dif­fer­ent world.  I destroyed my Palm … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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