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'''This page is for bundled Nokia software requests.'''

===Operating System===
* Better support for right-to-left languages, such as Arabic, and Hebrew. 
* I think ITOS's user interface should be improved on utilization rate of screen space, aesthetic feeling and simplicity. Some proper technical method(for example,several typical standardized UI widgets of same kind to cover various use, more advanced combo UI widgets, more standardization on size, position and layout)should be taken to keep most applications developed by community,especially less experienced developers,highly consistent with the ITOS' user interface.
* Unionfs support built into the kernel (So users don't have to flash initfs and boot from SD, or make symlinks gone wild, just to install a few extra apps)
* a2dp
* More intuitive Cut/Copy & Paste: This was done very handy in the Newton OS of the Apple Newton Messagepad and I still miss it very much. You could mark any text with the pencil and just move it to any corner/border of the screen. The cut/copied text got stuck there and you could always see part of the text fragment there. When you wanted to use this text fragment again (=Paste) you just moved that fragment from the border back to any text input field. Copy & Paste was done by default; Cut & Paste was done by double-hitting the marked text before moving it to any border of the screen.
* Screen rotation support.
* Completely finger-friendly UI wherever possible
===Inbuilt Applications===
* A PIM system that can be tied into by developers, to provide PC synchronization etc.
** A equivalent to telepathy for calendar,contact list, and tasks: A well integrated framework (with binding for many languages such python).
** Possibly related to and syncable between Nokia phone models - as well as online.  PIM data should be available everywhere.
** PIM synchronization with Outlook (you may not be a fan of Outlook but that's what businesses need)
** Add more fields to the address book: Actual address, Birthday,....
* Telepathy:
** Better video call support
* Global sync-software

===Other Applications===
* Office suite. (???) see discussion
* Abiword (please assist the developers and support it officially on the Internet tablet)
===Other Software Hardware===
The Nokia 810 tablet's success depends on the coordination of software with hardware to provide a device that is both useful and functional, not to mention competitive with similar devices (small screen, keyboard, open source apps, wifi/btooth, web cam) that are proliferating, in some instances for a lower cost than the 810.

At the very least the current basics for any portable device of this nature require a responsive keyboard, a screen with readable fonts, enough memory to load and run applications at the speed of a wifi connection, and support for familiar applications such as Firefox, Open Office, Skype with video, and video and audio streaming. In addition, portability of data must rely on plug in memory cards that can be quickly mounted and removed.

At the moment using the 810 is a struggle between hardware and software. The keyboard while larger than keyboards on other small devices is difficult to use, which limits the software that the user is likely to install and rely on. Cut and copy/paste between text fields in apps is hit or miss. Much of the software available for download seems to be yet another media player. Firefox, while certainly more responsive than other small device browsers, is clumsy in relation to screen size. And some apps, such as fbreader emphasize how much the 810 weighs when hand held for extended periods. The presence of two disparate views of the file system offers some confusion for the uninitiated.

Since the 810 is in fact a functional linux os computer with all the potential that implies, the issue of what software is needed should be at the option of the user, provided that the 810's hardware and os derivation supports properly running the software. Currently the advertising and promotion of the 810 suggests it can do more than the average user will find it actually can do, a discovery that is based on the software available to run on the hardware.

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