http://n770.herraiz.org Stories about a geek playing with gadgets Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:14:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Following with my last post, in the project I am collaborating with, we are interested in making VoIP calls using our libraries in the Nokia 770. We are going to explore the possibility of using Ekiga, a VoIP and videconferencing client for GNOME. Furthermore, as I will probably buy a ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/27 In research group, I am collaborating in a project that intends to test some libraries on the Nokia 770/N880. As a first step, I wrote a little tutorial to install the Maemo development environment, based on the official tutorial. I can not link to the wiki page because it is internal ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/26 Nokia have just released a new Internet Table. This time it is called N800. The hardware has been improved. It has now 128 MB RAM and 256 MB flash ROM (to store the filesystem). The memory card system has been switched from RS-MCC to SD cards, which are quite cheaper, ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/25 Gizmo is offering free calls to landline and mobile phones to certain destinations (only landline lines for some of them). All the calls to these lines will be for free, although they can limit the length of every call. The only condition is that both persons have to be Gizmo users, ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/22 I have just flashed my Nokia 770 with the new Internet Tablet OS 2006 Edition. It is still a beta version, this is, it may contain errors. However, at a first look, it looks pretty stable. The first thing I have tested is the web browser. It is still Opera-based. This ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/21 Last weeks I have been very busy, and I have not written too much in this blog. In the next three months it is possible I have good news about the 770. Until then, I will try to keep updated this blog with my progress in the porting of wxPython. ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/20 I have been testing how to use a digital certificate with the Nokia 770. First of all, go and get a free digital certificate. After creating a client certificate, download and import it using the Certificate Manager in the Control Panel: Set the Trust options to everything, so you will be ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/19 I am working in the port of wxWidgets and wxPython to the Maemo platform. My last try did not manage to get a proper look and feel in the Maemo environment. But this time I copied the files from /usr/share/themes from my Nokia 770 to the scratchbox environment on my computer ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/18 I just managed to run succesfully wxPython on Maemo, the development environment for Nokia 770. I downloaded the sources, and followed these instructions, with two minor exceptions: I used these configure options for wxWidgets: ../configure --without-opengl --disable-debug --enable-sound --with-gtk --enable-unicode and these options for setup.py for wxPython: python2.3 setup.py build_ext --inplace UNICODE=1 BUILD_GLCANVAS=0 BUILD_STC=0 BUILD_GIZMOS=0 ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/17 I have added some improvements to my applications menu, to include some tasks I made often. Do the next steps as root in your Nokia 770 (hint, execute sudo gainroot). I have added some files to /var/lib/install/etc/others-menu/extra_applications. The file btkbd.desktop contains [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=Turn on/off BT keyboard Exec=/root/btkbd_user X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable Next sshd.desktop, it contains [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Version=1.0 Type=Application Name=SSH server Exec=/root/sshd_user X-HildonDesk-ShowInToolbar=true X-Osso-Type=application/x-executable I added the ... http://n770.herraiz.org/archives/16