Good news for PDA Squeak- Nokia's giving me a new N800!
Giuseppe Luigi Punzi
glpunzi at zyoconsulting.com
Sun Jan 28 11:26:48 UTC 2007
Hi Aaron.
I sent you an email.
Thanks for your offer to the community. For people like me, would be very
interesting take the opportunity to get a PDA like this, mainly because the
PDA's and Linux desktop not are much friends :D
Cheers.-
El Domingo, 28 de Enero de 2007 05:02, Aaron Reichow escribió:
> Hello again!
>
> This isn't incredibly useful, but it's still happy news. Nokia
> recently released a follow up to the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet (a
> lowish powered PDA with a beautiful hi-res screen running Linux)- the
> Nokia N800. The N800 is mostly the same thing, but it does have a
> faster CPU- 330 MHz vs the 220 MHz of the Nokia 770.
>
> As a part of the release, Nokia is giving 500 770 developers and
> evangelists a $300 for purchasing a Nokia N800 at the low price of
> $99. I was chosen as one of those developers to receive one of these
> almost-free Nokia N800s because of my presence in the #maemo IRC
> channel (on irc.freenode.net) and work with PDA Squeak. I didn't
> know it at the time, but evidentially people have noticed our work
> (thanks Gerald and Onne!), and my work in using Squeak on the 770.
> I've talked a lot about Squeak in the #maemo channel and shared my
> personal goals and use of Squeak and why I think it is a good fit for
> the Nokia Internet Tablet platform.
>
> So, in some way, Nokia thinks that Squeak and Dynapad/Squeak PDA
> stuff is important! Boooya!
>
> As an aside, I'm debating what I should do with my Nokia 770 when I
> get my new N800. If there is anyone here on the list that would find
> a Linux-based handheld device with a 220 MHz CPU and 800x480 screen
> useful for their work, please shoot me an email with a short
> description of what you want to do with the Nokia 770 and how much
> you'd be willing to pay for it. The 770 goes for $360+ new, but if
> there is someone out there for whom a 770 would bring them into the
> world of Squeak PDA hacking, maybe someone with whom I could
> collaborate, I'd be willing to part with it for something much less.
>
> Regards,
> Aaron
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