If unwiredview.com is to be believed, Nokia is already showing a Linux based mobile internet device:
The design of Nokia Sparrow device does not follow the current netbook trend, going more the MID way, with some passing resemblance to Nokia N800 internet tablet.
It will have multi-slide keyboard, with different layouts/keys revealed as you slide it in different directions. The display also slides in several directions for different functions – think Nokia N97 tilting display.
The new Nokia computer has a very interesting keyboard with diamond shaped, elevated keys inverted to each other. At first glance it seems very uncomfortable – the keys are pretty small (about half the size of normal key), actually the device itself is rather small. But when you start typing on it, it works very well. It is very difficult to hit multiple keys with a finger, even on purpose.
Hit the link above for more and their own mock-up drawing.
Is this real? Why haven’t we heard or seen more? Why do the only Google results for “Nokia Sparrow” go to that page or links to that page?
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From the blurb, it sounds like Sparrow is the name of the ARM processor, not the name of the Nokia tablet. This explains why searching for the “Nokia Sparrow” might not yield results.
Sounds suspiciously like a hoax or at least an error. It makes no sense for a new tablet to look almost exactly as a N800. And yes, first thing I did was search for other pages where “Nokia Sparrow” was mentioned and the only ones were unwiredview.com
Doesn’t look good
They refer to a Russian journalist Eldar Murtazin and his blog.
I looked up the blog. The news about the future Nokia computer are embedded in a podcast (no text in the blog itself). All of it is in Russian. The content of the English language text you refer to matches what Eldar says pretty closely.
Does not look like a hoax to me.
I am interested is seeing if this is the next nokia tablet.
I think Eldar clearly states that this is a proto that won’t be out before 2011. So no need to speculate on it much. And the pic is a photoshop _as stated_ on the webpage posting the story.
I am expecting the next tablet to be announced within the next 2-3 and be available before mid 2009.
Looks like some fancy photoshopping. It’s so advanced that it runs OS2007?
@EIPI
did you bother to read the article? it actually said it’s their photoshopped mockup based on the rumour.
sheesh, tabletblog gets more like slashdot by the week!