What Are Your N770 Experiences Compared To Zaurus? Options

[dhns]

Dear early adopters of the N770,
as a potential platform for some of my Zaurus applications I consider to add Nokia 770 versions.

Since I am still waiting to get one and have to learn the (different) SDK first, I would like to use the time to hear about your experiences compared to a Zaurus.

Some questions coming to my mind:
* how does the display compare (brightness)?
* is the screen resolution of 400x800px a recognizable improvement?
* how good can it be used without a built-in (clamshell) keyboard?
* what about operation time?
* device handling (thicker, thinner, larger, smaller)?
* how stable and complete is the software compared to a Zaurus Sharp/Qtopia ROM?
* how is performance compared to a Zaurus?

Many thanks,

-- hns

[lardman]

A quick response

* how does the display compare (brightness)?

Brighter (from memory, Zaurus is at home), clearer and bigger!

* is the screen resolution of 400x800px a recognizable improvement?

I think so, but for me the main thing is that the screen is physically larger.

* how good can it be used without a built-in (clamshell) keyboard?

The prediction stuff works pretty well, it's still a bit annoying not having a keyboard, but I understand from the mailing list that kbdd should work so just about any BT keyboard should be supported.

* what about operation time?

Seems fine to me, certainly as good as my C750, but I've not run exhaustive tests, nor do I tend to sit around surfing the net for more than 30min or so.

* device handling (thicker, thinner, larger, smaller)?

Larger, thinner, lighter are my impressions.

* how stable and complete is the software compared to a Zaurus Sharp/Qtopia ROM?

Haven't used a Sharp 'ROM' in ages. The software is okay, still some niggles but things are being worked out and the Nokia people are active on the mailing list.

* how is performance compared to a Zaurus?

In what way - need something to compare. I'm running a GPE image at the moment on both my C750 and Nokia 770 and the two feel similar in performance. I need to do some hacking to enable the DSP so I can try watching films.

The Maemo stuff felt a bit slow at times, but was okay for the most-part (felt like a Psion 3/5). It was a bit of a memory hog though afair (couldn't run many apps at once, though that may just be an issue with the Opera browser which is included).


Si