Bravo Nokia! Nearly a year before I started writing about ultra mobile devices, Nokia had launched the 770 Internet tablet. It was the 2nd device I ever mentioned over 2 years ago on what was then the Carrypad journal.
Nokia 770.
I got very excited about this device to start with. The screen and connectivity options looked perfect. Until you find out that its got a rather weak ARm-compatible Ti-Omap that doesnt look like it will get about 500kbps of divx, let alone the 1mbps needed for a reasonable 320×240 25fps experience. No keyboard and no pim software too. The 350 Euro price tells us something about where its marketed and that could be that its a test-device. Nokia have already announced that they might release new hardware with a keyboard. If they address the processor issues, they could be spot on. I’ve recently read about Naviflash – a commercial Navigation product built on Linux over Xscale so there’s potential even for decent nav software.
Fingers crossed for this one. For me its Nokia against Apple at the moment. [Feb 2006]
The TabletBlog.com has always been one of the best places to get the latest info on the Nokia Internet Tablets and Dan, AKA Thoughtfix, who runs the blog, has just published a really great read about what is effectively, a MID before MIDs were launched.
Nokia Internet Tablets Turn 3: Happy Anniversary! – TabletBlog
News links about the 770 going back to May 2006 can be found here. Datasheet here (product id #4!)
