I’m not alone on my feelings for the Nokia 770

I’m still not sure about the 770 though. Like I said, it’s an appealing
gadget, but for many of its options – particularly messaging – I’d want
a pop-out keyboard rather than an on-screen one that you poke at with a
stylus. Maybe you can use a Bluetooth keyboard with it, but then that
means carrying around two separate gadgets.

Source: Tech Digest

When I first played with a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 770, at CES in January, its wow factor wore off very quickly after I soon realized that the method for inputting information into it was sub par. On screen keyboards are nice, but slow. The hand writing recognition was plain horrid. Has Nokia ever tried a tablet pc? Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has hand writing recognition down perfectly. The screen was beautiful, but I wish the resolution was increased. The number one turn off was the lack of one feature: note taking.

Someone at Nokia needs to get a tablet pc and live with Microsoft One Note for a month. It will change your life. The 770 has the perfect form factor for a note taking device as well. Why just limit yourself to internet, music, and messaging. It’s a content consumption device, but not content creation. Rumour has it that the next Nokia tablet has a webcam, but who care?! Throw a keyboard onto it, or at least make a note taking application worthy of praise, and you’ll have a device that’s cheaper than a laptop, but every college kid or mobile professional would want.

Web surfing, typing, and music. That is what most people do today with their computers. Microsoft is trying to push the UMPC but it’s expensive, battery life is terrible, and the operating system really wasn’t designed to be used on such a small screen. Nokia however, your operating system has been built from the ground up for that device. Why not innovate and take it even further?