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	Q. Where can I download the N900 DE release?<br/>		Q. Where can I download the N900 DE release?<br/>
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	Q. What is the UI of DE going to be?<br/>		Q. What is the UI of DE going to be?<br/>

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Contents 1 MeeGo Developer Edition 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Target 1.3 Key features 1.4 Organization 1.5 Schedule 1.6 Status 1.7 Meetings 1.8 Installing and running 1.9 I want to help! 1.10 FAQ 1.11 Ideas, feedback etc.

MeeGo Developer Edition

What's hot: 
Test the Beta release candidate 3 of the MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition for N900: download - install - cool stuff

Introduction

Target is to make a Developer Edition of MeeGo for the Nokia N900 device. This is Developer Edition is a patch constructed above the current core Meego, and is done as part of Meego N900 hardware adaptation. The DE project is working as a draft of a Meego handset image, to make possible the Meego development on your N900 hardware. Being a draft it will not take into account all features commonly present in a handset OS, to see what features will be implemented look #Key_features. Flashed with this edition N900 will be usable as a primary phone device for a developer/hacker person.

Target

The focus is on meeting the non-functional targets (such as performance) rather than number of features. This will hopefully encourage more people to use MeeGo on N900, and continue enhancing the functionality or build new stuff. Developer Edition is based on MeeGo 1.2 handset trunk content, and selected community contributions (see the candidates). Core MeeGo 1.2 Handset features can be found in featurezilla, and features of DE not yet implemented from Configuration list.

Key features

These use cases shall be the prominent ones in the Developer Edition. (If you want to promote a feature to this list, please add it to the feedback section first.)

Cellular voice calls (Dialer, People)

• Make voice calls (input number directly, initiate from Contacts, initiate from Call history)
• Receive calls
• Default ringtone plays
• Volume control works via System UI
• SIM PIN entry support

SMS (SMS, People)

• Send new SMS (input number, send from Contacts)
• Receive SMS, and reply to sender

Browser use over WLAN (Browser, Settings)

• Able to connect to WLAN AP (with security etc.)
• Open a complex modern website (eg. gmail.com)

Camera (meegocamera)

• Still image capture
• Support for N900 keys (zoom, capture)

Common SW (Settings, xterm, lock)

Common components such as System UI, Home screen etc. shall be made functional so that basic device usage is smooth and fast. N900 device specific features such as keys, display and battery will be optimized. MeeGo SDK fully supports this edition, as it is MeeGo 1.2 compliant.

Organization

• Core team is formed in and around Nokia.
• Program lead: Mika Leppinen
  • R&D lead: Makoto Sugano
    • Voice/SMS team lead: This project is merged with the MeeGo mainstream Dialer project, lead by Shane Bryan (sabotage). Makoto acts as the bridge in between.
    • Browser/WLAN team lead: Vesa-Matti Hartikainen
    • Common SW team lead: Harri Hakulinen. Includes N900 HW adaptation, maintained by Carsten Munk.
    • Release & integration: Eric Le Roux (error management), Carsten Munk, Marko Saukko.
  • QA: Jari Tahvanainen, Marko Rajala
  • Architecture: See the proposal by Carsten.
  • Product management: Jukka Eklund, Sami Pienimäki

• In addition to core team, we hope to see growing community working on this. There is something for everybody to contribute be it bugs, code, artwork or something else!

Schedule

This shows the target schedule and content. It should be understood that DevEdition is still based on "best-effort" model, so this might change any time. If you want to make sure targets are kept, please join the project and help us.

• Alpha release: on week 15
  • Official DE image available with key overlays on top of MeeGo 1.2 trunk (see ARM/N900/Configuration).
  • Calls, SMS, Browser and Camera should be in a demo-able state (MeeGo Summit FI). For top issues see [[1]].
  • Key performance and usability items fixed (PM kernel, backlight control)
  • Download here.

• MeeGo Conference release: on week 20, see the ARM/N900/ReleaseProcess/Plan.
• "Summer release" by end of June, targets are to be refined based on beta achievement and community activity.

Status

See the Status page for reports.

Meetings

• Work space in IRC (@freenode, #meego-arm) and regular MeeGo mail lists (primarily we will be using meego-handset@meego.com.
• Weekly team meetings are held in the public IRC. The agenda and the archives are also available. This meeting is registered on the MeeGo IRC Meeting Page.

Installing and running

• WARNING: Everything you do with these instructions is at your own responsibility and risk, and will probably void your warranty.
• MeeGo Developer Edition for N900 Alpha release image can be downloaded here. You can find daily and weekly builds here, see also ARM/N900/ReleaseProcess. Check the Data flow and Use case test results before downloading.
  • Follow these instructions for the recommended method: Dual Boot installation. That way you can keep Maemo on the device at same time.
• Flashing instructions (when using dual boot method, no need to flash/load the kernel separately).
• There is also some more Cool stuff to try on top of the MeeGo image.

I want to help!

New page: ARM/N900/Developers created for DE developers, please start using it.

Willing to contribute the code to DE/MeeGo, but wondering where to start from? Learn the ropes from the MeeGo experts! This material (meego developer's journey) gives the overview on the daily development workflow. Thanks Fathi Boudra & Markus Lehtonen for the contribution. Also any suggestion where to locate the links to this material is appreciated (Jukka: make the material to wiki, and start forming the ARM/N900/Developers with that.

Some more concrete steps:

• Join meego-porting@meego.com and meego-handset@meego.com mailing lists
• Hang out in #meego-arm IRC channel on irc.freenode.net
• Follow acceptance testing reports and see if there's anything of your interest you'd like to work on.
• Play a little with Tablet UX pre-alpha as it's possible the same applications will be replacing some of the Handset UX ones. Experiments are being tried with the Tablet UX on N900. Find more details on ARM/N900/TabletUX.
• Look into learning QML if you haven't already.
• To contribute fixed see ARM/N900/ReleaseProcess.
• Would like to contribute the test cases? You will find the useful information here.
• Would like to contribute artwork? See ARM/N900/Artwork.

FAQ

Q. Let's assume my bug fix was accepted only in the DE, but rejected in the official 1.2. What do we do with the bug?
A. Submit the fix to 1.3. Change the status to "RESOLVED". Comment that the fix is available in DE & 1.3.

Q. Which SD card should I be using?
A. Class 6 and higher. The class has the impact on the performance.

Q. Where can I download the N900 DE release?
A. See install instructions

Q. What is the UI of DE going to be?
A. Based on what's available on MeeGo trunk. At the moment we work with the MeeGo 1.1-originated Handset UX and apps. We are evaluating the new Tablet-originated UX and apps (see ARM/N900/TabletUX). This is still to be decided, and there might be even multiple options for the user to select.

Ideas, feedback etc.

Please add stuff to the Ideas page.