Nokia Linux Tablet Ready to Ship

After months of delays, Nokia on Monday announced that its highly-anticipated Linux based Internet Tablet is available for purchase in Europe on the company's Web site. Nokia says it expects to make the device available in the U.S. next week. The Internet Tablet 770 will retail for 349 euros ($421 USD).

At launch, the device will feature Web browsing, e-mail, Internet radio, an RSS newsreader, file manager, and a media player supporting MPEG, AVI and RealVideo formats. "During the first half of year 2006 we will launch the next operating system upgrade to support more presence based functionalities such as VoIP and Instant Messaging," said Nokia's vice president of convergence products Janne Jormalainen.