Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

Not sure if anyone has posted this as I can't find anything about it on the search.

Just got my N800 yesterday and so far I love it. Got it upgraded to OS2008 with no problem. It says I have Opera 8 installed.

So heres the issue... I went to my favorite site (pogo.com) to play some games. Pogo uses Java for running their games online. When you load the game, it says you need Java and to go to their site to download for Linux. I tried downloading all the Linux self extracting files but can't install through the application manager. So some more research, I found out I need to install it manually. Tried to use X Terminal, but it won't let me in the root as I have no idea what the password would be.

Fact is... I know nothing about Linux. I have been searching for some guidelines on how to accomplish this but no luck so far. I would be greatful for any instructions or guidance. I don't need to use anything else Java at this time... I just want it to work in Internet pages.

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

Did you try searching for java in thread titles before you posted this? the top result would have answered your question, I think.

Not sure what says you have Opera anything installed, but you don't. Or you didn't upgrade to OS2008, one or the other.

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

Do NOT try to install regular Linux apps onto the tablet. Go through maemo.org (downloads), tableteer, the Nokia OS2008 site and/or developer sites mentioned on this forum.

Java is not quite ready yet. Benson is correct: it's been discussed ad nauseum here.

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

thanks for the responses and I apologize.

Nokia says I have Opera 8:

From: http://www.nseries.com/nseries/v3/me...800_en_R1.html


Nokia N800
Technical Specifications

General | Internet Tablet OS 2007 Edition | Package Contents

General

Access the Web on a portable internet tablet

* High-resolution widescreen display with improved viewing angle
* Opera 8
* Adobe® Flash® 9 browser plug-in

And this is what it says in the About Product screen... Internet Tablet OS: maemo Linux based OS2008 Version: 2.2007.51-3

So what type of browser do I have and am I running OS2008???

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

It also says you have OS 2007. When you upgraded your OS you switched to the MicroB browser.
http://browser.garage.maemo.org/

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

Thank you mrklaw... that was helpful.

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

What about running J2ME on the tablet? Would that work?

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

That's also available, but not quite useful. The specific implementation used is PhoneME, if you want to look it up.

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

In an effort of not sounding too dumb... if I install a Java application that runs on the tablet, would a web page use that engine and run Java?

Re: Java for Internet on Nokia N800
 

Probably. FYI: from a previous Java thread.

I successfully used Jalimo on an N800 to demo a distributed application with pieces spread across four machines. It is quite good, provided the code you want to run doesn't depend on AWT or Swing. Except for the two GUI libraries, it is much closer to SE than ME, a real good thing. We actually developed the Java code using Eclipse on both Windows and Linux Fedora, then moved the jar files to the various handhelds. Two of the handhelds in the demo ran verisons of Windows Mobile running J9, the third handheld, the N800, ran Jalimo, and the fourth machine was a laptop running Sun's J2SE.

Bob