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05.26.2005, 4:44 PM
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.
Posted by ben vershbow at May 26, 2005 04:44 PM
tags: The Ideal Device?
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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
Posted by: Roger at August 17, 2005 11:39 AM
