[TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com for$129.99

Kevin J. mrkevinj at yahoo.com
Wed Jun 27 17:10:56 EDT 2007 

Man, I think I'm gonna get one of these. Have you tried this wifi software on it yet? http://www.devicescape.com/pub/. Supposedly it works on the 770. 

Even though it's not very high-powered, I haven't read any reviews yet that suggest it can't handle VOIP, streaming media, etc. That's a killer price for that much functionality. Seeing that it will connect to a FON router as well, you could conceivably have near-instant worldwide WiFi VOIP for free. The only drawback seems to be the 1GB MicroSD limitation. Any idea if it will recognize a 2GB or higher MicroSD card? 


----- Original Message ----
From: Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 2:06:26 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com for$129.99


http://maemo.org/community/wiki/ApplicationCatalog has a list of
applications that can be installed

As for using the 770 as a media player, its pretty light in the CPU
and RAM departments, so I'm not sure how well that would work.  I use
it for web surfing and as a really fancy remote control for my home
music server.  Before I got hooked on google maps on my cell phone I
used maemo mapper a lot.

If you have an orb server up I would be happy to try accessing it with
my 770 and let you know how it works.

Josh

On 6/27/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sweet! Thanks for checking. It seems to be  pretty light on the drive space and RAM which makes it difficult to use as a media player, but if it's capable of streaming without any issues, it might be worth the money.
>
> Is there some way to find out which apps can be installed on it?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com>
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 12:33:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com for$129.99
>
>
> You can install mplayer, so if you can view the orb content with
> mplayer, you should be able to view it with the 770.  Also, I tried
> hitting http://www.orb.com/4u with the default browser on my 770 and
> it said "Congratulations!"
>
> Josh
>
> On 6/27/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Any idea if it will work with www.myorb.com?
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: Josh Vickery <josh at vickeryj.com>
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 10:43:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com for$129.99
> >
> >
> > In case anyone missed the Woot, it's available from buy.com for $10 more.
> >
> > http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-770-internet-tablet-internet-tablet-2006-software-edition/q/loc/101/204081472.html
> >
> > I like mine a lot, and the Maemo Mapper project (
> > http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/maemo-mapper/) is pretty darn cool.
> >
> > Josh
> >
> > On 6/25/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > I think he was referring to the Badonkadonk droid "recycler" that is for sale on Amazon for a very reasonable $20 grand.
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: Warren Myers <volcimaster at gmail.com>
> > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 2:29:48 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com for$129.99
> > >
> > >
> > > you've not heard of the great Woot.com!?!?
> > >
> > > wow
> > >
> > > just wait till you see Woot-Offs!
> > >
> > > On 6/25/07, OlsonE at aosa.army.mil <OlsonE at aosa.army.mil> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hahahahahahha. I thought you were joking when you put that name out
> > > > ....until I clicked on the link. The tears from laughter reading that
> > > > ...are priceless!
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> > > > Behalf Of Greg Brown
> > > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 2:03 PM
> > > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on woot.com
> > > > for$129.99
> > > >
> > > > I wonder if it could be made into some kind of GPS for my JL412
> > > > Badonkadonk.  It would look cool on the dash.
> > > >
> > > > *http://tinyurl.com/ypx565*
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/25/07, Kevin J. <mrkevinj at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Is it powerful enough to use as a wi-fi phone?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > > > From: Matt Pusateri <mpusateri at wickedtrails.com>
> > > > > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
> > > > > Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 1:48:03 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Nokia 770 Linux-based Internet Tablet on
> > > > > woot.comfor $129.99
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > The 770 have a geek factor, but I don't find them all the useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > Brian Daniels wrote:
> > > > > > I've been happy with my 770 for a while - and I paid a lot more for
> > > > it!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > www.woot.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --Brian
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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