[KLUG Members] Nokia Tablet

[Peter Bart]

Andrew Thompson wrote:
>
> I read up some on the Nokia 770 last year, around when it first came
> out. The reviews were mixed. Some liked it, others thought it too slow,
> or the 64MB memory somewhat limited. That may or may not be a problem. I
> wound up getting a used Zire 72s for about half the price, and it's
> proven a good choice to me. Short of it is, I haven't seen one of these
> yet, let alone used one, but I do have some information.
>
> The Nokia 770 uses an API/environment called Maemo. A lot of software
> has been ported it, much of which you can find at http://www.maemo.org.
> Note that there are TWO major versions of Maemo now: 1.1, and 2.0.
> You'll want to make sure you match the version to your unit, because
> there are incompatibilities between them. That said, there appears to be
> a fair bit of software already ported over, including at least one
> familiar application (Gnumeric Spreadsheet). Have a look at
> http://maemo.org/maemowiki/ApplicationCatalog2006 for a list. It seems
> to have links to other repositories at the bottom, too.
>   

Andrew,
    Thanks for answering. I have seen the sites you mention. The new
Internet Tablet OS 2006 edition that now comes with the 770 needs the
Maemo 2.0. The older version of the Tablet OS needs Maemo 1.0. The 770's
os seems to be upgradeable free of charge and like you said the two
versions are incompatible; according to Nokia and Maemo; but there are a
lot of apps allready ported to Maemo 2.0. I didn't see the links at the
bottom, even more stuff thanks! If I get a 770 it appears I should also
get a 1 gig RS MMC as well. I would love to get another Palm but the T|X
has seriously soured me on them and Lifedrive has too many complaints as
well. Anything less than those two I don't get wireless access which I
really like and use a lot. I'm surfing through the forums at Internet
Tablet Talk <http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/> right now and
there's a lot to compare between the Nokia 770, Archos PMA 400 and
several also rans. For my use it appears that the 770 is going to be the
best bet??
Peter

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