Hacker’s delight
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Think about a gadget that matches in your again pocket and allows you to surf the online anyplace, write paperwork, make VoIP calls, watch films, and take heed to your whole music library. That’s not precisely what Nokia had in thoughts when it launched the 770 ($360; nokia.com), a PDA-size web pill with WiFi and Bluetooth. However as a result of the machine has an open-source working system, anybody can construct new applications for it, endowing it with almost infinite capabilities (we’ve nicknamed it the HackBerry). To get began, try our favourite apps within the gallery under, then discover them and over 100 extra at maemo.org.
And if you happen to missed opening evening at PopSci‘s Second Life Future Lounge, you’ve nonetheless bought an opportunity to choose up a free digital Nokia 770—it’ll change your avatar’s life for the higher (critically). Come on over!
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This story has been up to date. It was initially featured within the December 2006 difficulty of Common Science journal.
