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Review of Nokia's Linux Based 770 Internet Tablet (MobileBurn)

[Posted December 1, 2005 by cook]

MobileBurn reviews the Nokia 770 internet tablet. "Nokia's 770 is a bit of an anomaly when it comes to the company's device line-up. The 770 simply is not a phone (though it can connect to one). And while it offers a lot of PDA-like functionality, it isn't a PDA (though you could install the needed apps). Nor does it run a Series XX user interface on top of the Symbian OS, which Nokia owns a large portion of, instead relying on the new open-source Maemo platform, which itself uses Debian Linux for its operating system needs. So if it isn't a phone, and it isn't a PDA, what exactly is it? It is what Nokia hopes to establish as a new category of home electronics device: the Internet Tablet." Thanks to Joergen Ramskov.

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Posted Dec 2, 2005 15:00 UTC (Fri) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]

This is a really nifty platform, and a pretty decent implementation, with some room to grow.

The PADD has, finally arrived.

Hopefully, enough early adopters will pay early adopter My Favorite Toy prices to get the thing into *consumer* production quantities, at which time the price will probably S-curve.

The question is, is there enough penetration of 802.11 to make it happen?

I think there is.

Review of Nokia's Linux Based 770 Internet Tablet (MobileBurn)

Posted Dec 5, 2005 16:23 UTC (Mon) by smitty_one_each (subscriber, #28989) [Link]

To: Nokia PHBs
When will there be a TMobile HotSpot connector? North American market penetration would be enhanced thereby. Getting TMobile out of there Redmond-centric mode would be a boon to Linux in general.