My own Nokia 770

24 10 2005

I'd been right, the parcel was there when I arrived at the office on Friday. Except that it rested on my chair, not on the desk. On MY chair! Only ONE person is allowed to sit on that chair, and that's ME! Grmbl. Anyway, thanks to the postman for the delivery and the co-worker who kindly deposited it there.

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Nokia 770

20 10 2005

Nun ist tronicum mir glatt zuvorgekommen. :) Mein Päckchen liegt unter Garantie auf dem Schreibtisch in meinem Büro, und da ich heute nicht im Haus war... Die erste Rückmeldung ist positiv, das Gerät scheint wirklich eine feine Sache und bereits in der Entwicklerversion rundum gut ausgestattet zu sein. tronicum hatte eben ein apt-get im Hintergrund laufen. Nett. Gekoppelt mit dem WGT634U verschafft einem das Teil kabellosen Netzzugang und ermöglicht damit so sinnvolle Anwendungen, wie auf dem Klo sitzend zu lesen¹ oder sich von dort schonmal die nächste Pizza zu bestellen.

¹ Bücher sind unhygienisch, da sie aus Zellstoff bestehen und mit Toilettenpapier verwechselt werden könnten.² ³
² Insbesondere gilt dies für Konsalik- und Simmel-Romane.
³ Das Nokia 770 hingegen ist selbstredend zu hart, um sich damit den Hintern abzuwischen.

Now tronicum downright beat me to it. :) I bet my parcel rests on the desktop at my office, and because I wasn't on duty today... The first feedback is positive, the device looks like a really nice thing and is already equipped well in the developer version. tronicum had just an apt-get running in the background. Nice. Connected to the WGT634U this thingie provides wireless net access and allows for such reasonable uses like reading in the lavatory¹ or already ordering the next pizza from there.

¹ Books are insanitary, because they are made from cellulose and can be mistaken for toilet paper.² ³
² This is particularly true for Konsalik and Simmel novels.
³ The Nokia 770 on the other hand is of course far too firm to wipe one's bottom with.

Nokia 770 Developer Device Program

18 10 2005

Today I received the the following email:

Greetings Sil53r Surf3r,

As we get closer to the official commercial release date of the Nokia
770 Internet Tablet, we are now also ready to take the next step in the
Developer Device Program. On Monday morning October 17th a limited
online availability will be opened through Nokia web for the selected
participants of the Developer Device Program. Participants are supplied
with a pre-assigned promotion code for purchase of the device. [...]

Best wishes,
The maemo team


Thanks, folks! I have already placed my order and expect the device to arrive shortly, because Nokia Europe had them in stock. This an exciting opportunity to participate in a developer program I am really looking forward to support. - In case you don't know, the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is an OpenEmbedded powered Linux device with a GNOME desktop, high-resolution 800x480 pixels touch screen, WLAN, Bluetooth and USB device support onboard, plus VoIP and InstantMessaging support in preparation. Development community can be found at maemo.org.

The developer device program will sell 500 Nokia 770 Internet Tablets for 99 euros and donate the proceeds from the sales to the GNOME Foundation, as Nokia states in their press release. It's really fun to support the OpenSource community this way, I'd say. Stay tuned. :)