Modest is a free, open-source, email client developed by Nokia's maemo project. Small and lightweight, it is intended for use on hardware with “modest” resources, in particular Nokia's N800 and N810 Internet Tablets running Internet Tablet OS 2008, as well as the N900 mobile phone running Maemo. Modest is based on the lightweight Tinymail email framework.
History
Modest was released as a public beta on December 11, 2007,1 and received weekly updates until its first official release as part of the Diablo release of Internet Tablet OS 2008.2 It replaced the previous email client osso-email. It is the default built-in email program for the Nokia N900 running Maemo 5.
See also
- Free and open-source software portal
- Maemo
- Tinymail
- Comparison of email clients
External links
References
"Modest Beta for OS2008 Now Out". Archived from the original on 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2008-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20080419164133/http://www.internettablettalk.com/2007/12/11/modest-beta-for-os2008-now-out/ ↩
"OS2008 Feature Upgrade: Reflash Your Tablet (for the last time?)". Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20080730045426/http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/os2008_feature_upgrade-reflash_your_tablet-for_the_last_time.html ↩