Hi guys,

I'm considering the 770 as a PDA to get for the university.
Central features I want to have are the ability to take a note fast and have a webbrowser that is as fully features as possible. It should also have decent PIM apps - from my research, I couldn't find out how much they're worth. Running on open source is a nice bonus.

So - how long does it take you to open up the device and get to the sketch/freewrite app?

How good are the availible PIM apps in comparsion to the Windows ones?

Thanks in advance

Not being rude here, but the 770 is not strong in the areas you seek.

Odin is correct, the Nokia 770 strengths are not PMM Apps. When Nokia announced the Nokia 770 as a "WI-Fi Internet Tablet" in my opinion they did not choose the term lightly.

Because of its Linux OS; 3rd party applications are being ported to the Nokia 770 to fill for example the PMM gaps, but I for one am not in a hurry to use my Nokia 770 for these types of activities.

For example I installed 3rd party Leafpad to replace the build-in notepad because the built-in notepad created files that whilst they could be read by other applications like notes on a PC, the formatting "Spaces" was a mess. (and thought, I am not wasting time reading through forum posts to figure out why the spaces are filled with rubbish)

Here is a list of 3rd party applications from Maemo.org that can be installed on the Nokia 770 (OS 2006) http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006

Hi,

the PIM solution should run better on-line - and not an old PC exchange:

Gmail, Google Calendar, Writely, Spreadsheets and a Internet Flaterate

always and everywhere on-line

which is actually missing - Java, Javascript, AJAX, Flash ???

Fidibus

Thanks for the answers so far....

Talking of taking notes, I was more talking of a Paint-like programm since HWR and a virtual keyboard (in my eyes) are to slow to take notes anyway...

sounds like Xournal would be the right tool for you...

There is at least one program to take short notes with paint style. It's called Xournal.

If 770 is up and running you can start Xournal about 6 seconds and start making notes.

Then you need either Xournal (http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Applicati...f80ae16c987899) or the excellent Maemopad+ (http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Applicati...904f38af71f96).

Maemopad+ is my favourite, having been developed especially and exclusively for the 770.

To add my own 2 cents: the HWR is indeed definitely not suited for any lenghty form of text entry, and the virtual keyboards (both of them) suffer from the problem all virtual keyboards have: they are a subtle form of torture for anyone who uses more than two fingers to type.

OTOH, a BT keyboard takes, in my experience, only seconds to set up and is therefore the fastest way to get lots of text into the 770 (despite my -- rather vocal -- bias towards handwriting input for mobile devices, I type faster than I write).

Of course, there is still "the gripping hand" option: If you insist on handwriting your notes, and you don't like typing them over, you could do what I did: Get a Newton MessagePad off eBay (only the model 2100 will do) and write away. I won't do anything of the modern stuff (even Internet access is a horrible kludge), but it's the best notetaker out there (99+% correct recognition of cursive handwriting in English, and 98+% in Dutch), with (still!) the most intelligent PIM implementation on the planet. Too bad it synchs with absolutely nothing...

Thanks, that's what I wanted to know. Karels post was also quite helpful

InstantOn+6secs is okay... if I'd take any longer, there'd be no sense in now I'll have to find some store with a 770 I can play with to see if everything else works for me