Video of native Sailfish OS Spotify client

Spotify employee Bob Jelica (@b0bben on Twitter) just posted a video of a Sailfish Spotify client which was developed by him and Pär Bohrarper (@rogueops) as a Hackday project. The user interface shown in the video really looks great and could be an example for other, future Sailfish OS apps.

It's not sure though if this app gets ever released - follow Bob Jelica if you want to get the latest update about the project. 

3rd party Swype-like keyboard for Sailfish OS

Since the release of Sailfish OS there has been a huge demand for a Swype keyboard. The patented virtual keyboard was originally developed for Android and has since found its way on various devices (including the Nokia N9). Instead of typing, words are written by sliding a finger over lettres: Error-correction algorithms help guessing the right word (which works very reliable). A French developer with the nickname 'eber42' recently showed a video with a working Swype keyboard on Sailfish OS.

[JollaUsers] Native camera app versus Cameraplus

JollaUsers takes a closer look at the alternative SailfishOS camera application called "Cameraplus". Some of you might know this application and its neat features from Nokia N9 - glad to see it has been ported to our Jolla devices. 

Replacement for discontinued Nokia Internet Radio available

Unfortunately N9 (and Symbian) users had to find out that Microsoft/Nokia silently shut down their popular Internet Radio app. 

On Symbian you get a "Service not working" message but the N9 application suffers from crashing right at start up. 

Thanks to developer marxian, Nokia's latest move shouldn't hurt to much as he provided a nice replacement. 

What's next with maps on Jolla devices?

The Ultimate Codec Support for Sailfish OS

Sailfish OS is capable of playing media files in formats like MP3, MP4 and WMV. But media

containers like AVI are not officially supported since required codecs are missing. "Xerxes2" created a package which installs many additional codecs and makes your Jolla capable of decoding many known media file formats.

DMCA goes after unofficial WhatsApp clients on GitHub

The American "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" on behalf of WhatsApp Inc. started an attack against public available source code of reverse engineered WhatsApp API (Application programming interface) and affiliated files. 

Affected are several WhatsApp clients like the well known N9 version called Wazapp. According to DMCA they "continue to cause significant harm to WhatsApp". 

Useful Android apps for your Jolla

Android support on Sailfish OS has some great benefits and certainly helps the platform to gain popularity. But more and more native Sailfish application appear on Jolla Store or on OpenRepos (Warehouse) which make the device independant from non-native apps. Despite that, here are some Android apps you might want to use on your Jolla.

The better "Notes" app for Nokia N9

Notes on Nokia N9 is a simple kept note taking app which misses one important feature: A possibility to back up, or copy your notes. ExNote by Tomasz Pieniazek is a perfect imitation of the original system tool but saves all the notes you take in MyDocs as HTML files. 

Hence it's possible to access or copy your notes via USB connection mass-storage mode.

Instant music search with SoundWave

The award winning SoundHound application is now available for Nokia N9 under the name SoundWave thanks to Bojan Komljenovic (developer of Dropian & part of Wazapp team). SoundHound is an music recognition software similar to its equivalent Shazam.

With the application it's possible to identify a song title by humming, singing or playing a recorded track. 

Shareboard - the fast social media access

Shareboard by Anand Bibek is a small application for Nokia N9 which allows users to update their Facebook status or post a message on Twitter within one application. 

The application starts up very fast and optionally can post the same message automatically on both social networks. 

Notekeeper brings Evernote to Nokia N9

Evernote is a very popular notetaking application to access any kind of notes at any place - offline or online. There have been attempts by 3rd party developers to create an client for Nokia N9 but without any convincing results.

Now we finally get to enjoy "Notekeeper" - a successful Symbian application which has been ported to MeeGo Harmattan.

Beautiful Desktoppr wallpapers for your N9

You might know Desktoppr, a website which collects some of the best desktop wallpapers available on the net. 

Developer B. Hervier created an small application, called Wleux, which brings that collection to your N9. With such a huge choice of wallpapers, your phone's lock-screen won't look boring ever again.

PinIt! - Pin reminders to your lockscreen

A big amount of note-taking and reminder applications can be found in Nokia Store. But there is at least one which stands out among others: "PinIt! Lists" by a developer called Work by jookos. 

PinIt! isn't only a nifty application, it actually gives you the possibility to pin preferred reminders to your phone's lockscreen.

Nokia N9 at Los Angeles Auto Show 2012

The Los Angeles Auto Show 2012 is held from November 30 through December 9. One of the many guests is the Nokia N9 which presents the MirrorLink technology. 

Brian Cooley, editor for CNET TV, shows the seamless integration between N9 and car infotainment system in a 3 minute video. 

Weekly Apps #3

Weekly Apps #3 with a new list of applications provided by N9Apps.com. New games, utilities, camera/video tools and a live news TV app like Livestation made it into this Friday's selection.

While most applications can be downloaded from Nokia Store, others have to be installed manually. In case you need help, please read How to install 3rd party applications on our website.

Weekly Apps #2

Last week we presented the new category "Weekly Apps" with a list of applications provided by N9Apps.com. This Friday we picked out a variation of newer and older apps.  Thank you for the positive feedbacks you gave on WeeklyApps #1.

While most applications can be downloaded from Nokia Store, others have to be installed manually. In case you need help, please read How to install 3rd party applications on our website.

Ten more apps from Nokia Store...

...for your Nokia Belle and MeeGo smartphone. 

At request of Symbian and MeeGo users to write more about applications for those devices, the official Nokia blog "Conversations by Nokia" published an article about 10 different applications - 5 for each platform. The presented selection is a mix of what readers suggested, complemented with the author's choice.

Unravel - the challenge for now and then

Brick Tech recently released a new game for Nokia N9 called Unravel. Like its title says: It is about solving riddles. In the game you come across a variation of blue and red lines as well as blue rings. The aim is to move around the blue rings until every red line gets blue as well. As simple as that sounds, in practice it is not. The more levels you pass, the more concentration and logical thinking is required. 

Weekly Apps #1

Our new category "Weekly Apps" presents you a weekly list of applications provided by N9Apps.com. N9Apps is a website with a rich application catalogue being constantly updated. 

While most applications can be downloaded from Nokia Store, others have to be installed manually. In case you need help, please read How to install 3rd party applications on our website.