Accessing Hidden Application in Nokia N900

Actually, OVI Store been providing a variety of applications for the Nokia N900. Unfortunately the number is still very small. Actually there are a variety of hidden applications on the Maemo platform. How do you activate it?

Various applications can be accessed hidden by activating the Maemo repository. No need to bother, all already exist in the Application Manager. Users can also download it directly from the phone.

Steps should be done is to add some new catalogs that exist in the Application Manager. To add a user needs to go to 'Menu', then hit 'Application Manager'.

In the Application Manager, there are three icons: Uninstall, Download, and Update. Now, to add a new catalog select the Application Manager menu in the middle of the top, then select the Application Catalog.

Some catalog options will appear. What we are doing is adding three new catalog, which serves to open 'hidden closet' variety of new applications later.

To do so select New. After that, the contents as instructed below:

1. Maemo Extras Catalog Details:

* Catalog name: Maemo Extras
* Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras/
* Distribution: Fremantle
* Components: free non-free
* Select Disabled, then Save.

2. Testing Maemo Applications Catalog Details:

* Catalog name: Maemo Extras-Testing
* Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-testing/
* Distribution: Fremantle
* Components: free non-free
* Select Disabled, then Save

* For Extras Repository-testing, the various applications are still in testing stage and not yet perfect (beta version). Several applications will probably crash.

3. Developer Testing Maemo Applications Catalog Details

* Catalog name: Maemo Extras-devel
* Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/extras-devel/
* Distribution: Fremantle
* Components: free non-free
* Select Disabled, then Save

* For Extras-devel repository of this, various applications are still in the testing stage and not yet perfect (beta version). Several applications will probably crash.

After the three repositories are active, in the 'Application Manager', then go to 'Download', eventually they will appear about dozens of applications that already to be enjoyed.

These are list of applications.

Game Emulator:

* DrNokSnes (Super Nintendo Emulator)
* Ines (Nintendo Emulator)
* Master Gear (Emulator SEGA Game Gear)
* Pico Drive (SEGA Mega Drive Emulator-16bit)
* VGB (Game Boy Emulator)
* Psx4all (Playstation Emulator)

Social Networking:

* BarrioSquare application (Foursquare)
* Witter (application twitter)
* Tweego (application twitter)
* XChat IRC Client (IRC chat client for Maemo)

Misc:

* Flashlight (flashlight function)
* FMMS (give the MMS function)
* Chromium (Google Chrome brwoser)
* Mozilla Firefox (Firefox browser)
* Pedometers Home Widget (pedometers)
* Personal Dataplan Monitor (monitor pulse GPRS)
* Pidgin (IM client)
* Fring (IM)
* Recorder (voice recorder application)
* LuxMeter (application lightmeter)