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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 The reviewer complains about the lack of keyboard, poor WiFi implementation, outdated software, non-standard memory card, and almost as many crashes as an unpatched Win98 install."
Could have as many crashes as an unpatched Win95 install....
In undeveloped countries, the consumer controls the market. In capitalist America, the market controls you.
Of course, one of the ironies is that it *does* do X (including acting as an X server for remote apps ;-))
From TFA:
WiFi on the 770, however, may not work much better. The review model I tested frequently failed to log on to my home network's wireless signal for no apparent reason; uselessly vague error messages such as "network problem" left me guessing about the cause.
Now, don't go blaiming his home wifi setup. There's nothing wrong with it, I haven't had any problems over the last two months, and I'm two miles away using a Pringles box as an antenna.
For the perfect anti-Unix, write an OS that thinks it knows what you're doing better than you do and let it be wrong.
Ooh Ohh I know this one!
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What is "Apple
What is "Karl Rove"?
What is "Windows 1.0"?
What is "Windows ME"?
What is "Microsoft Bob"?
What is "Moeller SkyCar"?
What is "3DO"?
What is "Buran"?
And the Daily Double,
What is "FEMA"?
"Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."
Thank you. And I hope you have a long and prosperous career with Nokia.
Read it again. That's not what it says. He's complaining about the keyboard that Nokia left out. I assume that the keyboard must be still at Nokia somewhere - probably piling up with all the others they left out of other people's 770s - a 'keyboard mountain' perhaps.. Quite how the reviewer managed to get hold of one so that he can review it, I don't know. Maybe he went to Finland (or China, where they're probably made).
...or something like that.
No, what he (probably) meant is, "The biggest flaw is the poor functionality of the software keyboard they included.", or "The biggest flaw is that they didn't include a hardware keyboard."
Max.
In an earlier post, I asked you to debate the topic, or conserve bandwidth. I now extend that invitation to you again.
:-) *ruffles TMM's hair*
:-)
*heh* Someone with your sig asking me to conserve bandwidth?
You're so cute!
Oh - and thanks for your definition of spelt (even the American Heritage Dictionary agrees with my definition). Still I guess you're just aspiring to be a slashdot editor - so its not like spelling's going to be *really* important for you
Glad to see you've got so much time on your hands!
There are shills on slashdot. Apparently, I'm one of them.