In the hoohaw about the Google/Nokia collaboration, I ran across a peripheral mention to a discussion area dedicated to the Nokia 770 at LinuxDevices.com. Poking further, I learned that this was created back in February, so this is old news, I guess.

While I find the Internet Tablet Talk forums so active I can’t follow everything, it’s good to know that other venues have sprung up to discuss our favorite walkaround-web device. It reminds me of different areas in New York where competitors are all located together — the Diamond District on 46th Street, the Flower District in Chelsea and so on — and the proximity brings more people to the area, benefitting all the companies located there. I used to live on 6th Street, where there were 11 Indian restaurants all in one block. They didn’t drive each other out — on the contrary. Last time I checked, there were 16 restaurants on the block (rounding the corner too), meaning everyone thrives. So the more the merrier, I say!

You can find the LinuxDevices discussion area for the Nokia 770 Internet Tablets at www.linuxdevices.com/cgi-bin/board/UltraBoard.pl?Action=ShowBoard&Board=770