Oh buddy!. I'm chomping at the bit to get Mono installed on my 770. You know it just hit me, I was contemplating why Nokia didn't make it a phone as well. I mean everyone that sees it, that is there first question. So you have to believe that it is purposefully NOT a phone. I wonder where Nokia is headed with this device? Computing platforms, the margins are so slim there it wouldn't make sense. I bet it is a stepping stone. Get developers hooked on maemo, then launch a 77x with phone capability. What do you think?
Posted by Kevin at February 19, 2006 08:35 PMThat's interesting that you are getting unlimited internet cheaply via Cingular. What kind of download rates do you get through that?
Posted by Jess Sightler at February 19, 2006 10:32 PMOut of solidarity with Kevin, I am going to boo and hiss at you for choosing Cingular.
Boo! Hiss! :-)
I have been getting unlimited Internet with Sprint PCS for years for only $15 a month. I use an LG PM-325, the simplest Bluetooth phone Sprint has. I've had no issues with it as per the N770.
Sprint's reception is not so good out here in the boondocks, only 15 miles out from San Juan. But I can still connect and browse using it, but it's dial-up modem slow. In the middle of San Juan, I get 128-170 Kbps, though. That's not bad.
If I ever switch providers, I'm probably going with T-Mobile. But I'll move out of PR first, cuz PR is a roaming coverage area for T-Mobile.
Keep an eye out for SNAP Platform for Nokia 770, bud! :-) Work on SNAP Platform for Windows continues (Kaffe, GCJ, and Classpath build with your MSYS installer, and they run, but SableVM doesn't build yet.)
Posted by PJ Cabrera at February 23, 2006 02:11 AM