Hacking a Nokia Phone into a New Smartwatch
Daniel Davis wanted to see if he could take his “dumb” Nokia phone and turn it into a smartwatch.
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Nokia N900 running Android
Mobile hacker Brandon Roberts has managed to shoehorn Android onto his N900 along with the Maemo 5 OS for a dual boot setup.
Continue ReadingUse your N900 as a PS3 controller
Using BlueMaemo, the Bluetooth multi-tool for Maemo, you can turn your Nokia N900 into a PS3 controller. Install the latest alpha via the application manager with extras-devel enabled. The above video is in Italian.
Continue ReadingAdd eye candy transitions to the Nokia N97
If you own a N97 and think the UI could use a little eye candy, you should check out this detailed tutorial by Vaibhav Sharma. In as little as five minutes you could be up and running with these slick transition effects.
Continue ReadingAndroid on dual-boot Nokia N95
Munch from Belgrade seems to have shoehorned Google’s Android OS onto a dual-boot Nokia N95. The demo videos are rather grainy, but you can make out Android booting up and Google Maps running fullscreen. Munch vows to release the code for installation October 5th on his blog.
Continue ReadingNokia N95 accelerometer in Blender 3D
Marco Rapino, a developer working at the Center for Knowledge and Innovation Research at HSE in Helsinki, has developed a prototype controller using the accelerometer in his Nokia N95 smartphone, some Python, and the Blender 3D content creation suite.
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