Nokia Internet Tablet

From GrinningMonkey

I have a Nokia N770 and N800 Internet Tablet. I like to write and to document what I do. Here you'll find thoughts, HOWTOs, test results, etc. related to Nokia tablets.

Contents 1 Introduction 2 HOWTOs 3 Ideas 4 My Tablet Addiction

Introduction

I got my N770 in order to use it as an Orbiter with PlutoHome. I found that PlutoHome nor LinuxMCE were stable enough for me just yet, but fell in love with the tablet. Debian-based linux? Beautiful screen? Wireless internet? *drool* My fiancee began a campaign to take over my 770, mostly to play games, sometimes to take notes. I got an N800 so I can give my N770 to her.

HOWTOs

• Encoding for Nokia N770/N800 Video Playback.

• Using mencoder to convert shows for playback on a NIT.
• Quality vs. filesize tests.
• Command-line parameters.

• Setting up NIT Bluetooth DUN networking between Nokia Internet Tablet and laptop

• Using a PC to provide DUN/PPP for NITs
• Speed tests, including a PAN comparison
• Setup instructions
• NOTE: Rewritten and posted at maemo.org for the community

Ideas

NIT Mail Notification - "Push mail" on the NIT

Mapping Ideas - Maemo Mapper is great software

My Tablet Addiction

Ways I use my NIT:

• I keep it with me when I'm reading so I can look stuff up. 'Cause when you're reading Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon sometimes you want to know about the greek Goddess Athena, but you're too lazy to get up off the comfy couch to go to the computer and look it up. The N800 is a cunning solution.

• It also comes in handy for playing games on the Wii and PS2. How *do* you defeat that damn mid-level boss, anyways?

• I keep a To Do list with gpe-todo. Categories: Chores-Home; Chores-Out (things to get done while out and about, like oil change or package pickup); Lookup (things I wanted to learn more about).

• I use MaemoPad+ for drawing diagrams to explain what the hell I'm talking about. For example, sometimes my furnace stops working. There's a sensor in there to ensure that the pilot light is lit. If it's not, then the furnace isn't burning gas, it's filling the house with it, which is a Bad Thing. The sensor is barely close enough to the pilot light, and sometimes, when the furnace turns on, air turbulence disrupts the flame around the sensor enough to make it think the pilot light's gone out, and it shuts off all the gas. Try explaining this without the diagram to the right; a picture is worth a thousand words.

• I use MaemoPad+ for temporary lists, like groceries, because it's not as advanced as GPE ToDo.

• Finally, I use MaemoPad+ for writing down random things. When I go to the Bulk Barn, I'll write down bin numbers. A friend came over and made cookies the other day, and I wrote down what she was doing. Now I have a cookie recipe.

• Combined with a small Bluetooth keyboard (I have the Stowaway slim), it makes a good notepad at work meetings.

• I have a Scott-e-Vest (a geek's vest with many pockets... they even have little holes to manage earphone wires and such!). The N800, BT keyboard and BT GPS fit nicely within.

• At the gym, I'll spend a half hour on the cycle machine while watching half-hour episodes of Gargoyles or Friends.