TwimGo 3.0.9 with Read it Later support for N9/N950/N900

Qt guru Tommi Laukkanen updates his twitter application TwimGo to 3.0.9 as a holiday gift for N9/N950/N900 users.

Few months have passed since the last releases. We are starting to build a house so that project will take some of my spare time every now and then.
During the last few days I have coded TwimGo v3.0.9 which includes something new: Read it Later support, which makes it easy to store interesting links so that you can read them later for example with another device. It works like this:

1. Open tweet which includes interesting link
2. Click “Read it Later…”
3. Read it Later opens in browser and you can add tags if you want
4. Press “Save” 

 There are also few other fixes and improvements in TwimGo 3.0.9:

• Read it Later support – You can now easily add interesting links to your Read it Later list so you can read them on better time with your computer or tablet
• Translations – There are now few translation like Turkey, Finnish, Italian and Swedish
• Slightly larger profile picture in profile view – Requested in issue #46
• Loading indicator is now using platform style busy indicator from Qt Quick Components
• Location sharing fixed on N9 and N950

Download binary to your N9/N950/N900 from: https://projects.developer.nokia.com/twimgo

Source: substanceofcode.com

New firmware 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9 appeared on Navifirm

The screenshot above showing firmware version 22.2011.44.2 for Nokia N9. I heard the news about N9 PR1.2 appeared in navifirm so I run my navifirm and I was surprised to see the new firmware. But so far I have acknowledged this is not PR1.2 but PR 1.1.1, which is simply a fix for PR 1.1, aimed at the Middle Eastern market. This supposedly fixes a bug caused by Arabic language support. So this is PR 1.1.1 V 22.2011.44-2 which adds Arabic support for the UI. No official changelog yet.

image source: mobility.com.ng

Is this PR1.2 for the Nokia N950 ?

We have previously seen PR1.2 traipsing around in China for the Nokia N9 but here we have screenshots of PR1.2 for the Nokia N950.

Are they real ? Fake ? No idea but they have got my mouth watering. Check out whats potentially coming:

 

 

In the handling of applications Added a button to manage applications 

 

The interface now separates the camera flash options

 

In the video recording interface separated the icon to turn the LED flash

 

The buttons have a new style

 

On display there is a new option settings Colour Profile

 

Settings Gallery has a new option for face recognition

 

The menu to display an image cambiío color and has a new option “Insert face”

 

via: meegoexperts.com

source: phonesfera.com

Enable Landscape Support for Home Screens in Nokia N9

 

The N950 and the N9, or at least the current software builds, come with landscape mode support enabled in selected applications only. This does not include the "home screens". It is especially inconvenient on the N950 with its hardware keyboard while it is open...

Hopefully Nokia will enable landscape support accross the whole UI in upcoming firmware upgrades.

To get landscape support you have to manually modify the corresponding CSS file. You can do it as follows:

• launch X-Terminal. If you can't find its icon, you'll need to enable it first by switching on the Developer Mode in Settings / Security
• type devel-su and then rootme as password to become root
• type nano /usr/share/themes/base/meegotouch/
  meegotouchhome/meegotouch.css
• scroll down until you reach locked-orientation: "portrait"; delete the word portrait & change it to locked-orientation: "";
• tap the on-screen Ctrl button and then press X on the keyboard
• confirm that you want to save the file by pressing Y (disable the still pressed on-screen Ctrl button first) and then press Enter
• reboot the phone.

Enjoy your home screens automatically rotating their orientation!

source: my-meego.com

Nokia to release two Lumia 800 updates to fix battery issue

Lumia 800 is a sophisticated and capable Windows Phone 7 powered smartphone released recently by Nokia. Apparently, some users have started to complain about battery issues with the mobile phone soon after the device hit shelves, and Nokia already kicked off an investigation on the matter.


Nokia has issued the following statement in response to some customers’ questions about the power consumption of their Nokia Lumia devices:

“ We understand that some people have expressed concerns about battery life on the Nokia Lumia 800.  Early investigations show that the majority of people are enjoying the full Nokia Lumia experience without any problems.  A software update in early December will include improvements to power efficiency, while a second update in early January introduces further enhancements to battery life and battery charging.  Both are planned updates and will be made available via Zune.  We recommend that anyone who still has concerns contact local Nokia care representatives at their earliest convenience.”