Does someone know how popular the N770 is?

How many units were sold?

Will it be mass market device , or will it end as an another toy for geeks?

According to analysts, less than 25000 units. The 770 will be more of a cult device, but the market will grow in coming years - see that other thread.

I would be VERY surprised if the number is that low.

You miss the third possibility: its future successor will be a mass market device.

I'd say the 770 will end up being the guinea pig for Nokia's first foray into the new Internet Tablet market. It has been greatly accepted by early adopters and will be known in the future as a "geek toy". However, it will also be known as the forerunner of Internet Tablet market (that is if Nokia continues its interest in the platform into the future). I don't know how successful the device has been in the consumer market, but knowing how Nokia comes out with several new mobile phones every year, that will not likely matter. The fact that Nokia underestimated demand for the 770 proves that people want such a device. The way I see it, Nokia should count themselves lucky more people didn't see the greater possibilities of the device as quickly as those of us did. It is now time for Nokia to follow through with their idea. Bring on the customer support, OS upgrades, and follow-up devices. Oh, and throw in a little marketing once you've got your supply issues straight.

no one I have showed it to has failed to be impressed. even non-geeks. problem is, it's too hard to get content on it. video has to be done a certain way, and windows movie maker thing won't do what's needed, pls files aren't supported, flash 6 is too old, not enough memory to handle complex web sites like gmail in full mode. non-geeks can't deal with working around these issues.

Ill say it once, and Ill say it again, the 770 suffered from extremely poor marketing. Non geeks loves devices like this. Look at how horrible the sidekick is but look how well it did on the market. WHY??? Marketing.

For some reason nokia felt that since their name was on the product it would fly out the door itself.

I mean, the avg person I ask about the 770 have no idea on earth what the heck it is, cause they haven't even heard of it.

ah, but it did fly out the door. it was sold out in many markets for months. which tells me that Nokia was very unsure of this device and didn't make nearly enough. had they marketed it and made a butload of them, they would literaly be everywhere, but with a lot of frustrated non-techie users who would not buy version 2

OK but is there really going to be a sucessor other than the Origami.
It's been about a year since the 770 was announced and it has sold better than expected. So WHEN is Nokia's sucessor going to be announced? I am waiting for the second generation but the Origami is sounding like a real threat. Lack of a new product by Nokia is going to rsult in loss of momentum and market share.

To be a successor, Nokia has to improve spec of 770.
All toys now have a lot of memory to be as music player, video player etc.
Nokia made a nice toy, but Nokia lost even charging indicator, supplied
us with funny bag and less accessories just to make it cheap.
Good thing, it is not closed unit like Pepper Pad and now we have
much more software even Pepper Pad sale started early...