Nokia N900 UI portrait mode enabled, coming to you soon

30 November, 2009
It is no secret that Nokia N900 UI is about to get a portrait mode-enabling update pretty soon. What might come as a surprise though, is that the handset has all the functionality needed already and it only needs...

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  • t
  • thestreets
  • 0wq
  • 02 Oct 2012

nokia N900, ha ha ha, neat and nyc guys

    • a
    • andy555
    • LhU
    • 09 Feb 2012

    i had a good application from app manager that enabled me everything (exept watching films)in portrafit mode but i had to reset my n900 and i lost it. now i forgot how it's called. all i remamber that when it was installed i had an icone on the menu bar.

      • j
      • jhe
      • j01
      • 01 Apr 2011

      help my freind how can i rotate the screen in to portrait plzzz

        • k
        • kamran
        • 0Mx
        • 13 Jan 2011

        hy gyus its simple..... just press ctrl+shift+r or ctrl+shift+p............thank you :)

          • ?
          • Anonymous
          • j}t
          • 09 Dec 2009

          Anonymous, 30 Nov 2009UI still not up to scratch with iPhone OS. Developer base ... moregood luck with backwards compatibility...lol. Thats like making a game that runs on a core i7 w/ Geforce gtx295 AND make it run on the millions of customers who only have a Pentium w/ a 3DFX card...yeah, that'll work

            • ?
            • Anonymous
            • j}t
            • 09 Dec 2009

            Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009No it's not taken from an iphone review. Unlike nokia fanb... moreiphone? isnt it that the toy that apple released about 2 years ago. Can be had in your neighborhood at&t, toys r us and the now defunct kay bee toys?

            Oh, and its got a phone function tacked on for good measure...another "innovation" by the company named after a fruit which makes an OS named after a cat.

              • R
              • RELAX! ALl of you!
              • tZt
              • 07 Dec 2009

              LOL!

              For God's Sake get a life all of you! I mean literally on every forum i go, all you people(most of you) do is compare the i-phone with any touchscreen phone that comes out and then start saying Nokia copied the i-phone well guess what HECK NO THEY DIDN'T!

              Can't you all just understand that if Nokia,Samsung,Sony,Htc,etc., make a touch screen phone, it doesn't have to be a copy of the iphone!

              The i-Phone isn't at all bad I have used it and as per my concern its main selling factor are the number of apps that are offered which make it a fun phone but that doesn't make it any better or worse then other touch phones...

              As per the 5800, its just a simple, yet decent SYMBIAN phone for music which is much easier to use but not as fast or smooth mainly because of the touch resistive screen.

              I have had both and believe me, both of them are good where they stand
              So Apple & Nokia FANBOYS ... PEACE OUT!

              And please stop trying to prove that Apple is better then Nokia or Nokia is better then Apple... Both of them have their own positions in the market! Trust me they both are good according to your needs, if you want apps and games the i-phone MIGHT be a good choice but if your looking for music and sound quality, 5800 MAY be the way to go!

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                • Anonymous
                • pTN
                • 04 Dec 2009

                Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009"So you think everyone uses multitouch since they have an i... moreI agree, Deep Space Bar has no brain.

                  • A
                  • Administrator
                  • pqB
                  • 02 Dec 2009

                  Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009No it's not taken from an iphone review. Unlike nokia fanb... moreSo why are your posts deleted over and over again?

                  This is your last WARNING! We will ban your IP!

                    • ?
                    • Anonymous
                    • 4TM
                    • 02 Dec 2009

                    [deleted post]No it's not taken from an iphone review. Unlike nokia fanboys like you. We don't make up silly lies just to spite a device :)

                      • t
                      • tiny
                      • Rbq
                      • 02 Dec 2009

                      This article is not even about the iphone so just shut the hell up.

                        • P
                        • Pepsi
                        • v0g
                        • 02 Dec 2009

                        Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009Wow you nerds are soooo scared of the iPhone that you are c... moreHow the heck can you be scared of a phone? Is there even a name for that? Probably, since there's one for a fear of marshmellows.

                        Personally I don't care about your damn iPhone. I much prefer my smartphones to multitask, much like the N900! And please, having the music player and messaging function open at the same time is not multitasking!

                        And don't even try pull the "You know nothing you haven't tried an iPhone" on me, I had one for over a year, jailbroken too, and have found much more joy in my N97.

                        Some people just don't want iPhone's! Is that so hard to understand!?

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tAV
                          • 02 Dec 2009

                          Deep space bar, 01 Dec 2009So you think everyone uses multitouch since they have an ip... more"So you think everyone uses multitouch since they have an iphone XD your joke man 10% is the actual factor man.no one pinches to zoom,they tap and most of the games are accelorometer games so you fail by just responding,your just angry cause the iphone does suck and you wasted lots of money on it since you had to buy apps that were missing features and wait 2years for copy and paste and lanscape keyboard typing
                          And 3.5' screen is not widescreen looser
                          My 5800 which is 3.2' plays back the widescreen ratio which is 16:9 so who got lied too.....you and the millions of people that thought the iphone has the widescreen ratio"

                          Well you obviously don't have an iPhone because not all apps are accelerometer. Only racing games and such. Games like first person shooters require 2 fingers or thumbs on the screen at once, one to move, the other to shoot or something like that. And I'm pretty sure people would want to pinch and zoom, it allows more acuracy and gets the zoom where you want it. Double tap just zooms in to fit in the screen what ever you double tap. Thats only useful sometimes. (Wait a minute, did you just make up that people double tap more often because your 5800 doesn't have multi-touch and because of that you use double tap??? Lol...)

                          Haha sure mate, I didn't waste alot of money, I actually work so I get money. Copy and paste and such are already present in the 3.0 firmware, no apps needed to add those functionality. Yes it's missing features but now it has them.

                          Also you are a very ignorant person who doesn't read (your bain must operate at a very low capacity seeing as you can't even comprehend the meaning of the advertisement). "Widescreen IPOD". ARE YOU BLIND?? DO YOU SEE THE "IPOD"?? It means it's the IPOD WITH THE WIDEST SCREEN. Not that it is 16:9 or whatever widescreen. Just means that out of all the iPods, it is the one with the widest screen. Read before you type. Not to mention, the screen size has absolutely no play in determining whether it is widescreen or not, it's a pure diagonal measurement and thats that.

                          Now before you reply, especially about the widescreen bussiness, I'd advise you to read. Also, if you're going to make up facts, at least show a proper attempt in justifying them... Lol.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • P@c
                            • 02 Dec 2009

                            Nokia sucks = US-centric reports/blogs.

                            Too much Kool-aid.

                              • ?
                              • Anonymous
                              • 0YE
                              • 02 Dec 2009

                              Wow you nerds are soooo scared of the iPhone that you are crying and comparing every detail Of other phone ahahhahaha loser, appreciate don't hate

                                • ?
                                • Anonymous
                                • mhB
                                • 02 Dec 2009

                                Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009"that is uncorrect, there is an USB charger for Nokia phone... more”Really don't / can't understand your point. Why can't simply combine both data transfer and charging in the same cable?”
                                When doing this you strain the battery, and thats not good.

                                ”If the almighty brand is suppose to be the "leader of innovation", why is it "copying" features of iphone, such as "touchscreen"? (name me how many touchscreen device the almighty brand released BEFORE and AFTER release of iphone/3G)”
                                Back in 2004 Nokia had two touchscreen phones, on the global market. And in china they've had several of touchscreen devices, just to make text input easier.
                                And iPhone is far from the first touchscreen, and was far from the only one in the market, so what proof do you have that nokia is copying Apple? You have none, since they have not. The trend is in touchscreen mobiles. Iphone wasnt first, but is one of the manufactors that made touchscreens popular, just one of them, not the only one... HTC and LG beat them to the point on the market. And Samsung had announced a phone not many days after the first iPhone was announced, so it had to be in development before iPhone was announced. Neonode came before them all, when it comes to a screen being used as the input method for fingers and not styluses.
                                And since nokia had touchphones out there longbefore Apple... who is the copycat?

                                ”If charging by data cable isn't that important, why all of the sudden the almighty brand decided to do so, after x years BEHIND Motorola and Apple?”
                                Apple still dont charge with a USB-cable, it charges via their data-cable which is USB compatible.
                                And Nokia has an adapter to charge of USB if your phone use Nokia charger plug, and not USB port as more and more of them do today. (that adapter came long before the iPhone)
                                USB is decided by the industry as a standard for charging, thats why everyone starts using it...but still Apple has not implemented USB-plug for charging, hasn't all other big manufactors released at least one phone with usb-port for charing? But Apple, still has not.

                                ”Regarding the battery life, yes, the more often the battery is charged, the shorter life cycle it will have. Though how often do people buy new phones these days? Less than a year on average? (Of course, even my manager, who is a trendy person who used to switch phones every few months, is quite happy with her over 1-year old iphone, and she got new battery with the warranty)”
                                No, most people have their phones for much more than a year... Besides, warranty for batteries are mostly 3-6 months, not a year.
                                And when getting an iPhone, most sign up for a contract for more than a year.
                                Besides many people who used to switch phones often stayed with the N95 for long, since it implemented so much technology in one device. And in winMob departent HTC has relased many phones that make useres feel they dont have to upgrade as often as they used to.
                                So apple is not the only manufactor to produce model that has made model-switchers stay for more than a year.

                                ”My manager charges her iphone via USB cable in the office...no extra plug is needed, and if you ever travel, you probably would appreciate even more if a phone can be charged while you're working on your laptop...without taking the extra electric outlet. (think about where can you get the extra outlet in an airplane, airport, or in a hotel where the country uses a different plug?)”
                                Ok, but your manager either has to bring the data-cable with her, or get an extra. If Apple had put an USB-port on the iPhone, then you could say it was practical cause she wouldnt even have to buy an extra cable... cause most people already have USB-cables. In the end Apples solution is not that much better than the Nokia usb to charger-plug.

                                ”A friend of mine got a 5800 earlier this year, which I believe was released AFTER iphone 3G, and I asked my friend "can you charge your phone via USB?" He said "NO"”
                                with the usb-charger adapter he can very much do that. Still can either Apple 3G or 3Gs charge with a USB-plug or do you need a Apple data-cable to do that?

                                Still I said that its not practical to put 2 usb-port on a phone, and that the best compromise at this moment is using the same port for charging and data-transfer. But how many USB-ports does the iPhone have? None, it only has a USB compatible port... sure, it can be used for charing, but you need an special iPhone/iPod cable.

                                So what is your point actually?

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                                  • Phone Freak
                                  • 4I8
                                  • 02 Dec 2009

                                  Anonymous, 01 Dec 2009But should the bugs exist in the first place? Aren't we tal... moreWe live in a world where nothing is perfect. When was the last time you purchased a phone that had 0 bugs or 0 problems?

                                    • ?
                                    • Anonymous
                                    • mhB
                                    • 02 Dec 2009

                                    Anonymous, 02 Dec 2009And this article proves Capacitive is better, and also how ... morePlease link to the proof, saw nothing of the sort on that link. Just a wierd poll about the x6.
                                    No proof of the technology being superior in any way.

                                      • ?
                                      • Anonymous
                                      • Er2
                                      • 02 Dec 2009

                                      Anonymous, 01 Dec 2009that is uncorrect, there is an USB charger for Nokia phones... more"that is uncorrect, there is an USB charger for Nokia phones that does not charge off the USB-port. Its an USB connector at one end, and nokia charger plug at the other end. So what you mean is that it does not charge over the data-cable.

                                      And Apples solution for charging with USB sucks, since its not an standard USB-port. No where near the solution Motorola has had for years.


                                      Charging via datacable is not all good.When the device use a mini or micro USB-port, you are more likely to stumble across a charger or USB cable, when you dont have your own with you. Thats very practial, indeed.
                                      But, charging the phone everytime you connect it to the computer is not that good. It will strain you battery, and its lifetime will be shortened (unless you only connect your phone when the battery is low and you need to charge the device, anyway).
                                      The only solution for this is not that practial, it would be to have 2 usb-ports on the device, one which is used for charging and/or data-transfer, and one only for data-transfer. So I guess the best compromise is the solution used by most manufactors today, a mini or micro USB-port... its even about to become a standard.
                                      But Apple has yet to implement this.
                                      So in the end, Apples solution is not at all better than nokias, on those phones.
                                      (now many nokias charge with USB-connector, and the N900 is one of them)"

                                      Really don't / can't understand your point. Why can't simply combine both data transfer and charging in the same cable?

                                      If the almighty brand is suppose to be the "leader of innovation", why is it "copying" features of iphone, such as "touchscreen"? (name me how many touchscreen device the almighty brand released BEFORE and AFTER release of iphone/3G)

                                      If charging by data cable isn't that important, why all of the sudden the almighty brand decided to do so, after x years BEHIND Motorola and Apple?

                                      Regarding the battery life, yes, the more often the battery is charged, the shorter life cycle it will have. Though how often do people buy new phones these days? Less than a year on average? (Of course, even my manager, who is a trendy person who used to switch phones every few months, is quite happy with her over 1-year old iphone, and she got new battery with the warranty)

                                      My manager charges her iphone via USB cable in the office...no extra plug is needed, and if you ever travel, you probably would appreciate even more if a phone can be charged while you're working on your laptop...without taking the extra electric outlet. (think about where can you get the extra outlet in an airplane, airport, or in a hotel where the country uses a different plug?)

                                      A friend of mine got a 5800 earlier this year, which I believe was released AFTER iphone 3G, and I asked my friend "can you charge your phone via USB?" He said "NO".

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Er2
                                        • 02 Dec 2009

                                        Deep space bar, 01 Dec 2009Sales figures mesn nothing man I can sell millions of wic... more"Sales figures mesn nothing man"

                                        Tell that to the management of the almighty brand, please.