Joypad?

Thats for Pandora

Tabletop?

hmm, handtop, is that not some company or other?

heh, a quick google turned up a handtop.com, but it seems to be a umpc blog

Answering eiffel:

> (1) Reassure us (in concrete terms, not just with soothing words) that
> the death of the "Internet Tablet" label doesn't mean that the device
> will lose it's strength as the current best pocketable internet tablet.

Offering the best Internet experience in a pocketable device is and will be a core mission of the Maemo platform. Look the 4 boxes at http://maemo.org/intro/platform/ - this is all about.

Maemo 5 strives to push the Internet Tablet paradigm forward, not somewhere else. All the characteristics that make you like an Internet Tablet remain there.

But more is added, and at some point the "Internat Tablet" label doesn't serve well the purpose of describing the products Maemo 5 is made for. There is nothing you should worry about changing labels, since you know the core product already. Labels are done for those that still don't know the product and for those needing to categorize (media, sales and etc).

So in other words, if I understand Quim correctly, "internet tablet" is only a subset of what the new device will be. So Nokia found that the name "internet tablet" is not well-suited for marketing anymore.

In my opinion, for power users, "internet tablet" has always only been a subset of what the tablets are capable of. Now Nokia seems to realize that fact and wants to bring the additional capabilities to the end-users. I guess, for us, the category of the device won't change much. But it'll be a whole new experience for regular users who have lived with an "internet tablet" so far only.

And hopefully a fresh signal to the regular users that never heard about an "Intenet Tablet", and/or wouldn't quite understand the potential if they would hear that label for the first time. Add media and marketing people to the rationale as well.

It's funny: I made that argument so long ago in my corporate blog but it was met with resistance then. My how things change...

OK, my translation: "media and marketing people" can't tell the internet from the web, and it's easier to rename the device to reflect the other aspects of internet connectivity like media streaming and communicating... and then there's the GPS (provided it works this time around), for navigation.. so they should call it the Nokia XpressMedia Communavicator.

I think this whole thread is about nothing. It does not matter what term Nokia marketing will use for the new tablet. The only thing that matters is the actual functionality of the device. For obvious corporate reasons, Quim can't disclose what the device will look or act like, so there is no point trying to make him violate his NDA. Also, words "pushing tablet paradigm forward" (aside from using the dreadful p-word) mean absolutely nothing from the technical point of view. They may mean that the tablet stays the tablet, only becomes better. On ther other hand, these words may also mean a different device that does not have much to do with the current tablet (like a Canola-like device). Trying to figure out what it will be is premature.

... but fun!