Nokia 770 gains FCC approval / soon on sale

[Alexander Turcic]

The wait is almost over: Nokia is ready to send out Nokia 770 media copies for reviewers after receiving FCC approval last Friday.

Related: Does the Nokia 770 have sex appeal? (thread)

[via Nokia 770 blog].

[Chaos]

I am currently taking the time to drool over various screenshots and ported applications.

Guess what's been ported already? AbiWord, two IRC clients, Gaim (sorta), GPE's PIM suite, Plucker viewer (yay!), at least two more open-source browsers, ScummVM, ... It's just already amazing.

And I found (after a quick Google) that the expected price is $350 US (translating to roughly $410 CAD). Pretty reasonable, in my opinion... Especially considering the possibilities. Now, if only I can get my hands on one sometime soon...

I wonder when someone'll port a terminal program, or at least SSH. That'd make it just *that* much more powerful. Especially with that wonderful high-res screen....

[Bob Russell]

What's the basic input method? Is there a thumbboard with key images big enough to use, or some kind of graffiti or fitali sort of input?

[Chaos]

Originally Posted by BobR

What's the basic input method? Is there a thumbboard with key images big enough to use, or some kind of graffiti or fitali sort of input?

That's actually the one question I have not been able to solve... I do not think there is a thumbboard or similar, so it's probably a pen-based input method. Possibly a screen-keyboard or writing...

But honestly, I've not got a clue.

[lindseydyson]

It does have a drool factor

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[Brian]

Very tempting...

Pros:
Reasonable price
High resolution screen
Mini-tablet form factor
Use of Linux = lots of 3rd party support

Cons:
No mini-keyboard
Only 128MB of onboard storage
RS-MMC = Yet another flash memory card format

Brian

[rsperberg]

The Nokia site has this information in the section on UI:

4. How can I use the stylus for writing with the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet?
There are two options to use the stylus that comes with the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet. You can write either by tapping the on-screen keyboard or by writing with the stylus on the screen and making use of the handwriting recognition ability.

5. What is the difference between the on-screen keyboard and handwriting recognition?
The on-screen keyboard is a small QWERTY interface that appears on the screen of the device. Using the stylus that comes with Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, you can use the on-screen keyboard to tap in the characters you want to enter. Handwriting recognition is a method where the movement of the pen is recorded and compared to a library of characters. When a match is found, the character is input to the text field.

6. How does the handwriting recognition work?
When the handwriting recognition is turned on, you can write with the stylus on the screen, using your personal handwriting style. To input text with the handwriting recognition, tap the area on the screen where you want to write and start writing the characters.

7. How do I train the device to understand my handwriting style?
The device recognizes several different writing styles, but you can also train the device to recognize your personal style with the training program located in the control panel of the device.

-- Roger Sperberg