Since my commute went from 15 to 45 minutes, I've been catching more podcasts to get me to and from work. Here are my favorites.

• This Week in Tech - I've mentioned TWiT on this blog before. They do some in-depth discussion on the last week's tech news.
  
• Daily GizWiz - Dick DeBartolo and Leo Laporte talk about current gadgets for four days per week then on "Gadget Warehouse Friday" talk about some ancient gadget. I am putting together something about my ancient SPOT watch to send over. These guys are funny. This is also at TWiT.tv.
• Tekzilla - I've mentioned Tekzilla before too and was lucky when Veronica took the interview for the third anniversary special. I wish this was an audio-only podcast, though. Watching video while driving in Phoenix is a BAD idea.
  
• Buzz Out Loud - CNET's podcast on daily tech news. More interesting than the news itself is the banter and arguments they get in over the direction of the technology.

I just need more MINUTES of podcasts now to fill my morning commute. Suggest something to me?

One of the major criticisms of the first edition Palm OS/Internet Tablet work by Access Garnet was the lack of full-screen support. Garnet VM Beta 2 (available for download here) fixes that.

To get Palm OS running on your tablet, follow the link above and fill out the form. This can be done over your desktop PC as the actual download link is sent over Email. I like how the form default for Email options is OFF. Generally, you have to un-check a box if you don't want extra Email. The Email it DOES send you takes you to the download page and the 1.4 MB package is loaded by the Application Manager.

There is already healthy discussion on what works and does not over at the InternetTabletTalk forums. Head over and join the discussion.

If you like Internet Tablets enough to work on them for a living, check out Quim Gil's announcement of a "Jobs" section of maemo.org. Sadly, there's no job listing for "Rabid Fanboy" so I won't be applying for work at Nokia.

Speaking of jobs - My day job got bought out by a company in Dallas and they're closing this office in Phoenix at the end of July. If you're hiring a Linux guru or blogger in Phoenix, I know one who will be available!

After last Thursday's onslaught of posts, I switched the site feed to "short" to avoid overwhelming your RSS readers. Now that most readers are caught up, I switched the site feed to "full posts" so all content is back in your RSS reader.

In my last series of posts on the three-year history of the Nokia Internet Tablets, I interviewed Ari Jaaksi, Veronica Belmont, and Reggie Suplido. Those interviews were fun, but what I'd like to do now is interview YOU - my readers!

Pick a question from any one of the interviews and answer it here in the comments. I think it'd be nice to get readers discussing any of the questions I put forth to my guests.

This post is part of a series celebrating the third anniversary of the Nokia 770 launch:

1. Introduction and more
   
2. Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi
3. Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk
4. An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla (You are here.)
5. A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008

To properly put the Internet Tablets into perspective, I wanted to get some thoughts from someone "in the know" but outside the immediate Internet Tablet family. As a special treat, Veronica Belmont of Revision3's Tekzilla (and many other projects, including Mahalo Daily, Buzz Out Loud, Crave and more) took some time to answer questions on this platform and style of device. Thank you, Veronica!

This post is part of a series celebrating the third anniversary of the Nokia 770 launch:

1. Introduction and more
   
2. Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi
3. Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk
4. An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla
5. A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008 (You are here.)

The following is a time-line of notable events in the Internet Tablet evolution since the announcement of the Nokia 770. This is not a comprehensive list by far so readers are encouraged to include their favorite developments and when they happened.

This post is part of a series celebrating the third anniversary of the Nokia 770 launch:

1. Introduction and more
   
2. Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi
3. Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk (You are here.)
4. An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla
5. A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008

Behind any great Linux project is a community and the Nokia Internet Tablets are no exception. In addition to the developer resources from the maemo team, the Internet Tablet family has grown together on the forums of InternetTabletTalk.

This post is part of a series celebrating the third anniversary of the Nokia 770 launch:

1. Introduction and more
   
2. Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi (You are here.)
3. Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk
4. An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla
5. A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008

When I first met Dr. Ari Jaaksi (left) in the photo above. we were talking about the day-0ld Nokia N800 Internet Tablet. He is the Director of Open Source Operations at Nokia and a champion of Linux devices within Nokia. For this Third Anniversary special, he lends us a bit of his time for a nice light-hearted interview.

On May 25, 2005, Nokia took stage at LinuxWorld in New York and announced their new product. It was a Nokia, but not a phone. It was a slate-sized touchscreen device, but not a PDA. It was something new. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. A what?

Nokia 770 reviews like this one at MobileBurn had the same initial reaction as much of the public: What is it and why? After some time experimenting, the tech geeks learned to understand and embrace the idea of a device made specifically to consume Internet content through a WiFi (or phone-tethered Bluetooth) connection. Developers started embracing the open-source software base and Nokia started listening to everyone talk about it. What happened next is evolution. There are now four Nokia Internet Tablets (that we know of) and hundreds of applications available for the platform. Here at TabletBlog, I want to celebrate Nokia's third anniversary of the Nokia 770 launch by giving my readers some special treats. This comes in five parts:

1. Introduction and more (You are here.)
   
2. Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi
   
3. Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk
4. An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla
5. A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008

Looking into the future, we see Diablo (the next Nokia Internet Tablet operating system revision) coming and likely more Internet Tablet revisions along the way. Other companies are taking Nokia's example by producing what they call MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) as small, Linux based touchscreen web browsers. Intel, a big presence behind the MID development, even shares source code back and forth with Nokia's maemo team.

What is the future for Internet Tablets? The 770 was a the tip of the iceberg. The way we once used the internet will smack into that iceberg, sink, and change forever. It's already happening. I hope you enjoy this 3rd anniversary post as much as I enjoyed putting it together for you.

Happy 3rd anniversary, Nokia Internet Tablets. I know this celebration is a few days early but I want you to take Sunday off to relax.