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Nokia 7700 - "Multimedia Terminal"
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."
I guess bluetooth might be the tech that opens up the phone market (at least on the high end). Looking at all the info, you scarcely see anything related to using the thing as a phone (or maybe it's too early and my bleary eyes missed something). I'm assuming that you HAVE to use a bluetooth headset with the thing, lord knows the form factor doesn't exactly lend itself to putting it up to your head like a traditional phone.
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.
Sounds great! What would be really cool, is if you could set up tivo at home and phone it!
Why would someone want one of these? It costs more than a cell phone or PDA separatly and has less functionality than both.
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First thing I checked was ofcourse the screen's resolution and it turns out it sports 640x320. That's very good! Especially since close competitors (like the P900) only have 320x208. Even some of the big-screen PDA's currently out like the Palm Tungsten T3 and the clamshell Sony Clie's only have 480x320. Even Sony's latest UX50 has that resolution and if I'm not mistaken so does the latest Zaurus.
640x320 is finally something you can seriously browse the web on!
But I don't want a tv in my phone, heck I'm not sure I want a tiny camera in my phone. If something isn't really needed it means that space/weight could have been used for something better. Is there no phone that just meets the average nerds requirements? All the manufacturers just seem to push unecessary technology to feed a non-existing hype. -If my phone must have a huge color screen, it's gotta be able to browse the web in some way -If it's got a web browser it needs at least a couple of ways of connecting to the web (gprs/802.11/bluetooth, depending on range) -If it has a processor that all but beats my desktop, then I don't want it to just play tunes. I want java for example. And by java I mean api:s to all hardware, not a game api for the screen. (like the T610 where the java-bluetooth is not included) Further, it should be small, relatively cheap, have long battery time...and let's see what else...yeah, occasionally I want to call people. Has anyone seen such a phone?
Most people don't seem to mind carrying a backpack full of gadgets around wherever they go. For a longer trip, they need another backpack for chargers and other accessories. Lucky them, they are sure to get the best quality for all functions.
There's also no point for them to cry about cellphone manufacturers making these devices which combine several functions into one device - all they want from them is a phone for making calls, and there's A LOT choice in that category! There's also very little more to do (make coverage a bit better, make the battery last longer, and other uninteresting, trivial enhancements) - a regular cellphone is in the end of it's evolution.
But I for one don't want to carry around anything extra. One device is all I can stand.
I need a phone, PIM, e-mail, SMS, a way to write notes and a web browser. A camera is a nice extra (I'm afraid that in this device it's the same kind of crappy excuse for a camera as in other cellphones). For a web browser a big screen is a must.
Among this kind of devices there's so little choice that every new device is exciting and a step to right direction. This category is where the innovation and real development are. The perfect device doesn't yet exist, but they are getting closer day by day.
I have written several programs for several different phones. Nokia's phones run the program fastest, most reliably and with the least number of system-related bugs. P900 is also okish, but you should not compare P900 against 6310i, they belong to different classes.
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