Country:UK
Purchased From:Ebay, odd story, Guy bought his whilst in the U.S. as the villa he was staying in had free Wifi, he came back and realised he had no use for the 770 beside his other 5 computers, so virtually new 770 for approx 3/5 the cost (not counting uk mains adapter for charger)

Purchase/Arrival Date: arrived wed 20/09/06, won on ebay 4 days previous (fast delivery)

Likes: Linux *(I am NEW to linux, but I like the ideas, the freedom and the more I tinker the more sense it makes to me than windows), Hackable (software and *hopefully* hardware, IF someone lets the rest of us know what that pin header next to the battery is for).
Bluetooth (I think the standard AND the profiles still have tremendous possibilities). The layout (Well thought out, very approachable even for the computer illiterate),
The design (c'mon, with their phones, what did you expect from nokia?), Ease of Wlan connection/profiling (Great fun for warwalking, plus there are an amazing number of unsecured AP's near my favourite haunts)....... and yes, I LOVE the screen as well.

Dislikes: Construction, though elegant and well thought out, seems a little delecate (Though perhaps there is a market for a 'ruggedised' version *HINT*),
Lack of 'device specific' accessories on the market (though I'm thinking for us hardware hackers, thats a prompt to use our imaginations, so maybe that should be in the 'likes'),
instability of certain apps (though I'm led to believe this may be improved by getting a bigger RS-MMC and extending the userspace into it).
MICROPHONE! considering the space on the underside panel left beside the USB, power and Earphone sockets, would it not have been possible to allow for the connection of an external Mic (podcasting, or at least getting reasonable quality Audio and being able to upload it elsewhere would be useful) ?
Opera does not support many of the (mostly AJAX) web apps I like to use whilst on the move (minor peeve, possibly solved by installing Minimo when I have a larger RS-MMC).

Favorite apps: Browser (obviously, though will try Minimo for better functionality?), ScummVM (I'm an #80s kid), FBreader (GREAT for travelling and there are some great classics available at gutenberg.org), media converter.


Afterwaffle (Yes, I am longwhinded, and I do state the obvious in an overdramatic fashion, flame me at will):
I weighed my options carefully before getting the 770, I don't have mutch spare cash so I aimed to get the one device on offer that held the most possibility, my choices were a Sony PSP (there are many hacks, and its widely available) a pepperpad (Not available here in the UK), or the sony Mylo (Not available in the UK and not mutch info available), or the 770, So my only choice was really the 770. Why ?
It uses Wifi, Wifi is everywhere now (I Live in the STIX and there are still at least 5 networks on my street)
Its DESIGNED for browsing the web, and as sutch, can take full advantage of the many WEB based applications that are springing up to do things previously held in the domain of Desktop software (NOT just office stuff either).
It CAN do a fair bit more than JUST surf the net, as demonstrated by Maemo Mapper (GPS unit is a must have for me now), Emulators for games, Abiword, etc.
Improvements are still being made to the OS (unlike the 'downgrades' necessary with sony's efforts to make them do anything interesting).
Everything is Opensource (ALLWAYS an advantage).
Bluetooth, so it will have even more functionality when I get around to getting a better Phone.

Phew.

Well, thats my bit, now I'm off to the game forum to reel of a ***** list of games that should have been ported allready.