My Experience with the Nokia 770
From the moment I first heard about the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, I wanted one. I don’t remember the last time I was this excited about a gadget. Well, at Christmas I was fortunate enough to get one (thank you mom and wife!).
My experience with it so far has been very positive! My main reason for wanting it is that I read a lot of material online and in PDFs. I have a subscription to Safari, and anytime it’s an option, I buy the PDF version of a book instead of the hard copy. For that, it has been great. I can sit on the couch or lay in bed and read to my heart’s content.
My only real complaint is in line with some of the typical criticisms of it: it’s slow. Some people complain that it’s not worth $350.00 to check your email and read news. First of all, it’s extremely simple to install applications, so you can do a lot more with it than check email and read news (important things, like play games). And second, by saving $20 every time I buy an ebook instead of a hard copy, and taking better advantage of Safari, it will have been worth it in 6 months.
So it’s been a good experience. I haven’t done any hacking on it yet, but sometime soon I hope to find time to install the updates and enable root access.
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