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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Im Vikas.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">I got the information from Wikipedia that Nokia N800 uses Maemo</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3.0</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> in the form</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">of Internet</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> Tablet OS 2007</SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> I guess this means that </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Maemo is almost a complete package with which a phone can</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">have</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">very basic functionalities</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Now, the library</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">stack of Maemo3.0 looks like this</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">according</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> to Wikipedia</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> Hildon-------------------------------------Topmost layer</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> GTK+, D-Bus </SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> X Window System</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> Debian </SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">GNU/Linux---------------------------------Lowest layer</SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Now if I put the above open source components on a hardware platform (an appropriate board with LCD display, used for development, not the phone’s board)</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">and then install Maemo3.0 on top of it, will I see the very basic GUI of the mobile phone and develop further????????????</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">If yes, please let me know which hardware board to use for this experimentation.</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Please let me know…</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Thank you,</SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us">Vikas N.R</SPAN></P>
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<P ALIGN=LEFT><I><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#5F5F5F" SIZE=5 FACE="Brush Script MT">Hav fun...</FONT></SPAN></I><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I></I></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><I></I></SPAN><I><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></I></P>
<P ALIGN=LEFT><I><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT COLOR="#FF0000" SIZE=6 FACE="Brush Script MT">Vikas n.r</FONT></SPAN></I></P>
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