Nokia N900
A Nokia N900 entered the space a while ago, and a newly visiting retro hobbyist web developer found it in the garbage. This visitor's name is Maura, and she has adopted the device as her phone until T-Mobile stops neglecting their 2G and 3G tower shutdown. Talking with Raine, Maura knew the device's history in the space had been very short, as they found it deterringly hard to work with, so Maura took it to see if it would work as any kind of smart phone in the modern era.
| Nokia N900 | |
|---|---|
| Status | Working, Connecting to 3G and 2G where T-Mobile hasn't taken down their towers, via Mint Mobile prepaid plan SIM card. |
| Manufacturer | Nokia |
| Model | N900 |
This device is currently in the possession of Maura, (abacas) and contains her Mint Mobile SIM card. This is because in some areas T-Mobile's 3G and 2G towers are still active. She has been able to make calls and texts, and in some areas even connect to cellular data, having uploaded a video to the EpikTube YouTube revival via mentioned cellular data. It was quite slow, but did work for loading old style web pages, even successfully connecting to some encrypted services.
The device takes micro-USB for charging/data transfer, very useful for moving over Maemo installation .deb files. Speaking of, Maura successfully installed Firefox (Fennec) 7 on the device. It is marginally better than the built in web browser, but that is better than no improvement, as posts actually load in the Flirb Twitter revival's timeline on the newly installed web browser, whereas they did not in the one included. The included browser is useful still however, as it includes an instance of ability to play Adobe Flash content, allowing for video content to be displayed relatively well via the Protoweb proxy on Warpstream and the non-proxied EpikTube website.
The only other applications Maura has managed to install are Angry Birds, with most of the levels locked behind a defunct storefront for the OS, a web server application, a database browser, and various themes. She has also rearranged the home screen to show the most used apps, and the two websites she frequently visits that are compatible with the device's default browser.
I, (Maura) am the author of this edit, and plan on updating it as I manage to get more things working on the device.