How To Add More Applications To Your Nokia N900
sony | Feb 01, 2010 | Comments 9
All we know that the Nokia N900 is a Linux based mobile and its applications can be downloaded on the Nokia N900 via the OVI store or application manager. As the OVI store still in beta stage, we are unable to find more application on the OVI store. But we can download relatively more application from the application manager by adding some new catalogs.
In order to create new catalogs we need to go to Menu -> Application Manager, it looks like

here tab on the Application Manager, then your screen look like this

Now tab on the Application catalogs, it will show the available catalogs as bellow

Tab on New to add new catalogs to your Maemo

Here we need to enter the new catalogs particulars. We have three catalog details at present from the different categories, and need to create three catalogs means just repeat the above procedure to create them.
1. Maemo Extras Catalog Details
Catalog name: Maemo Extras
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
Some devices may have it by default but we need to uncheck the Disabled setting.
2. Maemo Testing Applications Catalog Details
Catalog name: Maemo Extras-testing
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
3. Maemo Developer Testing Applications Catalog Details
Catalog name: Maemo Extras-devel
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
Distribution: fremantle
Components: free non-free
Developer testing and testing applications are the applications which are in testing stage so don’t expert full features and installing testing application may slowdown your device, so install at your own risk.
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hello author
i recently purchase n900. i’ve one question. can you please help to add more fonts.i normally watch nepali and indian news but i have been trying in n900 but couldnot get the font. i tried to download the fonts as well bu it doesn’t work. can you pls help me out.
regards
tell me your problem clearly, i am unable to understand the problem.
well when i log to see nepali news site in my n900 then i couldn,t view the news.font doesnot support to see the news.i download plenty of nepali fonts as i did to my pc but here with this mobile i can,t figure out how i can manage to view the sites in proper font.i follow the instruction which i found in google but still it doesn,t work. pls help me out to come out of this problem.
regards
could you provide the application name?
what you mean by application name?
if you provide the application name so that i can install it on my mobile and find out the problem. And i will try to fix the problem. If possible provide the application name and download link too.
i understood your problem, i have also visited the site you have provided but the procedure is for PC not for mobiles. I have no exact solution but i recommend you to use google translator.
read this thread it may help you http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=35763
Thanks for all the efforts.
Cheers