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Sep 25, 2005

Nokia 770 Web Tablet

I'm looking forward to getting my hands on a Nokia 770 Web Tablet. This thing looks like it could be the ultimate web appliance, not only for portable applications, but for household uses. Being Linux-based with an active development community makes the possibilities for this device enormous.

We have an old iOpener set up on the kitchen counter, and I can't describe just how useful it is to have easy, semi-instant access to the web. We use it for lots of little things, like checking IMDB during movies, following sports scores, and of course, looking for cocktail recipes. ;-) The iOpener is getting pretty long in the tooth, however, so the Nokia 770 looks like an excellent and convenient replacement, especially if it retails at around the $350 price point.

On the portable front, I'm not sure if I would actually carry a 770 around with me. However, I can say from my experience with the Tapwave Zodiac that surfing the net with a combination of big-screen portable and a bluetooth cel phone is a very usable experience, much more so than using the crummy WAP browser on the cel phone itself. I love being able to compare in-store prices with amazon.com just by whipping out the Zodiac.

I can't believe Nokia doesn't have an IR emitter on the 770! With the prices of color touch-screen universal remotes like the Philips iPronto and the Home Theater Master MX-3000 being over $1,000, the 770 could have been the de facto high-end programmable universal remote. Maybe the very interesting Philips RC9800i will find success on the coffee table.

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