Nokia just released the 770, but what's wierd about it is, it's not a phone. The Nokia 770 is an internet tablet. It’s an internet appliance aimed squarely at your living room, designed to replace that “extra” PC you might be tempted to pick up for basic web surfing/news reading/emailing. At an expected price of $350. It connects to your home network via Bluetooth and WiFi and sports a nice, large screen at 4.13-inches and 800x480 pixels. It’ll ship in Q3 2005 with the Opera browser and apps for RSS reading, internet radio, media players, PDF reader, and Flash plug-in, with software updates planned in Q1 2006 for VoIP calling and IM. The whole thing is based on Debian Linux v2.6 and the Gnome UI they’re calling the platform “maemo” and are making it completely open, and will provide an SDK for developers. ARM based processor, the TI 1710 OMAP, and will come with 64MB DDR RAM and 128MB internal flash memory, expandable via RS-MMC card (a 64MB card will be included stock). The 3 hour battery/7 hour standby life is perhaps sub-optimal.
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