SHARE
Facebook X Pinterest WhatsApp

Washington Post: It Does Little, and Not Very Well

Written By
thumbnail
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 17, 2006

“The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet ought to possess all the
ingredients necessary for tech success. This thin, light
device–essentially, a touch-sensitive color screen framed by a few
buttons–looks like an artifact from science fiction. It comes from
a company with a long history of innovation in mobile devices. And
it runs on the tinkering-friendly, open-source Linux operating
system.

“But while this $360 gadget might fit in great on ‘Star Trek,’
in the real world it competes with a galaxy of other handheld
devices–most of which do more than the Nokia 770, and do it far
more reliably and gracefully…”


Complete Story

thumbnail
Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

Recommended for you...

Red Hat reveals major enhancements to Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI
sjvn
Oct 22, 2024
How to Find AWS EC2 Instance Type Over SSH (6 Methods)
Benny Lanco
Sep 23, 2024
Crond: Daemon to Execute Scheduled Commands
Rose Hosting Blog
Sep 20, 2024
A Detailed Introduction to Oracle VirtualBox
Senthil Kumar
Sep 19, 2024
Linux Today Logo

LinuxToday is a trusted, contributor-driven news resource supporting all types of Linux users. Our thriving international community engages with us through social media and frequent content contributions aimed at solving problems ranging from personal computing to enterprise-level IT operations. LinuxToday serves as a home for a community that struggles to find comparable information elsewhere on the web.

Property of TechnologyAdvice. © 2025 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.