Nokia N800 Internet Tablet PC

The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a wireless Internet appliance from Nokia, originally announced at the Las Vegas CES 2007 Summit in January 2007. The N800 was developed as the successor to the Nokia 770. It is designed for wireless Internet browsing and e-mail functions and includes software such as FM and Internet radio, an RSS news reader, image viewer and media players for selected types of media. Sprint will offer a Mobile WiMAX-enabled version of the N800 to North American customers in 2008.

Specifications
Processor: OMAP2420 microprocessor at 330 MHz. Underclocked, capable of running at 400 Mhz.
Memory: 128 MB of RAM and 256 MB of flash memory.
Connectivity: IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth 2.0, and USB 2.0 high-speed.
Display & Resolution: 4.1 inches 800×480 at 225dpi, (the same as the 770.)
Expansion: 2 full-sized Secure Digital card slots, one internal and one external, each capable of up to 8 GB.
Camera: built-in webcam
Audio: microphone, stereo speakers, FM radio tuner, 3.5 mm Headphone jack (compatible with standard stereo headphones, but also containing a fourth pin with microphone input). The headphone jack also functions as the antenna for the FM radio.
Operating System: Linux-based Maemo 3.2 in the form of Internet Tablet OS 2007. In November 2007 the new OS 2008 will be released for the Nokia N800 and the Nokia N810.
The N800 supports Skype internet calls and Flash 9 as of July 6, 2007, which allows users to watch YouTube videos, play online flash games, and make free internet calls to other Skype-enabled devices.

Software
The operating system, Internet Tablet OS 2007 (also known as Maemo), is a modified version of Debian GNU/Linux (running Linux 2.6.18), including an X Window System-based graphical user interface in the form of a window manager incorporating the GTK+ toolkit and Hildon user interface widgets. BusyBox replaces many common Linux system utilities. The device includes a PDF viewer and the Opera Web browser (Mozilla based browser is also available) with Flash 9 support, along with a media player application. The media player supports many common file types. Including audio file types: AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, MP3, RA (RealAudio), WAV, WMA. The device has support for the image formats: BMP, GIF, ICO, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, SVG-tiny. The media player can play 3GP, AVI, H.263, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (Real Video) formats. It can also play internet radio stations with: M3U, or PLS format playlists.

The Nokia N800 will also be able to upgrade to Internet Tablet OS 2008 featuring a new Mozilla based internet browser, and support for Windows Media Player Formats.

The device originally shipped with the FM Tuner application "disabled". It was trivial to enable the FM tuner and add it to the home screen. Shortly afterwards, the N800 application catalogue was updated to include the FM Tuner application, which allowed for easy one-click installation.
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