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Nokia 7700 - "Multimedia Terminal"

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-your-lust-on dept.

howler.fi writes "Nokia today announced a Series 90 -based "multimedia terminal", the Nokia 7700. It's not really a phone or a PDA, but something inbetween. The device sports nicely sized 65k touch screen and the usual features you'd expect from a device like this. Should offer interesting competition for the Sony-Ericsson P900, though the 7700 is not expected to ship until Q2/04."

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  1. Nice try, but it's no Sidekick by ChaoticChaos · · Score: 4, Informative

    I keep waiting for a device that has the functionality of my T-Mobile Sidekick (IM, email, web browsing, phone, scheduler, notes, etc.) that is as thoughtfully made (screen flips up to reveal a solid thumb-board and every bit of data I enter is automatically backed up on T-Mobile's servers) that is anywhere close to the price point ($300).

    I bet this Nokia device is plenty expensive and I could send out an email 10 times faster with my Sidekick thumb-board than you could peck one out with the stylus on this device (if you could find your stylus ;-) ).

    http://www.t-mobile.com/products/overview.asp?ph on eid=195184

  2. Re:Sega Game Gear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There already is a TV tuner for it..

    The Nokia 7700 will also support the Nokia Streamer SU-6 accessory, the first mobile IP Datacast receiver designed to demonstrate the mobile phone television experience using the DVB-H network. The Nokia Streamer can be attached to the Nokia 7700 like a battery pack, and will be used in pilot projects to showcase the future of digital broadcasting on mobile devices.

    This is from the press release .

  3. Re:Q for Nokia/Cell geek by ecki · · Score: 3, Informative
    Here you go:
    • Series 40: Nokia proprietary OS
    • Series 60: Symbian OS based, one-handed operation, UI developed by Nokia, licensed to other OEMs
    • Series 80: Symbian OS based, keyboad-centric, closest to the original Symbian/EPOC world
    • Series 90: Symbian OS based, PDA-centric (pen input), UI developed by Nokia

    As you see, everything but Series 40 is Symbian-based. That means that applications which are UI-independent can be used across S60-S90. Otherwise, a UI adaption layer is necessary.

    Within say Series 60, applications should in most cases be binary compatible between models from different vendors.

    The naming scheme for Nokia cell phones is not helping here at all. It seems rather random to me, the only thing you can count on seems to be a zero at the end.