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June 24, 2005

Nokia 770 - worth 350 $?

I saw the Nokia 770 (or several of them actually) at LinuxTag. The guys from Nokia and Maemo.org were there showing off the shiny gadget. According to one of the guys there, it's scheduled to be launched in Q3 for a street price of 350 $ - meaning probably 350 €.

What I like about the device: it looks cool, seems fast enough (the devices there were newer than the ones that have been criticized before as being too slow), runs Linux, is open to additional applications, WLAN (of course), coolness factor etc.

I'm just not quite convinced that WLAN is widespread enough yet for the device to get by without any way of connecting up via GSM/GPRS. I mean I know you can via bluetooth - but so many operators offer special data-sims and tariffs (for use in say the Blackberry). According to the guy on the booth, adding this would have meant a thicker device and less battery life. Like the Blackberry is so - um - thick - right.

Now Nokia, this is the right direction. But please, please make one the size of - oh - A4 that I can hang on the wall in the kitchen and use as the family messaging board and calendar. Please.

Posted by Matthew at June 24, 2005 09:31 PM

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Posted by: Matt Croydon at June 25, 2005 04:02 AM

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