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==Operating System==
The Nokia devices run on the [[Maemo_basics|Maemo Operating System]], but there are alternatives.

===Maemo===

The N900 runs Maemo5 out of the box. See the [[Maemo5_101|Maemo5_101 pages]] for details, movies, and advice.

Maemo5 is also known as [[Task:Maemo roadmap/Fremantle|Fremantle]]

=== Will Maemo 5 run on the Previous Internet Tablets? ===
[http://maemo.org/news/announcements/first_maemo_5_sdk_release_targeting_platform_developers/ Not officially] but perhaps through the [[Mer]] community project. Maemo 5 is optimized for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Instruments_OMAP OMAP3 architecture], the N810 and N800 are based in OMAP2 and the 770 in OMAP1 ([http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=28179 discussion]).

Earlier tablets ran earlier versions of Maemo. Links to details will be provided as time progresses.
* [http://nokia.com/os2008 OS2008] / Maemo 4.1 / Diablo

====[[Maemo5_101]]====

===[[Mer]]===

===[[Easy_Debian]]===

==[http://wiki.maemo.org/User:Smarsh/Ideas/FAQIdeaSoftwareGames Games]==
Click on the link above for more questions and answers.

==Other Applications==

=== Where do I get Software (apps) from?===
See also [[Downloading_apps]] page.

Internet Tablets use the concept of software repositories, a concept carried over from Linux. You can tell your N900 where these repositories are via the Application Manager. The Application Manager automatically then presents you a list of available applications that can be installed on your device, and takes care of any dependancies that may be required.

There are multiple repositories available for the N900:

# [http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select/applications/ovi-store/ Nokia's Ovi Store]

# Commercial Application Vendors

#  [http://wiki.maemo.org/Installing_applications Community Applications]

The Application Manager also allows you to uninstall applications as well as keep you notified of updates to your installed applications.

You will also find One Click Install Applications on the web for instance in the [http://maemo.org/downloads/Maemo5/ Downloads] section of this web site.

If you can't find what you want, sign up to [http://talk.maemo.org/forumdisplay.php?f=44 Maemo Talk] and ask. If a few people are interested, or if a particular developer sees value in your idea, it's likely someone will write you an application to do what you want. And yes, that really does work.

Or you can learn to program in Maemo or Qt yourself.

There's a good set of tutorials [http://www.forum.nokia.com/Tools_Docs_and_Code/Documentation/Maemo.xhtml here, with a Hello world app too...] and there's a separate Developer FAQ on this site.

===How can I monitor my disk usage and how much space I have left?===

===Can I edit Office files?===
N900 comes with datavz's Office 'Office to Go' reader, so you can read office files.

Editing them is a slightly more interesting prospect, but has become a much more exciting one with KOffice from [http://sureshchande.blogspot.com/2009/10/mobile-office-based-on-koffice-for.html here].

[[Easy_Debian]] has OpenOffice installed and on the N810 (at least for this author) has been used very successfully to edit Office files.

===Does n900 view pdf files?===
There's a built in app for that.

===Does n900 have a book reader? Will it run Kindle?===

=== Can I do email? ===
If you're using an N900, the [[N900_Email_Options]] page can help.

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 # [http://maemo.nokia.com/maemo-select/applications/ovi-store/ Nokia's Ovi Store]
 # Commercial Application Vendors
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 There's a good set of tutorials [http://www.forum.nokia.com/Tools_Docs_and_Code/Documentation/Maemo.xhtml here, with a Hello world app too...] and there's a separate Developer FAQ on this site.
 ===How can I monitor my disk usage and how much space I have left?===