Oh no! Another Newbie with questions!!
 

Hi all,

I just got my 770. So far, I have no complaints.
I've already got it talking bluetooth to my MPX220 and I'm surfing the net!

So far, so good.


I want to be able to:
(a) Connect to my network
(b) Edit Word/Excel docunents
(c) Play MP3's, maybe even an AVI type movie.
(d) Play the occassional game (I like pyramid solitaire)
(e) Be able to do some wireless sniffing (as a work tool - I'm not into War-Walking or War-Driving; I'm just trying to make sure no one sneaks in a wireless router in the office - I'm the system admin).
(f) Have the ability to do some IP diagnostics (Ping, Traceroute, etc...)

(g) I might be getting a Bluetooth keyboard is all the above stuff works

*** I think you have the idea....

Now for the questions:

Where do I start?

(1) I think I'm running Tablet 2006, how do I confirm that?
(2) Which utilities should I install?
(3) What applications should I install to make this little gem more functional? (See the above list - and please keep it simple. I know 2003/XP, but I'm not a Linux expert)

(4) (Most importaint) - Is there a "770 for Dummies" document floating around?

(5) Any other advice?


Thanks for any help in advance!!

Re: Oh no! Another Newbie with questions!!
 

I'm not really an expert, but I'll give a few of them a shot.

For spreadsheets there's Gnumeric. As to Word document editing, there is work being done on Abiword and it's not quite ready for primetime just yet but it's coming. See this thread with comments from the developer for more info.

The media player already plays MP3 and AVI files, but you may want to install mplayer as well as it sometimes does a better job of handling media files. If you want a full on media center app to handle pictures, movies, podcasts and music I suggest looking into Canola.

There's Aisleriot Solitaire and lots of other games in the download section of Maemo.org.

Linux wireless tools and things like Aircrack and such are available for the Nokia IT. If you look around a bit you'll be able to find them.

This takes a little Linux know how, but it's possible according to the instructions in this post on the Maemo users mailing list.

The iGo Stowaway Ultraslim BT keyboard seems to be pretty popular with the Nokia IT crowd (don't have one myself). And then there's Nokia's own keyboard, but availability seems a little sketchy.


Go to "Tools>Control Panel>About Product" and it should tell you which version of the firmware/OS you have. If you need to upgrade, download and install the Nokia Internet Tablet Software Update Wizard and follow the instructions.

These two I'll leave open for suggestions since I'm running out of wind. ;)

This forum and the wiki are it as far as I know. Google is also your friend. :)

EDIT: I just stumbled across a blog called "Internet Tablet School". It claims to be "...an unofficial website containing step-by-step tutorials about how to use Nokia Internet Tablets such as the N800 and 770.

This site is intended for people of ALL skill levels, especially beginners."

There's not much there right now, but it looks promising if they keep it up.

Yeah. You might want to add some more repositiories to the Application Manager. Got to "Tools>Application Manager" and then "Tools>Application Catalog>New" to add them. A good list is here. You will see a lot more applications available for install after you do that.

I'm still learning myself (have an N800) and it's a great little device if you don't mind tinkering a bit. Hope this helps. Have fun!

Re: Oh no! Another Newbie with questions!!
 

Thanks a ton Heebie - that should get me started quite nicely!!!

I don't mind hacking around (I've got 2 Fedora servers at work), it's just I don't want to destroy this little guy too fast :)

Once again - Big thanks!!!!

Re: Oh no! Another Newbie with questions!!
 

No prob. Fedora, huh? That's what I'm running on my little box in the office, so the IT has been a bit of a curve for me with the Debian/Ubuntu way of doing things (i.e. yum vs apt, rpm vs deb, etc). Glad I could help. :)