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The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia _owned_ the mobile phone space. They had a smartphone OS even if they didn’t understand app distribution, they had the best cameras, screens, antennas, the lot. They threw it all away with inept management that made late-stage Commodore look competent, Apple and Android came along, and now a Nokia is a rarity. Out of this mess came one good thing though, the N900 was a Linux-based smartphone that became the go-to hacker mobile for a few years. First up with this N900 is the long-dead battery. He makes a fake battery with a set of supercapacitors and resistors to simulate the temperature sensor, and is then able to power it from an external PSU. This is refined to a better fake battery using the connector from the original. The device also receives a USB-C port, though due to space constraints not the PD identifiers, making it (almost) modern. Because it was a popular hacker device, it’s possible to upgrade the software on an N900. He’s given it U-Boot, and now it boots Linux form an SD card and functions as an online radio device. That’s impressive hackability and longevity for a phone, if only we could have more like it.

The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia owned the mobile …read more ...

#Phone #Hacks #linux #phone #N900 #nokia

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The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia _owned_ the mobile phone space. They had a smartphone OS even if they didn’t understand app distribution, they had the best cameras, screens, antennas, the lot. They threw it all away with inept management that made late-stage Commodore look competent, Apple and Android came along, and now a Nokia is a rarity. Out of this mess came one good thing though, the N900 was a Linux-based smartphone that became the go-to hacker mobile for a few years. First up with this N900 is the long-dead battery. He makes a fake battery with a set of supercapacitors and resistors to simulate the temperature sensor, and is then able to power it from an external PSU. This is refined to a better fake battery using the connector from the original. The device also receives a USB-C port, though due to space constraints not the PD identifiers, making it (almost) modern. Because it was a popular hacker device, it’s possible to upgrade the software on an N900. He’s given it U-Boot, and now it boots Linux form an SD card and functions as an online radio device. That’s impressive hackability and longevity for a phone, if only we could have more like it.

The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia owned the mobile …read more ...

#Phone #Hacks #linux #phone #N900 #nokia

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The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia _owned_ the mobile phone space. They had a smartphone OS even if they didn’t understand app distribution, they had the best cameras, screens, antennas, the lot. They threw it all away with inept management that made late-stage Commodore look competent, Apple and Android came along, and now a Nokia is a rarity. Out of this mess came one good thing though, the N900 was a Linux-based smartphone that became the go-to hacker mobile for a few years. First up with this N900 is the long-dead battery. He makes a fake battery with a set of supercapacitors and resistors to simulate the temperature sensor, and is then able to power it from an external PSU. This is refined to a better fake battery using the connector from the original. The device also receives a USB-C port, though due to space constraints not the PD identifiers, making it (almost) modern. Because it was a popular hacker device, it’s possible to upgrade the software on an N900. He’s given it U-Boot, and now it boots Linux form an SD card and functions as an online radio device. That’s impressive hackability and longevity for a phone, if only we could have more like it.

The Nokia N900 Updated For 2025 Can a long-obsolete Linux phone from 2009 be of use in 2025? [Yaky] has a Nokia N900, and is giving it a go. Back in the 2000s, Nokia owned the mobile …read more ...

#Phone #Hacks #linux #phone #N900 #nokia

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A foto of a Nokia N900 with the keyboard unfolded. The LCD show's Phosh's overview.

Sicelo brought #phosh to the venerable #N900 using #wlroot's pixman renderer as backend. It's not snappy as the device is too underpowered for that but awesome that it works !

#LinuxMobile #gtk

Repository of Ancient Data

I am hosting a mirror of old #maemo APT repositories and maemo tooling for obsolete #Nokia Internet Tablets #N770 / #N800 / #N810 / #N900. I have not had time to test them myself so would appreciate feedback on whether they work on the actual devices.

repository.sudenluola.org

#retrocomputing

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#openstreetmap started blocking the mapping app I am using on my Nokia #N900 :(

"user-agent": "CloudGPS for N900"

I realize there's maybe 5 of us so no one's going to notice the suck we suffer :P

I wrote a proxy to lie about user agent. Annoying.

But free, public, mutual #Web is dying. How […]

Image depicting a Nokia N900 smartphone being displayed on top of Piano keys.

One of my prized possessions.
#nokia #n900 #linux #debian

Many things suck. You struggle on out of bloody-mindedness. At least you have a decent terminal.
* 15-19: It is actually an adequate replacement for your iPhone.
* 20: It is actually an adequate replacement for your Nokia #N900. (2/2)

Top of Guivi fjell in Lapland. Year 2011.

#photography #nokia #n900 #mobilelinux #maemo

The Nokia N900 sitting on a wooden table with the keyboard slide out and the pen underneath the device. The device shows "HAPPY (15TH) ANNIVERSARY" in the Sketch app.

It's quite late to post this but the Nokia #N900 is now 15 years old.

I wish I had one back in the day.

Finally, after 1 hour at ##WWDC16 They actually introduced a feature I want - the auto switch keyboard - Reminds me of the #Nokia #N900 :)

Wow, la fiche technique du n900 (sous Maemo / debian) sur le site de Microsoft www.microsoft.com/fr-fr/mobile/telephone-p... #lol #n900 #microsoft #nokia

I ssh-ed into my phone, launched apt-get update && apt-get upgrade, htop and, btw, saw that my uptime was 129 days(!) :-) #geek #n900

http://repository.maemo.org/ is down. How will I update my old n900 ? #damn #n900

n900 is really a geeky phone: grub-like software at boot, default terminal app, community updates. I’m loving it :-) #nokia #n900

I love that hacking "spirit" around that phone : www.o-learn.com/content/nokia-n900-specs... http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Hacking http://maemoworld.org/nokia-n900-download/ #n900

Nice work! Working pretty well with PR1.3 - https://goo.gl/IzliQ #nitdroid #n900

Announcement of sorts: http://blog.akiniemi.net/?p=195 #n900 #viito #fb

Bummer.. m'n Nokiaatje is kaduuk.. als ik toetsenbord inklap valt ie uit.. #n900

#N900 has the FULL web. with html5 (chromium browser), flash and all your favourite super-heroes. It's a computer, no a cell phone!

♻ @ketilwaa: #Opera on the #N900: http://is.gd/c4Lfe #Maemo Me like it a lot!

<geekmode>Blijft toch leuk, je mobiele telefoon updaten met "apt-get upgrade" </geekmode> #n900

google chrome browser on #n900 maemobriefs.blogspot.com/2010/04/how-to-install-g...