Actually I'm quite surprised by the simple and unconditional "Yes" to this question. I'd never have expected another release for the 770 after OS2007HE.

What I'd like to know:
Will the 2008HE be easier to do now devs learned from the 2007HE? Is there some kind of "how to create a 770 HE"-blueprint that they can follow? Or will they have to start all over again, investing the same amount of time and research to do it?

Having accidentally started a thread about 2008HE, I am very pleased the 770 will not be left behind! 2007HE was a triumph, and I hope that the lessons learned will mean 2008HE will be less hard work.

any news, even an alpha for testing?

See maemo.org for announcements.

But, no.

OS2008HE for 770 released

They actually did it ? I'm impressed...

I am pretty impressed too; not just because of they achieved it but also because of all the hard work required despite the nay-sayers who doubted them!

...of which I was, same time last year, I must confess. To me, keeping that promise is the most important part, aside from how OS2008HE actually fares on poor old 770...

Anybody installed it yet and checked it out? I'm going for it. Installing as we speak (as I type)

...well, so far it's working just fine. I've installed,
restored my backed up settings,
expanded the virtual memory,
used the xterm to copy files back over from MMC,
and am now browsing the net on a wireless connection that my previous OS2007HE couldn't stay connected to.

It is defninitely SLOWer than before. Not seeming as unstable or unusable as they made it sound, however.

I've now installed Gizmo Project (ver 4.0). It remembered my old account information from the backups. Logged in and I am listening to my voicemails. The odd thing is that the volume is incredibly quiet..no matter what volume I crank to the max, it is just barely audible...which actually works out just fine for holding the speaker up to your ear like a cellphone...but it will suck for streaming last.fm and such.

The Load Applet also installed just fine.

Maemo Mapper also installed and works just fine.

Both are available in the Application Manager with the stock list of repositories.

Installing UKMP made it endlessly reboot.

After an entire afternoon of ****ing around, I'm thinking it's not worth it. It cuts the responsiveness of nearly everything by about a fraction of a second or so..which may not seem like much, but it is. I feel like I'm on a 286 trying desperately to run King's Quest VI. The guy moves around all jerky and you can't tell if or if ever things are going to respond.

I'm going back to the latest 2007HE in the hopes that I can cram Gizmo 4.0 on it somehow and it won't crash every time i hang up anymore.