Thread: No comparison between 770 and PDAs
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waddell is offline waddell
2005-12-06 , 06:08
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Originally Posted by Treponema
After picking up my 770 from the local CompUSA and using it for a few days, I really think I have found what I have been waiting years for! I have had several palms and pocket PCs, and for my uses I don't think any of them come close to the 770.

I may be a bit different, but the main things that I used a PDA are for ebooks, games, email and (trying) to occasionally web browse. I have never used the pim stuff very much, so the lack of this is not a bid deal to me. Of course I am sure there will be some programs on the way soon.

I know everyone mentions it, but I just have to repeat it: The screen is amazing! Web pages are crisp and clear, and they look like they should!! Trying to compare a clipped and squished version of a web page on a phone or PDA with the 770 is almost a joke.

Good job Nokia!! (Of course the whole shipping fiasco is a different story...)
Of course there can be a comparison between a pda and a 770. The 770 is a clear winner in some ways, but still has some catching up to do in others.

As a web browser, the 770 is vastly superior, but for audio it is actually pretty comparable. As an email sending device, the 770 is better by virtue of the screen and large virtual keyboard, but compared to snappermail on my palm, the 770 email client seems slow and lacks a good imap feature set.

Of course, the 770 has yet to reach it's full potential. I think that many of it's shortcomings will be addressed soon as more software gets ported. e.g. minimo, sylpheed and xmms.(my wishlist) palmos 5.x, aka frankengarnet, by comparison has been on life support for a while now.