nokia 7700 tablet
New announcements from Nokia are never anything to take too much notice of as they seem to be ten-a-minute; but this one is an exception - the Nokia 7700 Tablet has both a design and feature set that has taken strides away from conventional internet devices.
The most striking item to note is that it is not a phone. But voice communicationas have not been neglected, as this can be handled by its native support of Voice over IP (VOIP). It seems that all of its major features will be internet driven primarily being served by wireless connectivtiy (802.11b to be exact).
Mobile Burn has the scoop on the innards, but it is a bold move from Nokia in embracing open standards: the GUI is running a modified Gnome derivative called maemo, while the OS is Debian (and to cap it off, this was debuted at the Linux World show in New York).
As wireless networking becomes more widely spread, it will be telling to see how different computing devices will be able to interface and share information with each other. Having an open source tablet, continues the progress towards the wireless-but-connected home - or custom built automation.
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on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at 11:22 pm.
