Nokia has announced OS 2006 for the N-770 internet tablet, enabling Google Talk, SIP support and other enhancements Nokia today announced OS 2006 for the Nokia 770 Internet tablet. OS 2006 is a major update for the 770 and includes a host of new features and performance enhancements. Probably one of the most prominent additions to OS 2006 is the addition of Google Talk.

May 26, 2005 Nokia introduced the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York here yesterday. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a dedicated device optimized for convenient Internet browsing and email communications in a sleek pocketsize format. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an high-resolution (800x480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content over Wi-Fi. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilising Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone.

ELSINKI, Finland (AP) - A new version of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet will include a Google Inc. program that enables users to talk to each other and exchange instant messages over the Internet, the world's largest mobile phone maker said Monday.

We mentioned the other day that we were expecting a revamp of Nokia's 770 Internet Tablet, but it turned out the Finns pulled a fast one on us. The new Google Talk integration that was widely touted will indeed be added, but it will be made available via a software update and not new hardware.

ver wished someone would come up with a portable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth-enabled device with a web browser, email client, news reader, PDF viewer, streaming audio and video players, and a SIP phone all rolled into a Linux-based, Internet Tablet? Well, it’s here with the exception of the SIP phone which is scheduled for early 2006. It’s about the size of your hand. And, if games are your thing, there’s Chess, Mahjong, Marbles, and virtually any other game that has been ported to the ARM version of Slackware including clones of Tetris, IceBreaker, Minesweeper, Doom, and on and on.

fter the success of its original Linux tablet, the 770, Nokia is looking at the next generation of Internet-only devices. The original tablet device debuted last year and caught the attention of gadget fans wondering why Nokia was making a device that had no cellular connectivity. According to the handset maker, there are no plans for the next generation of 770-style devices to be able to connect to mobile networks. Ari Virtanen, vice president of convergence products at Nokia, said going down the cellular-free route gave the company more freedom. "The biggest thing is that we don't want to be part of the cellular value chain," he said. "We want to be a little bit out of that world. Once you put a SIM card in, it's automatically controlled by the operator."

It's been a long quest, the search for the perfect handheld device has. It dates back to the late 1990s for me and has seen a progression of PDAs, smartphones, and Pocket PCs through my house—much to the consternation of my wife. At one time, my Palm V served me well. But that was before the days of wireless connectivity. The Palm Vx came out and changed all that, and so the search continued.

Originally announced almost a year ago, the Nokia 770 started to trickle out in late 2005. Nokia always said that there'd be a major software upgrade in the works - the 2006 version of the OS is it. The 2006 version of the software adds Google Talk, an improved on-screen keyboard, better memory management and a redesigned interface. The new OS can also support SIP-based VOIP solutions.

Following a beta release on June 9, Nokia has released a highly anticipated Linux operating system update for the 770 Internet Tablet. The Tablet OS 2006 update is now available for download by 770 owners on Nokia's website. The Tablet OS 2006 upgrade apparently completely wipes out all Tablet OS 2005 applications. Specifically, the Nokia 770 upgrade page states, "Installed applications designed for OS 2005 will not be compatible with OS 2006 edition and will not be restored even from backup."

Nokia announced that its is developing a portable Internet device based on the open-source Linux operating system. Designed to take advantage of the wide distribution of accessible Wi-Fi networks, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features a widescreen display and an on-screen keyboard, a la a PDA on steroids. The device will also be able to connect to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones as an alternative network connection source.