When Nokia first shipped the N800, a popular linux based internet tablet, it cost $399. It also shipped with an incomplete set of applications and with limited 3rd party software availability. Today, there is more software available than ever for the N800 and Amazon has dropped the price to $299.99 $257.99!
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Nokia N800 Price Drops While Gaining New Features
Review: Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu
After two weeks of using the new Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu, I decided it’s time to write down some of my thoughts about this new Linux offering from Dell. I have quite a lot of experience with Ubuntu and with Linux in general. I administer several Ubuntu servers including an Edubuntu terminal [...]
Dell Inspiron 1420N with Ubuntu Unboxing
Dell recently added the Inspiron 1420N to their lineup of Ubuntu Linux notebooks. I’ve been looking for a good notebook to run Linux on for some time and wanted to support Dell in their decision to offer consumer computers with Ubuntu pre-installed. I just received my new (and first) Dell today and [...]
Skype on the Nokia N800
Nokia has officially released Skype for the N800 along with the newest software update. I haven’t had many opportunities to use Skype on the N800, but the few calls I did make came through loud and clear. Here are some screenshots I took of the Skype interface on the N800. If you [...]
Nokia N800 Gets Firefox 3 Rendering Engine
The “Mozilla based browser for maemo” project has released a development version of the Gecko 1.9 rendering engine for the Nokia N800. This project, also known as “MicroB”, allows N800 users to replace the Opera rendering engine of the N800 browser with the same rendering engine that will power Firefox 3. Once the [...]
Safari for Windows Could Threaten OS X, iPhone and Apple’s Image
As you’ve probably heard, Apple has released a version of their Safari web browser for Windows. A lot has been said about why Apple would do this (my bet is that Jon Gruber is right and it’s about the $$$ that Apple will generate from Google searches), about how fast it truly is, and about [...]
VMWare Fusion: Looking Better Than Ever
While Parallels may have got the jump on VMWare in the Mac virtualization market, VMWare Fusion is looking better all the time. I first tried Fusion out of frustration over not being able to install the latest versions of Linux on Parallels. VMWare has a much longer history in the VM market and [...]
Microsoft confirms that it has lost its mind – announces $10,000 table!
The internet is buzzing today with people raving about the new Microsoft Surface technology announcement. Hopefully people will soon get over the initial hype generated by the fantasy videos on Microsoft’s website and take a more practical look at this MS announcement. Come on people, multi-touch technology is nothing new! According to [...]
Google Maps on the Nokia N800
I finally got my Nokia N800 today. I was amazed at how easily it connected to the internet with WiFi and with my mobile phone. One thing I found useful so far was being able to access Google Maps on the run. It’s a little small on the screen, but I found [...]
Install Ubuntu 7.04 on Your Intel Mac with VMware Fusion
The latest version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, has been getting a lot of press recently. With news that Dell will soon be pre-installing Ubuntu on some of its systems, it’s almost certain that Ubuntu will only become more popular in the coming months. If you have an Intel Mac and would like to [...]
