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2007-04-04
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Originally Posted by Arjun
Me either.
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2007-04-08
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Well isn't that special?. Now I'm a liar, according to posts on this thread.
Of course I didn't mean by "future proof" that the hardware will be somehow "automagically" faster 20 years down the line.
I meant that its linux based OS means that people can continue having updated software for it by compiling the latest-flavour-of-the-month of popular Open Source applications for the device, DESPITE Nokia.
Is that too hard to understand?. If in doubt, try a PalmOS based PDA and see how little options there are with regards to browsers, whereas on the N800, you can always compile an open source browser with little effort, even if Opera and/or Nokia suddenly goes under. In that sense, the N800 is future proof.
It wasn't a joke and I stand by my original comment.
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Last edited by fcassia; 2007-04-08 at 09:13.
Of course I didn't mean by "future proof" that the hardware will be somehow "automagically" faster 20 years down the line.
I meant that its linux based OS means that people can continue having updated software for it by compiling the latest-flavour-of-the-month of popular Open Source applications for the device, DESPITE Nokia.
Is that too hard to understand?. If in doubt, try a PalmOS based PDA and see how little options there are with regards to browsers, whereas on the N800, you can always compile an open source browser with little effort, even if Opera and/or Nokia suddenly goes under. In that sense, the N800 is future proof.
It wasn't a joke and I stand by my original comment.
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Last edited by fcassia; 2007-04-08 at 09:13.
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2007-04-08
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Originally Posted by W1NDRUSH
I just went to the BBC news site, clicked on "Video", selected "Real", and then clicked on "load on external player" so that the N800's media player loaded.
How does he run up BBC webcasts ? I try and it comes back with a display error, is this out of the box working, or do I have to add/install something ?
If you want it easier, here's a redirector that should -hopefully- get you to the page directly:
http://os2guru.com/go/?to=bbcnewsvideo
Let me know if it doesn't work.
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2007-04-08
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Future-proof
I only had a chance to play with the N800 for a few days, but that was more than enough to convince me of the power of both Nokia's hardware design, and - most importantly - its underlying software platform, Nokia's Linux-based "Internet Tablet OS 2007".
Linux OS, applications are ever developing and evolving, the Tablet Hardware "hopefully" will forever improve to take advantage of Linux OS flavours and open applications running on them. This is a way forward that appears to be reasonably future proof, as distinct from say the Palm OS applications running on a Palm or Sony hardware device?
Locking users into proprietary Devices, OS and Applications; now that's how not to FUTURE Proof!
You BET I Stream! 
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2007-04-14
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Is the Tablet OS open source like all the Linuxes available for the old Palms?
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2007-04-14
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Originally Posted by fcassia
That's a gross overreaction to what's been said, guy.
Well isn't that special?. Now I'm a liar, according to posts on this thread.
if you're gonna posit potentially controversial points (as tends to be the case with the edgy stuff) surely as a writer you're well aware you'll garner some heat. A writer requires a thick skin.
The points made against the N800 being future proof may appear to revolve around semantics, but one must consider that the device IS proprietary, as are significant software components. Robust future-proofing would demand more openness than Nokia, as a profit-driven entity, can allow.