Highly discounted Linux web tablets pop up
At least two large online retailers are selling Nokia’s 770 Internet Tablet for $140. Originally priced at $400, the 770 was Nokia’s first Linux-based consumer device — and arguably the first product in an emergent new generation of pocketable WiFi-connected Web tablets.
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Compared to Nokia’s second-generation N800 Internet Tablet, the 770 has a slower processor, less RAM, only one speaker, and fewer expansion slots. Additionally, the Nokia-sponsored Maemo.org project’s newest Linux-based operating system release (”Tablet OS 2007“) is available for the 770 only in an unsupported “hacker” release. |
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 N800 (top) vs. 770 |
On the upside, the 770 bests the newer N800 in power management and ruggedness, thanks to a hardware slide-on cover that uses a magnetic switch to induce sleep (with or without WiFi keep-alive) much more reliably than the N800’s four flakey software suspend options and fabric bag. To boot, the 770 has a spare, elegant, angular industrial design that some might prefer to the N800’s slightly puffy 60’s retro look.
Availability
The 770 was spotted for $140 at both buy.com and shop.com. Elsewhere — Amazon.com for instance — the device sells for upwards of $250. N800 street pricing appears to be holding steady at about $370.
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