I've had the 770 since the original NYC press confab. Nokia probably regretted that because I have blasted it mercilessly (but I don't think *undeservedly*).

I upgraded from Tablet OS 2005 to 2006 recently.

Although there are still bugs (and it seems Nokia introduces *new* bugs every time they touch the damned software!), the speed compared to 2005 just takes my breath away. I cannot at all say it is slow any longer.

Does Opera still crash for me (even with 8MB VM now!)? Yes.

Have I wound up crashing the unit doing simple things? Yes.

There are still bugs. But I can no longer complain about the speed at all.

Can I recommend it? *Almost*. If you are adventurous and need the kind of web browsing it offers, OK. If you are looking for something 100% rock solid, keep waiting. If you think this will be a pocket computer; forget it! In the words of one of the Aris, "It is what it is." An Internet Tablet. Don't go looking for much more than that. It's not even a PDA.

Right now, I think it is 90% towards being a real product. Before OS 2006, it was near-zero.

For myself, I still want more muscular hardware. I don't care what their *theory* says about things being able to run in the current amount of RAM, it simply isn't good enough (and the addition of VM with 2006 is an *admission* of that!). I also want Adobe to get off its rear-end and update Flash so that a future version can access things like YouTube -- which would also require a faster CPU and more RAM, I think.

Now I will again withdraw from the site, having had my say.

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain...
 

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I still cannot understand the "It is not a pda" bit.

Mike thinks he needs a PDA. He also thinks the 770 is not what he needs. But he still craves the 770's cool-factor.

That about sums it up, I guess.

It isn't that. I find that I can do the same things with the 770 that I can do with my PocketPC. Just because the 770 doesn't come loaded with a ton of PIM apps doesn't mean it isn't a PDA.

I can speak for myself, thank you. You are totally wrong.

Some people come to the 770 with the mistaken notion it can also handle PIM stuff like a PDA. Forget that. Ignore any 3rd-party apps you might see that say they can handle that.

*That* is what I meant.

TTFN, Odin.

That is like taking a computer and saying it isn't a pc if it isn't bundled with Office or other apps. PIM is only one function of a PDA.

Even so, why discount 3rd party when 3rd party is part of the beauty of the 770's linux platform? We are talking free downloads. It is better that the disto not include everything so that the user can maximize the usage of the storage capability of the device. If all it takes is adding a line to the repository list is all that is necessary for the 770 to have builtin PIM (via appmanager install) would you consider it any differently?

After a while...
 

...people forget what acronyms stand for, like "Personal Digital Assistant". Hello?! That means scheduling, timing, contacts, calendars, notepads in a small, handheld device. Well, the 770 certainly can do all that and it is a <cough> small, handheld device, but is it really a PDA under the accepted definition? It does not do PDA stuff at all well and the apps are hardly integrated for PDA functionality like a Palm, which is a "true" PDA.

Realistically, the 770 is a UMPC, but Nokia, for some strange reason (Finlandia Vodka?) just steers clear of calling it that and sticks with Internet Tablet. Jeez, full-blown (pretty much) Unix with graphical interface, uber-comm capability and a handheld package? I mean, what more do you want in a UMPC?

Apparently a Microsoft OS. It's too bad really, they are missing out on the more important features for whatever reason.