Ready for the Enterprise: Nokia 770

The Nokia 770, with the latest Internet Tablet 2006 beta firmware, is Ready for the Enterprise.

Thanks to Nokia, I’ve had the 770 for a while, but given the lack of pervasive public wifi in Australia, its housebound use cases have been limited to web browsing… In front of the television, in bed, or (mostly) on the toilet. But the latest firmware — currently in beta, soon to be released — changes everything.

I just spoke to daf for 12 minutes via the 770’s new Telepathy-powered Google Talk / Jabber client. The audio quality isn’t as good as the desktop client, but they’re working on it. I tried it with headphones and without — if you pop the 770 in your top pocket and wander around the house, it’s almost like you’re using a Star Trek communicator (albeit without the voice control).

Contacts and presence are tightly integrated into the user experience — there’s no buddy list in the traditional sense, just a category for contacts who are online. Just the way I like it. ;-)

The fresh theme is bright and punchy, the new feed reader is surprisingly good, and there’s a whole bunch of neat fixes and polish throughout. Imagine — a device that improves with age, with meaty, high-value software updates! Rocking.

I’m really looking forward to the sweet PIM action that Opened Hand have been working on, too.

This entry was written by jdub, posted on June 11, 2006 at 07:57, filed under Ready for the Enterprise and tagged . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

3 Comments

  1. Jussi Kukkonen
    Posted June 11, 2006 at 21:22 | Permalink

    Agreed, the beta looks pretty good.

    One thing that still annoys me though(probably more than it should): as the desktop machines at our apartment are linux only, I currently can’t “phone home” when I’m out. A desktop Telepathy-client for linux would be sooo nice — anyone know which IM or VoIP app will support Telepathy first ?

  2. Laurent GUERBY
    Posted June 12, 2006 at 04:03 | Permalink

    Yep, I’m eagerly waiting for a free-as-in-speech client for Linux to test the new Nokia 770 functionality.

    My current main use of the Nokia 770 is as PDF / off-line HTML reader and a few note taking. Free wifi is more and more available in France.

  3. mibus
    Posted June 13, 2006 at 11:56 | Permalink

    770s available in Australia? Since when? Where?? I want! :)

    (Can’t wait for desktop Telepathy either…)

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  1. By Henri Bergius: Weblog on June 9, 2006 at 15:55

    get ported to the new OS version soon. The OS X flashing instructions work too, though the software needed for the GUI method isn’t available and I had to use command line. Updated 2006-06-12: Jeff Waughsaid it well: Nokia 770 is ready for the enterprise.

  2. By ChipLog on June 11, 2006 at 00:12

    Jeff Waugh beat me to the punch on a blog about the new firmware for the Nokia 770. I have to agree with him: The Nokia 770 is ready for the enterprise. And for the home. I installed the 2006 software update last night for the first time. While I have been coordinating with the

  3. By Mauro Parra Miranda on June 11, 2006 at 04:12

    particular, o haciendo traducciones y eso). Cuando se gane mas experiencia en gnome, es mas facil comenzar a contribuir al desarrollo. Otra cosa sencilla por hacer es traducir ubuntu al español (leer el FAQ de rosetta), etc. Por cierto, muero por unNokia 770. Se ve fantastico con su ultimo upgrade :) Alguien tiene una invitacion de mugshot para compartir? Mandela a mauropm@gmail.com :) Gracias de antemano!

  4. By ChangeLog on June 11, 2006 at 21:56

    Hotel California. Na de festiviteiten dronk ik met Agathe en Tommi nog wat in Baker’s - wat een heuse vleeschtempel bleek. Ik wist mijn bed echter zonder kleerscheuren te bereiken. Ik zie nu al veel goedekritieken voor de 770 software upgrade (aka OS release 2006). Ik ben blij dat ons werk van de afgelopen tijd gewaardeerd wordt. Hoewel ik altijd wat skeptisch was over het werken voor Grote Bedrijven, zijn dit erg leuke aspecten. Veel mensen zijn ge

  5. By tecosystems » because technology is just another ecosystem on June 11, 2006 at 22:35

    As a result, I decided to get something I’ve been meaning to buy for several months now - a Nokia 770 internet tablet. The deciding factor in this decision were the very positive reviews from Christian andJeff of the new 2006 firmware beta - the one that provides the framework for the Google Talk functionality. I think this will end up being a very useful device for me, even after I resolve my laptop situation. The device is easy to use and configure (at

  6. By Planet GNOME on June 11, 2006 at 23:26

    June 10, 2006 08:57 PM

  7. By hadess | News on October 27, 2006 at 12:42

    a lot of interesting uses, not the least playing games like Mario Kart, or Super Mario Bros. But you can also run homebrew on it, including an “interesting” version of Linux (no MMU, 4 megs of RAM). I hope the Opera browser cartridge will allow me to browse on the loo