Hmm, Nokia and Tablet PCs. I am just not sure I can see this. Having said this, I would be willing to look at their next generation of products in this field to see if any substantial (assuming there are any) mistakes that they might have made were corrected.

Nokia Corp. is introducing a handheld tablet for Web-browsing over a wireless broadband connection, the company’s first non-phone mobile device and the latest in a long line of attempts to create a so-called “Internet appliance” for quick online access around the home.

The new Internet Tablet, unveiled Wednesday and slated to go on sale this summer, is based on the open-source
Linux operating system rather than the Symbian platform Nokia uses for “smart” cell phones.

Priced at $350, the Internet Tablet is being positioned as an alternative to buying an extra personal computer or laptop for different rooms, providing a cheaper, quicker and less-cumbersome way to connect to the Web and e-mail at home.

There’s no hard drive but rather 128 megabytes of onboard flash memory and a memory card slot. Nokia says the device is not intended as a rival to Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod or other MP3 music players. A software update is expected early next year to add features such as voice-over-Internet telephony and instant messaging. [Read the rest]