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Nokia's Linux Handheld

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gadgets-i-want dept.

Nils Faerber writes "Today Nokia announced the introduction of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet device along with the Open Source based Maemo Development Platform. With this new product Nokia enters several new worlds all at once. A new concept for the use of a handheld device, a new fully visible open source based development process and the explicit use of open source software in a commercial grade product. The typical use case for the Nokia 770 is to be the internet usability extension to your mobile phone or other wireless internet access equipment. It is extremely portable by its small formfactor, usable for almost all internet applications thorugh its exceptional resolution of 800x480 pixel and its multimedia capabilities by making use of a TI-OMAP CPU and a accompanying digital signal processor (DSP) core. The consequent use of open source software and technology basing on the Linux kernel 2.6, X11-server technology and the GTK+ toolkit the resulting new Hildon graphical user interface creates a fully new user interface experience for portable Linux devices."

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  1. NKH by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    NLH, actually. 20 seconds, my fool

  2. Stupid quotes on the bottom of the site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "You are a fluke of the universe; you have no right to be here."

    I demand better quotes!

  3. Thank you, Microsoft by Inkieminstrel · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Dear Microsoft,

    Thanks to you, I spend more time with my family than ever. Whenever I visit my out of town relatives, they all make sure I come and pay a visit to clean the spyware off their computers. I get numerous great meals with my family members because of the services I provide. I further wouldn't receive half as many calls from my dear mother without Microsoft. How many times do I get to hear her loving voice saying "My Internet is broken," thanks to you, Microsoft?

    You have had a profound impact in bringing me closer to my family.

    Thank you, Microsoft!

  4. The real question is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can it run Windoz?!

  5. Mod Grandparent, '-1 Retard' by Kunta+Kinte · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    What do you mean no bluetooth ? (Straight from the site:) Connectivity: * WLAN: 802.11b/g * Bluetooth specification: 1.2

    ...Guess skipping all those reading and comprehension classes in high school wasn't such a good idea after all.

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    Based on upvotes, Ageism is the only "-ism" Slashdotters care about and think isn't SJW
  6. Re:High-res images on Nokia press site by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ahh yes.

    Pictures of smiling models gawping a tiny screen. What a load of shit, the only time I small at my computer in that way is when I've just fragged some ass.

    And EVEN then its not quite a fake lookinga sdoasdjaosijoaf
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  7. Pregadous by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please, oh please dear God don't let this person be an American and yet another example of how far our educational system has sunk.
    If you don't understand that post, just substitute "egjukashenal" for "educational". By the way, the word is "prejudiced". Yes, the final "d" is essentially silent, but man that was a bad spelling.