Nokia770 or other IT w/Ethernet
 

Hey All,

I am looking for a product exactly like the Nokia770, however I would also like an Ethernet (RJ45) Port. Does anyone know of what can or how to accomadate this? Does the 770 Support CF Nic's?

Thanks!
Adam J

It's hard to support compact flash cards if you don't have a CF slot...

Nokia 770 IT has no option whatsoever to use a CF NiC. It can do Wi-Fi connections OK. It can also be paired with a GPRS phone to use as a Web Surfing Tool. You maybe interested in Sharp Zaurus SL6000 ( if you can spend the money to get it and if you can find one). You can read more about this here :

http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=10734


It is pretty good Machine. :cool:

There are plenty of ethernet-to-wifi "gaming adapters" out there that'd bridge your wireless to a wired network too. If you're paranoid, WPA protect and MAC filter it too!

maybe with usb and usb>rj45 convertor ? we can dream

I could have used that earlier this week...
 

Moday I found myself far away from home in a hotel with Wi-Fi in the lobby, which I could not get to work with the 770, and only wired Internet in the room. To add insult to injury, the wired Internet was free. I was forced to use my Razr and DUN to check email--very, very painful, especially with that RJ45 cable lying useless on the desk.

Know that it is easy to get the USB port on the 770 to go into "host mode" and it is also (somewhat) easy to add a power supply to the port to run external USB devices. Now for the really easy part (yeah, I am joking), writing the drivers to get anything done. Oh, if we only had the user base that the Palm enjoys!

Well, just look for something named Wireless Mobile Router, like this:
http://www.palmzone.net/article.php?sid=252
Or use phone line like this:
http://alwaysonwireless.com/index.php?page=techSpecs

just get a linksys travel wireless router for about 70 dollar and you can share the connection with other people too.

Heres the scenrio. We are a Wireless ISP , www.thewisp.net, and our equipment is often times mounted at the top of towers. Now, if I do any work at the top of the tower, I must have a Tech Savy employee at the bottom to run the laptop. If I could haul it up with me, then I would only have to have a not so tech savy person to just 'spot' me. I don't want to have any other peice of equipment with me. I want to beable to plug it in, and ssh into my routers at the top of towers. I guess I will have to wait, mabye next version.

a Zaurus clamshell would better for you. They have a CF slot and a keyboard.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Sorry for the terse message, I was on the go with the thumb keyboard :-)

I wanted to add that, for the usage you describe, you don't need a late-model Zaurus either (they have very little to offer over the previous ones). A used 860 or even 760 (basically the same hardware) will run ssh in xterm over a compact flash ethernet card just fine, so this could even come out cheaper than a new 770, with added bonus of a functional keyboard.

I love my tablet but I still use my Z760 too :-)

if your company can afford one
 

If your co. can afford one - get the Samsung Q1

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1142295730831

Its got what you need......

Hmm. Size. Weight. Autonomy. OS. Price. No keyboard. All that for climbing towers to ssh into a router ? I don't think so :-)

It should be quite possible, with some tinkering, to get a usb-mini to RS232 cable going and to use that via Xterm. You could even use a bluetooth keyboard like a Thinkoutside foldable to make text entry quick and painless.

As far as I know every serious router and switch ever made can be controlled via a serial port console, and getting the 770 to talk over usb/serial should be doable.

Well it should not be that hard to connect a usb ethernet adapter to the 770. There are support for several usb ethernet adapters in the kernel sources already... it's just a matter of building/compiling a new kernel/module that supports the device you want to use. I haven't done it on my 770 (haven't found the need for it) but it's not that hard to do it on a regular workstation or a laptop, I've done it many times over the years i've been using Linux on my computers. So i guess it's not that much harder to do it for the 770.