Couple of days ago I have bought nice new gadget - internet tablet from Nokia. Nokia 770 is Linux Debian based handheld computer with wide range of capabilities and programs ported from original Linux Debian platform. There is very strong wi-fi card on board that sees far more available networks than my middle range laptop. In example - I am working on archaeological site close to Balitore (Co Kildare, Ireland). We are digging in the middle of the field, in the sight of telecommunication mast and nearest farm in distance of 200 metres, and my Nokia 770 can connect to the open access hot spot available over there (I don’t know if it is a home wireless network or the telecommunication mast).
What makes this computer very useful is the screen resolution: 800 x 480 px, and of course wide variety of applications available. I have many of them installed - Abi Word (text editor), MPlayer (Video, Audio and internet streaming), Opera Web Browser, E-mail client, RSS reader, VOIP software, PDF reader, sketch drawer, image viewer, FTP client, X Terminal (to gain root account and to be able to use some typical Linux software), Canola medial player, one PIM suite (with timesheets, contacts, to do list, callendar), Pidgin Instant Messenger (with all popular protocols - Gadu Gadu, ICQ, Jabber, etc), and even some games like Free CIV port for Nokia 770.
With some shell linux applications installed like Kismet, Aircrack, Nokia 770 seems excellent tool for every wardriver or network administrator. In fact, in a couple of days I am going to deal with wardriving and to check the level of security of Irish wireless networks.
Some technical specifications:
* Processor: 250 MHz Texas Intruments OMAP 1710
* RAM: 64 MB Flash
* HDD: 64 MB Flash
* Memory expansion slot: RS-MMC up to 2 GB
* WiFi: 802.11 b/g
* Bluetooth: v. 1.2
* I/O: Audio (3.5mm), on board microphone, USB (slave), power socet
* Battery: BP-5 Li-Polymer 1500 mAh
* Screen: 800×480 (wide: 109mm), 65536 colours,
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