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“So far, the Linux-based Maemo OS has appeared mostly
in Internet tablets from Nokia. Distributed commercially as “Tablet
OS 200x,” Maemo powered Nokia’s original ARM9-based 700 tablet, as
well as the new ARM11-based N800 and keyboard-equipped N810
tablets. Nokia has not shipped a new Maemo-based tablet in several
years, however.“The Financial Times story and countless follow-up reports
suggest that Nokia looks to Maemo to help it better compete with
RIM and Apple. As a Linux-based OS, Maemo may offer greater
hardware support, more open source applications to choose from, and
a more rapid pace of development, reports note. Like Palm with its
“Garnet” virtual machine for legacy Palm apps, Nokia would
presumably offer some type of support technology to enable the
continued use of existing S60 applications.”