Maemo5 101
Here will be short introduction to Maemo5 and how it functions.
Video Walkthroughs
Here are some short walkthroughs from YouTube.
- First boot-up and putting settings to shape
- Calendar Application
- Installing Community Applications
- Contacts Application
- Conference Calling
- Conversations Application
- Games on N900
- HTML Email reading
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Locking N900 with Touchscreen
- Making calls
- Messaging Applications (Email,SMS, IM)
- Media and Camera Applications
- Phone Application
- Settings
- Sharing Images Online
- Taking shortcuts
- Tethering to OSX Mac
- Web Browsing
- Wireless updating of your N900
Tips and tricks
If you want to customize your N900 look and feel go to the Customizing Maemo page
Nokiaexperts.com has made excellent instructions, that can be found from their N900 user guide.
Here's some citations:
Notification light colors The notification light found on the front of the N900 (upper left corner) changes colors to indicate different states. As stated in the User Guide: Blue is for application triggered notifications (received text, IM, or email) Orange is for battery charging Green is for battery full
Keyboard shortcuts:general Ctrl + Backspace: From within an application this will take you back out to the visual task manager. (Thanks to Chanse for that one.) Ctrl + C: Copy text Ctrl + V: Paste text Ctrl + X: Cut text Ctrl + A: Select all Ctrl + O: Open (if available) Ctrl + N: Create a new item (if available) Ctrl + S: Save (if available) Ctrl + Z: Undo (if available) Ctrl + Y: Redo (if available) Ctrl + F: Open search bar (if available) Ctrl + Right arrow: Move the insertion point to the end of the word Ctrl + Left arrow: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the word
Keyboard shortcuts:advanced
Ctrl + Shift + I: Change the text flow mode in browser Ctrl + Shift + P: Screenshot Ctrl + Shift + X: Opens a X Terminal window