Thoughtfix tells us there are 100 million registered Skype users. So when people wonder what the advantage of having Skype is, it’s to take advantage of the network effect. Walkaround internet calls, to lots of people, anywhere, at no cost and anybody at all for a low cost. ... [More]

Artur Souza (aka MoRpHeUz) of INdT has announced Video Center for Maemo. Video Center provides a video library feature to the Nokia Internet Tablet that lets you catalog videos stored internally and in MMC cards, as well as connect to other video sources such as RSS video feeds, internet TV, and connect to devices that support remote EPG... [More]

Nokia announced today that it intends to acquire NAVTEQ for $8.1 billion. NAVTEQ is a leading provider of navigation maps commonly seen in mobile navigation devices from Garmin as well as on-board automobile navigation systems found in Audis, BMWs, Mercedes-Benzs, Jaguars, Porsches, and Volvos, to name a few. I like this move from Nokia.... [More]

N800 firmware update time… From Maemo: Nokia has released a new version of the Internet Tablet OS 2007 edition, available now for download. This new release (version number 4.2007.38-2) provides a software fix for a bug which may have appeared while copying large amount of data over-the-air or from external SDHC memory card to inter... [More]

Devicescape announced today support for the Nokia Internet Tablets (for both the 770 and the N800), offering effort-less WiFi connectivity to 100,000 international free and paid WiFi hotspots. In order for Devicescape to give you automatic Wi-Fi hotspot access, a small application must first be downloaded to your device or pre-installed ... [More]

Hold on to your seats as Nokia might be launching something (hopefully the 3rd gen tablet) at Web 2.0 Summit happening from October 17 to 19 at San Francisco. Several (here, here, and here) have blogged about the event already. The big clue is on the Wednesday evening schedule of the event: Nokia is the main host for the Progressive Suit... [More]

Ok, two rumors here. First — ThoughtFix’s anonymous tipster points out a press release from Island Def Jam Music Group that mentions the new tablet that Nokia might announce this week — the Nokia N810. From the press release: The party, co-sponsored by Island Def Jam Music Group, mSpot and Nokia, will showcase IDJ Radio,... [More]

Nokia just released images of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet ahead of the scheduled announcement later today. We should get the actual specifications later for sure but for now, enjoy the eight Nokia N810 product images directly from Nokia. FYI, a new forum for Nokia N810 has been created. We also started a thread to post your Nokia N810... [More]

After a tiring but fun and exciting trip, I’m back home. This is the only time I got to take decent pics of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet — angles, what’s in the box, and comparison pics with the Nokia 770 and the Nokia N800. I hope you enjoy them. Initial impressions coming soon. An even higher-res set is now availabl... [More]

I haven’t held a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet in my hands, but it seems to me it represents some very astute decisions on the part of the Nokia team. The 770 and N800 tablets have the largest, highest-resolution screens of any device in the pocket-carryaround category. That comes from an awareness of the high frustration that accompan... [More]

Found this table at Forum Nokia: ... [More]

Talkster today announced that they are releasing a new application by next month that will be interfaced with Facebook so Facebook members can call other members, anywhere for free. From James Wanless, Talkster Co-Founder and COO: Talkster’s Free World Dialing application for Facebook lets you call other Facebook users all over the... [More]

Over at TabletBlog, thoughtfix ended his item comparing the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet Tablets with this note: “I realized that there’s more to a GPS than simple navigation. The Nokia N810 is a ‘location aware’ device and is open to location-based applications…. People can meet from across a rock festival w... [More]

I just did a quick price check at PriceGrabber and you can surprisingly now get a Nokia N800 internet Tablet for just $235.60 shipped. The cheapest price on the list (before tax and shipping) is just $224. It is already quite a steal to get the N800 at this price, considering it can be flashed later on with OS 2008. It would be interesti... [More]

Best news for me over the last ten days is the new MicroB Gecko-based browser for the Nokia internet tablets. As it happens, I’m just finishing writing my first Firefox extension.* I’m no magician, but I can manage a satisfactory amount of prestidigitation in Javascript. Having an appropriately scaled venue at last for my tale... [More]

On our very first podcast, Thoughtfix, Jonathan Greene, and I have talked about our Internet Tablet connectivity preferences. We would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on this matter. Do you ultimately prefer your tablet to be an “always on“, always connected, auto-bluetooth/WiFi switching device so you can immediately b... [More]

Shortly after the first internet tablet was announced but months before it was released, Nokia indicated that language support would not extend to Asian languges for space reasons. The OS needed to be trimmer. That decision was perfectly understandable. I’m sure many users will cheer the arrival of CJK capability. Anyway, the speake... [More]

At GigaOM, Alistair Croll explains what the Nokia Internet Tablet is all about — positioning Nokia to be completely ready for the open, walkaround web*. It’s not about selling more devices and making money now, but owning the market later. Croll cites Nokia’s Anssi Vanjoki, EVP of multimedia, as pointing to the overwhel... [More]

The New York Times (among many, I’m sure) is reporting Google’s “plunge” into the wireless world.Google, the Times says, is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers that could accelerate the convergence of computing and communications. The Times points out: Users w... [More]

You’ve heard the buzz about Mauku, the excellent Jaiku client for the Nokia Internet Tablet. Mauku v0.3.0 finally launches as an open source software tomorrow, Thursday, November 8, 2007. Hendrik Hedberg, the primary developer of Mauku, is holding a virtual celebration party over at the #mauku Jaiku channel at 16:00 GMT (11:00 am E... [More]

To celebrate the the launch of Internet Tablet OS 2008, we at Internet Tablet Talk have decided to refresh the look of the site and make it more current. We have added a new section called ‘Tablet 101‘ where we plan to post OS 2008 video tutorials and walkthroughs, as well as try to gather other tutorials from other Internet ... [More]

As I wrote recently, I’ve been working on a Firefox extension. And despite my meager skills as a programmer, the Mozilla development environment stoops just low enough for me to climb aboard and do my thing successfully. This past Friday, the Click SEAlang extension entered beta. Even if I do say so myself, it is (or will be) one of... [More]

ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc., formerly PalmSource, Inc. has just released Garnet VM Beta for the Nokia Internet Tablet. This virtual machine software lets you run the full Palm OS Garnet on any model of Nokia Internet Tablet (770, N800, N810), giving you full PIM functionality as well as let you install more than 30,000 free and commerc... [More]

We would like to kick off Tablet 101, the newest section of Internet Tablet Talk, with itT’s two-part Nokia N810 Walkthrough high-definition videos. Part I - the Nokia N810 on all its angles in HD, as well as side-by-side with the Nokia N800 and the Nokia 770 (11 minutes) Part II - the Nokia N810 and OS 2008, what’s new, and Rh... [More]

Nokia has filed a US patent application (dated November 8, 2007) on a device which seems to resemble an Internet Tablet. While it is still very early to know if this is a Symbian OS or Maemo-based device, a device with its look and features like a camera and a touch screen, as stated in the patent application, will almost surely belong ... [More]

In Wired’s Top 10 Gifts We’d Love to Get (December 2007 issue), the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet makes it to #2 on their list of gadgets they like Santa to bring them this holiday season: When Nokia introduced its first Internet tablet, all geekdom rejoiced at the prospect of an open source palmtop — complete with VGA camera â... [More]

The New York Times has a GPS focus in its Circuits section today — ten articles about GPS devices, free-standing and built-in, from accessories (solar panel charger) to innovative use (pet locator) to data-tracker (think: where did I take this photo?). Hundreds of column inches. Not a word on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, by the w... [More]

Nice post at wxBlog about Hildonizing wxGTK. Obviously, apps won’t be as small as using GTK natively, but it should make some ports more likely. Since XML Copy Editor, the open-source XML editor I am fanatic about, is built with wxWidgets, this might be a way to bring that fabulous app to the Nokia Internet Tablet. I don’t wa... [More]

The wire services have a story about a Canadian oilfield worker whose $10 unlimited browser plan with Bell Mobility has resulted in $85,000 in charges for surfing and downloading. Silly guy. What part of ‘unlimited browsing’ made him think his plan enabled unlimited internet use? Instead of reading the fine print in his contr... [More]

I’m a little late coming to this, but I ran across a blog by Dave Aiello at Operation Gadget about a three-part series on developing for the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet at IBM developerWorks. The series was written by Peter Seebach. Part 1: Developing for the Nokia N800, part 2: Accessing the Nokia N800 camera, and part 3: Auto-uploa... [More]