Maemo Tablet
 

Nokia should release a Maemo6 tablet with a 10.1 inch Pixel Qi screen. Seriously, they should step their game up and take some risks. The booklet 3G was brilliant but it lacked a native Linux version. Linux is the future.

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Two words: Stantum Touchscreen


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To which conclusion you came?

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no... everyone is making a tablet now... they should come up with something totally new. An 'all-in-one' device would be nice so we don't have to carry around so many different things.

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They could call it 'N900'.

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No Pixel Qi screen, no sale. I must admit that the Microsoft Courier tablet is tempting but it's nowhere near real yet.

The appeal of such a device for me would be as an ebook/cbr reader primarily. I own an e-ink reader that works fine but Pixel Qi's technology improves on e-ink. Looking at what people are doing with Android on tablets like the Notion Ink Adam which has a Pixel Qi screen http://bit.ly/60Rw0D makes me want a similar Maemo device.

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the answer to yout question is "N900"

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That just made me lol

Really lets say if Nokia got Maemo tablet available with better hw than ipad or same they could get lots of positive press because ipad isn't setting the world in fire currently.

The thing is that it should be here in not long future and i don't think we will see Maemo 5 tablet, with Maemo 6 i do think we will. That tablet could be the thing ipad tried to be.

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No actually, I'm also looking for a meamo tablet. N900 screen is too small for me. ipad is 499 but I'm willing to pay more for a maemo tablet.

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tablets are for new-prehistoric post-modern unproductive consumerist and passive people and know one thing: they will disappear soon, they are an accident in history, things are a changing...
i can see in a few years the shape and size of notepads and booklet like the courier prototype from microsoft take place of them. they are foldable, they could possibly be pocketable but large enough to watch and read, good to write on, and can be used as an old laptop or just flatted down to take notes on them without the frustrating presence of the screen as a wall between the user and the rest of the world.
smartphones let the geeks out but are not really good to work, the best compromise as of now is still the n900 for me, though nokia MUST do more for it.
the tablet is just the primitive phase of the new standard, which surely wont be a tablet.

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I imagine that it will be a n900-type device that has a dock that allows it to be used as a media hub and a desktop-type computer. Perhaps via pico-projector built into the dock?
etc, etc

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A foldable tablet with two screens. Think of two Ipads that open like a book - or a laptop with big virtual keyboard. I'd totally buy that - even if it came from apple.

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Nokia should be ready with a tablet when screen technology is advanced enough. Which means color e-ink with lcd-like refresh rates. Nobody wants to read magazines and newspapers on a lcd display. Before that I want to see a maemo netbook.. hell why not a maemo notebook?

Cheers

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That's funny. On the one hand, you dismiss tablets as passe and a quaint relic of the past, meanwhile the N900 is an attempt at turning a tablet into a phone.. but smarter than a phone.. a sort of.. smart phone. yes. A smartphone! That's it! That's a NEW thing, right?

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You mean something like... THIS?

http://blog.laptopmag.com/wpress/wp-...008/05/xo2.jpg

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i dont see it that way. i imagine a device which billions of students of all ages would buy to use it during classes and homework as school book and notepad at the same time, not speaking about writing professionals and creatives and casual readers. and that could be used just as a normal laptop too if necessary just rotating it and folding it a little. all folded could be a camera, a gps and maybe some mini version a phone too.. have you seen the courier prototype video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USbkrk8-pjw
though is not very similar to what i imagine.

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no maybe i was not clear, i know n900 is a smartphone and its not new at all as concept: its just the best smartphone on the market, so good that you can almost work with it, but without a screen separating you from the rest of the world. and no, n900 its not a tablet more than my grandmother is, it has a real keyboard which slides in and out (the n900 not my grandmother!)

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i'm not sure if i should use the word "tablet" as it means so many different things to different people... i just know that i want a device very much like the N900, only with a slighty larger screen. the form factor of the N810 would be cool. screen size between 4" and 5", not bigger.

that's one thing.

the 10" device - i don't know. it will have "i could as well use my notebook and enjoy a real keyboard" written all over it.
OTOH, i remember a thread about computing for the elderly... I said back then that I can see a market for 17" touch devices running a Maemo-like UI, only blown up in size. I still think this market exists, it's just probably not profitable yet. (Although I would love being able to let my father try one of those super-size-tablets)

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id like that too; but im imagining something different here. imagine an ipad foldable in two: with a big screen foldable on itself on one side (with one part usable also as no-more-so-virtual keyboard) and on the other side a little screen and a camera. all flat would be a tablet/book/notepad, half folded a laptop, completely folded a phone/camera/gps.

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The other advantage of that form factor... SCREEN PROTECTION. :) When you fold it, the screens are protected from scratches and damage. I'm with you on that. I would LOVE something like that XO-2 I pictured above.

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I think the market for a tablet which serves as a reading device ist huge. Pdfs, magazines, books, newspapers could be replaced if
adequate screen technology is available. May even render printers useless. Screen size should be at least the size of A4 paper. For reading you don't necessarily need a real keyboard.

Cheers

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I insist on at least Letter (8.5"x11") size! :D

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If only the N900 would have at least twice the screen size.
And if only more advanced Software would exist. Like iWorks, OfiiceViewer should be a "full" KOffice. The mediaplayer should be more like amarok ...

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A 9.7 inc screen size is too huge for a phone and too small for a tablet. Perhaps they could make a phone with and expandable screen when in "tablet mode".

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I want something Kindle 2 sized, but color. Something I can do mind-mapping on, and read books, and that does speech to text fluently.

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The Ipad came out today and my facebook is flushed with status about how people wants it. The device suck, iPad does not supported Flash (WT????), my N900 does B-). It's just a bigger iPhone. (I just have to say it out).

By the way, I think the N900 is doing a great jobs as a internet tablet :D

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Anything the iPad can do, Linux can do better.

"The Apple iPad has finally arrived, and, as I predicted a while back, it's really just a big iPod Touch. That's great. I love my iPod Touch. But, really, is there anything here that Linux can't do just as well for less money?"

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I think 10 inch is to big prob 7-9.

Running maemo 5 or 6 would def be nice

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IMO the Ipad is useless. N900 has so much more functionality.

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I think that a Tablet with Maemo OS make much more sense than Tablet with phone OS.

Regards.

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I have the N900, an HP Mini netbook, and a dell xps m1330. now tell me where would a tablet fit into my life? I really dont know what I could do with the tablet that I couldnt do with my N900? seriously guys Apple has a way of creating a device of lust. Get over the lust and ask your self how will a 10 inch tablet fit into your life. Its too big to carry around, its also not pocketable which means you are mostly be using it indoors. (probably a kitchen/bed side device) but I can always use my N900 for that. Ok if you really want something apple, Just get the Iphone and u can be sure to get better value for your buck. Its an ipad nano which can fit your pocket and can also make calls. The Ipod touch is also more compelling cheaper and also more pocketable. So again where does the ipad fit in?

Its nothing but an object of lust with little real life usefulness

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Flash is not the web. Flash support was the first thing I disabled from my N900 browser, and have been a lot happier ever since.

However, I'd definitely buy a larger N900. Bigger screen would be great for browsing a reading e-books, and the Maemo platform would allow me to take all our Midgard apps on the device so I could do stuff even when on an airplane (or at another country where 3G roaming is expensive).

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I think many have wanted a tablet for years but they have not been good enough. Not all the people here have a N900, netbook and a regular laptop. As for me I have a N900 and a regular computer, so for me where would I need the tablet? In school doing all my paperwork at it so I easily can reach all my notes for lectures and lessons. When I am at home it is a awesome pdf reader as I have most of my schoolbooks in pdf format. When I am doing some longer trips it would be great to have it for movies and such, the N900 is to small to watch a full movie on it.

So maybe a tablets are not for you but I guess there are alot of people like me.

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First, foldable tablets exist - they are called convertible notebooks. They have a screen and keyboard which can be configured as a laptop or twisted around to make a slate/tablet. Lenovo's X200 is probably the class leader:

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/c...67E79E0E7C9A2D

A dual screen configuration has limited advantages given the current state of technology. What is really needed is a single, foldable screen to reduce the form factor of the device when it is being carried.

I applaud the iPad as a hardware concept but I think that the one thing which would be missed by those who want it as a productivity tool is an active digitizer (ideally combined with a touch screen). With an active digitizer, handwriting becomes possible. PDFs can not only be read but also be annotated. Notes can be taken and stored natively and/or as recognized text.

This is not a new idea. Fujitsu and Motion Computing have produced tablets for years. They now primarily show up in vertical industry devices, especially in health care where the lack of a keyboard allows them to be disinfected. Unfortunately earlier general purpose tablets were limited by weight and processor power (although I still bought one). Those of us who love tablets would like to see Motion Computing resurrect the LS800 with a slimmed down look, Atom CPU, SSD, and 3G:

http://www.pencomputing.com/frames/motion_ls800.html

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Its unfortunate that the XO-2 was canceled, the OLPC initiative would have changed computing again with it. They actually *thought* differently for the first one. Too bad money, ego, and politics got in the way.

Tablets aren't new. Apple is refining the formula and doing what Nokia, Palm and a few others didn't/couldn't do - scale a mobile OS that's touch-usable to A4 size.

The point that the iPad is a different paradigm in computing is only new to those to whom a new paradigm of computing was also evident in the iPhone. Meaning that this isn't necessarly for folks here to understand, but it is for us here to learn better how to innovate in a way that leads to great success for more people (aka, "make the pie bigger" - which is the reason for the 5 step Maemo thingy that's often quoted).

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You really can't take adequate, detailed notes on an N900; it's too small, and writing small slows you down. Watch students and see what they carry for note-taking to find out what size they want.

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who said that the ipad can't be used as a phone ;)

http://www.funnyordie.co.uk/videos/d...ured&rel_pos=1