Imagine a gadget that fits in your back pocket and lets you surf the Web anywhere, write documents, make VoIP calls, watch movies, and listen to your entire music library. That’s not exactly what Nokia had in mind when it released the 770 ($360; nokia.com), a PDA-size Internet tablet with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. But because the device has an open-source operating system, anyone can build new programs for it, endowing it with nearly endless functions (we’ve nicknamed it the HackBerry).
Source: Popular Science
Next they run thru 4 user scenarios to inform you, the consumer, what the HackBerry is capable of:
- Connect a 770 to a Bluetooth GPS receiver, and use it as a portable navigation device with Maemo Mapper. Download maps ahead of time, or set it to grab them automatically.
- VNC Viewer lets you remotely link to any computer over the Internet and creates a virtual desktop on your 770. Open and copy files just as if you were at home.
- Why rack up cell minutes? Download VoIP software from Gizmo Project and call any number in the U.S. for a penny a minute, or make international calls for a few cents more.
- Free yourself from Wi-Fi by pairing the 770 with any Bluetooth cellphone, and use the phone’s data connection to surf. The fastest available is the LG CU500 ($150; cingular.com), the first phone in the U.S. to use HSDPA, which gives you 10 megabits per second—better than home broadband.
Impressive little device I would say. I wouldn’t get one since I would need a decent keyboard, and larger resolution screen. It would be nice if it had built in GPS and a SIM card slot. One can only dream. I miss my PSION Revo.