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Nokia announces Ntropic Nseries phone/tablet harmony (as if)


Tablet owners are thrilled about Nokia's new Ntropic (pronounced 'entropic' - a concept of thermodynamics) software product for Nokia Internet Tablets running OS2008 "Diablo" and Nseries S60 phones. The open-source, exstensible software is currently available as a free download for Internet Tablet and Nseries phone owners.

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maemo.org Community Council elections (Jaffa@maemopeople)

The call for nominations for the first maemo.org Community Council elections has been open for a couple of weeks now. But I wonder if the wider maemo.org is aware of just how important this could be for the future of the platform.

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NAVTEQ and Wayfinder play nice together


Last December, we were asking what effects Nokia's purchase of NAVTEQ would have on Internet Tablet owners. Today, we get a partial answer:

Wayfinder decided to expand use of NAVTEQ maps. With an even closer relationship between Wayfinder and NAVTEQ (now Nokia) we can hope to get all the latest map data and Wayfinder software on our tablets.

On a related note: NAVTEQ is working with Loopt to develop social map applications as well. I wonder if this means they can leverage the Nokia name on their compatible products page. Not a single Nokia phone appears there!

HAVA announces official N800/N810 client


The beta is done and the results are good: The HAVA client is now available for public download. Live TV is now available on your tablet. Here's a video of it in action:

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WhatMAX?

We haven't heard much about the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition or WiMAX at all lately. Though the FCC decided to release the Nokia N810 WME manual (link is a pdf, though it will appear as .cgi) there is still no knowledge of when it will be available and to whom.

Here's a curiousity: Take a look at the Google trends graph here. While it is more searched-for than LTE or HSDPA, the interest has been going down for a several months.

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