I agree with everyone who has suggested that it's not small enough to make it a real alternative to a normal tablet PC and it's too big to be a pda/IT replacement.
I'm disappointed that MS decided to cram this sort of computer down our throats. I've been waiting for something like the Antelope PC (anyone remember that?) to be made practical, cheap, powerful and ubiquitous enough for it to be my main computer. I don't even want Windows on it, but if manufacturers are going to follow MS and be focusing on this origami nonsense, it probably means I wont get what I want for an even longer time.
The Antelope was basically a PDA sized PC like the OQO, except it docked easily and quickly with a monitor and keyboard and it was even more expensive. It was an ounce or so heavier than the 770. Actually I don't know if they ever manufactured one. I think an OQO basically fits the bill, but the Antelope people had the idea that docking stations would be everywhere so you could pick up your computer at home, use it on the bus/train to work, and plop it down in a docking station at work. Need a laptop? Just plug it into a keyboard. No more PDA/laptop/desktop nonsense. Just one computer. No more syncing issues either. Am I the only one who is obsessed with this concept?
Of course but, the origami in this smaller version is pretty interessant. It's not a pda, so we can install a full linux.
Miniaturization has a cost, so if we have the origami at a laptop price, the next 770 will still have his place.
They first ones do look big - perhaps too big .. but the "spec" seems to say 7-inch screen as a maximum size.
They have integrated hard-disk (hopefuly very shock-proof), 800x480 display with hardware scaling for higher resolutions, lots more memory, probably integrated camera on one model, talk about integrated GPS on another, 900MHz CPU.
They run a full copy of XP - so they will need a lot of resources - but it does look interesting to me. Especially if they start building them with slightly smaller form-factor.
Of course, if they can run XP then I imagine that someone will get Linux running on them.
Nokia might just have got their box onto the street just in time.
Of course, if the prices are 750USD and upwards then there will be a clear differentiation and expectation but if they creep downwards then - I think that the official system speed-up needs to come sooner rather than later if they want to stop the next swathe of consumers jumping for the new UMPC machines.
I still think Nokia can bump up the RAM in the 770 to 256 mb, shoehorn in a beefier processor and still keep their price way below any 2006 UMPC.
BTW, if someone would set up their own shop to do the conversion for a decent price, I'd buy a 770 right away and they'd have their first customer. So there...
