This one shows the clarity of fonts on the Nokia 770 screen.
Richi Jennings, an independent technology and marketing/PR consultant, specializing in email, Linux, wireless, and computer security, has several reasons not to like Nokia 770. Among the doubts that Nokia can deliver on this, Jennings says:
The performance is very poor. The demo devices were extremely slow.
PC Magazine is pretty pessimistic on Nokia 770 prospects. Sascha Segan brings up a valid point - handheld Linux devices so far did not perform quite that well in commercial markets:
Following the spectacular success of the Sharp Zaurus, the Sony Location-Free TV, and the DataWind PocketSurfer, Nokia today announced the latest entry into the burgeoning Linux PDA/Web-tablet market. Whoops, sorry. That was from the PC Magazine Alternate Universe Edition.
Folks over at Maemo.org published a full tutorial on developing for Maemo. Debian and Ubuntu Linux are recommended for Nokia 770 development.
Dave over at Permanent4 says Nokia 770 got his attention:
The 770 is designed to be used around the house. Instead of being tied down to a computer to surf the web or read your favorite RSS feeds, you can pick this up and carry it around with you, and it will get everything over Wi-Fi. Much cheaper than a second computer, too.
Silicon Valley Sleuth says 770 is useless:
If it weren’t running Linux, this would have been an utterly lame device. At least now it still some minor cool factor. It allows developers to create their own applications through the “Maemo” platform that Nokia created. But I can’t think of a single scenario where this device would come in and save the day, or at least where a PDA, smartphone or laptop wouldn’t suffice.
Carlos Rivero is looking for a list to sign-up to get the new 770:
This will look great on my car!! It is extremely portable by its small formfactor, usable for almost all internet applications thorugh its exceptional resolution of 800×480 pixel and its multimedia capabilities by making use of a TI-OMAP CPU and a accompanying digital signal processor (DSP) core.
Over at MarcoScobena.com the author seems to be excited with the new product:
I’ve just discovered Nokia has released a new terminal, called 770, which works as a Internet Tablet and has Gnome libraries inside. So cool! You can find more info for developers right here. Where can I apply for beta testing?
Looks like Movial is ready to fill in the missing voice communication feature for Nokia 770 - they’re providing SIP-compliant VOIP client for 770:
According to Ala-Ruona, VoIP Connect supports both iterations of SIP: IETF and IMS. While the IETF’s model for SIP is more widely used as the industry standard, cellular operators have adopted an infrastructure that uses IMS in order to better control access and usage of their closed networks. The PC client is available immediately. VoIP Connect for the Nokia 770 will be available this summer. The product was never announced because Movial didn’t want to pre-empt Nokia’s launch of the 770.