I think that if the enhanced JVM were enabled and more optimizations for the DSP in regard to video were integrated the CPU wouldn't be a problem. With the new samsung phone coming out that uses the same omap maybe we can steal a little code (It has to support J2ME right :))

It would be trivial to add more memory (I think 128MB is the max for this setup) and market a microsd to RSMMC adpater.

I want an sliding keyboard that works on the current unit and acts like a USB power source would be awesome. Accessories are what I want!

What's interesting in the XML is the stuff that's*commented out, including a reference to an "update to the OS 2006 edition now available", dated 01-Sep-2006 - but unfortunately with a 404 at the end of the link.

For anyone who wants to complete the survey, the URL is:

http://digiumenterprise.com/answer/?...8&chk=6FCV5TN3

Luna: agreed, I want accessories which allow me to take the small tablet with me when I'm only going to be read-only, but expand it into something bigger and more functional when I need a laptop replacement.

I guess I should have been more specific in my last post. The first list was meant for future Internet Tablet hardware, not the current hardware. The second list was meant for software specific updates to the 770 hardware. I'm well aware that the 770 still has enough power to do a little Java [the CPU is more powerful than most Java enabled phones on the market]. I do think the next hardware upgrade could still come in under $500 with a lot of the features most of us want, I just think Nokia wants to do it right. For me, the 770 came at the perfect time [not long after Sony dropped out of the market], the right price, and the right idea about just about everything that makes the 770 a great platform.

People seem to forget just what.a monster-sized company Nokia is. Their economies of scale must be such that since its intro, the price of components for the 770 have dropped. I think they can bring in more CPU, RAM, *and* an OQO-like keyboard for US$400-$450. They're sharing stuff they use in the *jillions of phones* they produce.

I'm so relieved to see the thread has turned nice again.

Elaborate. I agree about the top buttons. What are you thinking for the others?

And as I stated initially, my list was not complete. You remind me I'd like to see Suspend/Hibernate added to the Power button menu. No need for the cover then.

Hey!
 

How'd you get one for free?

Did everyone fail to notice the questions were along the lines of what could be improved on the *current* tablet?

My comments were the need for a full featured browser, simple image editing in the image viewer (crop, scale, rotate), better video support, the incorporation of the audio and video players into a single *good* interface such as the Maemo Streamer app, and finally being able to see the whole file system in file manager.

Also, cute that they mentioned ITT in the list of websites. :)

Was at the NYC blog PR event. (I suppose Reggie deleted my ersatz blog when he also unpersoned me as founding the blog here? It's tragic, what the average person given wee powers will do. The USSR was nothing but human nature unshackled...)

I was thinking the directional pad is fine, although I'd like it if it were a true circle. The three buttons under the dirctional pad should be the same width as the directional pad. Also, if the speaker were closer to the top, maybe above the screen, then the perfect arangement for the face buttons would be to move them up to be more parallel to the screen. Anyway, I'll punch out a rough sketch in a bit to show how my brain is working.

Here we go, this is what I'm talking about. As you can see, the face buttons and speaker could use a little moving around. Notice the second tablet design below has no face buttons at all, and the speaker is moved to the middle of the top of the device next to the power button [I know, this would make VoIP calls a hastle]. Anyway, I always thought the touch screen could handle all the navigation just fine without the face buttons or through software virtualization techniques. And hey, if you really need those three buttons, why not just put them on the top with the rest of the gang? Let me know what you guys think.