Posts Tagged ‘Finland’
Today an envelop arrived at home containing our passports with US visa stamps expiring on Summer 2013. This was the last step before knowing for certain that our 3,5 years in Finland will be followed by a next phase in California. In short, the plan is to empty our house in Helsinki by the end [...]
Filed under: maemo | 22 Comments
Tags: California, Finland, maemo, MeeGo, Nokia, open source
GNOME Mobile: where are we?
I’m introducing the GNOME Mobile initiative next Tuesday in the OpenMind conference (open source / open content \ open innovation – Tampere FI). The program is interesting, so interesting that it is clear that I can’t just go with the basics under the arm. I’m gathering some ideas to open minds. Throw yours for inclusion [...]
Filed under: GNOME | 6 Comments
Tags: Finland, freedom, GNOME, GNU/Linux, Microsoft, mobile, online desktop, PC, technology, ubuntu
Finland and its 5,3M inhabitants keep surprising me, specially on anything relating to mobiles & Linux (both local inventions). This time is an Internet Tablet (aka MID / Multimedia Internet Device) called EB, manufactured by ElektroBit with Intel and Linux inside. Menlow processor, slide-out keyboard, 3,2Mb camera, GPS, Wlan / Bluetooth / Wimax / HSDPA… [...]
Filed under: GNOME | 15 Comments
Tags: Finland, GNOME, GNU/Linux, Hildon, Intel, Menlow, mobile, Moblin, Nokia, open source, tablet, ubuntu, Wimax
