IBM loves the Nokia 770
By Stefan Constantinescu on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006 at 12:20 AM PST In Ideas and rants
The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 770 was released to some fanfare in the Linux world. Unlike the Zaurus before it, or Pocket PC or Palm (NSDQ: PALM) systems, the 770 does not offer personal information manager (PIM) functionality; indeed, it does not provide particularly easy access to the features that would be needed to make a PDA. Instead, it’s pitched as an "Internet tablet," providing applications such as a Web browser and an e-mail client.
Nokia recently released an update to the 770’s software that makes it a little more friendly to users who want to poke around on the device. In earlier releases, it was necessary to enter research and development (R&D) mode to obtain root access. Version 1.05 makes it possible to work around that more easily.
Source: IBM
When you have employees of IBM poking around your device, you know you hit the jack pot. I wish I knew as much about Linux as this guy.
Big Blue interested in the Internet Tablet? Hmm… I smell something sweet brewing from this news.
Indeed, they always churn out exciting inventions.
Like my ThinkPad for instance.