Peter Rojas is a rockstar - or at least that’s the impression I got from SF Engadget meet-up which was well, as well attended as the MobileFocus event the night before. I got a chance to get my dirty paws on a whole punch of devices including OQO and some of the new Windows Mobile devices. (OQO is nice, but at $1899, well you know they are likely to follow the path of Transmeta, the company whose chips they are using!) And this in the fine company of folks who sweat phones day in day out - Phonescoop, TreoCentral and Treonauts. To make things more fun, I think I was drunk dialed by Russell Beattie twice during the evening, and he had me screaming like a mad man in room full of gizmo lovers.
Still, the device that caught my attention the most was the shiny new Nokia 770 - which is a cross between a PDA and a Tablet PC. (Previously, I had written this about 770.) The early engineering version of the device had a really great browser, which used the thumping fast WiFi to render pages in true fidelity. (GigaOm.com looked fine, so who cares about rest of the world. :-) ) 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.
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10:03 AM PT
Do you know the price tag for the Nokia 770 ?
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11:26 AM PT
The nokia was very cool indeed. I haven’t seen the motorola razrberry before and I was impressed with the design and looks of it. But they didnt have a working version to play around with yet though.
I posted a small video of the slingbox/evdo/livetv demo on my site. Sling Box demo on cell phone.
12:07 PM PT
> Do you know the price tag for the Nokia 770 ?
The Nokia 770 will be for $350. There’s a rumor that it might be around $250 when it is released on October.
See: http://www.internettablettalk.com/content/view/119/2/
12:20 PM PT
Nokia 770 will sell for $350 - from http://nokia770.com
6:56 AM PT
[...] Om Malik just posted a quick review of the Nokia 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. [...]
1:44 PM PT
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1:47 AM PT
As I already wrote on my blog that I had official word in September 2005 from a Nokia representative, that the availability of the Nokia 770 would be postponed to Q4/2005, but should definitively be available before Xmas 2005.
12:16 PM PT
I must say I agree completly, it is nice to see people have blogs where they spread the same opinion you got.
11:01 AM PT
[...] All those who have been eagerly waiting for the new Nokia 770 Internet tablet, well here is some good news - the device will be available in the US on November 10, through Nokia’s online sales channel at NokiaUSA.com. The device is already available to our European friends. Here is my quick little review of the device, which hopefully will be in my hands before thanks giving. Another post on 770 is here. I am currently looking for enthusiasts who can help me with a mini-blog on this device. [...]
9:51 AM PT
[...] All those who have been eagerly waiting for the new Nokia 770 Internet tablet, well here is some good news - the device will be available in the US on November 10, through Nokia’s online sales channel at NokiaUSA.com. The device is already available to our European friends. Here is my quick little review of the device, which hopefully will be in my hands before thanks giving. Another post on 770 is here. I am currently looking for enthusiasts who can help me with a mini-blog on this device. (via GigaOm.com) [...]
8:45 AM PT
I wonder, if the keyboard from the Samsung Nexio might be connected to the Nokia 770. Any clues?
10:05 AM PT
[…] Nokia was the first one to realize that when they released Nokia 770. Sony’s PSP only offered limited features, but lacked the true portability. Any communicator-type device that wants to be successful in the US, needs to have a keyboard and with MyLo, Sony has done precisely that. […]
6:27 AM PT
Just got one for $139. Best toy I’ve ever got myself.
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