Ubuntu on Nokia Internet tablets
After Google’s Android mobile OS for Nokia N810 tablet, it looks like Nokia wants to get more flexible by using another OS. The Internet Tablet OS is about to get even more flexible with ports of Ubuntu and the Qt toolkit. Nokia is getting Qt developer Trolltech, thus it’s no surprise the Qt is making the jump, but it looks like it’ll be mostly a third-party-targeted framework, with the ITOS interface and bundled apps still using GTK+.
Nokia told Ars Technica that it’s exploring cross-platform possibilities between ITOS and Series60, and that it wants to see if GTK+ and Qt can coexist on the tablets like they do on the Linux desktop. That’s pretty ambitious for a low-powered tablet, but we’re all for more flexibility — which seems to be in the cards with the Nokia-sponsored port of Ubuntu to ARM. Several pre-Hardy Heron versions have been ported and run off SD cards, if you’re feeling adventurous — we’re not sure what the advantages are, but it’s nice to know that Nokia’s keeping things wide open.
Via: Engadget
Next generation with WiMax: Nokia N810 Tablet
In the beginning of this month, next generation N810 Internet tablet was showed off, now with WiMax access, giving even advanced rapidity browsing than Wi-Fi enables.
Intended for those overlook, the Nokia N810 internet tablet was shocking when it was released, . If you’re newbie to the entire tablet line up, it’s a series of Linux-based multifunctional devices that can do music, video, games, navigation, and whatever else other Smart People can come up with.
The measurement is more or less the equal, except for the “slight bulge on the back for the WiMax antenna.” (a bulge that amounts to .08 inches thicker) The adding up of WiMAX is just an extra layer of connectivity on top of the WLAN/wi-fi or going through your phone via Bluetooth. You also get Internet Tablet OS 2008 and support for 10GB SD cards (versus the older N810’s support for cards up to 8GB) if that floats your boat.
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