Nokia N900 gets a Gingerbread port, Nexus One stares in disbelief

24 December, 2010
Add the Nokia N900 to the short list of devices running the latest iteration of the Android OS – 2.3 Gingerbread. The last of the Maemo kind just got an unofficial ROM that, while not perfectly stable, proves that a...

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  • aaptk
  • 3LU
  • 24 Dec 2010

i dont think anyone will port this... android is a joke comparing to maemo

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    • Anonymous
    • t7U
    • 24 Dec 2010

    Hey dude you say N8 cant handle its own OS? really are you sure or you're just one of the trolls in the Nokia S^3 smartphones' forum!?

    N8 runs smoothly with the 680 mhz because it also has a powerful Broadcom GPU. Many of you are complaining of the 256 MB RAM! Well as you know Nokia N900 is the multitasking beast of all smartphones. N900 has 256 mb RAM also! Nokia put what you called virtual memory. (700 mb virtual memory.) It will be used when it is really needed. so it is like you have 1GB of RAm! That's the fact behind it.

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      • Anonymous
      • ibn
      • 24 Dec 2010

      Not a big fan of Nokia but the N900 is some serious stuff. Shows that Symbian is severely hampering the company

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        • Anonymous
        • 353
        • 24 Dec 2010

        with android 2.2 does it support multitouch (resistive screen?)

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          • Anonymous
          • mqM
          • 24 Dec 2010

          Anonymous, 24 Dec 2010why doesnt anyone work on N8 having gingerbread? =(The N8 cant even handle its own os, If you feed it gingerbread it will blow up lol

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            • Anonymous
            • ttm
            • 24 Dec 2010

            why doesnt anyone work on N8 having gingerbread? =(

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              • Some guy from Greece
              • 3Ap
              • 24 Dec 2010

              [deleted post]Then you're not orthodox. You're paradox! :D
              Just joking.. I've found this one on the net:
              http://russian-crafts.com/customs/christmas.html

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                • Anonymous
                • Swk
                • 24 Dec 2010

                This is awesome...now i want gingerbread for my N8.....

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                  • Anonymous
                  • t7U
                  • 24 Dec 2010

                  Wowow.! Santa is great for letting N900 receive the best gift..

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                    • E39A
                    • qI}
                    • 24 Dec 2010

                    I want to see a full working MeeGO come out for the N900 not the 1.1 SDK I installed the 1.1 and unfortunately I am not a dev nor do I know how to code in Linux so I cant do anything on it but stare at it then switch back to MaeMo please dev's get the ball rolling on a full MeeGo for this phone, this is a cool proof of concept put I want some MeeGo goodness besides I have my SE X10 running 2.2.1 froyo alpha for my Android fix.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • t7U
                      • 24 Dec 2010

                      N900 can be overclocked to 900 mhz, 1.2 ghz and even 1.5 ghz! find the entry in the gsmarena blog.

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                        • Jorgem12
                        • 8IM
                        • 24 Dec 2010

                        Hahahahaha, I love it!!!, I'd pay to see the faces of Samsung galaxy S owners XD

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                          • Omar
                          • LvY
                          • 24 Dec 2010

                          N900 is The device...true hardcore phone.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Kg$
                            • 24 Dec 2010

                            hahaha! very nice port

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                              • eater of cake
                              • iIR
                              • 24 Dec 2010

                              its all about optimisation and feature sets, buts its nice see nokia getting some nice software at last

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                                • fullstop001
                                • pKc
                                • 24 Dec 2010

                                I don't seem to have much luck with nokias. My n900 is at nokia high level repair centre lol. Meanwhile i bought myself a Samung Galaxy S - so far so good. Am i right in assuming that installing android software in the n900 could result in it being sent back to the high level repair centre again? How come nokia don't have their own people working on this stuff??

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                                  • Teddy
                                  • 0U2
                                  • 24 Dec 2010

                                  There is a mistake in the text: I'm orthodox and I celebrate Christmas like every one on 25th of December. Only some of the Eastern Orthodox Churches are celebrating Christmas in January.

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                                    • SFAN
                                    • Yc0
                                    • 24 Dec 2010

                                    kazuke, 24 Dec 2010 whoa! android OS for Nokia? but N900 has 600mhz cpu on... moreYou can't just compare 600mhz...800mhz...and 1ghz...
                                    It's like saying Desire 1ghz is faster than Desire Z's 800mhz, wrong, Desire Z is faster.

                                    Different processors perform different speeds.

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                                      • UndCOVer
                                      • HB5
                                      • 24 Dec 2010

                                      I can't believe how happy i feel reading this post, this goes to show how Nokia took real steps toward unlocking technology where everyone else started to lock it again...

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                                        • kazuke
                                        • w0Q
                                        • 24 Dec 2010


                                        whoa! android OS for Nokia?

                                        but N900 has 600mhz cpu only, right?

                                        so i guess, it might not run as smoothly as compared to others.