In a few hours from now, Dr. Ari Jaaksi, Nokia Director of Open Source Operations is scheduled to present his 30-minute keynote over at Handsets World in Berlin Germany on “Nokia’s Vision for Wireless Handsets”. The schedule lists his talk as follows:
What are the attributes of wireless handsets going forward?
What do users want?
How is Nokia meeting the needs of the market around the world?
We just received a quick note from Quim Gil about Maemo.org’s participation this year at LinuxTag 2008, a Linux and open Source exhibition, at Berlin, Germany. This is a great opportunity for Maemo.org to become more visibile, as well as showcase the best Maemo applications, and its current and future plans.
There is currently a draft of the session over at Maemo.org and Quim is soliciting suggestions for tracks and additional speakers. If you would like to suggest topics and/or nominate speakers/developers, this is your chance. The deadline is on April 10, 2008.
You’ve all seen the press release and the official product page. Below are some additional information I got at CTIA about the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition:
It will run Diablo. Update for N810 and N800 coming.
The email client is now Modest.
There are no finalized rates/plans yet for XOHM (WiMAX).
Over-the-air update is now built-in.
Bulge at the back for better XOHM reception. I didn’t find the slight bulge to be an issue.
Price will be $475 and should be out 2Q.
No PIM planned yet.
No one will confirm if this if the “4 of 5.”
Connectivity has “Any Connection” option to switch automatically to WiMAX, WiFi, and Bluetooth. There is also an option for “WLAN and WiMAX.”
Navigation software gets an upgrade.
Still no video support for Skype.
Color is black brushed metal, black keyboard, and goldish bezel.
Case is pretty much the same but inside is carrot orange instead of sky blue.
Full demo video from Satu Sipola, Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition Product Manager after the jump.
Quim Gil was kind enough to upload Dr. Ari Jaaki’s talk yesterday at OSiM on “What Mobile Users Need and How Open Source Can Help.” Ari discusses integration of open source end-users and communities, business opportunities, difficulties, upstream projects, and even mentions internet tablet ‘horror stories’/mistakes on the Mozilla browser and the email app. Listen to the podcast now:
Got any questions about what and why in the development of the Internet Tablet?
Next Tuesday, Feb. 12, looks like a good chance to get them answered.
Thoughtfix (aka Daniel Gentleman) will be talking with Quim Gil, Nokia’s point man in communicating with developers, bloggers and users. (Here’s a link to Thoughtfix’s Live Show page at ustream.tv.)
Well, you can already see my bias — I’ve identified Quim’s communication role, but Thoughtfix thoughtfully notes his professional position: development platform product manager for Maemo, which inclines one to conclude that as the Maemo product manager he has signficant say in the development of our platform.
And it’s in that guise that Quim — his name is pronounced Kim Jill, btw — will be appearing and taking questions. As Thoughtfix notes in his blog,
[S]upport questions [should] be pertinent to his role as the guy in charge of the development platform. [Gil] knows maemo inside and out and we should focus our interaction on that — so questions like “Why can’t we charge over USB?” don’t belong here.
I know firsthand that Quim’s tolerance for IT users’ quarrelsome behavior rivals that of any grandparent with a three-year-old, so I don’t expect to be scolded if I stray from the assigned parameters. (Well, maybe by Thoughtfix.)
The show will start at 11 p.m. for me on the East Coast, 9 p.m. for Thoughtfix in Arizona and 6 a.m. for Quim in Helsinki (which, come to think of it, may strain his ability to tolerate the benighted), Feb. 12.
Thanks to Thoughtfix for having this talk and for sending us a note about it!
Ok, two rumors here. First — ThoughtFix’s anonymous tipster points out a press release from Island Def Jam Music Group that mentions the new tablet that Nokia might announce this week — the Nokia N810. From the press release:
The party, co-sponsored by Island Def Jam Music Group, mSpot and Nokia, will showcase IDJ Radio, along with Nokia’s mobile sharing service MOSH and the new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.
The second rumor — the Nokia N810 is to feature MOSH. MOSH is Nokia’s social networking service, announced mid-September this year, allowing you to share applications, games, images, videos, audio, and documents directly from your computer as well as Nokia devices.
I’ve dug up a MOSH article over at PC World that gives another clue about MOSH and the announcement this week:
By the end of October, when the service expands its breadth, Linardos says the built-in device-detecting intelligence will be improved. He expects that by then, you’ll be able to share content with someone, have them follow the link to download that content, and then MOSH will be able to detect what device you’re on, and store that info for future reference.
Lastly, I want to announce the Jaiku #itT channel (see the new #itT Jaiku badge on the main page). Together with ThoughtFix and some other bloggers, itT will be live Jaiku-ing at the Web 2.0 Summit this week, starting tomorrow. Feel free to post questions and comments in the channel. Note also that Mauku, an excellent Jaiku client, is now available for your Nokia Internet Tablet.
Hold on to your seats as Nokia might be launching something (hopefully the 3rd gen tablet) at Web 2.0 Summit happening from October 17 to 19 at San Francisco. Several (here, here, and here) have blogged about the event already. The big clue is on the Wednesday evening schedule of the event:
Nokia is the main host for the Progressive Suite Party in the Sunset Court which kicks off directly after dinner on the first day. Nokia will also be hosting a stylish party in the adjacent Twin Peaks room, which will showcase their next generation of Web 2.0 offerings, launched earlier that afternoon.
Thanks to WOM World, Internet Tablet Talk will be there to cover the event so expect tons of pics in the gallery.
Dan Gentleman (aka Thoughtfix) turns back the time and 
