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An Off-Road Hand-Held to Bring High-Speed Web Surfing Home 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. "If you look at the numbers, a good percentage of homes are connected to broadband," said Janne Jormalainen, vice president for convergence products at Nokia. "We think that's going to be driving the demand for independent devices like the 770." The tablet, which uses a 4.1-inch touch screen, can play videos and download music, photos and syndicated news from the Web. The rechargeable battery is good for up to three hours of browsing. The current version of the tablet's Linux-based software includes programs for e-mail and Internet radio. Mr. Jormalainen said the next version would allow the device to be used as an Internet phone - bringing it back into more familiar Nokia territory. JOHN BIGGS News Sourcehttp://www.nytimes.com
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