Nokia N800 Internet Tablet First Thoughts Review
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| Conclusion
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| * From a software standpoint, I don't think the N800 is a huge
| step-up from the 770. However, its hardware is noticeably better.
| * I'm glad to see that Nokia seems committed to making its
| Internet Tablet line the best that it can be.
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http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=698
Related:
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| The world's largest mobile manufacturer Nokia looks to have scored a
| major hit with a new wireless device that doesn't have any phone
| functionality. The Finnish firm announced on Wednesday that, against
| its expectations, it is to increase production of its 770 Internet
| Tablet handheld after achieving huge online sales since its launch
| in early November. In fact, demand for the product in Europe and
| the US is so great that the company has currently run out of
| stock and customers are facing a minimum two-week wait for the device.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/05/electric_nokia770/index%2Ehtml
Linux-powered Nokia 770 handheld applications
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| Several categories of programs run on the 770. Already loaded on the
| device at the factory are a slim version of the popular Opera Web browser,
| an audio player, a video player, a news reader, an email client, and
| various assorted desktop support tools are all part of the default
| offering.
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| A second category includes mature programs that have been ported over
| from other platforms, but which are not included in the default
| production build. These include a VNC viewer/server, an FTP client, an
| X terminal server, an IRC client, numerous games, and a large
| collection of system-related tools. Some of these programs have
| pseudo-familiar GUIs, while others run from the command line. Note that
| the default production build hides much of the system-level operation
| of the device and keeps the user in the desktop GUI model.
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| A third category includes programs that are in active development, but
| may not be quite ready for prime time. They include Asterisk, rdesktop,
| kismet, J-Pilot, and Tcl/Tk. There are also several "planned" and
| "wishlist" applications, but they are vaporware at this point. As
| of this writing, there were 103 programs listed in the matures
| oftware category, and 73 in the active development category.
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http://hardware.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/02/1426210&from=rss
Nokia 770 to get phone capabilities
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| Nokia surprised many commentators last year by releasing a mobile device
| that did not have any phone capabilities. However, recently released
| software means the 770 internet tablet can now be used as a phone
| after all.
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| The tablet is an 802.11b/g Wi-Fi-connected Linux computer, intended
| for browsing the web. It?s popular among high-end users who like to use
| it as an open platform to work with.
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsid=6551
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