Wednesday, September 10, 2008

770 miles per second

"Holy shit. This thing makes an Ono-Sendai look like a kid's toy."
- Gibson, Mona Lisa Overdrive

"Ever since STs PADDs, I wished for such a thing to be in my hands."
Past year uses of my 'Nokia 770 Internet Tablet':
.having it with me all the time and trying to explain it's numerous applications
.browsing the web
.email, usenet, chat, im, blogging
.learning & other general hacking
.ebook reading & comics
.lexicon, dictionary, thesaurus
.music playing, sound recording
.manipulating images, drawing, photos, pr0^H^Hictures
.[script] development
.bluetooth, rdesktop
.taking notes, clock and calendar
.watching the movie 'Crank'
.nethack & several other games & scummvm
.dropping the thing from an altitude of approximately 1m onto glazed tiles in the toilet.
..and much, much more.. .ps. there's cool stickers over the 'N' logo now!

Things I'd love to see in the next model that I'd buy, in particular order of importance are, baaaaaby:
.(Who needs GPS or an FM transmitter? Or a shitty web camera?)
.0.5 The superb design, with the sliding cover that lets me carry it in my pocket without destroying the screen, biking. Alternatively i would accept some highly scratch resistant touchscreen (a la iPhone)..
.1. Battery life and a brighter/better (touch)screen
.2. The physical keyboard (us, essential) of the N810
.3. Memory
.4. Processing Power

whether that, or im migrating to a next generation UMPC, which seems more likely at the moment.

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