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The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a wireless Touchscreen Internet Appliance from Nokia , originally announced at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York on May 25 , 2005 . It is designed for Wireless Internet browsing and E-mail functions and includes software such as internet radio, an RSS news reader, image viewer and media players for selected types of media. The device went on sale in Europe on November 3 2005 , at a Suggested Retail Price of €349 to €369 (£245 in the United Kingdom ). In the United States , the device became available for purchase through Nokia USA's web site on November 14 , 2005 for $359.99; Initial customers reported long shipment delays due to apparent supply shortages which have since been resolved. HARDWARE The Nokia 770 is powered by a Texas Instruments OMAP 1710 CPU running at 250 MHz, which combines the ARM Architecture of the ARM926TEJ core subsystem with a TMS320C55x Digital Signal Processor . The Display has a Resolution of 800 by 480 Pixel s at 225 Pixels Per Inch . It is accessible via WLAN ( 802.11b/g ), Bluetooth 1.2 , Dial-up Access , USB (both user-mode, and non powered host-mode), and RS-MMC (both RS-MMC and DV-RS-MMC cards are supported). The device contains a speaker and a microphone. The unit measures 141 × 79 × 19 Mm (5.5 × 3.1 × 0.7 In ) and weighs 230 G (8.1 Oz ). The device is manufactured in Estonia and in Germany. SOFTWARE The Operating System is a modified version of Debian GNU/Linux (running the 2.6.12 kernel), including a Graphical User Interface (an X Window Manager incorporating the GTK+ toolkit and Hildon Widget s), a PDF viewer, the Opera internet browser, with BusyBox replacing many system commands. The development platform for the Nokia 770 is known as Maemo . Nokia plans to add Voice Over IP and Instant Messaging support in the future, although as of December 2005 there is a beta version of the IM client Gaim available. The Opera web browser and built in video/music player applications are capable of supporting the following file formats: Audio: MP3 , RealAudio , MPEG-4 , AAC , WAV , AMP , MP2 Image: JPEG , GIF , BMP , TIFF , PNG , Animated GIF , SVG Tiny , ICO Video: MPEG-1 , MPEG-4 , RealVideo , H.263 , AVI , 3GP VERSATILITY Because of the Linux based operating system and the open-source contributions from Nokia, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet has a great appeal to the , bluetooth GPS receivers, a normal USB Computer Keyboard , or other devices. CRITICISM The Nokia 770 has received a lot of criticism from technology reviewers. Among their chief complaints were the slow CPU and small memory size, as well as poor input methods. Many found tapping on the on-screen keyboard was slow, and that the handwriting recognition was very inaccurate. Another chief complaint was that the device used Reduced Size MMC cards that were hard to find and had a maximum storage capacity of 2 gigabytes. Many 770 fans pointed out that the primary function of the device was a quick way to access the internet, and that the 770 was never inteded to replace normal PCs and laptops. REFERENCES |
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