[Tfug] OT: Nokia 770 Linux Tablet at local benefit auction

[Garrett Hoxie]

I ended up getting the one at the auction.  I love it too.  It doesn't
feel like a consumer device quite yet as far as stability, but for me
it works nicely.  Now if it would stop reporting all those ghost
networks in Kismet...

On 5/25/06, Bowie J. Poag <bpoag at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I actually own a 770 -- love it. Greatest little thing since sliced
> bread, and plenty of fun to hack.
>
> The OS update due out in a month or two will have a querty keyboard
> touch screen, one you can use your fingers with versus the stylus. There
> are pictures of it floating around.
>
> http://m80.dyndns.org/770    <-- shameless plug, my 770 page.
>
>
>
> Garrett Hoxie wrote:
>
> >The guy who got the 770 and the phones donated is a UA Electrical
> >Engineering graduate and an alum of Camp Wildcat.  He is currently a
> >manager of multimedia development for Nokia.  I believe he manages a
> >large team that does multimedia applications for Symbian OS.  He works
> >out of their Dallas office.
> >
> >As for the keyboard, I am not sure.  I have heard speculation (not
> >from my friend) that Nokia may already be working on the successor to
> >the 770 and it may include a QWERTY keyboard.  Also, it already
> >supports bluetooth keyboards which I believe can be had for as low as
> >$60 or so (still kind of steep).
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