Nokia has discontinued its N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition, effective immediately, reports Mobile Burn. Distributors have apparently been asked to send any remaining stock back to Nokia. The abrupt cancellation is reportedly due to the slow WiMAX roll out in the USA as well as an issue with the current WiMAX switches in use not offering optimal performance, says Mobile Burn.
The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet WiMAX Edition was announced one year ago, at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. However, only 2 markets, Baltimore and Portland, have Mobile WiMAX networks where it could be used.
Nokia’s Internet Tablet OS (abbreviated ITOS by the community) is an operating system for the Nokia Internet Tablet. It is often referred to as “Maemo“, in reference to the name of the Nokia-sponsored Maemo project that oversees its development. Like Nokia’s Maemo, OpenMoko uses GTK+ as well as OpenedHand’s lightweight Matchbox window manager.
TabletPC Talk, Internet Tablet Talk, and Linux Devices cover the beat.
I didn’t see any Nokia Tablets at Clearwire’s rollout in Portland on Tuesday.
