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Maemo 5 PR 1.3 released

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Nokia has just announced the availability of the PR 1.3 update of its Maemo 5 OS. This is apparently the last update of the Maemo 5 OS before the Meego Handset UX release. “The update adds Ovi Suite support to your N900 and makes it even easier to access and sync files and messages between your device and your desktop. In addition, we’ve added hundreds of tweaks and fixes that will make your N900 run faster and smoother than ever.”

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  1. 2010-10-28 10:47 am
    vodoomoth

    This:

    And there’s even more great news. Ovi Music Store is now accessible right from your N900 (where available). You can use your inbuilt browser to access music.ovi.com and download your favorite tunes straight to your device in DRM-free format.

    should have made it into the teaser.

    “where available”… I wonder it it means “where your carrier allows you to”

    Anyway, good news for N900 owners.

    • 2010-10-28 5:38 pm
      Neolander

      Afaik, maemo has debian-based internals (including an apt-based package manager), and will happily show them to any interested user as the geek-friendly OS it is.

      So you don’t have to care about the carrier : updating the sources.list and apt-get dist-upgrading is all you need to get the update. The carrier never gets in the way.

      I’d like some N900 owner to confirm this, though.

      Edited 2010-10-28 17:40 UTC

      • 2010-10-28 6:16 pm
        vivainio

        So you don’t have to care about the carrier : updating the sources.list and apt-get dist-upgrading is all you need to get the update. The carrier never gets in the way.

        The sentence probably refers to Ovi music, not the update as such.

        • 2010-10-28 7:40 pm
          Neolander

          Can carriers block OVI music if it uses HTTP to transmit data ?

          • 2010-10-28 9:15 pm
            vivainio

            Can carriers block OVI music if it uses HTTP to transmit data ?

            OVI Music may require you to submit billing information.

            I wouldn’t know, I’m too old to buy music online.

      • 2010-10-28 6:20 pm
        vivainio

        So you don’t have to care about the carrier : updating the sources.list and apt-get dist-upgrading is all you need to get the update. The carrier never gets in the way.

        The sentence probably refers to Ovi music, not the update as such.

        BTW, off topic & shameless plug; people interested in MeeGo development (on Ubuntu) may also be interested in this:

        http://goo.gl/KKaE

        We aim to get the thing working on N900 (under Maemo PR1.3, not MeeGo) as well.

        Edited 2010-10-28 18:21 UTC