Nokias new 'Internet Tablet'

[Joe]

Nokia have announced the 770 a Linux based wireless internet browser.

the device supports Internet telephony (VoIP) and Instant Messaging as well as net browsing.

it has a widescreen 800x480 touch screen with 16-Bit colour

it also has 64Mb DDR for the tablets' use as well as 128Mb of inbuilt flash memory of which 64mb will be used by software the device also supports RS-MMC cards

Applications (in 2005 software edition)

* Web Browser

* Flash Player version 6

* Email Client

* Internet Radio

* News Reader

* Media players, Image viewer

* PDF viewer

* File Manager

* Search

* Calculator

* World Clock

* Notes

* Sketch

* Games

Supported File Formats

* Audio: MP3, Real Audio, MPEG4, AAC, WAV, AMR, MP2

* Image: JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, PNG, Animated GIF format,

SVG-tiny, ICO

* Video: MPEG1, MPEG4, Real Video, H.263, AVI, 3GP

Connectivity

* WLAN: 802.11b/g

* Bluetooth specification: 1.2

* For Internet connection and file transfer via phone

* Profiles supported: Dial-up Networking, File Transfer, Generic Access, SIM Access and Serial Port profiles

* USB device mode for PC connectivity

* RS-MMC

* 3.5 mm stereo audio out

* Power connector (2mm)

The 3 hours browsing life may pose a problem as would the lack of keyboard, but it can support an onscreen keyboard as well as handwriting recognition <cause it always works > it should arrive around 3rd Qt 2005, But @ what price?

http://www.nokia.com/nokia/0,,74866,00.html