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Nokia Tablet / Where To Find Apps For The N810?

« on: August 15, 2008, 08:09:01 pm »

Here's the easiest way to get access to everything out there:

https://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=26070

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Nokia Tablet / Easy Access To Maemo Software Repositories

« on: August 15, 2008, 08:06:05 pm »

If you go to this website from your Maemo Internet Tablet, you an easily link up to all the best software repositories. Once this is done, software can be quickly installed from the Application Manager.

http://www.gronmayer.com/it/

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Nokia Tablet / So....

« on: July 14, 2007, 04:45:18 am »

I went a little crazy wih the woot, and bought 2 more. So, now I have 3. I hope I'll get to run Angstrom on one eventally. Maybe one will go in my car for data display.

I probably should sell my 760, as I haven't used it much in many months.

Did anyone woot the Nokia 770 a couple of days ago?  I fell into the trap...

--Fish
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Nokia Tablet / Software: Gpsdrive

« on: February 01, 2006, 06:26:17 am »

How did u get constanct WiFi connection while you were on the road?
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I kind of cheated. I used my home wifi before I left. I downloaded a map centered on my home using gpsdrive's download map feature. I then put Gpsdrive in position mode and tapped another location along my route and downloaded another map. I repeated until i had  a couple levels of detail for my whole route.

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General Discussion / I Mounted A 2 Gig Sd Card!

« on: January 24, 2006, 04:46:30 pm »

DrWowe: This is AMAZING!

Any chance you could try reading/writing some files to your 2GB card and give us a sense of the speed? One of the problems with the old driver is that every SD card was put into MMC mode -- I believe -- and that made the cards much slower.

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Nokia Tablet / Sources Of Info For The N770

« on: January 12, 2006, 05:42:35 am »

Great links!

I've posted some links here also:

http://del.icio.us/mkrueger/nokia770

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Archos forum / Linux And Av 300 400 500...

« on: December 29, 2005, 01:37:01 pm »

So, is it correct that the only Archos with a touchscreen is the PMA400?

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Nokia Tablet / Software: Gpsdrive

« on: December 21, 2005, 08:24:11 pm »

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Click Here for Full Res Screenshot

GPSDrive is an early port of an excellent moving-map GPS system. It easily paired with my Socket Bluetooth GPS with little configuration hassle, then proceeded to download maps over WiFi. It was almost too easy :-) A quick push of the "fullscreen" button on the Nokia brings the map into full-screen mode. The software is still pretty beta, but it worked well enough to take me on a 1200mile+ drive last week!

I picked up a suction-cup radar detector mount from Radio Shack, and modified it to allow me to attach my Nokia 770 to my windshield just next to my rearview mirror. The software did a great job of showing me exactly what highway I was on, and I could easily see my turns well in advance. At one point I missed a highway (at 3am in the middle of the desert), and I easily found an alternate turn to get me back on track. This was WAY easier than paper maps.

Nokia 770 Download Link:
http://www.elisanet.fi/tapio.tolvanen/nokia770.html

Main Linux GPSDrive Home Page:
http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/index.shtml

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Nokia Tablet / What Are Your N770 Experiences Compared To Zaurus?

« on: December 21, 2005, 07:58:32 pm »

I wonder if we shouldn't all buy one just to encourage Nokia to build more?

I think that it's really important that people do "vote with their wallets" on this product. We all wish more companies would release Linux PDA's outside the Asian market. We all wish Sharp would release a Zaurus with built-in wifi/BT. Buying the 770 sends a clear message on both issues.

I realize the 770 isn't a small purchase for a lot of us, but I think you will find it's a huge amount of fun, and will reward you with several years of linux-hacking-fun.

There are new, quality applications released every week. Here's some examples of some of the cool things I've been playing with:

GPSDrive: Excellent GPS moving map system.

http://www.elisanet.fi/tapio.tolvanen/nokia770.html

Rhythmbox: iTunes like music browser/player. Even can connect to your iTunes library being shared across your local network!

http://tuxrecife.blogspot.com/2005/12/end-of-year.html

I'll do some seperate threads on cool software I've found for the Nokia. The ease of porting apps is really creating a goundswell of porting and development around the 770, and it's well worth the entrance price to pick one up.

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Nokia Tablet / What Are Your N770 Experiences Compared To Zaurus?

« on: December 21, 2005, 07:26:26 pm »

so.... :-)

... it again shows which large opportunity Sharp has missed. A C1000 with builtin WLAN/Bluetooth :-)

-- hns
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Imagine if Sharp kept the same form factor as the C1000 but extended the screen width to 800px (just use some of the excess space already available right/left of existing screen). Add built-in wireless, as you asy, and then release worldwide. It would be a killer product.

But I've given up on waiting for Sharp "what if" scenarios. And I guess we shouldn't make this into yet another Sharp Wish-list thread. Maybe it's now more realistic to hope Nokia releases a model with a keyboard :-)

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General Discussion / Nokia 770 Internet Tablet

« on: December 20, 2005, 03:07:44 pm »

There's now a forum for the 770 here on OE forums:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showforum=150

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Time For Some Nokia770/maemo Forums?

« on: December 20, 2005, 02:53:10 pm »

Thanks!

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Nokia Tablet / What Are Your N770 Experiences Compared To Zaurus?

« on: December 20, 2005, 02:41:27 pm »

* how does the display compare (brightness)?

I think they are very comparable in brightness. The size of the Nokia screen is really nice. The Nokia has a slight "sparkle" to the screen; especially on whites. I don't know if the screen is slightly transflective or what. It's hard to explain without seeing it, and doesn't show up on photographs I've taken. It's kind of like the "sparkle" of metallic car paint. Also, you can see a slight curtaining effect where the backlights project onto the screen. None of these things really take away from the screen though. The Nokia screen is extremely pleasing on the eyes.

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

It's actually 480x800px. So, it's the same height as the Zaurus, but 160px wider. Yes, the screen resolution is really nice.

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

This is definitely a weakness of the Nokia. I often use the Zaurus on-screen keyboard because I'm in tablet mode and don't feel like opening up the keyboard, so am used to tap-typing. Unfortunately, tap-typing on the Nokia is a much worse experience than the Zaurus for me. For one thing, the keyboard takes up the entire width of the device, so the keys are really spread out. This means you have to make large movements to get from one key to another, and this really slows me down. Also, they left out the right shift key, so you have to go all the way to the left side of the keyboard to hit shift even when you are capitalizing a letter that is on the right side. Another problem is that it seems to not always catch every letter if you are going really fast. The auto-complete feature just slowed me down, so I finally turned it off.

I think the Nokia on-screen keyboard is designed for very casual tap-typing.

* what about operation time?

The battery on the 770 is a bit smaller than the Zaurus, but the processor is also less power-hungry. Overall, I think run-time is pretty similar. I'd say 5-10 hours depending on what you are doing.

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

I really like the form factor of the Nokia. It is very thin, and bulges less in a shirt pocket than the Zaurus. Once the Nokia's metalic slip case is attached, the Nokia seems very sturdy -- I've heard a Nokia rep flung one across a room to demonstrate this at a press conference. The build quality is top notch.

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

The Nokia is not nearly as stable as the Zaurus. Out-of-memory problems are the main issue. It can be pretty annoying. You can really see the extra several years of development that has gone into the Sharp product at this point. However, each new ROM Nokia sends out makes the situation much better. This is a beta level system, but will improve dramatically over time. Also, if you are just running one app at a time, it's quite usable. For example: I ran a GPS mapping program on a 9 hour drive, and it performed perfectly (on the return trip as well).

* how is performance compared to a Zaurus?

At this point, the Nokia is definitely slower. Nokia chose to use a multi-core processor (CPU+DSP) that runs at a slower clock speed (220Mhz vs. 400Mhz). This means that apps must take advantage of the DSP to get up to the same speed as the Zaurus. So, as more apps and libraries take advantage of the DSP, then the system will get faster. The Nokia certainly isn't super slow though. I found the PDF viewer to take the same time between pages as qpdf on Zaurus, for example, while doing a better job of rendering the PDF.

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Nokia Tablet / Nokia 770 Vs. Sharp C-760 Comparison Chart

« on: December 20, 2005, 01:52:50 pm »

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The Nokia 770 is a huge deal for all the Linux PDA fans outside of Japan. For the first time since the Zaurus 6000 was discontinued, we have a production Linux PDA widely available (at your local CompUSA even). Hopefully Nokia will support their developers better than Sharp has, and bring additional devices to market in the future.

I've made a feature comparison chart between the Nokia 770 and Sharp C-760 here:

http://www.markandjo.com/markblog/?p=86

I've also included several side-by-side pictures to attempt to show the differences in form factor and screens. Links to the pictures are just below the chart.

Please let me know if there are any other pictures you would like to see, and I'll try to take some more.

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Time For Some Nokia770/maemo Forums?

« on: December 19, 2005, 08:16:14 pm »

There were 3 forum suggestions made.  I don't want to create 3 forums right from the start.

Pick one
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If I had to choose one, I would suggest:

ROMs, Development, and Model Specific Forums -> Model Specific Forums ->
new forum = "Nokia 770"