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Nokia delays shipments of Internet Tablet |
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Nokia said on Wednesday shipments of its 770 Internet Tablet device had been delayed to iron out software problems.
The Tablet, which is intended to allow users to browse Web sites and check email, is now expected to start shipping in the fourth quarter.
The Finnish mobile firm had originally expected the Tablet, which runs on Linux-based software, to enter the market before the end of September.
"It will be shipping during Q4. The finalisation of the software platform took a few weeks longer than we originally planned, so that's why it didn't start in Q3," Nokia spokeswoman Marika Kojo told Reuters.
The Tablet, which is expected to sell for about $350 excluding local taxes, would initially be available in the United States and Europe, but Nokia had not set a specific new date for it to start shipping.
It can be used to access the Web at WiFi hot spots in airports and cafes, using short-range wireless technology like that now common in laptop computers.
It can also use Bluetooth short-range signals to connect to the Internet using a separate mobile phone.
The Tablet can also play videos and music, but initially will not be able to be used as a phone, and Kojo said the delay did not mean any further functions were being added.
"It's only to finalize everything," she said.
Nokia plans to release an upgrade to the operating system in the first half of next year to allow Tablet users to make phone calls over the Internet and use Instant Messaging.
The Finnish group also cited software issues when it said last month it was delaying the launch of its premium N91 "jukebox" mobile phone until the first quarter of next year.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsA[....]technologyNews&storyID=9833505
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batesie
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looks like no ones interested anyway...
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I would have been interested had Nokia included a SIM slot so one can use GPRS, SMS, and make the occasional call.
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Posted: 2005-10-05 15:20
