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Nokia N900 fails to impress

Zdnet: While the N900, with it’s chunky look-and-feel, slide-out keyboard and touch-screen might have won the hearts of small number of hardcore hardware geeks, the handset has failed to ignite much interest amongst mainstream users.

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Nokia N900 rises from the grave, replaces robot's head

Engadget - Nokia's buried-but-beloved N900 smartphone has performed many parlor tricks in the past, but its latest role as a carbon-fiber swaddled cyborg cranium just might take the cake. Using the equally forsaken MeeGo Maemo OS, a roboticist by the name of Sascha hacked his way into the phone's three-axis controller and other components in order to bring his Bioloid creation to life.

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Nokia N900 Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Hack: Download and Release Still Pending

Pinoytutorial: Due to boredom or perhaps an unwritten challenge, hackers just can’t resist the temptation of porting Android on other platforms. Today, the Nokia N900 takes center stage as one hacker attempts to port the delectable Ice Cream Sandwich (Android 4.0) using NITDroid.

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Nokia N9 Unexpectedly Passes FCC

Pokect Now: The Nokia N9 MeeGo-powered handset, once thought dead, has just gotten FCC approval. Although the FCC device only goes by model number RM-680, it has been well established that they are one and the same; plus, a side-by-side comparison of the FCC label schematic and a leaked N9 component show nearly identical markings. Among its penta-band WCDMA support is compatibility with all AT&T and T-Mobile 3G frequencies.

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