It looks like there will be a new version of the OS2007 for Nokia N800 devices in a few weeks. So says Ari Jaaksi, the head of Nokia’s open source operation. What can we expect?

• better Flash performance
• better video performance and quality
• longer usage times i.e. better power management
• fixes here and there

…hopefully! The flash issue is so so important.

But it looks like the Skype and Rhapsody support has slipped. We expected to see these in a March timeframe but they appear in the next wave ‘later this year.’

• updated browser with better WEB 2.0 support and other goodies
• improved multimedia support with more formats supported
• improved package management to better enable sw upgrading
• interesting 3rd party software such as Skype and Real Rhapsody
• more apps & stuff downloadable from http://tableteer.Nokia.com/ (can be accessed with an Internet tablet, only ….)

Ari has a few more notes about the longer term here where he even mentions WiMax! Its good to see Nokia getting into the open-source spirit with open-source plans like this.