Ok guys, here’s the latest scoop I got from CES 2008. From talking with some Internet Tablet Product Managers at the Nokia booth, there seem to be some clear indication that a WiMAX Internet Tablet is coming soon. How soon? How about the second quarter of this year? Woohoo! It will be using Sprint’s WiMAX, now called XOHM WiMA... [More]

Ferenc Szekely of Maemo.org just sent out an email to the maemo-develpoers mailing list explaining why most of us experienced numerous problems downloading the OS2008 update, as well as the repository problems from our Internet Tablets: The infrastructure is built so that the content from repository.maemo.org is served thru a huge caching... [More]

My good pal, Matt Miller, The Moble Gadgeteer blogger over at ZDNet, gives a good demo and detailed instructions on how to tether the Nokia N95’s integrated GPS and modem with the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, all via Bluetooth. Basically, you need the Symarctic ExtGPS (beta) app installed on the N95 which will allow other devices... [More]

Despite the iPhone’s tremendous hype, we all know that it’s a small, small segment of the total mobile-phone market. According to IDC, a market research firm, iPhones comprise just 2 percent of smartphones — compared to the 63 percent powered by Symbian*. Interesting then that in December, Google reported, it had more in... [More]

On February’s Best Buy Mobile Buyer’s Guide, a full page Nokia ad shows a Nokia N810 Internet Tablet with a black keyboard. Is this the new upcoming WiMAX-enabled Internet Tablet? Other sites are reporting that the ad shows that it is labeled as N830. I used Best Buy’s flash viewer to zoom in and it is clearly labeled ... [More]

Being one man’s continuing quest for happiness despite years of unfulfillment I’ve been using computers a long time (don’t ask) and using microcomputers long before Microsoft even sold an OS. I was a DOS guy before I could afford a Macintosh, though I was using Macs at work starting back in 1985. And I happily benefitte... [More]

This screen capture shows the example application from Pete Savage’s how-to on getting Scratchbox working to compile and test software for the Nokia N800. A Maemo development environment, in other words. In my case, as noted in yesterday’s Me and Linux post, it’s been set up in andLinux running under Windows XP. The adv... [More]

I think maybe I mistitled the two posts I wrote recently about setting up a environment for internet tablet software development. No one read them. And maybe that’s because people don’t realize what they’re about. The most recent post was called Installing Scratchbox under andlinux and the earlier one was Me and Linux, r... [More]

It seems like folks from the Nokia Research Center Bochum in Germany are developing a project called “noBounds” that provides a low-power solution for mobile users to expand Smartphone and Internet Tablet screens to higher resolution external displays such as high definition (HD) panels, projectors, and near-to-eye displa... [More]

Ok, there’s no official announcement yet but Nokia has again let the cat out of the bag a bit too early — four days too early to be exact as we can probably guess that the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet - WiMAX Edition will be announced at CTIA at Las Vegas on April 1. Eagle eyed itT member and owner of Internet Tablet Schoo... [More]

I have some computer smarts, but sometimes I’m baffled by the Nokia Internet Tablet. There are some things I just don’t understand about the tablets (or their OS or the pre-installed apps): Why I can’t construct a playlist in the Media player? You’d think this would be a no-brainer. I just want to grab 5 or 6 of t... [More]

itT was lucky enough to be among the first ones to try out the new HAVA Player for the Nokia Internet Tablet from Monsoon Multimedia, Inc. Basically, the HAVA Player lets you take your TV anywhere and access your DVR, Cable, or Satellite boxes (standard and HD channels) connected to a HAVA appliance at home, via the Nokia Internet Tablet,... [More]

You’ve all seen the press release and the official product page. Below are some additional information I got at CTIA about the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition: It will run Diablo. Update for N810 and N800 coming. The email client is now Modest. There are no finalized rates/plans yet for XOHM (WiMAX). Over-the-air update is now built-in. B... [More]

We just received a quick note from Quim Gil about Maemo.org’s participation this year at LinuxTag 2008, a Linux and open Source exhibition, at Berlin, Germany.  This is a great opportunity for Maemo.org to become more visibile, as well as showcase the best Maemo applications, and its current and future plans. There is currently a ... [More]

I just read a post that I think others would be interested to see. In a thread about the MyPaint application, forum member MobileDivide wrote that “[MyPaint] and Numptyphysics have redefined my tablet use over the last few days.” I can believe it. MyPaint is a “small [Hildonized] pressure-sensitive painting application w... [More]

Here’s an exclusive at Internet Tablet Talk. We were able to get permission from Nokia to play the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition launch video here at itT. Enjoy! Please do not embed, copy, or distribute this video without proper permission from Nokia. If you haven’t seen the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition in action and the side-by-side ... [More]

Every time I mention the Nokia Internet Tablets — on the web or in conversation — I always describe them as running “a full Debian Linux (modified to be aware of the hardware keys).” I used to say “virtual keyboard and hardware keys” but the N810 obviates that. This passes the truth-in-advertising test,... [More]

Why web pads, internet tablets and ultra-mobiles aren’t the same thing Ari Jaaksi famously announced the walkaround web in November 2005 when he pointed out that surfing wasn’t stationary any more than phone calls were. Cellphones had untethered calling, and a device like the first Nokia Internet Tablet meant the internet was... [More]

You must have all seen the video that I made of the HAVA Player for the Internet Tablet in action. If this is an Internet Tablet feature that interests you, you can then participate on Monsoon Multimedia’s HAVA beta program to get an advance copy of the software as well as help better the software. As a beta participant, you can av... [More]

Dan Gentleman (aka Thoughtfix) turns back the time and publishes an article on how all the Internet Tablet craze started. He interviews Ari Jaaksi, yours truly (with a lot of embedded member pics!), and a special guest. Check out also his excellent Internet Tablet timeline post. Thanks for reminding us how everything started Dan! ... [More]

Quim Gil has just posted his Maemo LinuxTag Update slides. I would have wanted to hear what he had to say about Diablo, Fremantle, and Harmattan but I guess this slide says a lot: maemo.org is also hosting a brainstorming session for the next ten days to talk about the future of maemo.org. It aims to consolidate feedback from developers ... [More]

Great news! Access just released Garnet VM Beta 2 adding fullscreen support as well as MathLib support. Please verify and report any other enhancements that you find! Since our launch in November 2007, the ACCESS Garnet VM Beta for Nokia Nseries can boast over 15,000 downloads! Like you, thousands of Garnet VM users around the world stil... [More]

I’ve just had a crisis of convictions — returning my laptop to the publishing firm I’ve worked for since 2001 meant I needed to buy a computer quick. And the deciding point came down to this: How much computing power did I need away from home? You have to know that my friends expect me to separate from them when boarding... [More]

In a few hours from now, Dr. Ari Jaaksi, Nokia Director of Open Source Operations is scheduled to present his 30-minute keynote over at Handsets World in Berlin Germany on “Nokia’s Vision for Wireless Handsets”. The schedule lists his talk as follows: What are the attributes of wireless handsets going forward? What do user... [More]

Nokia is quite serious in redefining the Maemo brand and maemo.org, the community behind Maemo, is holding a maemo.org logo contest (pending proposal approval). If you happen have an eye on simplicity and comfortable in using fonts with open license, design and submit a new maemo.org logo before August July 27, 2008 and you can win yours... [More]

The maemo.org logo contest that is going on — like others, I received four email messages about it — got me thinking: How do you express the ideas of a community in a name and in a logo? Actually, I mean both “the idea of a community” and “the ideas” of that community when I think about this. It’s... [More]

Yay, Diablo has been released! Nokia has just released new firmware upgrades for the Nokia N810 and N800 Internet Tablets that adds a Seamless Software Upgrade Feature. Based on Maemo 4.1 (Diablo),  the new OS2008 feature upgrade lets you now perform future OS upgrades over-the-air (WLAN only). A new automatic notification from the home ... [More]

Good news! The folks from fring just announced today that the first version of fring for the Internet Tablet is now available for download. For those who are not familiar with fring, it lets you make free calls and live chat with all your fring, Skype, MSN Messenger, Google Talk, ICQ, SIP, Twitter, Yahoo! and AIM friends. fring is availab... [More]

Developer Justin Dolske has compiled Thunderbird (aka Shredder) on Maemo and checkout the results: How’s it run? Fairly well, from my brief testing. The UI isn’t optimized for small-screen mobile usage, but it seemed responsive enough that I’ll try using it in coming days. I wish he would share his experiment. Read his full blog en... [More]

To commemorate Mauku’s first anniversary, head developer Henrik Hedberg has released a new version of Mauku, now adding Twitter support. Twitter tweets are displayed in green and Jaikus are in yellow.   You can get the pre-release version (v. 0.4.2.2) already at the unstable repository (change user to unstable in the repository set... [More]

After a month and a half and hundreds of submissions from 62 members of the Maemo community, the new maemo.org logo has been chosen: The  logo is from Glauber de Oliveira Costa (aka glaoliver) of the INdT team, who wins a trip to the Maemo Summit at Berlin and the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition. Glauber also provided someÂ... [More]

Internet Tablet Talk gets about 700 new members per month. Out of those 700 new members, only a small percentage actually post a question or join the discussion in the forums. We think that majority of the new members would search the forums for answers but then end up reading replies that are too technical that make them uncomfortable t... [More]

Three years ago, the Nokia Internet Tablet was revolutionary: it had a screen wide enough to display a web page, it cost way less than you’d expect, it was meant for carrying around in a way that no laptop/notebook ever had been. WiFi was engendering the walkaround web. Add a webcam, GPS, keyboard; make it faster, more reliable; kee... [More]

I’m sure a lot of you who are also members of maemo.org have received voting instructions already from Dave Neary. Just to remind everyone, voting for the maemo.org Community Council will only run from September 2 to 10. The candidates are as follows (see full declarations): Ryan Abel (GeneralAntilles) Jamie Bennett (Baloo) Andrew ... [More]

Congratulations to the newly elected officers of the Maemo Community Council: Eduardo Lima (etrunko) Andrew Flegg (Jaffa) Ryan Abel (GeneralAntilles) Simon Pickering (lardman) Tim Samoff (timsamoff) The voting results are as follows: Eduardo Lima (etrunko) (200 votes) Andrew Flegg (Jaffa) (195 votes) Ryan Abel (GeneralAntilles) (163 vo... [More]

Dr. Ari Jaaksi has just finished his keynote speech over at OSiM, revealing a lot of juicy stuff on the future of Maemo. Check out the the upcoming Maemo 5 (5th generation) highlights: online anywhere with cellular connectivity over HSPA for broadband anywhere powerful computing with TI OMAP3 processor - for better performance and bette... [More]

The OSiM Maemo Developer Session today has previewed interesting topics to be discussed in detail tomorrow at the Maemo Summit. Below are some updates and some of the new and updated technologies that we can expect in future Maemo devices: Newly adopted technologies: Meta Tracker - content search and metadata tools Pulse Audio - sound s... [More]

As a nonce word, the pronunciation of maemo isn’t something you can check in a dictionary. And given its provenance, I’d venture that most people first encountered this word in print, and not orally. Should each vowel be pronounced, making this one really short three-syllable word? Could be. Should the first syllable be pronou... [More]

  Up until last week, getting Maemo developers, Nokians and what Reggie describes simply as “enthusiasts” all together in one location, a Maemo Summit, seemed to me to be a good idea. I was wrong, I realize now: not a good idea. A brilliant idea. We all know the next steps in the development of this “mobile internet dev... [More]

As the Maemo Summit came to a close on Saturday afternoon, I was sitting down at the front of the rmeeting room, looking for an outlet to charge my Internet Tablet. An unexpected and oddly stirring session on where we were going had ended abruptly, and now the microphone had passed from the audience back to the stage. The last words of t... [More]

Good news to those in Baltimore — Sprint is finally launching XOHM WiMAX. With the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition (WME) still marked as ‘coming soon,’ N810 WME users will be enable to enjoy unlimited downlink speeds of 2Mbps to 4 Mbps on a no commitment or contract plan of $30 a month for six months and $45/month thereafter. W... [More]

A Seamless Software Upgrade (SSU) notification should prompt you of a v4.2008.36-5 firmware update once you go online with your Maemo 4.1 (Diablo) device. The update aims to improve email, web browsing, and connectivity. Early reports from itT members are mixed. Some have updated with no problems and have reported faster browsing, while o... [More]