The 770 Effect?
 

Coincidental? OQO slashes the price of their Model 01 unit.

http://www.oqo.com//store/shop.cgi/o...l?drilldepth=1

Now just the price of about 4 770s...

But wait, there's more --

You can buy an extra battery ($149), power supply with air/auto cable ($149), and docking cable ($49), all for the price of one 770.

Which is more useful?

Well, both devices seem to be promoted with similar use cases. Maybe OQO just can't yet be convincing enough about running high-power windows applications.

I see the OQO as one of those devices that is way ahead of its time in terms of concept. The hardware is not quite there as far as mobility is concerned. I don't think the fact that it took a long time to reach human hands helped much either. I think in about 3 to 4 years we'll see better renditions of the OQO. Just my humble opinion.

This might have more to do with the expected release of the Dual Cor cPc, announced to come in at $1500. There's a video demonstration of the thing that you can get pretty easily on a google search. Basically it's got a full Windows XP Tablet Edition on one CPU, Windows Mobile 5 on the other, and a shared hard drive. No built in keyboard, but I think it will ship with a BT KB.

http://www.handtops.com/show/news/11...s_Handtop.html

I definitely believe (and hope so) in the handheld the size of the 770. We do not need very much power to do things like mailing, blogging, chatting, having a phone call, listening to offline and online music and watching offline and broadcast videos. We only need something that lies in a normal pocket and has a good quality display.
Ok, there are mobiles or smartphones but mobiles/smartphones are unable to be good challengers in these domains above all due to their screen too small for seeing something on it.
In fact, absolutly speaking, why shall we need mobiles in a short future ? For nothing else as a network adapter to GSM/EDGE/HSPDA networks.
Of course that is not the way the cell operators want to make money. Like everyone they want to develop high value-added services on top of their networks in order to earn more and more money.

But for me the page is definitely turned over : the future lies in small/convenient and multiconnected tablets like the 770. The mobile as a computer has no sense any more. Why should we reinvent things (as the mobile operators do: voice, music, video) we have been used to do for more than 10 years on the Internet with a PC ?

Conclusion: if the SIM card could be incorporated into the tablet it would be great, one device less to wear.

db

If you really take into account the fact that the Nokia 770 was never made to do all the things an oqo would do...so in other words, it's apples and oranges...for all of you that are trying to compare the devices. I personally think the 770 does what I need it to do (what it was advertised for) AND more.

I don't know what it is about this device that hasn't gone as mainstream as I thought it would have. Maybe I'm wrong, but could it be advertising? not appealing enough?

I personally think that if it were given a chance by many, it would be a GREAT seller.

Sorry, I would have to disagree, it would then be a normal phone like the communicator. I kinda like the fact that people are boggled by "naw, it's not a phone". Aside from that, I'm almost positive that if that were to actually happen, it would take away from the rest of the device in terms of the processor, screen....etc.

Exactly, the OQO is squeezing a laptop into a smaller form factor... the fact comparisons are being made speaks volumes about the potential for the 770, the fact that instead of locking it up and making it a dumb device, Nokia chose to open it up to the rigors of abuse at our hands.

Have I mentioned I love my 770 yet today?

I think Nokia is pulling its punches because this is a rather radical concept, so they want to test the markets, and also based on how the device has fared so far - some hardware issues, the software is not yet mature, some negative reviews, and lots of comments from the users that they want this or that into the device.

Also figure in that the general public has little history with Linux and may be at a loss figuring out the best uses for a 770. None of their friends has a 770 so there are no usage examples they could just copy and mutate for their needs.

If the second batch of 770s sells out as well and the market seems to stabilize into a positive mood the marketing is sure to follow. Look at it this way:

The 770 they sold to you.
The successor of 770 they will sell to your friends.
The next device after that they will sell to your friends's friends...

WiMAX chips are just around the corner and would fit very nicely in this kind of a device. That way it could provide its own connectivity and with mature VoIP you could easily leave your cell phone at home instead.

hmm, I think that it is all a question of the useability.. Not a question of the number of devices. From my point of view a small and simple mobile phone, useabe well for calls and sms on any place for quickest as possible communication.

Additional the Nokia 770 fo control and setup the mobile phone or other devices as central wearable command and information center.

As example, download pictures from the digital camera, for a better prewiew and syncronize or save at the personal file server at home or anywhere.

The 770 has the change to change the way of life when it be simple with the nessesary usebillity in an environment that support the life in a simple kind of useage.

The number of the users will be decide about it.