Well, I had ordered from nokiausa.com back in December, but when they didn't send it by their originally promised date, I went and got one for $349 from CompUSA! I'm glad I did.

Intended uses:
- PDA/PIM
- Occasional web access
- MP3 player
- Storing password lists
- Create spreadsheets, read Word and other docs

What I have on it:
- dropbear ssh (I use this all the time in order to use my desktop keyboard!)
- xterm (good port, but sometimes crashes when using tabbed mode)
- vim (what can I say, I'm not an Emacs guy)
- fbreader (don't really use it, but it seems like a nice app)
- lxdoom (for when I have time to kill at an airport)
- CPU load plugin
- Clock plugin (no need for clock on the desktop any more!)

What I've tried:
- GPE PIM. I currently use a Psion 5MX, and that will remain my PDA for the time being. The 770 really needs a robust, integrated Calendar/Todo manager and a better contacts manager. I haven't tried DejaDesktop yet, but I will.
- Xtris : didn't minimize properly to the dock, so I removed it. All 770 apps should play well in this device before being included in the Application Catalog!
- Some other games. Crazyparking didn't even appear in the menu so it's gone.

Mods:
- Swap space partition and ext3 partition. This is a must! I tried mounting my user directory on the flash card, but the machine didn't function normally after that. The swap space really makes a difference in performance even though I seldom have many things open at the same time. I was able to get the ext3 partition to be visible under the "Memory card" link in all the file requestors by making it bootable and settings permissions for "user" and modifying /etc/fstab.
- New screen background, removed everything from desktop. (easy!)
- Rooted
- Modified some menus, created links to / and /home/user in ~/MyDocs
- Pelican PSP screen protector - I can't even tell it's there, and I haven't been able to scratch it. $10 for 2, and I'll bet they'll last for years.
- Opera scrolling button change (easy, you must do this one!)

What's good about the 770:
- Excellent screen, although I find it to be very hard to read in broad daylight. That's not much of a problem though since I'm usually indoors when using it.
- Fast bootup time, excellent wake up time, good battery life, good ergonomics and size.
- Good wifi performance and integration. Easy setup and good options.
- Adequate CPU speed and memory. I seldom exceed 50-75% RAM utilization with the swap enabled.
- Good browser compatibility and speed. Even ESPN.com works! I do have flash disabled. Note: the browser does leave processes laying around after it's done. To automatically kill these, choose Close->All Windows from the menu!!

What can be improved on the 770:
- Allow user to install software either in internal or external flash. This is seamlessly integrated into my Psion and I don't see a reason why the 770 can't do it. It might limit the hot plug USB capability, but I can accept that.
- Continue to improve on the OS and application stability. Particularly the browser and the application installer. The device also also sometimes can't restore wifi after waking up from sleep or especially after coming out of Offline Mode. My Psion hasn't needed a reboot in a year!
- Have the option for more RAM or allow the user to enable swapping from the control panel.
- Allow user to customize menus. I would like to remove the email icon from the dock and further remove clutter from the main menu. I have already removed everything that I can using the hacks shown on this site.

Software wishlist:
- Good PDA/PIM software. I'd even be willing to pay for this, although I don't care about syncing to anything.
- Some encryption mechanism to allow encrypting of arbitrary files. Right now I use Crypto on my Psion. The Zaurus application list seems to have many alternatives.
- A good database program. This could handle a contacts list and a password list for example. The best was back when I had an HP 200LX!
- Open source web browser with a smaller memory footprint than Opera.
- Smaller/faster PDF viewer.

Summary:
- Overall, this is a terrific machine with lots of potential! For a first version, it is really good. Right now I can't really recommend it to a non-Linux geek because of its slowness and instability out of the box. With some small changes it becomes much more usable. In the future there will no doubt be lots of great software to choose from.