Thread: Mozilla-based Browser for the Nokia N800
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2007-07-18 , 21:00
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#142
Originally Posted by Mara View Post
The N800 is best defined as a mobile phone companion to provide big screen Internet end terminal to compliment mobile data plan. As it is open for third party SW developers lots of other software have been written to it and the "Internet tablet" definition is becoming more blurry...
In addition, is it any surprise that the iPhone is locked down so tight? Third party software is verbotten, because the carriers are concerned about protecting their networks and network revenue.

As soon as Nokia add a phone to the Internet Tablets, they either ditch third party development or ditch carrier support along with carrier subsidies - one or the other, you can't have both. OpenMoko may be open but I doubt it will have wide spread carrier support.

I love the iPhone UI, I think it's great and I'm really glad to see it re-energising the somewhat staid mobile phone market but it isn't a competitor to the Internet Tablets.