NewsForge has a review of the Nokia 770 by Rob Reilly. Short, clued-in to the real nature of the 770 and to the steady stream of software, but somehow overlooking the world-class e-reading app, FBReader. (OK, my bias towards using the 770 for e-books.) He cites 103 “mature” software packages over and above those from Nokia, and another 73 in development, as listed at the maemo wiki.
Given his look at software, I’m surprised he didn’t mention the Python tools available. Here’s how he introduces the 770:
Most organizations aren’t ready to migrate to a wireless, network-centric, thin hardware, server/client model, which makes the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet a bit ahead of its time. This handheld device has a basic browser, email client, and multimedia player, but the real beauty of this Linux-based system is its ability to expand its functionality by installing a limited but growing list of applications.
Nokia has financed a platform known as Maemo that users can modify and configure easily to suit their needs. With the 770 hardware and the Maemo development environment, we have a promising setup that fits right in with the open source way of life.
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