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Sorry, I searched earlier in the day, and didn't find anything on it, I still had the browser/reply open and just sent it when I came back later.

I got it to dial GPRS out with my h6315 ipaq (tmobile), and then a v330 that my wife uses. The v330 has some sort of EDGE capability, but I don't think it's as fast as possible (any recommendations for an EDGE phone?)

Got orb to stream to it, was watching TV and spaceballs from my home at my friends house and in the car. Got music streaming to work. Got VNC to work (even scale, using a login to my home PC, and then scaling other VNC clients through it). Now my eyes hurt from the tiny (but very clear) text. I love this thing... just don't want to be the last person to buy the 770 when the 870 comes out. I have 30 days to return/exchange it, will keep my fingers crossed.

I don't see why people complain about the speed, it's not THAT bad for me. I don't see why you want a cell phone IN the device, because of so many formats (edge, evdo, hsdpa, gprs, etc) and so many carriers, some which don't even use SIM cards (verizon and sprint). A camera would be nice, but not needed.

SD card would be nice, and I guess a faster CPU as long as the battery life stayed the same.

The screen is what sold me. It's simply amazing. After using stupid QVGA Pocket PC's, this is a nice change. I don't understand why screens are getting even smaller on the the PPC's, such as the h6500+ series, which have square 240x240 screens. WTF.

The contender for this Nokia device would have been the MDA Pro (HTC Universal), but it doesn't work in the US (mostly, due to 50mhz band differences), and has no EDGE or EVDO capability. You can't have it all (yet) I guess. I just got tired of waiting (almost 2 years now lol). Not that I want to sound like Mike Cane (yea, I've been lurking for 3-4 days lol)

The next thing that comes close (but is too bulky, and way too expensive), is the SONY UMPC UX180 or 280p. It was $1500 at fry's, but they sold the last demo 1 hour before I got to the store. Too big for your pocket, too heavy, and battery life stinks. Neat idea however.