The Nokia 770: an amazing device!
Lets have this said first: I really don't want to advertize
for Nokia, and I'm in no way affiliated to Nokia, I'm just a
happy user!
In a
previous
post I already described the Nokia 770 device. Within 24
hours of ordering UPS came at my door to deliver my
"present".
I'm not really a gadger guy, I just wanted a device to read
books and browse the internet while moving around the house
and lying in my bed. And I must say: it absolutely goes far
beyond my expectations! Browsing is flawless, you can read
PDF files perfectly, and the RSS news reader works good
enough to follow the blogs I read. What more do you need?
No: it's not a phone! Who cares? I have a nokia phone to
make my phone calls!
The good thing is that you boot up the device in the morning
and can keep it in "standby" all day. Within seconds you
have access to your documents and the internet wherever you
are (as long as you have Wifi access). And with a 800x480
resolution with 225 dpi the display is as sharp as paper!!
What a difference with those lousy 320x200 resolution
devices!
I did not try the email functionality of the device yet, I
just use outlook web access, works great!!
Being a developer I wanted to know how I could develop for
the Nokia 770 device. It is running a modified version of
Debian linux, and all development is also done on linux. In
comming post on the Nokia 770 I will explain how I did set
up the development environment.