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#291034 19-Jan-2010 04:20

hey guys
brought my n900 from Singapore during my stop over ....got it from the "sim lim shopping centre " 7 floors of electronics yeps geek heaven lol ,brought the n900 for 830NZ dollars after alot of bartering i think they call it was initial for 930 Singaporean the, salesmen are pricks , after standing in there shop for 1m there price had fallen 50 bucks also try to con u into buying accessory's that u don't need lol , little of topic got me a wii console for 290NZ, dont know if nz games will play on it otherwise i'll mod it ...yeah also said don't want fake stuff etc .....

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#291645 20-Jan-2010 21:25

Hi guys, I just got my Nokia N900. It is a very awsome phone. I have had a couple of issues with it that iv tried to solve. Firstly i use gmail alot and my account has 1000+ emails and so when i setup the email application on n900, it would use imap to download n sync everything and hence it becomes really slow. So I went to maemo.org and saw that email.nokia.com forwards a small number of emails to the phone. So i set it up and it was all good to go.

The second problem I have is that the OVI maps on this phone is completely useless. I have installed New Zealand maps on it but i dont know whether its using the internet to view map or the files i installed using OVI map loader. I have not managed to get a single GPS lock with or without internet.

Lastly I have only one internet connection setup VF NZ internet. Do i need to have any other connections?. My n82 had more than 1 connection.

Please help.

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#291895 21-Jan-2010 13:56

Officially announced by Sygic - they submitted their final version of their navigation app to Nokia last Thursday and are now awaiting approval.

I can't believe Nokia didn't capitalise on being the only player in the market by releasing a fully-functional version of Ovi Maps at release, now they stand to lose considerable market share in Maemo to Sygic...

I guess we'll have to wait and see whether Nokia plays fair and lets their product onto the market, or whether they stall to get theirs out first. Chance to see just how open Maemo really is???

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#292046 21-Jan-2010 23:06

Nokia just announced that the ovi maps is free for N97 Mini, 5800 XpressMusic, 5800 navigation edition, E52, E55, E72, 5230, 6710 navigator, 6730 classic and X6 but it doesnt include n900. This really sux.

"N900 owners shouldn't hold their breath, though, as Nokia is focusing on bringing its free navigation service to the next generation of Maemo devices. That's not to say that the N900 won't get it eventually, only that it's not currently on the roadmap." from engadget

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#292047 21-Jan-2010 23:16

Heh, just beat ya to it - I posted a thread on this announcement (I just came from the VIP Virtual Launch). Good news, but not that relevant here right?

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#292474 23-Jan-2010 15:52

I have managed to increase my battery life by over 100%
With my N900 I normally use it with 3G enabled only, no dual mode or 2G, so I only get the fastest data/internet speeds...
But I have found, 3G drains the battery...

So rather than having to go into the settings all the time and manually changing the phone connection setting, I installed the 2G/3G applet, which adds a quick option to change the phone connection setting in the status menu bar.....

Now, I use 3G only when I go online, and when at home tethered to my HTPC...
Otherwise when just using as phone, or at work on the seas, I use 2G mode....

This has over doubled my battery life.

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#292527 23-Jan-2010 17:51

WARNING!!!!!!

For those who shipped using Amazon, and signed up to trial Amazon Prime to get faster and cheaper shipping...
You have to manually CANCEL YOUR AMAZON PRIME MEMBERSHIP, otherwise Amazon will automatically charge you $69 US...just over $100 NZ for an annual subscription!

Cheeky...that was sneaky, musta been hidden in small print...

So check your bank statements...if you have already been charged, but have not used Amazon since, you can still get a full refund if you cancel the subscription now.

I got caught out...just cancelled...now waiting for refund.

That annoys me.

xlevus

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#292539 23-Jan-2010 18:22

Thanks for the heads up. I completely forgot about that.

Also, I keep installing desktop widgets but they never show up in the menu :(

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#292561 23-Jan-2010 20:00

Bugger, sorry all - I knew about the Amazon prime thing and cancelled mine in time but completely escaped me to warn others.

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#293414 27-Jan-2010 13:10

xlevus: Also, I keep installing desktop widgets but they never show up in the menu :(

Are you giving the install process enough time?
My mate who I imported a N900 for had the same problem....turned out he was just exiting the install screen before the app was fjully installed, which caused the install to cancel.

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#293424 27-Jan-2010 13:31

So how is everyone finding there N900?
Any new tricks, apps etc we should all know about?

Share your app list!

My installed apps:
- 3G/2G Mode Selection Applet (great little app for changing network connection mode, really usfull for saving the battery, dont need 3G unless on the web)
- Angry Birds (great addictive game, a must have)
- eCoach (fitness app like sports tracker)
- Extra Decoders Support ( gives support for extra codecs to play movies)
- FM Radio Player (FM radio)
- fm-boost (small script that boosts the ampage of the FM transmitter for better reception)
- Hermes (gets contactgs photos, emails etc from facebook and twitter)
- MSN protocol plugin for Conversations and Contacts (adds MSN to contacts and conversations for IM)
- Pixelpipe (uploads photos and videos to your favorite sites)
- Qik (streams live videofrom the N900)
- Simple Brightness Applet (simple little app the gives quick access to chaning the screen brightness through the status bar, good for battery saving)
- Simple FMTX desktop widget (shortcut app that turns on the FM transmitter and FM boost)
- Transmittion (bittorrent app)
- Witter (twitter app)
- Wormux (game simular to worms world party)

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#293469 27-Jan-2010 14:46

Tried installing my ClearProtector screen protector a week ago and it didn't go very well - ended up getting some crap on the sticky side so ruined my first protector. They were however very helpful and sent me a new one free of charge even though it wasn't covered by warranty so I'm about to have a second go. As for Apps etc...

APPS
gPodder Podcast Client
Adblock Plus addon for Mozilla
FM Radio Player
Pyrecipe (recipe book)
Hermes
Gonvert (converter)
Quicknote (simplistic note taker)
Recorder
LiqTorch (Torch)
Stopish (Stopwatch)
Simple Brightness Applet
CPU/Mem Applet (shows cpu and memory usage in status area)
Ogg Support (Ogg codec support)
Extra Decoders Support

WIDGETS
Personal Dataplan Monitor (Monitors data usage)
TouchSearch (Search various engines from desktop)
ForecaWeather
Personal IP Address (shows current IP Address)
Custom Operator Name
Facebook
System Info
Conversations Inbox
Calendar
Media Player

Hey Euan - I'm interested in some of your apps, would you be able to let me know where you got the following...

Angry Birds
FM-Boost
MSN Protocol Plugin
Pixelpipe
Simple FMTX desktop widget
Transmittion

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#293495 27-Jan-2010 15:32

does any one know how to get into phone settings to reactivate vodafone nz as i have lost it some how. And now have no service at all. sim card is fine as i have cheked it ona nother phone and i have rung vodafone and says my account is still active.

Lancealot

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#293523 27-Jan-2010 16:48

kitretter: Tried installing my ClearProtector screen protector a week ago and it didn't go very well - ended up getting some crap on the sticky side so ruined my first protector. They were however very helpful and sent me a new one free of charge even though it wasn't covered by warranty so I'm about to have a second go.

Hope it goes well the second time. I steamed up the bathroom and did it in there as that settles all the dust. Wet your fingers with the solution too and that stops any crap getting on the protector. I used 1/4 teaspoon of dish liquid to 10oz water for the solution. My first attempt was not soapy enough so quickly made more solution and let the bubbles settle and it seemed to work fine.Most of the water I got out with a credit card and a cloth to absorb it before it ran down the side of the N900 into the speakers etc. Left it off over night. It looked fine right away but it really does get much better after a day or two as the tiny tiny bubbles just vanish.

Lancealot

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#293525 27-Jan-2010 16:54

kitretter:

Hey Euan - I'm interested in some of your apps, would you be able to let me know where you got the following...

Angry Birds
FM-Boost
MSN Protocol Plugin
Pixelpipe
Simple FMTX desktop widget
Transmittion

Thanks

Angry birds and Pixelpipe are both at the Ovi store. Angry birds is incredibly addictive! :)

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