Next Nokia minitablet to get Webcam, WiMax?
 

I seriously hope they're not going down the "everything but the kitchen sink" route with the 770. Faster WiFi is not wrong, although I find that I rarely get to even a fraction of the potential of /G-WiFi, which should be fast enough for media playback.

But rather than build a camera into the device, why not update the Bluetooth profile and controlling software so that users can easily pair any device they might need at that moment? BT keyboard, BT webcam, BT headphones, the list goes on...

The N770 still has lots of stuff that needs to be fix and refine; now they're talking about things that are useless or can be incorperated easily. The n770 just don't have enough juice and cpu power to add a web cam, beside u can add one with the usb. As for faster wifi, same arguement with battery and cpu + mem to use such high speed. As for the sim card thing, I don't like it either but I need it (so I can get rid of my phone); I live in the san francisco bay area and wifi is not around every block let alone FREE. And has anyone check out the t-mobile hot spot crap and the amount of money they want to charge?
- Fix the N770 so that it can read 1+gig memory card or use SD cards.
- Upgrade the N770 so that we can have a maemopad+ and todo and browser and gtalk open at the same time or mininize the wait between switching apps.
- Upgrade and improve the video and audio players to fully take advantage of the excellent screen size.
- Handle Asian language to improve overall sales (asians in asia are gadget freaks who don't care about price)
Anyone else want to add to list of improvements.

That one, at least, is done.

Yeah, they should fix the little things first so we can all use our 770s without the minors bugs THEN start worrying about what we're doing with them.

And I don't get this idea about adding cameras (crappy ones too) to every device under the sun. I used to work for a largish GPS nav gear maker and management there came up with the brilliant (hah) idea of adding a camera to in car GPS nav units. They finally did it and it's a crap camera and it has no real practical use. Us engineers argued with them as to what it is for but we never did get a technical reason or use only the usual story from management that it would give us product differentiation and is another thing to stick on the box. I CAN see how a web cam might be useful on the 770 though given it is an Internet device. It's funny but the article almost sounds like they are going to use the web cam to spy on users to see what we do with the device :)

Surely Nokia would know from their phone experiences that sure there will always people who will buy something with every gadget imaginable under the sun on it but there will be lots more who just want something simple that does the basic things you need and does them flawlessly. How many people like simple, easy to use cellphones. Lots I know.

I like my 770 and the things it does now. I wish it would do some of them a little better (the email app is crap, every window, inbox, message, replies, use the same damn icon!) but generally I am happy with it. Hopefully the production OS will fix a lot of the minor bugs and I can just enjoy using the thing every day.

- Upgrade the browser [to make it compatable with more websites]
- Upgrade the Flash to version 7 at least [an Adobe problem, I know]
- A true voip client that provides for the registration of a phone # to call from/to.
- More audio/video format options [wmv, ogg, etc.]
- We want as many bluetooth accessories to work as possible! [mice, keyboards, headsets, gps...]

If Nokia can get 3 of those 5 things into the current hardware I'd be set, but I believe all that and more is very possible.

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Nokia Internet Tablet Next Generation Wish List
 

:rolleyes: Nokia Internet Tablet Next Generation Wish List

• Same number of pixels but bigger screen. The super-fine pixel density is wasted on us Baby Boomers. I always have to zoom to at least 150%.
• Enter into a bundling deal with O'Reilly Safari Bookshelf. It seems the two would make a beautiful marriage. Maybe something like if you purchase a Nokia 770 and signup for a Safari Max account you get a $100 dollar rebate after 6 months. I'm convinced that in 5 years, college students won't be lugging around heavy text books in their backpacks anymore.
• Further integration with web services, as was done with the integration of Google Talk in the 2006 OS edition. It would be nice to view Picasa Web Albums slideshows full screen, without any browser chrome.
• A convenient docking station for recharging. Except for trips, I mainly use the n770 around the house. I picture myself eventually buying three. One for the living room, one for the kitchen, and one to have on my nightstand next to my bed. It would be nice to just plop it down in a docking station. I could also keep it in the docking station while listening to streaming radio while having my morning coffee in the kitchen.

A docking station is a great idea! I leave my 770 beside my bed at night connected to the net, so I can get my email, and connected to the charger to rejuice it. A station you just sit it into would be great. In fact you've inspired me, I might make my own :)

How about a spatial-time disruption device addon, so you can control the universe around you like on `Click`

If they want to really make them popular they should try to lower the cost. I know alot of people who love the idea but just are unwilling to put $350 down on something that does one thing really really well and has no pda funtionality. If it came with a calander or some other application it would really increase sales. Im not saying thay should leave the realm of an internet tablet, just make it so it has some extra bragging rights. That would also silence the critics.

Cootly - the only way I see that working is if they packed enough juice into a built in solenoid that would allow the space-time continuum to fold - like on 'click'

Hello, it's my first post here (long time viewer,...;)).
How long do you guys think until there will be a successor to the 770?

Given they've only just started talking about the possibility of new hardware and what it might feature, and the lead time for development, I'd say there won't be anything this year. I'd be surprised if there's announcement of a successor this year, too.

Of course, I'm often surprised ;-)

I'd chimed in on this a long time ago but here goes:

I don't agree with bundling a billion extra devices into the 770. It's excellent all around as is. The cost is kept low and it maintains a lot of the functionality that more expensive products do.

Two things they can leverage:

Bluetooth: If they're going to package a working webcam into the existing form factor then they could just as well dump out a battery powered bluetooth one. How cool would that be? Put the camera on a table, stand in front of it, and use the 770 to take the picture from a few feet away. Same would work with speakers, etc. And think of all the pics that would be floating around with 770's in them. Now that's product placement!

External peripherals: A powered adapter (from Nokia, not the homebrew kind) that would allow plugging in USB storage devices and supported USB peripherals like keyboards, etc. I've got a 40GB mp3 player and would love to have that in my pocket connected to my 770 to watch movies or store data on.

Would anybody really mind sitting down in a coffee shop, placing a small MP3 player on the table connected via a 1 foot USB cable, laying down a bluetooth mini keyboard, and using the device to their heart's content? I've got more than one pocket. I normally carry around both devices anyway, I would love to pair 'em together.

It could incorporate a lot of laptop functionality but in a modular fashion. If your HDD goes, it's just your HDD. If you don't need that much space, you don't have to buy it. Consumer choice. Perfect.

Hedgecore: completely agree :)

Not much more to add really!

Yeah, connected to my iPod, it would boost the device's usefulness immensely.

Even better would be if you could somehow boost the CPU or the RAM (besides enabling swap) in modular fashion, but eh. :)

Next 770...
 

This is such a no brainer. More memory and faster processor. Better looking screen, stylus that pops in an out with the cover on...

And maybe an SD/RS-MMC card slot to give more storage options. I'd also like to see a scroll wheel or mouse-like controll like the new T-Mobile Sidekick 3 has.

Why .ogg format is not supported? I thought by default linux should have .ogg support! :confused:

I *think* that it's related to audio compression patents that *might* affect ogg. I don't think Nokia wants to be the first big company to get sued for such a thing. Not sure though. It could just be that they didn't have the time to make the dsp codek for ogg. Any other ideas?