- Introduction and more
- Inside Nokia: An interview with Dr. Ari Jaaksi
- Community Spotlight: An interview with Reggie Suplido of InternetTabletTalk
- An insider's outside perspective: An interview with Veronica Belmont of Tekzilla
- A timeline of Internet Tablet developments from 2005 to 2008 (You are here.)
May 25, 2005
Nokia 770 announced at LinuxWorld Summit in New York
November 07, 2005
Nokia 770 starts mass shipping. "Approximately 350 euro including taxes."
January 2006
Users start using GPS software on their Internet Tablets, including GPSDrive and RoadMap. GPSDrive later evolves to Maemo Mapper - a favorite among Internet Tablet users.
May 16, 2006Internet Tablet OS 2006 released, including Google Talk and VOIP. The updated Nokia 770 came with a new box style, shown above.
June 19, 2006
Urho Konttori's Media Converter version 0.97 first added to the maemo garage. His later software releases would include UKTube, UKMP, ThemeMaker and USBControl. Uhro's software rapidly becomes community favorites and Nokia recognized his talents and eventually hired him on.
July 14, 2006
Gizmo Project available for the Nokia 770, making the first commercial VOIP available on the tablets.
October 29, 2006
First details of the second-generation Nokia Internet Tablet surface on the FCC.
November, 2006
First edition of Canola, a touch-optimized multimedia player for Nokia Internet Tablets released by INdT.
November 16, 2006
First leaked photo of the second-generation Nokia Internet Tablet surfaces.
December 15, 2006
Puppy Robot software first posted to the maemo garage. It's a robot puppy with a Nokia 770 for a head! Later variations will include the N800 as the robot's brain.
January 8, 2007Nokia N800 and Internet Tablet OS 2007 announced at CES 2007
Nokia and Skype announce intention to deliver Skype VOIP to Internet Tablets
January 27, 2007
Nokia N800 gets dissected on video
February 3, 2007
Internet Tablet OS 2007 gets "hacker edition" available for the 770
February 7, 2007
Users discover that the Nokia N800 has an FM radio tuner included.
Other users discover that the N800 has USB OnTheGo support.
February 18, 2007In-car diagnostic tool for the Nokia Internet Tablets demoed. Carman, developed by INdT, uses a bluetooth ELMscan to read car codes.
March 21, 2007
First discussion of a WiMAX Internet Tablet shows up in a Nokia press release.
April 16, 2007
Orb introduces Orb MyCasting experience tailored for Nokia Internet Tablets
May 14, 2007
Nokia N800 Navigation Kit available for purchase in the US. The Navicore GPS navigation for the Nokia N800 reviewed in depth and in video
July 10, 2007
First leaked photos of what eventually became the third Internet Tablet spotted. I was totally wrong and thought it looked more like an enterprise smartphone.
July 11, 2007Skype becomes official on the Nokia N800
July 17, 2007
The first public testing edition of the microb mozilla/gecko based browser is released for testing. Eventually, this browser replaces Opera as the official browser for Internet Tablets.
September 1, 2007
Nokia N800 is the cover story on Linux Journal, calling it the "Ultimate Linux Handheld."
Mid-September, 2007
Users show experiments on porting desktop Linux environments to the Internet Tablets
September 25, 2007
First FCC filing of the third generation Nokia Internet Tablet (what becomes the Nokia N810) spotted.
October 2, 2007
MP3tunes client made available for the N800
October 17, 2007Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and Internet Tablet OS2008 announced at the Web2Summit in San Francisco.
October 26, 2007
N810 awarded "Best Overall Product" at CTIA by Laptop Magazine
November 13, 2007ACCESS Garnet (Palm OS) emulator released for Nokia Internet Tablets
November 20, 2007
Internet Tablet Video Converter (Windows version) released. A Mac version followed months later.
November 26, 2007Internet Tablet OS2008 officially released for the N800
April 1, 2008Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition officially announced
Also on April 1, 2008HAVA announces client for place-shifting TV/Cable/DVR content to Internet Tablets.
April 29, 2008
First pricing shows up on the Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition
5 comments:
Interesting that neither OS2008 (with forged N810 MAC for authentication) nor Diablo (SSU instructions blogged, although without link to (wide open) repo) internal release escapes were mentioned.
I thought those were pretty serious events; then again, I'm the sort of person who takes advantage of them instead of shying off, and we're probably a minority.
Thanks, Dan! Great write-up for a great occasion!
9/11/2007
http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/09/11/running-kde-on-the-nokia-n770-and-n800
This is the best maemo timeline I have seen so far. Sure, it can be improved but hey - it's a great first shot.
You are invited to post it in the brand new MediaWiki in maemo.org so the community can improve and maintain it.
another bonus for the N800, but I can't tell you when texrat told people, is that the screen is pressure sensitive - maemopad+ allows you to have the pen change according to pressure. It's not particularly linear though.
also, os2008HE for the 770 tablet deserves a mention as some people put in a lot of hard work to make that possible!
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