There is the name Nokia on the 770 Internet Tablet. I bet that is why so many people ask me: "Are you gonna put a cell phone into your internet tablet?" And I answer: "No."

I'd like a true operating system (Linux) and advanced middleware (GTK, Gnome, DBUS, ….) power new exciting connected mobile devices. I want to use the devices and their software as innovation platforms and want to create something new; not just re-implement something that has already been done. And yes, you are able to talk, see, hear and communicate through these devices but they are not your old cell phones. They are something else!

We designed the 770 not only for WiFi but also for such combined use with a cell phone. That is one reason NOT to have a cell radio in the 770 -- because I bet you already own a phone. But yes, some people don't want to carry many devices. They may then need a Swiss army knife sometimes called a smartphone.

In the traditional phone business, things may be a bit more difficult. Traditional phones have already good operating systems and software optimized for their reasonably narrow set of use cases and for fixed business ecosystems. So, it’ll be more difficult to change that landscape to more open direction. I thought the same was the case with the PC – but Ubuntu may be proving me wrong. So you never know about the traditional phones either.