PC World runs a review of PepperPad, a 20 gig Linux-based tablet that is somewhat competing with Nokia 770 on many fronts (except the price factor). Looks like the PC World folks weren’t terribly impressed with it, but they still have some good advice that perhaps Nokia 770 engineers would note:
My dissatisfaction started soon after I powered up the Pepper Pad. From a cold boot, this “instant-on” device takes nearly 2 minutes to get up and running. You can then put the unit in a sleep mode for faster subsequent startups, but the battery continues to drain. And I was surprised by the battery’s short life span: During my informal tests, the unit lasted less than 2 hours on a full charge.
Yes, for a mobile device like this users tend to get pretty picky on things like battery life and speed of startup.
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.
Russell Beattie from Yahoo! wrote a lengthy post on the future of mobility, featuring Nokia 770 shots:
The latest news I’ve seen about the Nokia 770 is that it’s going to have a host of applications ready for it at launch, including VoIP software, streaming media, chat applications, Doom, etc. The thing that’s so amazing about this is that the 770 is essentially the *same exact hardware* that’s on my Nokia 6680, yet the development pace for the 770 is way more rapid. In addition, there’s at least a half a dozen blogs and bloggers dedicated to the device, and it hasn’t even launched yet. This shows the power of an open environment and the draw of Linux and its fans.
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.