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Lockergnome's Mobile Lifestylehttp://channels.lockergnome.com/mobile [Lockergnome's Mobile Lifestyle] In a departure from its focus on cellphones, Nokia is aiming for another kind of wireless user. The Nokia 770, which will go on sale this fall for about $350, is a miniature tablet intended primarily for surfing the Web over a Wi-Fi connection. While it uses a chip similar to those found in personal digital assistants, the 8.1-ounce device is not intended for business travelers, and it will not have an address book or a calendar. Instead, it is designed for the casual Web browser, at home or at the nearest cybercafe.

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[injun #576871 (eng_version)] Opera press releases: Security concerns propel Web browser switch - but many users still unaware of risks: Opera 8 allows Internet users to surf the Web faster, safer and easier than before. It includes new and advanced features such as a unique security information field that is automatically activated to indicate a Web site's level of security and display its owner's certificate. This allows users to compare the certificate against the information shown in the site (including its URL) and use those details to evaluate the Web site's trustworthiness. The user can decrease his or her vulnerability to online fraud by using the given information to assess whether the site is really what it claims to be.

Incremental Blogger[Incremental Blogger] A Nokia Tablet?: s popularity in reading and websurfing. ... A Nokia Tablet? Lots of online chatter about Nokia's 770 "Tablet." No, it's not a Tablet PC, but it's a handheld companion with similar usage scenarios. A few years ago, I bet the Nokia 770 would

Loiclemeur.com[Loiclemeur.com] Loic Le Meur Blog: There is an interesting article about how brands try to penetrate the blogosphere and are not all very successful up to now. In France, we have a few examples of brands, Nokia, Siemens, Nike and Vichy who tried to either sample products to bloggers or launch theirs. Tell me if you want me to describe more what they have done in France. If you read French, here are the Le Monde articles below, they will remain free on-line for 7 days.

Loiclemeur.com[Loiclemeur.com] Loic Le Meur Blog: My new Nokia 6680: Thanks so much for your thoughts. Orange have been saying to me to wait as they're launching it "imminently" for 3 months and I now see it's going to be obsolete in July with Nokia's amzing N70 - same stuff but 2megpixel, FM radio and Bluetooth 2. Appalling cock up by Orange who are trying to install their own music player so they can try and sell you over-priced singles?!

Blogsofwar.comhttp://www.blogsofwar.com [Blogsofwar.com] Blogs of War: This spoof of “Is this the way to Amarillo” by British soldiers in Iraq is so popular (and large) that it’s crashing Ministry of Defense computers. You can watch it on the web here. MoD bigwigs aren’t upset about the crash though:

http://feetup.org [Feetup.org] Feet up!: Whatever you think about Nokia, you can't fault them for trying. The new Nokia 770 is one of those niche defying devices, a sofa surfer's delight. The closest competitiorI can think of is Sony's PSP games console which has been hacked toprovide maybe half of the Nokia's capabilities, and Nokia appear tohave thrown their device wide open for developers and users to embraceand extend, compared to Sony's miserly lock down approach.

[Handhelds.engadget.com] WebRacer dedicated web surfing “phone accessory” - Handhelds ...: One usually thinks of the accessories to a device as being smaller complements to the main show, but the Planon WebRacer dedicated web surfing device is intended as the big sibling for your cellphone. It’s billed as a “mini laptop” that basically adds a larger screen and QWERTY keyboard to your phone du jour. It hooks into your mobile via Bluetooth to glom onto its GPRS connection and get online action for the VGA 640 x 480 pixel color display.

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