It Does Little and Not Very Well

wiredog writes "A Washington Post (frryyy) review of the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet, a handheld Linux device. The reviewer complains about the lack of keyboard, poor WiFi implementation, outdated software, non-standard memory card, and almost as many crashes as an unpatched Win98 install."

Comments

And...

[kc0re]

And we are suprised why? Did anyone expect this thing to be cool?

Give me a fucking keyboard

[Nicolas MONNET]

If it had a keyboard, I'd buy one right away. Without keyboard, what's it good for?

The rest of the specs are weird, too; as the WaPo points out, why use RS-MMC? Full-sized MMC fit in my 6230i phone, why could'nt they fit in a device 4 times bigger? It's like chewbacca: it does -NOT- make sense!

Windows user reviews Linux

[babbling]

This review sounds a bit like a Windows user reviewing Linux. This Nokia 770 device runs a modified version of Debian, and is an ARM architecture. While Nokia couldn't bundle something like MPlayer with it, there is nothing stopping anyone from getting a copy of MPlayer and using it to play all of the different formats/codecs that the reviewer has had a whinge about it not being able to play.

For geeks, this seems to be a good device! For Rob Pegoraro, it sucks, because it won't run Windows Media Player. Poor baby.

what do you expect?

[Anonymous Coward]

What do you expect -- Linux is for servers, not for users. duh! The typical user will input untypical data, and that always crashes Linux.

Re:"Review" misses the point.

[TripMaster Monkey]

Need to set a few things straight, it appears...

1) Since when was their a patch for Win98 that stopped it from crashing? (apart from this patch)

It's bad enough that the submitter is guilty of pointless M$-bashing...you jumping on the bandwagon isn't really all that helpful....what madt you think it would be?

2) And - the review did not mention the O/S crashing - just applications crashing. Linux is not the problem here.

From TFA:

In two weeks of testing, it locked up and spontaneously rebooted more often than any computer I've used in that time.

You receive an F for reading comprehension, Whiney (assuming you actually took the trouble to read the entire article).

Oh - and rereading the review - it appears the reviewer's "biggest complaint" was the lack of keyboard. That's what seperates a tablet from a tiny laptop retard

Disregarding for just a moment what a 'tiny laptop retard' might me, two things:

1. That was hardly the reviewer's 'biggest complaint'. The lack of a viable input option was just one of a whole laundry list you would have seen if you had done more than skim the article (again, F for reading comprehension).
   
   
2. The lack of a viable input option is a valid complaint, regardless of whether or not you want to classify this device as a 'laptop' or a 'tablet'. It doesn't matter what you call it...if you can't use it effectively, I call it a paperweight.

Re:"Review" misses the point.

[TripMaster Monkey]

You can't seriously be this stupid...

1. Here's your sentence in its entirety, since you seem to be too dense to master the complex 'scroll up' maneuver:
   
   Call me whiney all you like - at least I don't flame people for a simple mistake.
   
   Obviously, you're referencing your mistake that I was supposedly guilty of 'flaming' you for. Are you with me so far, Whiney?
   
   Why, then, when I requested a clarification, you would jump to again slamming me for a simple typo is unclear...unless you have no other position than that which can be obtained through your childish attempts at obfuscation.
   
   By the way, seeing that this is the second post of yours that has had no content other than pointing out a typo, I'd like to revisit that former statement of yours. Let's read it again, shall we?
   
   Call me whiney all you like - at least I don't flame people for a simple mistake.
   
   The hypocrisy is so thick you can taste it.
   
   
2. requesite
   
   Huh?
   
   
3. Seeing you didn't see the bolding last time, I'll point out you spelt the word "mean" with only half the needed letters (and that was simply the most glaring of a number of errors you made in your post)
   
   First of all, the word wasn't supposed to be 'mean'...it was supposed to be 'be', which should have been apparent to you from context, but judging from your responses thus far, I can't say I'm surprised to see you fail it.
   
   Second, unless by 'spelt' you're referring to an important wheat species in Europe from the Bronze Age to Roman times, you're making up words. This additional evidence strengthens my original assertion that you left the comma out of 'tiny laptop retard' because you lack a fundamental understanding of what commas are for, not because of a typo, as you previously asserted.
   
   
4. and that was simply the most glaring of a number of errors you made in your post
   
   How about you catalogue all my errors, and I'll catalogue all yours?
   (I really don't think you want to go there.)
   
   
5. Cripes! And you tell me that I can't see a joke! (You seem completely bamboozled - do you understand humour?)
   
   Given the fact that your knee-jerk reaction to 'tiny laptop retard' was the catalyst for this whole waste of time and bandwidth, it's possible that you intended the 'call me whiney if you like' as a joke. Given the fact that you're trying to pass off your inability to understand the use of commas as a typo, however, it's equally possible that you're lying (again).
   
   Either way, I really don't care. I've made my point. You, however, have yet to make yours.
   
   In an earlier post, I asked you to debate the topic, or conserve bandwidth. I now extend that invitation to you again.