On a related note, I want to post a public apology to Brian Lam, editor of Gizmodo for erroneously "correcting" one of his blog posts. Gizmodo too picked up the story and posted a photo and I mentioned that Kevin Tofel of JKOnTheRun should be credited for the photo, which they did. Kevin corrected me - it turns out that photo is ever so slightly different in that the number on the display is not identical. As a journalist, I should know better and check these things. "My Bad" guys!
I do owe Kevin a test call on Skype once this thing is ready so he can hear how it sounds like on the other end. I am also going to try to get a Skype conference call open to all my readers just to chat about the Internet Tablets and future/speculation thereof. If it goes well, it'll become a podcast. Go ahead and Skype me (thoughtfix) and if I am available I will answer and we can talk tablets and get used to Skype before it shows up on the N800. Be aware that your call may be recorded and could become a featured call on this blog!
New 770 owners from Woot and Buy.Com - I am going to go through the process of tagging all my posts from the first one on to help you all search for the most interesting stuff to you. This will be my first tagged post, but expect me to dig through the archives and do them ALL sometime this weekend.
2 comments:
Is it confirmed now that Skype will be part of an upcoming firmware update and not a separate application to be downloaded like, say, Gizmo?
I'd be very disappointed in this case. They shouldn't bundle even more "evil" software with an OS that claims to be based on free software.
That's a VERY good point, Anonymous. On one hand, commercial software like Rhapsody has been kept off by default. On another, there's already licensed software like Opera and Flash installed.
I am guessing it will come as part of the firmware but not as a development decision. It's more of a business decision as it increases the out-of-box value of the N800 AND encourages Skype use at the same time. It's good for partnerships to work that way.
In any event, I am betting there will be at least coordination between firmware and Skype because there are probably some performance tweaks that Nokia had to work out with the Skype team.
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