Nokia 770 US Version, 802.11b only?!?

[Reggie]

I was looking through the the US Nokia site and all the description of the Nokia 770 says that it's 802.11b only. Is this correct?

Check out the following links:
http://www.nokiausa.com/770
http://www.nokiausa.com/770/1,7841,feat:1,00.html
http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/expectedsoon

:mad:

[Mike Cane]

I don't think I FURLed the original page. I will have to go check. The FCC might have bitten them:

* This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until FCC authorization is obtained. Nokia intends to obtain FCC authorization prior to commercial launch of this device. Launch of this device may include different features, technologies and/or timelines and as such the descriptions of and information about this device are subject to change.

[RogerS]

I was looking through the the US Nokia site and all the description of the Nokia 770 says that it's 802.11b only. Is this correct?

The main Nokia site mentions these connectivity capabilities:

Connectivity
* WLAN: 802.11b/g
* Bluetooth specification: 1.2
* For Internet connection and file transfer via phone
* Profiles supported: Dial-up Networking, File Transfer, Generic Access, SIM Access and Serial Port profiles
* USB device mode for PC connectivity
* RS-MMC
* 3.5 mm stereo audio out
* Power connector (2mm)

Hopefully there won't be any difference between what the Europeans get and what we get in the U.S.

Roger

[Reggie]

Yes, the global Nokia site does say 802.11b/g. The problem is NokiaUSA :(.

Releasing two versions of a device is not new. I remember that Sony released a PDA (Clie TH55) in the UK which had Bluetooth but the US version didn't have it.

I am hoping that Nokia is just waiting for the FCC to approve the 802.11g.

[Reggie]

Ok, I just noticed that NokiaUSA's specs of the Nokia 770 now says 802.11 b/g. :D

http://nokiausa.com/770/1,7841,feat:1,00.html

[putkowski]

Looking at the processor diagram, it also can do 802.11a and there's a built-in IR interface (as well as cell-radio support.)

Of course, that's the chip and not the software..

[Hedgecore]

Well, it's nice to know they're lurking here ;)

Otherwise, I was standing around 500 feet away from my accesspoint waiting for a streetcar this morning VNCed into my PC. I'd say that's wireless g.

[putkowski]

Well, it's nice to know they're lurking here ;)

Otherwise, I was standing around 500 feet away from my accesspoint waiting for a streetcar this morning VNCed into my PC. I'd say that's wireless g.

Excellent: which VNC client? Does it type?

[Remote User]

I was standing around 500 feet away from my accesspoint waiting for a streetcar this morning VNCed into my PC. I'd say that's wireless g.Maybe, maybe not. I've used 802.11b before at that distance and better. There are parabolic antennae on my office building that are used to send Windows apps (Citrix) on 802.11b up to nine and ten miles to some banking customers, however I would be very inclined to doubt that Nokia would not have implemented 802.11g everywhere.

[putkowski]

Maybe, maybe not. I've used 802.11b before at that distance and better. There are parabolic antennae on my office building that are used to send Windows apps (Citrix) on 802.11b up to nine and ten miles to some banking customers, however I would be very inclined to doubt that Nokia would not have implemented 802.11g everywhere.

So

about the vnc client? can you keyboard?

(g) is here. I have disabled (b) on my access point (or I should say "only g")

I haven't posed (802.11a) since all that is already set-up with MAC filtering. (WHAT? that's was the only thing that was reliable when I bought that stuff.)

[bhima]

Looking at the processor diagram, it also can do 802.11a and there's a built-in IR interface (as well as cell-radio support.)

Of course, that's the chip and not the software..

Specifically, that means that there is an interface on the chip that is "easy" to use to connect hardware like that to it.

The IR interface, for example, is almost definitely nothing but a serial port with certain speeds and handshaking lines.

On small, embedded devices, this is actually important. Adding an extra serial port externally requires extra hardware that they'd prefer not to use - it may be cheaper to use a higher end CPU than to add the stuff needed to a simpler one, for example.

The 770's CPU may have some spare serial lines that are un-used. However, unless Nokia put in wiring from the CPU to some place you can see, and solder to, it won't help you. Also, they may have used the "IR interface" (aka serial port :) for some other purpose. Hard to say.