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Monday, 16 January 2006
770
Stupid plastic piece of crap!

Stopped by CompUSA yesterday to get a hands-on look at the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. As soon as I saw it on the cover of Linux Journal I wanted one, but some of the claims in the article didn't appear to be borne out in the specs listed on Nokia's site. Reviews of it online ranged from raves to pans, so I wanted to test-drive it myself.

I'll spare you the geekery, but in synopsis it's beautiful, very nice to look at. If it were limited to the built-in apps, I could never justify buying one to replace my Palm PDA; it's very firmly positioned as an Internet device, so it lacks a number of the built-in apps I need on a day-to-day basis: calendar, to-do list, contact manager, a decent calculator with conversion functions. Fortunately, though, it's running a version of Debian Linux, so there are already a number of decent apps already ported — including a PIM with calendar, to-do list and contact manager.

I'd definitely want one, but not until after the England trip. Unless my T5 meets with a horrible accident, or something even better comes out between now and then.


Posted by godfrey (link)
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Should horrible accident be in air quotes? Like, oops, I accidentally dropped my pda into a bowl of oatmeal?

You also left out my suggestions about sexing up this review ("as I grasped the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, a sharp thrill of passion coursed through my veins...").
Posted by Ginevra on 18 Jan 2006 09:09