Thread: 2.2006.39-14 IT2006 available at maemo.org
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lbattraw is offline lbattraw
2006-11-04 , 01:29
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#63
Originally Posted by =DC=
I think it's time to look back and remember what we had before the 770. A lot of people had Palm PDAs, Pocket PCs, Sony Clies, Handsprings, etc. None of those devices were bad at what they were meant for, but you couldn't really expect an OS update to add new features and it was substantially more difficult to program/port apps for these devices. Then we get a huge boost of technology, at an amazingly low price, punched into what we know as the 770. So far, it has the best balance of hardware features for the price.
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Absolutely. It's easy to lost sight of the improvements over existing devices. Nokia has really done a pretty good job with the 770, glitches and feature requests aside. I'm personally just happy that they're releasing regular updates; I recall hearing some grumbling about how IT2006 hadn't been updated for some time and here we are-- a new update. I'm not sure why other people are having issues with the browser and so forth as it seems quite solid to me. Perhaps these are some of the people who tried restoring backups? Just a guess, as this might re-introduce instability in the form of old, corrupted data files.

I would hope that I'm not the only one who appreciates all the hard work that has gone into supporting the 770. I've seen the (near complete lack of) support on other PDA-like devices I've purchased, and let me tell you: there is nothing like having the device maker guiding and pushing development. Without it you end up with splinters of effort, duplicated projects, fading interest, and eventual abandonment due to the lack of a community. Nokia may still keep certain things proprietary but they make up for it in the way they've helped to open up and drive the overall process with Sardine, the maemo repository pages, and the Garage space for hosting projects.

Larry