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Nokia N810 Internet Tablet running Internet Tablet OS 2008
Nokia Internet Tablets is the name given to a range of Nokia mobile Internet appliances products. These tablets fall in the range between a personal digital assistant (PDA) and an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), and slightly below Intel's Mobile Internet device (MID).[1]
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Maemo
Main article: Maemo (operating system)Nokia Internet Tablets run the Debian Linux-based Maemo, which draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project. It uses the embedded-targeted Matchbox as its window manager it uses Hildon, a lightweight GTK-based toolkit designed for handheld devices, as its GUI and application framework.
Alternative distributions
Maemo can be replaced entirely by a number of other Linux distributions.
- NITdroid is a port of Google's Android.[2]
- Ubuntu has been ported.[3]
- Mer is a new distribution created by combining Ubuntu with the open source packages from Maemo.[4]
- Gentoo an unofficial port of Gentoo Linux is available.[5][6]
Models
Model Processor Memory (RAM) Storage (flash) Display Operating system version Connectivity Memory card Power Weight, dimensions Retail availability 770 ARM TI OMAP1710 (252 MHz) 64 MB 128 MB 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2005/6, OS2007/8HE MiniUSB, 802.11g, Bluetooth 1.2 1 RS-MMC slot II BP-5L Li-Po 1500 mAh 230g, 141x79x19 mm November 2005 N800 ARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) (originally under-clocked to (330 MHz) in OS2007) 128 MB 256 MB 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2007/8 MiniUSB OTG, 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 2 x SD slots with SDHC BP-5L Li-Po 1500 mAh 206g, 144x75x13(/18) mm January 2007 N810 ARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) 128 MB 256 MB + 2 GB internal 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2008 MicroUSB OTG, 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 1 x MiniSD slot with SDHC BP-4L Li-Po 1500 mAh 226g, 128x72x14 mm October 2007 N810 WiMAX Edition ARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) 128 MB 256 MB + 2 GB internal 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2008 MicroUSB OTG, 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0, WiMAX 1 x MiniSD slot with SDHC BP-4L Li-Po 1500 mAh 229g, 128x72x16 mm April 2008 N900 (not marketed as an Internet Tablet)[7] ARM TI OMAP3430 (600 MHz) 256 MB 256 MB + 32 GB internal 800 x 480
(color depth TBA)Maemo 5 MicroUSB, 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, AV connector 3.5mm, TV-out, FM transmitter, GPS 1 x microSD slot with SDHC BL-5J 1320mAh 181g, 110.9×59.8×18 mm November 2009[8] Notes
- ^ Nokia N-series
- ^ "NITdroidAndroid operating system for Nokia Internet Tablets (NITs)". http://guug.org/nit/nitdroid/.
- ^ "Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) for the Nokia Internet Tablets". http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25975.
- ^ "Mer - An open, community-led, Linux distribution for mobile devices". http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer.
- ^ "Gentoo on N8X0". http://slonopotamus.org/gentoo-on-n8x0.
- ^ "Installing/Running Gentoo on the Nokia N810". http://nosocomia.com:8099/n810-gentoo/.
- ^ Nokia leaving Maemo's tablet roots behind with N900 phone
- ^ Nokia Press Release, N900 is now available to US consumers, 18 November 2009
See also
- Internet appliance
- Mobile Internet device
- Tablet computer
- WiMAX
- CrunchPad
- SmartQ 5
External links
- Ari Jaaksi's Blog, Nokia's director of open source software operations
- Internet Tablet Talk, an active web forum about Nokia's Internet Tablets
- Internet Tablet School, tutorials for Internet Tablet users
Categories:- Internet tablets
- Information appliances
- Nokia
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