Todoy - sketched alarm & schedule app
andrea cadeddu has released an innovative new todo list, scheduler and alarm clock: Todoy is my secretary [...] It looks just as drawing application, but has some pepper inside: The main idea is to draw around the clock image, for fast setup of your daily todos/appointments. And this is just the sketch mode. But the idea around this template was so intuitive (imho) that I decide to add also an AUTO mode, that has proven to be amazing: just draw your finger around the clock, wrote in text field and press enter. That's it! new appointment added. The app is currently available through Extras-devel, so care should be taken when testing it and ensure you don't upgrade any other packages unintentionally whilst it's enabled.
DigiClock widget for Maemo 5
Alek Terekhov has announced a simple desktop widget showing time in digital format. I don't like analog clocks and haven't found any digital one. The widget uses battery-saving best practices and is fairly configurable. If you're happy installing Extras-devel packages and want a large, configurable, digital clock on your Maemo 5 desktop, it may be worth a look.
Situare allows location sharing and friend-finding through Facebook
Situare is a new application from Jussi Laitinen that allows users to share geolocation data with their contacts using Facebook. Situare application introduces a concept of social locating. It allows users to view, update and share their location using Facebook accounts. Situare utilizes OpenStreetMap database for mapping, CloudMade for route calculation and device GPS for automatic locating. The application is currently available from Extras-devel, so only those testers who wish to entrust their location data to a development release should apply.
Nokia's "Here and Now" service on N900
One of your editors, Andrew Flegg, has created a wrapper for Nokia's new Here and Now web application: Nokia's N8, a Symbian^3 device, comes with a service called Here and Now. This reads the cell tower information you're currently connected to and opens a web page detailing the current events (cinema listings and weather, for example) near you. I've done a quick port to Maemo 5 and the N900. Given the simplicity of deploying web-based applications to Maemo, one wonders why Nokia didn't bother going to the effort to do it themselves. Whatever the reason, Andrew's answer is available in Extras-testing so go test and vote.