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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."
It might not be a phone, it might not be a PDA, but it shure as hell looks like the back of a pair of Etnies I used to wear.
It's not stupid. It's advanced.
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).
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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?p
Does this remind anyone eles of the Sega Game Gear? It looks more like Nokia is going for a gaming stance. Get a TV tuner and put that onto it. Won't be able to tell the difference
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in common with the 3300 and the N-Gage you have to hold it edge on to your head to use the phone which looks silly, is counter intuitive and means you can't wedge the phone between chin and shoulder. It's also quite large. too big for a trouser pocket. Too much like the cancer bricks of the 80s.
It has a tiny memory capacity (64Mb) and only upgradable in cards of 128Mb and i assume like the N-Gage and 3300 you have to remove the back and the battery to swap cards.
I'm not averse to accessing all my data through my phone but currently the Sony Erricsson T610 provides the best way of accessing it. Small, light, good battery life. Both this and the P-8/900 are too big for me.
Mobile media, I'll stick to my iPod.
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!
The bottom line that a lot of companies seem to be missing is that most people don't want to put something that looks like a big shoehorn, or otherwise bulky object, next to their head to talk. This is why people are going for sleeker, slimmer phones. I really think that these sort of hybrid devices won't sell well unless the manufacturers heavily stress using a small hands-free headset for actual use as a cell phone.
If your theory is different from practice, then your theory is wrong.
Who wants to pause their viewing/recording to answer a call?
Apparently people in Finland do...
It's not stupid. It's advanced.
According to Reuters there's television as well..
There's a bit more info about the Nokia 7700 available on TheFeature as well.
Blue skies, Barthy Burgers, girls...
Why would someone want one of these? It costs more than a cell phone or PDA separatly and has less functionality than both.
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
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?
The term 'Series XX' refers a specification that groups frameworks which provide a common programming base and physical similarities. That way a developer who wants to make an application or service will develop it according to the Series specification, thus making his software compatible with all the terminals that follow that specification.
So, all Series 60 devices wil have the same operating system (Symbian OS), same screen size and same user interface. Series 60 is recognized as the "Smartphone" specification.
Series 40 and 30 refer to devices with less capabilities. If you want detailed specification in this subject I recommend you go to: http://forum.nokia.com
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.
Wow. From the look I see on Nokia's site, they expect this to play movies and Nokia seems to be playing "the whole 10 yards" on their website which is a sequal to "the whole 9 yards" that isn't even rated yet.
MPAA be advised: the devil consumers are about to have yet another tool to steal food directly from the mouths of set painters, grips, make-up artists and stuntmen of the world. Quick - sue the Internet for providing the infrastructure for pircay.
(...sarcasm...)
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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I am currently browsing the web on my IBM AT, and I have 640x480 resolution. And it is entirely acceptable. I have only one eye, however.
http://github.com/gbook/nidb