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Tom writes:
Nokia announced an upgrade to its Internet tablet N series. Nokia N810 is an upgrade to N800 and original N770. With 4.13" screen and 800x480 resolution, N810 offers Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS support for a price tag of $479: "The Nokia N810 is powered by maemo Linux based OS2008, updatable also on the Nokia N800, the previous internet tablet generation hardware. The Nokia N810 features a highly customizable user interface and contains various novelties such as a Mozilla based browser with Ajax and Adobe flash 9, Bluetooth headset support as well as enhanced video and audio features. The refreshed Video Gizmo, Skype and Rhapsody highlight some most popular downloads available while Boingo Wireless, Earthlink and The Cloud enable Wi-Fi connectivity, across thousands of different locations globally." EnGadget runs an on-hands review of Nokia N810.
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Genocaust writes:
During a phone conference today, Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth made the comment that he's seeing Ubuntu move into spaces which are not just horizontal migrations away from UNIX or other Linux distributions. He's actually seeing Ubuntu as a cost-effective and viable out-of-the-box alternative OS on new machines, even as a Windows replacement. When asked about Ubuntu's future he said, "Ubuntu is on the map. I believe [we're] here to stay".