PC Mag published a review of Nokia 770:
We connected the 770 to Wi-Fi networks using both WEP and WPA encryption without a problem. Bluetooth connectivity was a little tougher—we had to dig up our wireless carrier’s dial-up networking settings. We eventually got it connected to the Internet via Cingular’s network, using both the Nokia N90 and Sony Ericsson S710a phones as modems. We totally failed to connect it to Motorola V551 and V557 phones, receiving the message back from the tablet that it could not complete “service discovery.”
We found the 770’s interface a little bit gummy, but more worrying is that the device can easily max out its 250-MHz TI OMAP 1710 processor and its 64MB of RAM. Opening two browser windows and starting a mail session brought performance to a standstill.
Just wanted to remark that my review is generally more positive than those quotes would suggest. I found the 770 to be buggy, but an exciting and seductive platform, and I’m reasonably confident Nokia and developers will work out the bugs in the future.
Comment by Sascha Segan 11.30.05 @ 5:16 amQuestion, since this is a debian based OS, is there a shell available? Or, can I ssh to another host?
I want to use this to monitor other linux boxes.
Thanks.
Why would you open so many window on this device; this is not a laptop. Do one task and do it right
Comment by Allie 11.30.05 @ 8:35 pmThis memory issue worries me; every reviewer has commented that it is a problem. Will Nokia quickly change the specs of this machine to have 256MB of RAM instead of 128MB? I mean, isn’t that a very cheap decision these days? Does it cause more heat, or drain the battery faster, or something bad, to have 256MB? I’d pay an extra $20 or $30 to have a machine with more memory, and it sounds like it’d clear up a major sticking point with the reviewers.
Comment by Brian Smith 11.30.05 @ 10:16 pmIt’s unclear to me whether the 770 has 64 MB of RAM or 128 — different reviews say different things. Is it possible that the memory was doubled near the end of the product development cycle? Furthermore, it’s not clear, from reading this review, that many of the bugs that PC Magazine found were due to a lack of memory or simply due to the open-source development process that the 770 has embraced.
Looking forward to getting my hands on one 
Sascha, I agree about those preview quotes making the article seem rather negative.
Nokia770.com, maybe you can add the following quote from the article to the other two?
“We suspect that developers and geeks will love the 770 in its current state. We heartily recommend it to that crowd, but the average consumer should hold off for now. Once Nokia smoothes out the bugs and the geeks start churning out more software, this will be a fun gadget to have at home.”
(Last paragraph in Sascha Segan’s article at http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1893683,00.asp )
It’s encouraging to hear that the battery even lasted 5.5 hours in your test… If I remember right Nokia advertises the battery to last an average of 3 hours.
Comment by Marc 12.01.05 @ 2:18 amIt has 64MB DDR RAM, 128 MB On-Board Flash, and a RS-MMC slot. In the box is a 64 MB RS-MMC card to put in the slot.
Regarding the 128 MB On-Board Flash, approximiately half is used to store the core OS and applications. The other half is available for the user to save data files such as images you save from your web browser. It isn’t designed for allowing you to install applications on the removable RS-MMC card. The removable RS-MMC card is for storing backups and also for storing media, such as images, video, and audio files. I learned this from reading the User Guide PDF that you can download at this time.
Comment by Rob2 12.01.05 @ 8:45 amALL THESE FANCY SMANCY REVIEW SITES (MOBILE BURN AND OTHERS) AND NO ONE HAS THE ABILITY TO CALL “THEIR FRIENDS” OR SOMEONE AT NOKIA TO FIND OUT THE REAL HOLDUP IN SHIPPING THESE 770′S, SOFTWARE CRAP OR HARDWARE BUILDING OR WHAT!!
Comment by Bud Olivares 12.03.05 @ 1:45 am