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Windows 3.1 Runs On Nokia N95
ubergizmo.com - 2/24/2009
Windows 3.1 Runs On Nokia N95
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While we know that cell phones these days harness far more computing power than desktops of old, we guess it has never really sunk in that we would see Windows 3.1 run on the Nokia N95. The installation of Windows 3.1 on this platform is not native, but it still chugs along nicely for the ...
osnews.com - 2/24/2009
Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N95
— osnews.com — Icon In what can only be called "totally frakking awesome", someone installed Microsoft Windows 3.1 on a... Nokia N95 . By using DOSBox , Polish developer Marcin-PRV was able to install the ageing operating system on the Symbian-powered smartphone, ... (more) Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N95

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Nokia N95 runs Windows 3.1, brings back old memories
mobilewhack.com - 2/24/2009
Nokia N95 runs Windows 3.1, brings back old memories
— mobilewhack.com — A Polish developer going by the handle of Marcin-PRV has done what can only be termed as... useless, if not for a tiny dose of nostalgic introspection when Windows 3.1 brought us the graphic interface that we are so accustomed to today. Using DOSBox, a ... (more) Nokia N95 runs Windows 3.1, brings back old memories

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Windows 3.1 Runs On a Nokia N95, Creating Dangerous Ripple in Space-Time [Cellphones]
i.gizmodo.com - 2/24/2009
Windows 3.1 Runs On a Nokia N95, Creating Dangerous Ripple in Space-Time [Cellphones]
— i.gizmodo.com — http://www.frazpc.pl/b/232621 Oh, the beeper-wearing, big-glasses-having software engineers that designed Windows 3.x never could have foreseen this: an... industrious young Pole has installed the OS on his futuristic "Enn Ninety-Five" hand-held ... (more) Windows 3.1 Runs On a Nokia N95, Creating Dangerous ...

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IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis:  Windows 3.1 and Nokia N95, together at last!

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Windows 3.1 and Nokia N95, together at last!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... he just could. With help from DOSbox to emulate the x86 processor that Windows needs for a complaint-free install, Marcin-PRV proves, once again, that cellphones these days pack more power than desktop computers from just a decade ago. While it may not be practical or even applicable to real use, seeing Windows 3.1 on the Nokia N95 just tickles us silly. [Via: ubergizmo] Related News from IntoMobile: ...

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Windows 3.1 running on Nokia N95 is both awesome and depressing
engadget.com 2/24/2009 — If these screenshots are to be believed, then an ironic hacker has successfully installed Windows 3.1 onto a Nokia N95 handset. Marchin-PRV used DOSBox to emulate the x86-class processor on the Symbian handset in order to install Microsoft's 1992 ...
Windows 95 3.1 on a Nokia N95
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Windows 3.1 en un Nokia N95 — Gizmología
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Microsoft Windows 3.1 installed and running on Nokia N95 smart phone with Symbian S60 - Screenshot — D' Technology Weblog
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Windows 3.1 sur un Nokia N95 — w3sh magazine
Un développeur polonais a réussi à installer ce bon vieux Windows 3.1 sur un Nokia N95 en utilisant l’application DOSBox. Marcin-PRV a donc réussi à faire fonctionner Windows 3.1 et Symbian côté à côte. Voici les instructions de la procédure en anglais. 1992 était l’année du ...
Windows Mobile 3.1 remembered on Nokia N95 — Phones Review
Today we take a trip down memory lane with a Polish developer known as Marcin-PRV who has for some nostalgic reason or another installed the aging Windows Mobile 3.1 OS onto a Symbian smartphone, the Nokia N95 and thus allowing both operating systems to run in tandem. Now just why he would do ...
Windows 3.1 corriendo en un Nokia N95 — Celularis
Un desarrollador polaco ha logrado un éxito muy importante desde lo técnico pero inútil desde lo práctico : logró ejecutar Windows 3.1 en un Nokia N95. Algo similar se hizo hace algunos meses cuando vimos un Windows 3.1 corriendo en un Nokia N810 . Para emular los requerimientos del ...
Windows 3.1 on a Nokia N95 — Boing Boing Gadgets
The hidden secret of Nokia's naming scheme, finally revealed : the model number os ROT-1 on editions of Microsoft Windows. Can't wait for the NVISTA (which shall be Windows XP) [OSNews via Engadget and Gizmodo ]
Windows 95 on a Nokia N95 — Boing Boing Gadgets
The hidden secret of Nokia's naming scheme, finally revealed ! Can't wait for the NXP! Or, indeed, the Nokia NOSX. [OSNews via Engadget and Gizmodo ]
JAJAH brings its VoIP solution to Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian — IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis
JAJAH announced that it is bringing its mobile VoIP offering to the users of Windows Mobile, BlackBerry ( NSDQ: RIMM ) and Symbian-based smartphones. The new services remind on JAJAH’s earlier iPod Touch offering and are offered as white label solution to enable carriers and non-carriers ...
Nokia N95 runs Windows 3.1 — Gadget Venue
I spotted a few pictures today of an old familiar logo and operating system. The Windows 3.1 OS was running on a Nokia N95 though… how strange but cool at the same time. The hacker managed to run DOSBox to emulate an x86 class processor on a Symbian device (the N95). Once accomplished ...
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Mobile World Congress is over and one of the biggest news (other than the disappointing Symbian based OmniaHD and Diamond2 robbery )  was the announcement of Windows Mobile 6.5 . Windows Mobile 6.5 includes a lot of improvements, from the obvious (now standard) features like finger ...