Nokia is preparing to release the Internet Tablet, a handheld, Linux-based device with wireless web browsing capability and a variety of multimedia options (video, audio, internet radio). $350 is the asking price. Problems seem to be that it doesn’t come with a lot of memory, and that it doesn’t support Microsoft media formats. But it edges a little closer to the “can I take it into bed with me?” criterion. We’ll see if any interesting e-reading formats are developed for it. Most likely just a footnote on the way to something better.
Mentioned here in Wired. Here with the Linux angle. Pros and cons laid out here.
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[Source: if:book] quoted: Nokia is preparing to release the Internet Tablet, a handheld, Linux-based device with wireless web browsing capability and a variety of multimedia options (video, audio, internet radio). $350 is the asking price.
There’s been considerable discussion at Teleread about the viability of the Nokia 770 as an e-book reader.
The extremely high pixel density — 225 pixels per inch — should make smaller type much more readable than on current devices.
Two e-book readers have already been ported to the platform: Plucker Viewer and FBReader.
And this should make online e-books presented from websites in html more practical, especially if we can get a paged structure in the browser working, similar to the OperaShow structure, IMO.
— Roger Sperberg