Hello again!
This isn't incredibly useful, but it's still happy news. Nokia recently released a follow up to the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (a lowish powered PDA with a beautiful hi-res screen running Linux)- the Nokia N800. The N800 is mostly the same thing, but it does have a faster CPU- 330 MHz vs the 220 MHz of the Nokia 770. As a part of the release, Nokia is giving 500 770 developers and evangelists a $300 for purchasing a Nokia N800 at the low price of $99. I was chosen as one of those developers to receive one of these almost-free Nokia N800s because of my presence in the #maemo IRC channel (on irc.freenode.net) and work with PDA Squeak. I didn't know it at the time, but evidentially people have noticed our work (thanks Gerald and Onne!), and my work in using Squeak on the 770. I've talked a lot about Squeak in the #maemo channel and shared my personal goals and use of Squeak and why I think it is a good fit for the Nokia Internet Tablet platform. So, in some way, Nokia thinks that Squeak and Dynapad/Squeak PDA stuff is important! Boooya! As an aside, I'm debating what I should do with my Nokia 770 when I get my new N800. If there is anyone here on the list that would find a Linux-based handheld device with a 220 MHz CPU and 800x480 screen useful for their work, please shoot me an email with a short description of what you want to do with the Nokia 770 and how much you'd be willing to pay for it. The 770 goes for $360+ new, but if there is someone out there for whom a 770 would bring them into the world of Squeak PDA hacking, maybe someone with whom I could collaborate, I'd be willing to part with it for something much less. Regards, Aaron |
Hi Aaron.
I sent you an email. Thanks for your offer to the community. For people like me, would be very interesting take the opportunity to get a PDA like this, mainly because the PDA's and Linux desktop not are much friends :D Cheers.- El Domingo, 28 de Enero de 2007 05:02, Aaron Reichow escribió: > Hello again! > > This isn't incredibly useful, but it's still happy news. Nokia > recently released a follow up to the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (a > lowish powered PDA with a beautiful hi-res screen running Linux)- the > Nokia N800. The N800 is mostly the same thing, but it does have a > faster CPU- 330 MHz vs the 220 MHz of the Nokia 770. > > As a part of the release, Nokia is giving 500 770 developers and > evangelists a $300 for purchasing a Nokia N800 at the low price of > $99. I was chosen as one of those developers to receive one of these > almost-free Nokia N800s because of my presence in the #maemo IRC > channel (on irc.freenode.net) and work with PDA Squeak. I didn't > know it at the time, but evidentially people have noticed our work > (thanks Gerald and Onne!), and my work in using Squeak on the 770. > I've talked a lot about Squeak in the #maemo channel and shared my > personal goals and use of Squeak and why I think it is a good fit for > the Nokia Internet Tablet platform. > > So, in some way, Nokia thinks that Squeak and Dynapad/Squeak PDA > stuff is important! Boooya! > > As an aside, I'm debating what I should do with my Nokia 770 when I > get my new N800. If there is anyone here on the list that would find > a Linux-based handheld device with a 220 MHz CPU and 800x480 screen > useful for their work, please shoot me an email with a short > description of what you want to do with the Nokia 770 and how much > you'd be willing to pay for it. The 770 goes for $360+ new, but if > there is someone out there for whom a 770 would bring them into the > world of Squeak PDA hacking, maybe someone with whom I could > collaborate, I'd be willing to part with it for something much less. > > Regards, > Aaron -- Giuseppe Luigi Punzi - Consultor :: ZYO Consulting :: email: [hidden email] tlfno: +34 675 145 912 web: http://www.zyoconsulting.com |
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