Tablet School

Yes, we're back! If you've been following the internet tablet world you may have heard that Nokia is bringing out a tablet called the "N810 Wimax Edition", and here's our guide to what you need to know about it: Is the N810 Wimax Edition a new internet tablet? No, not really. It's just an ordinary N810 with a special chip added to allow it to use Wimax. What the heck is Wimax? It's like Wi-Fi, but with a longer range. It lets you access the internet at high speed wirelessly. At the moment it's mostly used by businesses but some companies are talking about setting up public Wimax networks which you could subscribe to. So far though, only a handful of American cities will receive these kinds of services, and the N810 Wimax Edition will only be on sale in those cities. Who should buy the N810 Wimax Edition? Only people who will be within range of a compatible Wimax network, which is a very small number of people at the moment. When i...

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...