Re: [MLUG] Nokia 770 on woot today

["Mark Rages" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On 6/25/07, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007, Mark Rages wrote:
>
> > The Nokia 770 is a cute little tablet running Debian.
> >
> > $135 is a sweet deal for one.  I'm still trying to justify why I need
> > it...
>
>
> That was for a used one?  I tried to find out what they are like but the

It's for a new one.  woot.com sells discontinued merchandise, one
product per day.

$129 + $5 fedex shipping.   It's a great deal, these go for $200 on eBay.

Here's a Linux-oriented review:
http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/07/20/nokia-770.html

Here's the Nokia-sponsored development project:
http://maemo.org/

> I'd like to have a cool little item like that Nokia that I can hook up to
> an external HDD with a gazillion MP3 files in it and hook it up to my car
> stereo.  I'd have to be able to run everything from cigarette lighter
> power.  I think the HDD would need to have some special battery UPS kinda
> thing to protect it though.  Do they have that yet?  I know I can use a
> laptop!

Sounds like a laptop to me!   Actually, I believe some of the external
USB hard drive cases have media players built-in now.  I can't imagine
they have a great user interface however.

Regards,
Mark
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