[MGP-Forum Announce] The perfect device for the 20th century book model....

[Robin 'Roblimo' Miller]

> But I do think that some device will burst on the world one of these days
> the way the Walkman did, or PDA did, or the cell phone did.  But we ain't
> seen it yet.
>   


The Nokia 770 -- http://www.nokiausa.com/770 is close but not quite 
"there" yet.

Aside from a sadly non-standard memory card slot, its only problems are 
with software, and since it runs Linux and plenty of Linux junkies are 
getting their hands on 770s, the software problems will be overcome 
before long.

Two of my coworkers have tested 770s in various stages of development, 
most recently in July. We've seen steady improvement.

Add a bluetooth keyboard, and a 770 can just about replace a reporter's 
laptop. A little hacking, and it ought to be able to capture video from 
any vidcam that will do USB2, although you will want the maximum 1 GB 
memory card for video and will still cry about lack of storage unless 
you do some sort of direct streaming (i.e. use the vidcam as webcam), 
which ought to be possible.

It reads PDF and HTML, too, so it can also be a "book reader."

With this thing on the market, and similar devices on their way from 
other manufacturers (and some new Nokia devices coming as well, one of 
which has a built-in high-def vidcam), why would anyone want something 
that's just a reader?

- Robin