Re: Nokia 770 "Internet Tablet" available at CompUSA

["wkearney99" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> One note - I've been drooling over the Sonos stuff, but can't come close
to
> justifying the price.  The 770 is reminiscent of the Sonos remote (the
most
> attractive feature of the Sonos system, IMO) - I'm going to think hard
about
> how to achieve Sonos-like functionality with the 770.

Yes, I see the same sort of similarity.  What's better, to make a Sonos "do
more" or make the 770 do sonos-like things?  For me it'd be down to battery
life.  If the Sonos remotes have better battery life and could be made to do
other HA-oriented things then I'd go with it.  Being able to browse
remotely, but without a keypad AND crappy handwriting recog, thank you but
NO.  Thus the 770 only looks like a gadget, one too expensive to really
justify.

But as I mentioned, if a device like this wakes up development of
point-and-go interfaces it will certainly benefit the HA market.  Take the
'lessons learned' and the code developed on this device and use it on
others.  Right now, besides Flash, there's no much happening with 'better
UI' development for HA situations.

-Bill Kearney