Apps I would love to see for Meamo 5 / Nxxx devices

[badger]

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...

Ability to sync Google Contact and Calendar with the native applications.

Ability to create folders within the Applications folder (e.g Games)

Notifications client for social networks (Facebook / Twitter / Flickr / Linkedin etc), something which will notify me that there has been activity on my account and launch browser taking me to the service (More than just an RSS reader...)

Easy way of sharing content via WiFi. Run a web server on the device which can dynamically expose Contacts, Calendar, Media via a Webpages (PHP etc).

Ability to use device as a WiFi Modem. (e.g. MiFi)

Password support for Alphanumeric passwords

[allnameswereout]

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...

Ability to sync Google Contact and Calendar with the native applications.3rd party community maybe. AFAIK not out of the box, not officially.

Easy way of sharing content via WiFi. Run a web server on the device which can dynamically expose Contacts, Calendar, Media via a Webpages (PHP etc).3rd party its possible to run a web server like Lighttpd or Apache. I don't think out of the box. The PHP frontends you mention don't exist either, and this all would lag the device, as in: why not let something else do the syncing, instead only offer the data?

Ability to use device as a WiFi Modem. (e.g. MiFi)BlueTooth DUN is supported 3rd party (not out of the box). See also e.g. http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=314240

Password support for Alphanumeric passwords
For WiFi or IMAP or...? Works right now. Why would this not work?

[debernardis]

Also consider to input your wishes in the following wiki page:
http://wiki.maemo.org/Applications_you_wish_were_ported_from_other_platf orms

Who should we hand it to, then? ;)

[joergen]

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...

Ability to sync Google Contact and Calendar with the native applications.


Works fine with "Mail for Exchange" aka. ActiveSync. Check out http://www.google.com/mobile/products/sync.html

Edit: (I.e. it works out of the box, you just need to configure it based on the S60 instructions from Google)

[amoult]

Spotify client

[bergie]

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...

Notifications client for social networks (Facebook / Twitter / Flickr / Linkedin etc), something which will notify me that there has been activity on my account and launch browser taking me to the service (More than just an RSS reader...)


Mauku 2 (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=30637) should already do this for you.

[Matyas]

Evernote (http://evernote.com)! a very useful and cloud synced service

[gerbick]

Wifi sharing - think AirSharing on the iPhone, but better
Skype with video
Unity3D support - games or web client
Nimbuzz
VLC - a proper release... I HATE having to resample/convert video

And I fully support the prior Evernote request.

Now... I have more, but they mostly come from my use with my iPhone.

[Jack6428]

any idea...what client should i install in the N900 ? i need mainly icq, skype, msn..something like the Symbain Nimbuzz would be good..
also, VLC or SmartMovie would be good...

[gerbick]

any idea...what client should i install in the N900 ? i need mainly icq, skype, msn..something like the Symbain Nimbuzz would be good..
also, VLC or SmartMovie would be good...

On the N810, I use Fring. If it also makes its way to the N900, I'd use it there too, personally.

Nimbuzz never got ported - and I'm personally not a fan of the web version via Maemo's browser. But lately, I've been using Nimbuzz via the iPhone and I know it would be better on Maemo 5 if done well.

[joppu]

VLC or SmartMovie would be good...

VLC - a proper release... I HATE having to resample/convert video

But a good front-end to MPlayer is far superior compared to VLC.

[nowave7]

On the N810, I use Fring. If it also makes its way to the N900, I'd use it there too, personally.

Nimbuzz never got ported - and I'm personally not a fan of the web version via Maemo's browser. But lately, I've been using Nimbuzz via the iPhone and I know it would be better on Maemo 5 if done well.

Any particular reason you prefer Nimbuzz over Fring or Pidgin or even Gizmo for that matter?

[Eric G]

Anyone know if the Hava player will work with Meamo 5?

Other than that, my wish list would be for a full port of Gnome Games, or at least add Blackjack, to the repository.

[ruskie]

I'm more thinking along "Apps I don't want to see on the N900" among them... anything that would go to the cloud, sync with the cloud or send any data to the cloud for storage.

In other words I want software to obey me not the cloud or web2.0 and I prefer my data not clouded :)

I do hope it will be possible to rip out any such software and replace it with local alternatives. If I want syncing I'll setup my own syncml server and sync that :)

[QueenShawtii]

I second evernote and fring
Gravity
an e-book reader
Nokia sports tracker
Pandora

[wazd]

I dunno what "mEAmo" is :P

[sjgadsby]

I dunno what "mEAmo" is

It's the cool, new, mobile computer OS from Nokla, hadn't you heard?

[gerbick]

But a good front-end to MPlayer is far superior compared to VLC.

My experiences with MPlayer on the Maemo platform is much less superior to VLC on the desktop. I don't ever recall having to resample for the desktop. Had to do so on the NITs.

It's all about taste. And MPlayer, while I used to be a fan with it on my Mac very early on, VLC has replaced it in my usage.

Any particular reason you prefer Nimbuzz over Fring or Pidgin or even Gizmo for that matter?

Nimbuzz supports Skype voice and its interface is quite a bit more polished. I don't particularly like interface for Fring, but it's usable.

Pidgin stopped getting updated on Maemo 4 and I had connectivity issues to certain protocols and I dislike lengthy workarounds that may/may not work. And Gizmo... doesn't support Skype.

[zerojay]

I'm more thinking along "Apps I don't want to see on the N900" among them... anything that would go to the cloud, sync with the cloud or send any data to the cloud for storage.

In other words I want software to obey me not the cloud or web2.0 and I prefer my data not clouded :)

I do hope it will be possible to rip out any such software and replace it with local alternatives. If I want syncing I'll setup my own syncml server and sync that :)

Maybe you're buying the wrong device since it's pretty much the entire point of the tablet to begin with, at least for consumers.

[zerojay]

On the N810, I use Fring. If it also makes its way to the N900, I'd use it there too, personally.

Nimbuzz never got ported - and I'm personally not a fan of the web version via Maemo's browser. But lately, I've been using Nimbuzz via the iPhone and I know it would be better on Maemo 5 if done well.

Well, you can also use the built-in chat program with the upcoming protocol additions by Collabora to have pretty much everything Nimbuzz gives you along with the extra integration.

[harisund]

Dropbox and Evernote clients would be awesome.

[gerbick]

Well, you can also use the built-in chat program with the upcoming protocol additions by Collabora to have pretty much everything Nimbuzz gives you along with the extra integration.

RTComm basically sucks. They've not updated it on the current platform in ages, it wouldn't connect to Yahoo, doesn't support voice in its current iteration and what I've been shown so far, Nokia has to really pull it together for me to believe in and use RTComm.

And add Skype voice to the mix. Would love to add video to the mix - that's not there either.

[zerojay]

RTComm basically sucks. They've not updated it on the current platform in ages, it wouldn't connect to Yahoo, doesn't support voice in its current iteration and what I've been shown so far, Nokia has to really pull it together for me to believe in and use RTComm.

And add Skype voice to the mix. Would love to add video to the mix - that's not there either.

Install libpurple0 in extras-devel. Yahoo connects just fine and you're wrong, they are still updating it.

[gerbick]

Meh. I read the lengthy wait(s) and long workarounds. Let's put it this way...

I'm happy the fixes worked for you. Search, I was left out in the cold for a few days and that turned me off. I would not want something like that to be in the hands of the mainstream, so I went elsewhere.

It's my prerogative to do so. It's yours to support the fixes that suit your needs. Having it bomb on me for as long as it did and the workaround was some obscure download is counter-intuitive to something that actually wants to be mainstream.

The updates? Where? The beta went from 2.3 to 2.7, right? And you still have to download the most recent libpurple, right?

I don't like to jump through that many hoops all of the time and the updates don't reflect what you just said. You have to admin your machine to do that. And most people simply don't take the time to admin their machine.

Bah. Nevermind. Whatever I say will invariably be ignored. Glad the fixes worked for you. Search... they didn't work for me initially. I had to wait over a month for something to finally work.

That's too long.

And it still doesn't support video or Skype. No update for that either.

[zerojay]

And it still doesn't support video or Skype. No update for that either.

Neither does Nimbuzz.

This wasn't a conversation about mainstream vs. hardcore, but anyways... the RTCOMM updates in the future will be a lot easier to deal with since they should be much more deeply integrated than they were on OS2008.

[gerbick]

Nimbuzz supports Skype voice. RTComm doesn't - not in its present iteration.

Want screenshots? And since it's on an iPhone - it invariably won't support video... no forward facing camera like the N900.

I think you're grossly missing the point. There's room for improvement on what's already out there. Add video where you can. Add features that consolidate why I should use one app over the other.

It hasn't happened yet. Thus... my request.

[qgil]

Seeing Scalado PhotoFlow in Nokia 5800 (http://blogs.nokia.com/mydailyapp/2009/9/8/47.aspx) reminds me that there is free software available for the Linux Desktop that will compose panoramic pictures (http://0pointer.de/blog/photos) for you (but can't remember names of projects). Perhaps the engine can be kept and work the UI to make it really simple?

I can tell the N900 camera pulls you to take pictures from any wide impressive horizon. :)

[debernardis]

Seeing Scalado PhotoFlow in Nokia 5800 (http://blogs.nokia.com/mydailyapp/2009/9/8/47.aspx) reminds me that there is free software available for the Linux Desktop that will compose panoramic pictures (http://0pointer.de/blog/photos) for you (but can't remember names of projects).

Hugin (http://hugin.sourceforge.net/) ??? Would be awesome.

[NvyUs]

some of the features from nokia photo browser would be cool like the face recognition and magnifying glass http://betalabs.nokia.com/betas/view/nokia-photo-browser

[thisandthathereandthere]

since its a "wish for something":

- notifications should stay on the service area (in the videos i just saw notification "panels" while in the dashboard but no icons), you might just confirmed the panel but didnt really see the event (damn my english isnt sufficiant enough to explain). just say "you pressed to get rid of a call notification but didnt confirm the notification youll see a small phone symbol. if you press on it, youll get straigh to the call management"

- a option (its a small app ;) ) which anables the phone to work automatically as an usb Modem while plugged in via usb.
in the USB settings as an extra "USB modem -> enabled [ ] (<=checkbox)" evertime you plug in the usb and had choosen "enable" before the the device gets a modem. if not chosen "enable" nothing happens. to not have you install it on every PC you have, the usb modem routinese for usb connection are on den Maemo5 device "autorun"

-an easy way to disconnect mobile data transfer. if connected to the net via 3G/GSM, just have also the option "disconnect" and the connection dies...no update for allways on software (widgets, mail, IM). now if you press a applications needs to go online, say checking/sending emails, the application prompts "app needs connection, allow: yes no". after retrieving/sending, updating content (facebook goes online, checks "updates on news frm friends or statuses?" gets them, if nothing changes connection isnt needed) the internet connection is killed automatically

-a data log and volume alert, though the mobile networks wont like it. a application tracks the data on a monthly basis and also warns if a data volume is reached. you can adjust, say : my upload/download limit for a month are 50MB, after this youll just go to the application and see your usage. also it should possible to set different levels of warning, depends on how cautious you are and if you want these steps, example: you just want one step so you just adjust it to "warm me if its 5MB to limit", if you are more cautios just add annother level. warning 1 :20 MB to limit...warning 2: 5MB. with priority setting. 1 a small notice 2 a fullpage warning 3. everytime you connect to the net a notice "659KB combined left..still want to connect?"
short how the app should work for alerts.
1) Set limit : upload [ ], download [ ], combined [ X ] (because most of the networks limit up and download, but maybe yours limits just uoloading or downloading)
2) set alert. alert at [ 5 ] [ MB ] priotity [ 2 ] tab:"add "
3) time [ monthly ] day [ 15 th ] (so it goes to zero every month on the 15th

for the log. you can see you monthly upload, download, combined....for eyecandy some statistics in curves or solid bars. daily basis, week, month year. and just for the fun of it how many webpages,mp3 (at 4MB), videos (full mpeg2 600MB or youtube average 15MB? dont know the number). it would have been. logs in a transferable text only format

well if i could wirthe just one line of code i would try, but since i cant i wish for smth like that.... other people would charge money for it but i wouldnt, just for the fun of it ^-^"


- browser option to send out an mobile browser ID...so if a web page has a mobile version, it automatically gets loaded. pre select can still me standard desktop ID but, if you want to safe some MB it would help


- a option for the picutre viewer "addjust to with". a picture can expand to the fullscreen with, if its bigger in length youll scroll. basic intention : reading Mangas...some selfish aspect


-RDS radio with good interface

-a bluetooth application for full access to other BT devices, to retrieve available information/data. (had seen smth similar on a samsung phone ads was instantly fascinated. just select all images etc and pull them on your phone, well after you provided access and linked both phones...security aspects)

- folder view : ie. picture viewer ->pictures->options->sort pictures-> show all, sort date, sort name, sort entered*, sort folders, sort tags*, sort geo tag*

music doenst need folder view...its called Album :D


*=not that important




like said....those are wishes/hopes etc.

[LouisLoh]

Hey I've been looking for such an app even when I was using Symbian:

a megaphone + autotune (on choice) that projects input (via the microphone) to the phone speakers or an audio system when connected, REAL TIME.

I've been requesting on many Symbian forums but sadly, to no avail. Wonder if the maemo community is able to come up with a fantastic app like that!

Looking forward to responses, and thanks!

[joppu]

My experiences with MPlayer on the Maemo platform is much less superior to VLC on the desktop. I don't ever recall having to resample for the desktop. Had to do so on the NITs.

It's all about taste. And MPlayer, while I used to be a fan with it on my Mac very early on, VLC has replaced it in my usage.

I have only very bad experiences with desktop VLC, pausing has noticiable delay, subtitle rendering is horrible, bad ***/SSA subtitle support, noticiable quality decrease on playback, full screen corruption mess when skipping frames.

But hey, I don't know about the MPlayer on maemo, since I haven't tried it. MPlayer can play the exact same formats as VLC, but for IT's there's always need to for example, reduce resolution and/or choose format that's less hard for the CPU, like XVID instead of h.264 because of the limited CPU speed. Desktop's don't suffer this problem.

[izzox]

The app that I really would like to see is the one tracking in real time Buss, metro, and trains on a map such as maemo mapper or ovi mapper. So that I would know exactly weither I missed the buss or that it is just in late.
I heard that iphone has one that tracks buss in the US. so I think it's gonna be possible to make it working under maemo 5.

[Kozzi]

I would like to see some widgets for homescreen that allows one to turn on/off something fast.

- 3G widget with on/off feature: allows user to switch from dual-mode to single and so (GSM only or with 3G network)
- Bluetooth on/off
- GPS signal on/off: on S60 to turn this on I have to start an application that requires GPS first.
- Google translate.
- Flashlight/Torch: one button to turn on/off or perhaps one more for SOS.

and Finnish readers with experience with widgets please consider making a Journey planner widget for TKL (http://atlas.tripplanner.fi/tkl/en/?mm=trip&sm=&m=&adv=&map=&n=&a=&b=&c=&an=&bn=&cn=&keya=&keyb=&keyc=&date=20090908&time=1157&params=1l3l1l5l2lll1l1l1l1l1) and YTV (http://aikataulut.ytv.fi/reittiopas/en/).

[nowave7]

The app that I really would like to see is the one tracking in real time Buss, metro, and trains on a map such as maemo mapper or ovi mapper. So that I would know exactly weither I missed the buss or that it is just in late.
I heard that iphone has one that tracks buss in the US. so I think it's gonna be possible to make it working under maemo 5.

I don't think that's possible without having the public transport installing GPS devices in their vehicles and sharing the data with the rest of the world. And I don't see this happening anytime soon.

[Ovek]

ScummVM
Full speed NES/SNES emulator
Full speed Neogeo emulator
Full speed mame (for old games like Galaga)

As you can tell my commutes to work are long and boring ;)

[DannStarr]

A few of the app / utilities I would love to see in the repos once the n900 launches...


Notifications client for social networks (Facebook / Twitter / Flickr / Linkedin etc), something which will notify me that there has been activity on my account and launch browser taking me to the service (More than just an RSS reader...)


Ability to use device as a WiFi Modem. (e.g. MiFi)



The way I understood it was that you can have a widget that provides you live updates as they happen for things such as face book, twitter. You can view this directly from your home screen without necessarily having to open up the app / web page

I hope to use it as a WiFi modem too, hopefully something like Joikuspot will be available like they had on S60

[Eric G]

I second evernote and fring
Gravity
an e-book reader
Nokia sports tracker
Pandora

Two for Sports Tracker!

[nowave7]

Make that three for sports tracker!

[izzox]

I don't think that's possible without having the public transport installing GPS devices in their vehicles and sharing the data with the rest of the world. And I don't see this happening anytime soon.

I think Ride-on buss do have gps device installed, that's the transportation buss I'm using here in maryland, i don't know for the rest of the world. but i think all the buss in the US have it.

I was thinking about using the APRS option of Maemo Mapper, since I don't even know where to as for help I lef the idea.

[ysss]

I would love for the Address book, Calendar and Todo apps to support the following features:

- Tags (cross reference each other)
- Linking (cross links objects from any of the three apps and launches the app when called from the reference)
- File linking

Usecase:
I have a calendar entry of a meeting that links to the attendees in my address book (so I can look up my past history and notes about them), and I can also look at Todo\tasks that relates to the topic of the meeting (linked by the tags, then I can see what have\haven't been done) and I can link some files that relates to the meeting from it too.

[Capt'n Corrupt]

@ysss,

In this day an age, and considering the complexity of the apps, I'm surprised that all PIM suites do not have these features and more. It seems as though data-linking should be a bare minimum requirement.

}:^)~

[munky261]

I'm just thankful the thing has PIM at all on it compared to the previous tablets.

[dabaker]

I would like to be able to download pictures from my digital camera via usb. That would be great for reviewing and backing up travel pictures. Such an app could probably be used on all our beloved tablets.

[amoult]

Make that three for sports tracker!
I'll vote for that too :)

[range]

Make that three for sports tracker!

You mean like ECoach (http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/ecoach/)?

[frals]

I'll vote for that too :)

Same here, Sports Tracker is awesome!


@range: Yes, pretty much, but with syncing to the sportstracker site etc :-)

[nowave7]

You mean like ECoach (http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/ecoach/)?

I've used Ecoach a couple of times, and it's a decent application, but without official support from Nokia, and no syncing with their sportstracker service.

[range]

I've used Ecoach a couple of times, and it's a decent application, but without official support from Nokia, and no syncing with their sportstracker service.

This is Maemo, you will find much software "without official support from Nokia". Okay to the last, I didn't know you all were so competitive.

[qgil]

Has anybody tried http://dancefabulous.n-gage.com/ ?

[jandmdickerson]

I want gizmo so I can chat using the front facing camera and lots of games!

[TheBootroo]

i want :

- a recent (last version) and good (touch adaptated) version of Geany for programming

- and maybe a QtCreator port (i cant dream)

- a webkit engine for browser

- a decent drawing program (like inskcape)

- a good midi/kar player using soundfont (that i can custom)

- a pdf/doc/odt viewer

- an ppt/pps/odp viewer with touch control of slides (to make my slideshow)

- a port of Qt 4.6

- a finance program (very simple, like Best Expense for s60v5)

- lots of (good) games : beautiful games with 3D graphics and not only touch support (i love keyboard control too) : car racing, cube-like, wormux, supertux, alchemist, an pool .


that's all for the moment

[allnameswereout]

Audiosurf!

And an iPhoneOS emulation layer. Because I do not believe most of the features I described in iPhoneOS applications (http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31637&goto=newpost) will become available for Maemo any time soon.

Opera port.

Uitzendinggemist (interface to PDTV in NL).

[mykenyc]

co-sign to emulator support

port znes would be a dream

could the n900 support playstation 1 graphics?

[Laughing Man]

Primarily..

Locate aware apps (Android has alot of them). For example, there's one that you can setup so when your near your grocery, it'll remind you what you need to buy. Or if your near a bank that you need to do X.

And there's location aware apps that can modify your volume by location. The closest thing we have at the moment on the n800/n810 is modify it by time (a cron script that adjusts volume by day and time). Ideally like the app, it could be set to vibrate when you get near your classrooms. And automatically pop back to full volume or whatever when your not in those areas.

Evernote!

Locate aware apps are the cause of my jealousy of Android/iPhone =P

Oh and Augmented reality (I'm interested in researching this actually)..

Edit: And if not, then an Android emulation layer. =P

[brunoqc]

And there's location aware apps that can modify your volume by location. The closest thing we have at the moment on the n800/n810 is modify it by time (a cron script that adjusts volume by day and time). Ideally like the app, it could be set to vibrate when you get near your classrooms. And automatically pop back to full volume or whatever when your not in those areas.

If there's an api for the calendar it could be useful to set the ringer volume based on events (if some events could be tagged or could be on a separate calendar like Google agenda). So even if you're in class, if the time is over the phone could ring.

Using the gps could be nice too.

[QueenShawtii]

Did someone already mention Google Maps? Wouldn't it be easy to port from Android?

[evil_m0nkey]

a pdf viewer
quick office
fring
nimbuzz
a good ebook
shazaam
world time widget

and lastly

be able to videochat using msn/googletalk using the front camera

[zerojay]

ZSNES cannot be ported to the tablets right now since almost the entire program, UI and all, was done in X86 ASM though they are working on rewriting it all in C, at which point it could happen. Probably another year or two off from that happening.

[makel]

mozilla-plugin-vlc would be nice.

[javispedro]

"A rewrite of ZSNES in C" is called snes9x (well, not, but you get the idea :D -- it would be such a different beast it would probably not share any of the features. iirc only around 30% of the zsnes code is C ).

Maybe you're buying the wrong device since it's pretty much the entire point of the tablet to begin with, at least for consumers.
Wtf? And what do you expect me to buy, the Pre?

I would say exactly the opposite. The builtin apps might try to send all your data to the WWW, but at least you are free to do an app as featured as the builtin ones to replace it.
Considering the ratio of geeks wanting all his data on his own devices is much bigger in the free software world than in the consumer world, one would believe the tablet is the logical decision.

[gerbick]

Has anybody said MMS? Yeah, I want that.

[zerojay]

"A rewrite of ZSNES in C" is called snes9x (well, not, but you get the idea :D -- it would be such a different beast it would probably not share any of the features. iirc only around 30% of the zsnes code is C ).

Yeah... that's kind of why I didn't say SNES9X... because it's not ZSNES and someone asked specifically for it (though as znes, something that drives the devs NUTS, lol)


The builtin apps might try to send all your data to the WWW


I'm specifically talking about the built-in apps... the apps which most casual users would be using.

So... shall we go for strike 3? ;)

[javispedro]

I'm specifically talking about the built-in apps... the apps which most casual users would be using.Either way.. just look at how many options a user disliking the cloud has: Maemo, a OS called "WebOS", another one from a certain big "cloud services" provider, the iPhone, and loads of featurephones.

Save for the featurephones, Maemo seems like a good choice. I wouldn't criticize it.

[joppu]

mozilla-plugin-vlc would be nice.

mozilla mplayerplug-in would be even nicer.

I jusk can't understand all these people who praise VideoLan Client so much

[doksng]

I would like an application like Netmonitor (Field Test)

[kevloral]

Primarily..
[..]
Oh and Augmented reality (I'm interested in researching this actually)..



You need a digital compass for that, so don't hold your breath waiting for those apps...

If there's an api for the calendar it could be useful to set the ringer volume based on events (if some events could be tagged or could be on a separate calendar like Google agenda). So even if you're in class, if the time is over the phone could ring.

Using the gps could be nice too.

There is an app for Symbian that does just that, but using the cell ID for positioning instead of GPS.

Kind regards.

[QueenShawtii]

Would it be possible for an app that would be able to change the IMEI that the N900 broadcasts to the network? For example, if I wanted to change it so the at&t or T-Mo network would think I'm using my old 3650 or 6600? I think there was a method for this for S60 awhile ago but I have no idea if it still works or not in regards to fooling the system.

[dansus]

Has S3 like standby been mentioned before?

Or even better, if you change the battery something to reload all your previous apps and web pages.

[somedude]

i know you all want MMS. The basic feature of a camera phone.
MMS

[Dead1nside]

Synchronisation in an open way! Number one issue for me.

Already appears to have good Gmail IMAP support amongst other things.

Edit: PC Suite support on Linux would be nice finally. I figure the move to Qt is in aid of this cross-platform nature though so *thumbs up*.

[zkyevolved]

Synchronisation in an open way! Number one issue for me.

Already appears to have good Gmail IMAP support amongst other things..

What about imap idle gmail support ;) that would be the best thing ;)

[lma]

Yes, Fremantle's modest supports IMAP IDLE.

[axel]

Nokia Sports Tracker - at least the web service together with eCoach

Spotify

Papers - http://mekentosj.com/papers/

A proper dictionary and thesaurus

1Password

An outliner - e.g. OmniOutliner

A mind mapping application

Squirrel - http://www.squirrelapp.com/

Spotlight style searching and app laucher

A similar app to Offshoots :o - http://projects.digitalwaters.net/index.php?q=offshoots

JoikuSpot

[Andrei]

@axel

Get an iPhone! All your examples are for OS X apps. Why don't you just get an iPhone then?

[thecursedfly]

@axel

Get an iPhone! All your examples are for OS X apps. Why don't you just get an iPhone then?

I don't think that mentioning an application from another device is wrong... people copy features and application since computers exist...
to copy and admeliorate is the key imo

to give some good examples is welcome for me
(just don't pretend them to be there.. but suggestions can always be good)

and personally i quote a Spotlight searcher/launcher ! ;)
(isn't Tracker allready there?)

[Crashdamage]

I want - no, need, badly...

VNCViewer
VNCViewer
and
VNCViewer

I know...problem - how to control the mouse with a N900? A mouse function like the browser would be friggin' killer - and very difficult to enable I'm sure. I can dream though...

[jolo]

@Eric G: We are talking to Monsoon about HavaPlayer
@Matyas: We already have Evernote
@gerbick: Fring is working on a client
@evil_m0nkey: There is a preinstalled PDF viewer, DocsToGo is available for document viewing.

[ysss]

@jolo: just an evernote 'uploader'. it's just a fraction of all other features from a 'proper' evernote client, like the one on iphone.

[jolo]

@jolo: just an evernote 'uploader'. it's just a fraction of all other features from a 'proper' evernote client, like the one on iphone.

Evernote is interested in creating a browser plugin for web clipping. Also, they are probably going to do improve their webpages.

What other features are you looking for?

[solideogloria]

Please add integration & user interface with Gmail Drive :)

[ysss]

Evernote is interested in creating a browser plugin for web clipping. Also, they are probably going to do improve their webpages.

What other features are you looking for?

An offline\sync-able document browser with various editing\management features.

[Laughing Man]

That squirrel app is dissapointing. I thought it was going be about squirrels.

[Thor]

The app that I really would like to see is the one tracking in real time Buss, metro, and trains on a map such as maemo mapper or ovi mapper. So that I would know exactly weither I missed the buss or that it is just in late.
I heard that iphone has one that tracks buss in the US. so I think it's gonna be possible to make it working under maemo 5.

Great idea.
In terms of London, where there is a big transport service, it would help leaving home for work to know that you only have a couple of minutes to wait for the bus or train, and similarly when leaving work.

Another thing that could be useful would be a tracker on a bus or overground train (I'm assuming underground trains would block the GPS system). This way you can see which stops you've passed and which ones are still to go, and which is the next one.

This would be useful if you are going somewhere you are not overly familiar with. I had this recently with a job interview where I was using Google Maps to find out where I was and if I should get off the bus. Not as polished obviously.

[axel]

@axel

Get an iPhone! All your examples are for OS X apps. Why don't you just get an iPhone then?

Yes my app suggestions may be focused on the OS X applications, while that's the platform I have mostly used. I simply do not see the point in suggesting linux applications that I know nothing about. There might or might not be similar applications in open source which is why I suggest these and see that these amazing applications get developed and/or come to my knowledge.

What comes to the hardware. I think it's a ******ed thought that a consumer should pick his/her hardware according to the software that exists for the hardware. I want to use the best hardware with the best software!

My final argument to pick Nokia over the iPhone is that I happen to be a Finn and thus my love for Nokia is greater than life itself :p

[thecursedfly]

I may suggest some sort of simplish video editor, that for example replaces the audio of a video track with a mp3 on your device, that can cut/attach different video tracks with maybe a couple effect, extract a frame from the video, add written things on the video and so on, some basic video things, so that you can edit a very little before posting on youtube or somewhere else. It's not such a simple application probably, but well, I tell it, and you do what you want with it. :p

A file searcher and application launcher would be nice too (à la Google Desktop/Spotlight) as allready stated.

Is batch renaming & resizing & converting of images allready there? otherwise that too.

Mms support (rarely used, but well, we strive for perfection ^^).

An application à la PhotoBooth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Booth) that makes use of the front camera or back camera (or both for some effects?). (You would be surprised on how much people loves that stuff.)

An application that checks my email box via POP3/IMAP and collects only the headers of eventual unread emails, and removes them once read. A sort of very light email reader that doesn't require to have data stored on the device. (or improve the existing mail application to support such a modality)

Just brainstorming, if more ideas come, I'll post them.

[Thor]

An application à la PhotoBooth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo_Booth) that makes use of the front camera or back camera (or both for some effects?). (You would be surprised on how much people loves that stuff.)


Interesting idea. Perhaps recording both video cameras simultaneously with a picture in picture result would be good for YouTube? Or recording either picture after the other and merging into this format perhaps?

[mivoligo]

This is my first post, so hi everyone!

I'd like to see Bluefish Editor and Ubuntu-One client ported to N900.

[pelago]

Welcome to the forum, mivoligo!

[ewan]

This is very UK specific, but an app to access and download from the BBC iPlayer without going via the web interface would be handy.

[RevdKathy]

^Oh yesm, BBC iplayer would be nify.

[axel]

The Nokia Sports Tracker is going to merge with Ovi Maps and Nokia viNE generating Ovi Jouneys!

Does this mean that we might see Nokia Sports Tracker on N900 after all!!??

http://thesymbianblog.com/2009/10/13/ovi-journeys-the-evolution-of-sportstracker-is-coming/

[Jack6428]

quick Q.:
can people develope apps for the N900 already now? or do we have to wait till the device release? i think the SDK is out, but just a demo/beta?

[Kamikaze]

Someone has already been mentioned in another part of the forum but I couldn't see it in here and thought it was worth putting it up in this thread.

Having a Sopcast / TVAnts / TVU Player client on the N900 would be brilliant!

[pelago]

quick Q.:
can people develope apps for the N900 already now? or do we have to wait till the device release? i think the SDK is out, but just a demo/beta?

The SDK is now in final release, but even when it was alpha- and beta-quality, people were using it to develop apps.

[Jack6428]

ok, thanks..i can now start gathering people for my project

[schaggo]

Cisco compatible VPN client
Mobile option for browser
Social network apps/clients/extended widgets (save data)
Google Maps
Shazam/TrackID
Office Suite or at least time unlimited reading/viewing capabilities with DocsToGo
Turn by turn navigation

[dormant]

Cisco compatible VPN client


vpnc is Cisco compatible, at least it is with one network I use.

[schaggo]

vpnc is Cisco compatible, at least it is with one network I use.
Granted, but is it Maemo 5/Fremantle compatible? It's not, as far as my interpretation of Google search results - which led to this forum btw - goes. Of course I stand corrected if I'm BSing here :rolleyes:

[dormant]

Granted, but is it Maemo 5/Fremantle compatible? It's not, as far as my interpretation of Google search results - which led to this forum btw - goes. Of course I stand corrected if I'm BSing here :rolleyes:
It runs on Diablo, so I assume it will make it's way to Maemo.

[matrim]

Someone has already been mentioned in another part of the forum but I couldn't see it in here and thought it was worth putting it up in this thread.

Having a Sopcast / TVAnts / TVU Player client on the N900 would be brilliant!

Yeah, that would be great. Also a browser plugin for Veetle

[schaggo]

It runs on Diablo, so I assume it will make it's way to Maemo.
Tried to research the topic and found no hints of anybody porting it. Hopefully it will make its way onto Maemo 5/Fremantle, would allow me to access all public wireless lan hotspots in my country for free. Go students and education-networks :p