I wonder if the Linux citrix client will run on it, it would make a nice thin client.

A small mistake you have there,Nokia's do run Symbian but Symbian is a offset of Debain,So it is still a Linux version...
The cnage is that it uses a ther kind of version,not a total change in their system

This is a great idea. PDA browsers are too limited and the screen sizes are too small. With this device I should be able to control a remote music server in my home, as well as surf the web. I'm assuming also that this device can display PDFs.

In fact, I'd like Nokia to make a slightly larger device that could play DVDs, CDs and MP3s. The key here is ease of use -- getting away from laptop obnoxious operating systems and slow start up.

Think Apple could (or is about to) improve on this concept? How about having it intregrated with your iTunes music on your Mac or PC and allowing you to play your music through to the home stereo (without having to run to the computer to select music). How about using this to control transmitting video to the home tv to watch iPhoto slide shows; iMovie videos? How about being able to download music from iTunes with this device? Networks with your Mac or PC so that everything is stored on your computer, but the tablet gives you the opportunity to access it (much like networking iTunes over a computer network). Seems like this might be the direction Apple could be heading for a Home Entertainment gizmo. Let's hope!

They forget that the smaller the device, the harder it will be to enter text on it. Onscreen keyboards lose their usefulness when the screen shrinks.

Unless they integrate a practical input solution (such as MessagEase www.exideas.com) this baby will never mature.

This would make a perfect control head for my Car PC, and I could mount the sleeve into my dash or glove box.

If you want small, fast input, look at the frogpad, www.frogpad.com. One handed, perfect for use in a car... where you only have one hand to work.

This is probably based on Apple's webcore (open-sourced Safari) and gtk+, which means that Apple could have done this if they'd wanted to. And of course it can do the same sorts of things a PC can do (it runs Linux, after all) but look at the form factor, and the lack of accessories. Seems to me, that makes it more portable and convenient than a laptop, but not as tiny and awkward as surfing the web on a cell phone or PDA.

I don't think there is much of an argument against on-screen keyboards anymore. If people are willing to hit the # keys on their phone multiple times to cycle to the proper letters for text messaging, then on-screen keyboards, however cumbersome, are a major improvement in my opinion.

Or if it is an Apple product, why not have the scroll wheel scroll through the alphabet to get to the right letters. You could tap the up or down arrow to move in larger increments and then scroll to the specific letter you want and tap the center to move to the next letter.

I have to say that this is a good move for Apple as it happens. This device is, I reckon, pretty close to the direction Apple is heading in (or at least contemplating) and this 'prototyping' for their device will clarify what will and won't work, or will or wont be popular, and overall just how popular such a device will be. This could be to the 'iPad' what the original mp3 players were to the iPod. This sort of device definately has a future its just a matter of timing between launching something, and launching something good enough to make real impact by having the right capabilities at the right price aimed at the right market. Watch this space.

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If you want small, fast input, look at the frogpad, www.frogpad.com. One handed, perfect for use in a car... where you only have one hand to work.

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Think Apple could (or is about to) improve on this concept? How about having it intregrated with your iTunes music on your Mac or PC and allowing you to play your music through to the home stereo (without having to run to the computer to select music). How about using this to control transmitting video to the home tv to watch iPhoto slide shows; iMovie videos? How about being able to download music from iTunes with this device? Networks with your Mac or PC so that everything is stored on your computer, but the tablet gives you the opportunity to access it (much like networking iTunes over a computer network). Seems like this might be the direction Apple could be heading for a Home Entertainment gizmo. Let's hope!

At home -- Better control of music; streaming, walkaround video?

Commercial -- Staff support for locations with WiFi allowing web-based interface to information? Customer and product data?

Public Safety -- Will this allow some walkaround within range of fixed or mobile hotspots?

After Sharp botched the Zaurus line, the field is wide open for Nokia. Hopefully Nokia's 770 marketing team is smarter than Sharp's Zaurus marketing team, and this device will have the wide accepance it deserves.

As for keyboards, if you really want one get a folding Bluetooth keyboard - problem solved.

Look for a barcode scanner interface on this device from http://www.serialio.com

$350 just to surf the internet on a screen only moderately larger than a good PDA's? I don't get it. Marketing isn't just making advertisements. Marketing is creating a product to match a demand that already exists. I honestly don't think there's a market for this thing other than gadget-heads. Simon Bhavani is spot-on.
The only thing this unit has going for it is screen size. For the same price I can get a Windows Mobile device that can do everything this unit can do and also be backed by a large and experienced developer base for tons of software. As for my personal preference, I'd gladly pay the extra $150 to get a palmOne LifeDrive to throw in the 4GB of storage and a software base as good (or better) than Windows Mobile. Heck, almost all the multimedia controls that jsflew brought up here as possible areas of growth for Apple's development are already possible on a Bluetooth-enabled Palm, SonyEricsson, or Nokia Series 60 loaded with Salling Software's Clicker.
I'm saddened, however, that Nokia even had to mention that this product is not a competitor to the iPod. It seems like every device with a screen and a button is held up by the press as a competitor to the iPod. Don't get me wrong, Nokia was right to do what they did just to shut all the morons up, but it's sad that tech "journalism" has sunk so low that they had to do it.

It's to big to replace a PDA, to small to replace a laptop. It's just a "gizmo", but might find a niche market. The good part...no freakin winblows on it.