WEB TABLET DEBUTS
IN TOMB RAIDER
Copyright 2001 www.tombraiderchronicles.com Source:
Mobile Computing Magazine
[ February 27th 2001 ]
Ericsson,
the Swedish mobile phone giant, will sport not
only it's new Bluetooth headset in Paramount Pictures
Tomb Raider movie, but will unveil it's new H610
Web Tablet, a wireless Webpad featuring a touch-screen
colour matrix display utilising the Bluetooth
Personal Area Network (PAN) and consolidating
several communication devices into one portable
console.
"The
Web tablet, which was shown in prototype form
at the CeBIT Computer Faire in Germany last February,
is a Red Hat Linux-driven wireless colour screen
device that will ship later this year. The device
is billed as a cordless communication centre for
the home, effectively a combination cordless telephone,
answering machine, address book, message centre,
and Internet appliance, all in one.
"The
H610 is billed as a wireless Webpad that features
a colour LCD (liquid crystal display) touch-screen
with integral cordless speakerphone, which communicates
with a small base station that plugs into a regular
phone line. Once enabled, the device allows users
to surf the Web, check their e-mail and exchange
multimedia files across the Net - wirelessly.
"The key to the device's portability is its support
for the Bluetooth personal area network (PAN),
a 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) short-range wireless network."
Mobile
Computer also suggest that Opera Software (www.opera.com)
will develop the Linux based browser software
that will allow H610 users to seamlessly surf
the web. Gizmo-laden Angelina Jolie will be premiering
Ericsson's new technology across the U.S. when
Tomb Raider debuts June 15th.
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