Using ultra-mobile Linux with a Nokia Internet Tablet (video)
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 204.131.165.130]
on May 12, 2008 06:56 PM
These things are amazing. I use an N800, and seriously, it is the most useful purchase I have ever made. I think Linux and computing in general could learn a lot of things from these little Nokia devices.
First off, installing software is easy, a matter of a couple of clicks, even if it isn't in the repos to begin with. Everything just works, there's no underlying nonsense that you have to bother with, and it looks great. The OS is also creatively executed and original and well-suited to the device.
Computers are heading in this direction - I can play music, watch videos, make calls(videocalls too), surf the net, see maps for a destination, play games, remote into my home computer, read ebooks, generally with most of the functionality of a PC. Way better interface than a cellphone, way more portable than a laptop. The computer starts to reach true potential in this format.
The kicker with all of this is that Nokia's Internet Tablets up to this point have been basically beta's or design studies, so that they can figure out the in's and out's of the devices and the market. They haven't marketed them heavily and haven't focused on mass sales yet. The device I anticipate in the next few years will be the culmination of the previous designs. Amazing stuff.
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Using ultra-mobile Linux with a Nokia Internet Tablet (video)
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 204.131.165.130] on May 12, 2008 06:56 PMFirst off, installing software is easy, a matter of a couple of clicks, even if it isn't in the repos to begin with. Everything just works, there's no underlying nonsense that you have to bother with, and it looks great. The OS is also creatively executed and original and well-suited to the device.
Computers are heading in this direction - I can play music, watch videos, make calls(videocalls too), surf the net, see maps for a destination, play games, remote into my home computer, read ebooks, generally with most of the functionality of a PC. Way better interface than a cellphone, way more portable than a laptop. The computer starts to reach true potential in this format.
The kicker with all of this is that Nokia's Internet Tablets up to this point have been basically beta's or design studies, so that they can figure out the in's and out's of the devices and the market. They haven't marketed them heavily and haven't focused on mass sales yet. The device I anticipate in the next few years will be the culmination of the previous designs. Amazing stuff.
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