Tag: N900

There's already been talk of RIM using the Dalvik VM which powers Android in its upcoming OSes -- and as a result you may be able to run Android apps on your BlackBerry PlayBook. Now the Myriad Group has demonstrated their virtual machine wizardry with Alien Dalvik (built on its Dalvik Turbo remix) -- by making it run unmodified Android apps on a Nokia N900 under MeeGo. Myriad -- the group ...

Owners of Nokia's impressive N900 handset can already browse the web using Firefox, and now they've got another excellent option: Chromium. Unlike Firefox for Maemo, however, this is the full-on desktop Chromium browser (for better or worse). It's been ported from the 32-bit Debian package and requires a little command-fu to install, but the procedure is pretty simple. The four-step process is ...

The folks at Mozilla are on a roll this month: first, they got Firefox 3.6 out the door and onto the desktops of millions of users, and now they're delivering Firefox to the palm of your hand. That is, if you own a Maemo phone, like the Nokia N900. Firefox for Maemo just got its third release candidate, which indicates it's quite close to a final release. RC3 cleans up a few bugs and addresses an ...

Foursquare, the location-based game of checking in at venues to compete for points and "mayorships," has landed on just about every mobile platform out there. We told you when it first arrived on the iPhone, when it got an even better app for Android, when it came out for the Blackberry, and when it finally hit the Palm Pre last week. Well, now you can even play Foursquare on a Nokia N900 - just ...