The news about delay is covered by Reuters today.
“It will be shipping during Q4. The finalisation of the software platform took a few weeks longer than we originally planned, so that’s why it didn’t start in Q3,” Nokia spokeswoman Marika Kojo told Reuters.
Over on Mark’s Geeky Ramblings Matk suggests 770 is an interesting new class of PDAs he believes have a future:
Meanwhile, non-cell PDA’s continue to develop, like the Nokia 770. At $350 for a well sized, 800×480 resolution machine with built in WiFi and Bluetooth, it could be a great platform for software innovation.
That’s coming from a person who has owned *lots* of PDAs, it seems like.
So where’s Nokia 770 made? Finland, or Nokialand? Nope. Taiwan, a place where everything electronic gets made? Try again. China, the manufacturing leader of the world? Nope. The FCC sticker shows Estonia as the country of production:
Alright, so changing jobs and moving down to sunny California from wintery Washington state takes out lots of free time, as it turns out, so the site hasn’t been updating as frequently as it should. By the way, anyone willing to contribute? Just leave a comment here, and I will contact you, assuming that your e-mail is mentioned somewhere.
First, Howard Chui produced a really detailed analysis of the Nokia 770, with many pictures, screenshots, and descriptions. Nothing really new for anyone who followed the 770 development, but the conclusion is, nevertheless, a bit disappointing:
I’ll be honest, my first impression when I saw the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet was that it looked pretty useless. It’s designed by Nokia yet it isn’t a phone. It looks like a PDA but lacks PIM functionality. What good is an internet tablet when you could have a PDA or a Smartphone? It turns out it’s actually pretty useful for surfing the web. The display is wide and big enough to make it feel like you’re browsing the web on a computer. Plus the 770 is fast enough that if you’re connected via Wifi, webpages load in a snap. On top of that you can always use the 770 as a music or video player though the fact that it uses RS-MMC cards limits the amount of content you can fit.
Then in comments I got pointed to Unpaved Roads article, which in turn points to Teddy The Bear’s blog, who says that Nokia 770 postponement is now official.
About two weeks ago I got an official information from a Nokia representative, who told me, that the Nokia 770 won’t be available in Q3, but in Q4 and definitively before Xmas.
Plus Internet Tablet Talk listed some additions to the software family of Nokia 770.
However, Nokia 770 could be spotted at Engadget event in San Francisco, which I missed, but Om Malik got to play with 770:
The switching between the applications - email, audio player and browser was sluggish, but the Nokia representatives say that it should be fixed by the time device ships later this fall. The four way keypad navigator works nicely and helps you toggle tasks nicely. One of my concerns was that it would be too big to be used casually, but that is not the case. The ultra-bright screen makes up for the size, while it is light enough to be thrown into your messenger bag without inducing any permanent damage to your spinal cord. Now I cannot wait to get one for a full blown review.
Ari Jaaksi, a father of two and an owner of a wooden house, according to the blog subtitle, but alsdo the head of open source operations at Nokia now has a blog. This post, in fact, was blogged from Nokia 770.
The official page still bears that “coming in Q3″ promise, but today a contact from Nokia said that “media copies” of the device would be available. Those are the Nokias they distribute to magazines and review sites like CNet right before it hits the market.
Nokia 770 received FCC approval. View all the Nokia documents associated with application.
770Fan did a podcast. I am currently at work, but will download the MP3 tonight.
IT Toolbox discusses the proliferation of Linux in the Nokia world. Mostly the same “Will Nokia go Linux?” theme:
When the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet hits the streets in the coming weeks, it will mark a technological milestone for the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. The tablet not only is Nokia’s first non-voice Wi-Fi device, but it also runs on the Linux operating system (OS).
Internet Tablet Talk: new Doom video.