Nokia Tablet amazing liquid UI project
Interesting news today that I read on Slashdot: a Nokia Maemo (e.g. nokia 770 / 800 / 810 series ) project called Liqbase (liqbase.net) has been accepted as a Google summer of code entrant.
this is great news as it seems a wonderful, fun project, and creatively simple in its idea of converting the tablet into an enhanced piece of paper. It won’t work on my 770 but will be ported to 800 (if not already - need to check). 800s are pretty cheap now.
check out the videos and the feature descriptions in the home-page:
http://liqbase.net/
Luke
July 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 am
The Internet Tablet 900 looks like a very interesting device, especially with, reportedly, 3G via T-Mobile.
But I really wonder whether MIDs will succeed as a product category or whether they are too “in between” a smartphone and a netbook.
Also, Maemo is an OS for geeks. And although it has a friendly shell, the number of applications pales in comparison to other operating systems. Will consumers see the 900 as an overly big phone, a too-small computer with an exotic OS, or will they accept and embrace the product for what it is?
Even Windows-based MIDs haven’t succeeded. My best guess — the smartphone and the netbook will be the devices of choice for most people….unless there’s some killer app that can only be best used on a MID.