My family have all discovered what a great battery life it has because I can now, evidently, stay in the bathroom for up to 3 hours at a time instead of my usual 5 minutes

So far I'm lovin' this thing...taking me a bit of time learning all of the basics but it's becoming more fun every day. I have a million questions I'll get into later, especially about the mail client...can I use it to access my gmail account? (accounts)

I've tried but without success. I'm either not doing something right or I'm doing something wrong, or it can't be done. Someone let me know if it's the later and I'll quit wasting my precious bathroom time with it

Thanks...If I can't, it won't make me love this thing any less

So far it is an impressive little machine. Nice Build quality, good feel. Responsive, easy to set up. Have not gotten very far in playing with it but easy to set up the network and phone pairing.

Now comes the endless hours of tinkering... Got to set up swap, root access, vpn, ssh, telnet, etc.

David

I am not a hardcore user like most users here, but I have been getting a lot out of the device so far. I havn't set up swap, root access, or extended memory. I have only a few of the apps from the maEmo.org site. I use it to check Gmail, Bloglines, post to my blog, surf to sites I hear about when I'm watching TV, listening to the raidio, or just out and about. I use it to stream radio from SHOUTcast, plus listen to some of my own music and short podcasts.

I have not been able to get the email client working, but I'm not in need of one as I use Gmail as my primary email. I have stopped using the news reader in place of Bloglines. I have yet to play chess or the other games on the device, although I likely will in the future (I only wish there was solitare or hearts).

I look forward to additional features of the device being opened up by Nokia and developers (which ever comes first). VoIP will be interesting. I think a voice recorder would be useful know that we know there is a mic on the unit. I see all kinds of bluetooth and wifi options opening up for it, and have hopes for better management of memory in future updates.

Happy Hacking!

I am a longtime Palm user - most recently (and on-going) a Palm Tungsten C.
So - I am comparing with what I think was (and to some degree still is) one of the best PDAs for relatively heavy mobile use (good bright screen, keyboard built-in, built-in 11b, fairly fast operation, good base memory plus MMC slot, Infrared - but no Bluetooth).

Some of my dislikes/suggestions below might just be me not finding out how to do some things with the GUI - but fun learning so far.

Country: UK
Purchased From: Nokia via Web (shipped from Belgium)
Purchase/Arrival Date: 26/Jan/06 - 31/Jan/2006

Likes:
Screen size
Full-screen zoom button
Font size increase/decrease via button
11g wireless
Openness

Dislikes:
Mail
No option for Auto BCC
- Default and override per mailbox/message
Alternate outbound server
- Roving user accessing home mailbox but WLAN specific SMTP server
No (obvious anyway) mark multiple messages for delete
- Selecting unopened obvious spam for deletion is painful
Modify default for deletion to be local only since it seems to insist on a live connection when requesting delete on both (Palm does not - it remembers and syncs next time)

Time format
- Prefer 24-hour clock rather than AM/PM in all places where time appears

Connectivity
Shame there is no infrared both for beaming data between devices and as home equipment remote control.

TCP/IP access via USB (PPP over USB via router software on PC) for low power network usage or if with laptop in office without wireless connection (I do this on my Palm via 3rd-party software on PC - but basics are already in standard PalmOS (PPP via USB).

Power
- seems to use it quickly - but waiting for a few more discharge/charge cycles to be sure
- power via USB ...

Newsreader
Doesn't honour font increase request

Chess
Allow tap for source and destination selection not just drag
Highlight computer last piece moved

Speed
Does seem slow - despite installing Dec/05 firmware update.

Favorite apps:
Browser

My initial reaction on getting my 770 was disappointment: the screen isn't much bigger than that on the Palm TX, while it doesn't have some of the Palm's features and it's a lot heavier.

My second reaction? The stunning screen is so great it really does feel like a miniature laptop. I would have preferred a 5 in screen, and maybe I should have gone for the Samsung Nexia (any feedback greatly appreciated).

I currently have a cellphone and Pocket PC. I'm moving to a Windows smartphone and the 770. I need the 770 because I'm a reporter, and I need something completely mobile that can do two things: surf the web, and file copy online. So I needed a good screen. I considered the OQO but it doesn't seem that much better for about 5 times the price.

I do need a proper keyboard to use with my 770. I'm going to get a ThinkOutside USB KB. If this DOESN'T work I would appreciate the feedback.

I'm going to England for 10 days later in February. I may write about the experience when I return.

I think I'm in love...this little toy is much more than I had ever hoped for. I don't have one single negitive thing to say about it.

All my friends are toting around their monster laptops just to be able to get on line at the coffee shop...you should have seen the shade of green their faces turned when I reached into my shirt pocket to join them in an online search. You would have thought it was St. Patricks Day.

I was able to [thanks to this forum] figure out the e-mail client and set up all three of my g-mail accounts...works very smoothly!

I've trained my handwriting recoginition and it's proven to work quite well...but the key board is so fast that I only use the handwriting to impress

I am glad I read the booklet though. Iearned a couple of things it may have taken me awhile to discover...like the optimal view...it's great being able to read the pages without my glasses. I thought I might be in trouble until I discovered that. I love the resolution when I kick a page up to 250% and I don't have to keep scrolling back and forth since it automatically re-aligns everything.

This is one sweet machine...

This little baby is designed as an internet tablet, not a PDA. If you want a PDA then buy one but don't expect this to do work it wasn't designed for. That's almost like child labor. We must keep things in perspective.

No, it'll be a PDA. PDA is a *subset* of an Internet tablet - at least in terms of hardware.

With some more development, DejaPIM or GPE-PIM combined with Nokia's alarm framework will mean it's perfectly suitable as a PDA.

Wow - I love this little thing. I've used Palms, PocketPCs, and Blackberries in the past, and this is by far my favorite device on its own. Of course, I'm using it as a fancy Squeezebox remote and web reader, not PDA/e-mail device, so it's not apples to apples.

Even if the 770 does nothing more than it does for me now, I'll be happy with the purchase. If the dev community give it new capabilities, I'll be thrilled!

Likes:

• The screen - ahead of its time
• Design and buttons
• Connectivity
• Linux
• Development - seems unbelievably easy
• Very easy to connect via GPRS

Dislikes:

• H/W performance will be a bottleneck
• Not much storage
• Software is not mature
• Still need the phone/no minimalist phones to go with this

Favorite apps:

• Opera - obvious killer app
• News reader - now I understand what RSS is for
• xterm
• irssi
• Crazy Parking
• Mahjongg
• GPE suite
• Notes