I haven’t written that many ‘reviews’ so bear with me. If you expect the whole 4/5 stars thing… you came to the wrong place.

Hardware:
The 770 is a great size, it seems a bit bulky .. however, it’s small enough to fit it into your pocket. It’s also large enough that you don’t feel the screen is limiting. I can view web pages at full resolution and zoom in for the hard to read stuff. The case is sturdy and it has all the connections (Headphone/USB/Power) on the bottom. It uses the ‘new’ Nokia charger which is half the size of the old one (every home in Kuwait has at least 6 of the old chargers); you can get a small adapter to use the old chargers. The screen is bright and the buttons are easy to use. The pen fits nicely into the side and locks into place with the cover on, it isn’t likely to fall out like other PDAs.

Software:
The software is crap.
There .. I said it. It’s buggy, slow and doesn’t have the standard line of software included with comparable devices (No Calendar/Contacts/etc). You have a ‘desktop’ of sorts, but you can’t add anything to it and are limited to four objects, two of which are useless (link to Nokia). The email software is lacking to say the least. The connection manager has issues with secured wireless networks. The web browser doesn’t support flash. I could go on and on. However, all that doesn’t matter because… it runs Linux!

What that means to you?
Its running on open source software, You don’t like the operating system? Make your own (Or wait until some programming genius with tons of free time does). The software is limited? Port/write the software you want your device (Or again, wait for the genius).

Should you get it?
If you’re the type of person that likes to try out new devices/technology (read: adopter), love using Linux or want a mini-pc for surfing/checking rss/emailing go for it.

Jackie/Swair: Yes, it does work in Coffee Bean.

Post a comment if you have any questions.

Coffee bean coffee (quite redundant) and the 770

Connecting to Zajil