On May 25, 2005, Nokia launched a new type of mobile device, which it is calling an Internet Tablet, which it said will focus on Internet browsing and e-mail.

The device, called the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, is based on Linux and has built-in support for both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It sports an 800 x 480 display and an on-screen keyboard.

Quoted:
“Linux is a logical choice for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet as Linux and the Open Source development platform provide us with fast and efficient solutions to build products for this new Nokia product category,” Janne Jormalainen, Nokia’s vice president of convergence products, said in a statement.

Software included with the first version include Internet radio, an RSS news reader (this raised my eye browses), image and media players as well as Web browsing and e-mail software. The company said the tablet will start shipping in the third quarter of 2005 in the Americas and Europe. However, no pricing information at this moment.

Full Specification as follows:-

Size
Weight: 230 g
Dimensions: 141 x 79 x 19 mm

Display
High-resolution (800×480) touch screen with up to 65,536 colors

Memory
Engine: DDR RAM 64MB
Memory: Flash 128MB (>64MB for user)
Memory card: 64MB RS-MMC (Reduced Size - MultiMediaCard)

Operating system
Internet Tablet 2005 software edition

Applications (in 2005 software edition)
Web Browser
Flash Player version 6
Email Client
Internet Radio
News Reader
Media players, Image viewer
PDF viewer
File Manager
Search
Calculator
World Clock
Notes
Sketch
Games

Supported File Formats
Audio: MP3, Real Audio, MPEG4, AAC, WAV, AMR, MP2
Image: JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PNG, Animated GIF format, SVG-tiny, ICO
Video: MPEG1, MPEG4, Real Video, H.263, AVI, 3GP

Connectivity
WLAN: 802.11b/g
Bluetooth specification: 1.2

For Internet connection and file transfer via phone
Profiles supported: Dial-up Networking, File Transfer, Generic Access, SIM Access and Serial Port profiles
USB device mode for PC connectivity
RS-MMC