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Tuesday, 24 January 2006
Oh yes. Now this is nice.
Ha! Ha! I am on the Intarweb!

Yesterday, I went ahead and bought a Nokia 770. Last one in the store (Tampa was completely sold out). The Tallahassee store was sold out of car chargers and RS-MMC (memory cards), thanks to other purchasers of the 770. That turned out to be a good thing, though, as I found a 1GB card online for less than the store wanted for a 512MB stick.

Overall, I'm greatly pleased with it. It does what it's designed for quite well — but it's the other stuff that gets me all a-tingle.

If you enter just a forward slash in the Web browser's address bar, you can see the root of the filesystem (click for full-sized images):

Web browser

Mmmm, Linux! With the addition of xterm and the use of a utility normally used for flashing the firmware, you can have complete control of the box in a root shell:

I am in command here!

The neatest part of the device is its wireless support. It's got a fantastic receiver; it picks up many more wireless access points than my laptop. This apartment complex is pretty techy, apparently; standing in the parking lot in the midst of several buildings, I pick up quite a few signals:

Who needs a Pringles can?

Well, I guess they're not that techy, after all, since about half the routers are left unsecured. Anyway, I think this is a long enough entry; while this 770 is nice, I'm much quicker using a real keyboard. Hmmm... I wonder how much a Bluetooth keyboard costs?

Update: I'd also like to say, it's got an impressive-looking Mahjongg game amongst the built-in games.


Posted by godfrey (link)
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Comments
You're like Batman, only your utility belt is packed with computer parephenalia.
Posted by Ginevra on 25 Jan 2006 18:56
You have cool and complex toys.
Posted by Lisa on 25 Jan 2006 21:07
Oh, man - I love Mahjongg
Posted by Kathy Angel on 26 Jan 2006 21:22
I do too. And considering that on my previous PDA, it looked like this:

PalmJongg

... it's quite an improvement.
Posted by Godfrey on 29 Jan 2006 20:57