Nokia 770 a firmware upgrade
Nokia 770 developers promised to include next version of OS some usefull features such IM and VoIP client. Well, they did it in OS 2006. Moreover, existing owners of Nokia 770 can get it as upgrade. It allows to get new features without waste their customizations.
A new features in the OS 2006 edition include:
- Pre-installed Google Talk
- Free service lets users chat and speak
- Interoperates with any Jabber-based chat client
- Support standard SIP based VoIP clients for enterprise use ()
- Enhanced text typing with full-screen finger keyboard
- Improved memory performance
- Refreshed look
- Improved home view desktop applets for fast access to Internet services, such as searching Google
As benefit for using open source platform, Nokia get from Maemo community about 120 stable applications for the 770, including an instant messaging client based on GAIM. These are all available for download at no charge.
[...] Nokia has released a beta version of Internet Tablet OS 2006. There are a lof of bug fixes and new bugs as well. As you can see on the picture below the Nokia desktop looks better. But Bill Beebe reported some serious bugs such reboots after trying to change WiFi connection or the browser crashes. I didn’t receive Nokia 770 back (we sent it to the Plutohome development team to customize Orbiter for Nokia 770). The first I’ll do upgrate of OS 2005 and then maybe I’ll play with OS 2006 Beta. [...]