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2006-11-22
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a) I mount USB drives all the time, if the camera mounts like a USB drive, then go for it.
b) Yes, certain BT protocols must be available in the phone. I use a V3c Razr. Great for travelling, pairs and connects flawlessly.
c) ???
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2006-11-22
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2006-11-22
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Heh, good one K. But really, as much as I like the alphabet ping pong games in the forum, "a", "b", and "c" have been taking quite a beating these days. If you're gonna knock around the pros and cons of the 770, please diversify a little and give us "d" through "z" at least.
Even with the new tablet around the corner, I think there are a few things that will remain solid attractions to the 770 for quite some time. One is that the hardware is pretty "open" as far as being able to update the firmware with the latest versions of the OS, and possibly an alternate OS that one might develop in the future. Another is that because of the two wireless connectivity options, it will continue to operate in the network ecosystem for a lot longer than earlier mobile devices that were without even one of these wireless technologies. And yet another key attraction is of course the massive support of the community, be it Open Source or just Internet Tablet Talk. Add to it the amazingly huge pool of resources dedicated to the Internet Tablet here and at Maemo.org, and there's really few reasons why the 770 would even need a successor.
That said, if Nokia continues to dedicate some of its resources to improving the OS and keeps the quality of the hardware as a top priority, then the number of users and developers will continue to grow. Strengthening the vast community ever more, and the future tablets to come will be very successful on the market.
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2006-11-22
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Given that, and the fact that the port is unpowered, Nokia should have provided a powered hub for the 770, either for free (which would be the neat thing to do) or as a paid accessory (which is the smart way). I admit they could not have known at product launch what kind of users the 770 would eventually attract, but by summer 2006 it must have been clear, even for the saps at Nokia marketing, that a significant percentage of them were not electronic/digital lefthanders. By now, the hub should have been available. A fully functional USB port would make the 770 so much more useful (access to card readers, portable hard drives, cameras, beer coolers, ...)
OK, so the last one is probably a pipe dream...
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2006-11-22
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2006-11-22
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2006-11-23
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#108
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Texrat: None that I've seen.
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(If I remember correctly, you just crack open the hub, and jump a wire from the +5v lead on a slave port to the +5v lead on the host port)
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2006-11-23
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2006-11-26
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b) Yes, certain BT protocols must be available in the phone. I use a V3c Razr. Great for travelling, pairs and connects flawlessly.
c) ???