Tablet School

If you're a fan of the TV and film series Star Trek, you may be familiar with the "PADD" portable computer tablet that many of the characters used. Well, if you install an unofficial theme pack called "LCARS", you can turn your internet tablet into something that still works just like an internet tablet, but which looks and sounds like a PADD from Star Trek. How to install LCARS on your N800 or N810 The installation process is very simple: 1. Click on the Globe in the top left hand corner, open a new browser window, and go to this address: maemo.org/downloads/OS2008 This is the official website for installing Maemo applications, and Maemo is the software platform used by Nokia's internet tablets. Incidentally, maemo.org is sometimes a very slow site even when you access it on a desktop computer. If it's too slow when you visit, try going back later. 2. On the Categories section on the right of the screen, click on "Desktop Environment...

What are themes? Themes are used by the internet tablets to determine what their interface looks like. If you change the tablet's theme, the appearance of the interface changes. The tablets come with four built-in themes to choose from, which you can do from the desktop's "Home" menu at the top of the desktop screen. Please see our tutorial on customising your tablet's desktop to find out more about this topic. If you're bored with the built-in themes though you can install extra themes, which is what this tutorial is about. How to find and install extra themes By far the easiest way to find and install themes is to use the maemo.org website, which is the official site for internet tablet software development. 1. On your tablet, click on the globe on the left, open a new browser window and go to the address maemo.org Don't worry if the site is a bit slow sometimes. 2. Click on the "Downloads" link at the top of the screen, and make...