This years MWC did not have any new Nokia devices to flaunt instead we now have Meego. What’s Meego you may ask yourselves? Meego is simply a “hybrid version of Nokia’s Maemo OS and Intel’s Moblin. This platform will be used to power the smartphones of tomorrow and will also be powerful enough to be used on Netbooks.” Will it be successful, who knows but I suppose this the death of regular Maemo as we know it then. Will the N900 be fully compatible with Meego, well we just have to wait and see but for now I suppose developers are going crazy. One day Maemo now Meegoo, what’s next Nokia MeegooSymb lol.

I know a lot of you out there were waiting for this app to be released and Nokia has answered your questions N900 Office Viewer which this version supports text files, spreadsheets and presentations in OpenDocument format (ODF) and Microsoft Office formats. One word – Sweet.

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Here is a little video of a Nokia N900 running both Maemo off course and Android. This just goes to show how innovative Linux based operating systems are and what they can do. Check it out.

Recently Nokia updated the N900 to the so-called “42-11″ firmware. As before, the kernel version is 2.6.28 compiled for OMAP (ARMEL). It seems that Nokia has done some great improvements in power saving to this kernel. There were also a few software upgrades included in this new firmware, however on my review unit there are still some things that hopefully will be working soon on the units that are shipping.

The battery life has been extended quite a bit, and to my surprise the N900 battery seems to be outlasting my N810 (with a 1500mAh battery versus the N900’s 1350mAh). With this upgrade to battery life, Nokia has one more thing to show off to it’s competitors.

There have also been a few improvements to various software applications, most notably Media Player. Now when browsing your albums, you’re greeted with the album art instead of just the album name.

One of the things I’ve been hoping to see before I have to turn in my review unit, is USB-OTG host mode. However the software that was written to make this possible, has not yet been ported (successfully) to the N900. One of the things that makes the Maemo platform (and Linux in general) so successful is that most of the software written for it is open source. That allows developers to look at and use the programming code from similar programs. Doing so means that development work happens relatively quickly since programmers don’t have to start from scratch each time they create a new application. Once the N900 is available to the mass market, I expect there to be an explosion of applications.

Here are some more screenshots displaying the home screen on the newly released Nokia N900. I’m sure these will shed some insights as to how you can customize your own when you get it.

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Here’s a little gallery I put when I received the Maemo Nokia N900 and the 5530 both are going to meet my N86 really soon for an unboxing. In these shots you’ll be able to appreciate the size of the N900 with the still very popular N95 8GB and the new Express Music device the XM 5530.

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Its no secret to any of my regular readers that Evernote is one of my favorite applications and cruising the Maemo N900 site I bumped into this great application which is being ported over to the N900 and boy was I happy. I’ve always said that applications are at the core of end users and newbies alike and that’s where Maemo and the N900 will shine.

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Hello guys, I recently received a prototype unit of the Nokia N900 and here’s a little video I snapped on the parking lot of the Nokia Headquarters in Miami, talk about rushing ah. I filmed the video on the Nokia N86. I’ll be back with more video from the N900 soon.

Its incredible to see the capabilities of this new Maemo5 photo application which the Nokia N900 so beautifully sports. Let’s take a closer look.

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Hello folks, I’m proud to say that NMT acquired a prototype of the N900 and will begin Maemo coverage this coming week with our exclusive reviews coming straight from our own Maemo Ninja.

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