This is a strange developement…while everyone is clamouring to put new features onto mobile phones Nokia has taken one out — the phone itself. The Nokia 770 has a four-inch touchscreen and connects to computers via Wi-Fi. “The device is aimed at consumers looking for an affordable extra Internet screen in the house that they can also carry with them and use at wireless hotspots outside the home or connect to a cell phone through a Bluetooth wireless link…It will sell for $350 excluding VAT or 350 euros including VAT, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker said ahead of a Linux trade show.”
I can’t see the benefit to this. Surely it would be more useful with a mobile internet connection? There are already PDAs and smartphones that allow people to surf the Internet, and while this device may have a better interface that won’t compensate for its lack of connection. Nokia also expects the device to be used for email communications, but it doesn’t have a keyboard so it’s not much use there…
Rafat: Beyond taking-out-the-phone part, there is a bigger plan, which fits into a longer term belief on Nokia’s part (and that’s the gamble here): Initially Nokia expects consumers to use the device mainly for browsing the Web and sending and recieving e-mail…However future versions will also include VoIP and IM software.
Russell Beattie: If Sony or someone just publishes a Web Browser, E-mail Client and RSS reader for my Sony PSP, it’ll pretty much obviate the need for this device as well…
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