“After spending a few days using the 770 intensely, I feel conflicted about it. I want to love it, and some aspects of it exceeded my expectations. At the same time, the 770 has some serious shortcomings that need to be addressed in v2.0 of the 770 (or in the 771) if it is going to have wide success.” More reviews: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6. Update by ELQ: And another one too.
Hmm, what can this thing do that a PDA could not? It is even possible to get a PDA cheaper than this?
Martin
Theoretically, the OS is a little more robust than, say PalmOS–you could integrate more stuff.
I would love to run emacs, with a bluetooth keyboard, on the 770, but, if Nokia doesn’t support T-Mobile HotSpots, then I’m left to wonder where I’d use it.
You can browse the web as it is supposed to be browsed. Something which is simply not true for any sub 400 pixel wide PDA. IMNSHO cost is a little to high for it but anybody who buys it now is a early adopter and they are used to pay over the odds. Especially considering that it is still beta. It doesn´t even have a messenger installed which will come with the next version of the software. But Nokia needs a life audience to home it to perfection. Expect the 770 of early 2007 to be an essential for living with its tighter software and slightly better hardware
Not to forget, you can get a PDA more powerfull than this:-) Some of the newer PDAs use 400MHz processors.
But not with the same screen. No PDA I’ve seen does 800×480
I’ve been watching the development of this product for quite awhile. I can’t figure why Nokia would do this. It seems as ill-fated as the N-Gage. If you want a successful product, you have to be trying to solve a widespread problem. This seems to be a geek plaything with an underpowered processor, lack of RAM and unpolished software. If people want to browse the web, what’s wrong with a notebook computer with a 14″ screen and 700MhZ processor? You can get a great used one for the price of this toy.
what’s wrong with a notebook computer with a 14″ screen and 700MhZ processor?
size, weight and battery life come to mind.
only size and weight cos battery life is up to 3 hours of browsing.
Your notebook won’t stay in stand-by mode for 7 days, probably. Unless you hibernate to disk. In that case, it won’t wake-up instantly, nor will it boot in 35 seconds.
The Nokia 770 and a notebook computer have different uses, so I would not compare them directly.
To _read_ webpages, even my Palm TT3 has enough power..
for people (like me
) :
still interested in it after reading the above posts (;-p) and having a laptop, but wanting to rid myself of a 3kg bag when i carry it around…
..and don’t want to go ahead reading ALL reviews…
..it does
it does !.. support WEP and WPA for connecivity !
root accessability seems to be an option also.
imagery is great, wifi is fast, what more could one
ask for !? (except for the device to grow up and more apps being ported
)
**hmzz, maybe enough money to buy one of those cute handy companions ?**
😉
*drewl*
Here’s the way I see it after owning one for a couple of months:
It’s an mp3 player. But it also does all sorts of really cool shiznit. Can’t go wrong with that.
For $299 you can get the Palm TX with 128 MB NRAM, wifi and bluetooth. They’re even giving away a free 128 MB SD card on their web site.
Two advantages the Nokia 770 has are removable battery and native landscape view. I hope that Palm and HTC start making handhelds that are native landscape. It would be much better for web browsing.
The 770 is just out. Nokia doesn´t seem to be able to provide enough of them so why would they lower their price (It is also IMHO beta so they don´t want to sell to many of them to the none kernel compiling public). With the right way of accessing their site you could get it for not much more than the TX and i expect that the 770v2 will soon be cheaper than $300