InternetTabletTalk added software catalog and wiki to further discuss 770 issues. Tommi Komulainen disagrees with the effort.
Geoff Goodfellow, founder of RadioMail says Nokia 770 is a nice first try:
i do not buy or use devices that require the use of a stylus to say, scroll the screen down… that immediately makes/requires a device to be a “two handed” device and that’s a show stopper for me. palm/handspring learned that lesson with the treo before they added keypad functionality.
Ari Jaaksi blogs again:
There is the name Nokia on the 770 Internet Tablet. I bet that is why so many people ask me: “Are you gonna put a cell phone into your internet tablet?” And I answer: “No.”
Smart Money might have cracked the real reason for Nokia to experiment with new products like N770, something that Forbes magazine thought was totally uncalled for:
Simply put, Wall Street worries that Nokia isn’t cool anymore. The Finland-based giant has been cranking out 1990s-style phones shaped like candy bars when consumers have been clamoring for flip, or clamshell, designs like Motorola’s ultra-thin RAZR. At the same time, industry growth has slowed somewhat, and Nokia and others have been pushing into emerging markets with lower-margin phones. Result: Nokia’s overall margins and profits have been slipping.
Frequently you’re at a place, like hotel or work, where the wireless Internet is not present, but the wired hookup is there. Can you use your laptop as a wireless router and get Nokia 770 to connect to it, and access the Web? Here’s a simple trick that allows one to do that, coming from an apparently new blog on Nokia 770.
Russ Nelson discusses the stylus in Nokia 770:
It has a magnet and sensor to detect when the cover is hiding the screen, so the machine sleeps when the cover is on. The cover also keeps the stylus from falling out when it’s closed. Unfortunately, when it’s open, it also prevents you from accessing the stylus.
Going to NokiaUSA.com/770 and clicking Buy! now generates the following message:
Dear Nokia Customer,
Current orders for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet are not expected to be fulfilled before December 2005. Orders are filled in the order received. Your credit card will not be charged until your product is available for shipment. We will also send you a Shipment Notification email at that time so you can track your order.
Vidar Madsen writes a review of Nokia 770:
For me, speaking as both a user and developer, the free and open Maemo distribution is a bit incomplete compared to the official Nokia install. The free one lacks a few things, such as a browser and the e-mail application. Then again, the Nokia install lacks some utilities for software installation and development. I found it a bit disappointing to have to choose between these two options, but I’m trying to find a way to get the best of both worlds. And I think I might have found one that suits me.
Pretty detailed review, which discusses every aspect of 770, including what’s in the box and how well the RSS reader works. They also point out pretty weak wireless connectivity.
Serge wants to build rich Internet apps (Flash-based) and discusses whether Nokia 770 would provide a good platform for it.