Nokia Internet tablet explained

Nokia Internet Tablets is the name given to a range of Nokia mobile Internet appliances products. These tablets fall in the range between a personal digital assistant (PDA) and an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), and slightly below Intel's Mobile Internet device (MID).[1]

Early trials and predecessors

Nokia had plans for an Internet tablet since before 2000. An early model was test manufactured in 2001, the Nokia M510, which was running on EPOC and featuring an Opera browser, speakers and a 10-inch 800x600 screen, but it was not released because of fears that the market was not ready for it.[2] The M510 was first leaked to the public in 2014.[3]

Prior to the introduction of Nokia's Internet tablets, Nokia unveiled two "media devices" in 2003-04 which were mobile phones but had a form factor similar to the Internet tablets that followed them. The first of this type of device was the Nokia 7700 which was intended for mass production[4] but ended up being canned in favor of the Nokia 7710 which had a slightly more traditional form-factor and better specs.

Maemo

See main article: Maemo (operating system).

Nokia Internet Tablets run the Debian Linux-based Maemo, which draws much of its GUI, frameworks, and libraries from the GNOME project. It uses the embedded-targeted Matchbox as its window manager and uses Hildon, a lightweight GTK-based toolkit designed for handheld devices, as its GUI and application framework.

Alternative distributions

Maemo can be replaced entirely by a number of other Linux distributions.

Models

Model Processor Memory (RAM) Storage (flash) Display Operating system version Connectivity Memory card Power Weight, dimensions Retail availability
770ARM TI OMAP1710 (252 MHz) 64 MB 128 MB 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2005/6, OS2007/8HE MiniUSB, 802.11g, Bluetooth 1.2 1 RS-MMC slot II BP-5L Li-Po 1500 mAh 230 g, 141x79x19 mm November 2005
N800ARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) (originally under-clocked to (330 MHz) in OS2007) 128 MB 256 MB 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2007/8 MiniUSB OTG, 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 BP-5L Li-Po 1500 mAh 206 g, 144x75x13(/18) mm January 2007
N810ARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) 128 MB 256 MB + 2 GB internal 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2008 MicroUSB OTG, 802.11g, Bluetooth 2.0 BP-4L Li-Po 1500 mAh 226 g, 128x72x14 mm October 2007
N810 WiMAX EditionARM TI OMAP2420 (400 MHz) 128 MB 256 MB + 2 GB internal 800 x 480 (16-bit) OS2008 BP-4L Li-Po 1500 mAh 229 g, 128x72x16 mm April 2008
N900 (not marketed as an Internet Tablet)[10] ARM TI OMAP3430 (600 MHz) 256 MB 256 MB + 32 GB internal 800 x 480 (16-bit) Maemo 5 BL-5J 1320 mAh 181 g, 110.9×59.8×18 mm November 2009[11]
N9 and N950 (neither marketed as an Internet Tablet)ARM TI OMAP 3630 (1 GHz)1 GB (mobile DDR) 512 MB internal + 16 or 64 GB on board "Clear Black" AMOLED 854 × 480 px (FWVGA), 3.9" (99.1 mm), 16.7 m colors (24 bits)[12] MeeGo 1.2 "Harmattan" no memory card slotBV-5JW 1450 mAh Li-ion battery (removable by service) 135 g,
116.45x61.2x12.1 mm
September 2011

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.nseries.com/index.html Nokia N-series
  2. Web site: Digitoday.
  3. News: Nokia's dirty secret: The untold story of a production-ready tablet from 2001. 2014-04-16. Ilta-Sanomat. 2018-11-22. fi-FI.
  4. News: Nokia's 7700 'media device' – first shot in the PDA wars?. 2018-11-22. en.
  5. Web site: NITdroidAndroid operating system for Nokia Internet Tablets (NITs).
  6. Web site: Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) for the Nokia Internet Tablets.
  7. Web site: Mer - An open, community-led, Linux distribution for mobile devices.
  8. Web site: Gentoo on N8X0.
  9. Web site: Installing/Running Gentoo on the Nokia N810.
  10. https://arstechnica.com/tags/maemo/2009/10/nokias-n900-is-an-important-step-forward-for-mobile-linux.ars Nokia leaving Maemo's tablet roots behind with N900 phone
  11. Nokia Press Release, N900 is now available to US consumers, 18 November 2009
  12. Web site: Nokia Europe > Nokia N9 Specifications. Nokia Corporation. 21 June 2011.