Revision as of 10:21, 21 March 2011

MeeGo 1.2 Developer Edition for N900

Target

Target is to make a Developer Edition of MeeGo for the Nokia N900 device. Flashed with this edition N900 will be usable as a primary phone device for a developer/hacker person. This will not be something for regular end users.

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 trunk content. MeeGo features are found in bugzilla.

You can join the development and discussion at the meego-handset mailing list and in IRC (#meego-arm @freenode).

Use cases (do not edit these directly, instead add feedback to the bottom of page)

These use cases shall be the prominent ones in the device Home screen. In addition there will be separate folder containing other available Handset apps from repositories, and there is a possibility to promote any app to the main view if the non-functional targets are met.

Voice calls

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

SMS

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

Browser use over WLAN

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

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.

Status

See the Status page for reports.

Organization

• Core team is being formed in and around Nokia.
• Program lead: Mika Leppinen
  • R&D lead: Makoto Sugano
    • Voice/SMS team lead: Sami Raatikainen
    • Browser and Wlan team lead: Vesa-Matti Hartikainen
    • Common SW team lead: Harri Hakulinen, including current N900 HW adaptation team.
    • Architect: Mikko Ylinen
    • Release & integration: Alexander Kanevskiy, Eric Le Roux
  • QA lead: Jake Kunnari
  • Product management: Jukka Eklund, Sami Pienimäki

• Community involvement is very desirable, and there will lots of areas to contribute.

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.

More information

• N900 Handset images: weekly build, Trunk-daily, Trunk-Testing
• See the release engineering repository list for explanation of different images. For recommended installation instructions see the article on dual boot intallation.
• Developer edition images: TBD. Cool stuff to try.
• Flashing instructions: http://wiki.meego.com/ARM/N900/Install/MMC
  • Connect to Wlan: Settings->Applications->WiFiApplet

I want to help!

Great :) We will have specific areas listed where we would need help. For now, try the N900 Handset image, and file or fix the bugs you see.

If you're looking for concrete initial steps while the project is getting ramped up:

• 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 likely the same applications will be replacing some of the Handset UX ones
• Look into learning QML if you haven't already

Ideas, feedback etc.

Please add stuff to the Ideas page.