Maemo Plazer released

12 February 2007
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Thanks to help from Ferenc, Maemo Plazer, the Plazes client for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is now available:

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This is the first time a desktop (well, handheld, really) application I’ve contributed to has been released. It is definitely a cool first step into the Maemo world.

There are of course lots of development ideas we have for the application. We’re considering if it could become a more generic WiFi utility by combining it with the GNOME WiFI autologin applet, and also planning to make it a GeoClue backend so that other geo-aware Maemo applications can use Plazes position information.

If you have an N800 please install the app and try it out! Bugs can be reported to our Garage tracker.

Please note that this does not run in the SDK since some required command-line utilities are missing from there.

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Plazes on the N800

08 February 2007. 1 minute read.
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GeoClue and Maemo Plazer

02 March 2007. 1 minute read.
We had another Maemo hacking night here at the office. The plan was to write a proper UI for the Maemo Plazer, and integrate it with the GeoClue framework. Both of these were partially completed, but will need more thought and testing. Here’s a quick snapshot of the new UI: