With my home Wi-Fi connection, the 770 displays Web sites a whole lot better than any other small, handheld devices I've tried. It does a very good job with difficult sites, including feature-rich ones such as MSNBC.

I’m very pleased with the pop-up keyboard which seems to know to appear on the bottom of the screen every time I need it. Sound quality coming from the 770’s tiny speaker is pretty good. It makes listening to the one programmed radio station very enjoyable.

I hope, in the future, that Nokia decides to program the 770 with more content choices right out of the box. As I just mentioned, there was only one Internet radio station programmed, and a small number of news providers (BBC, Financial Times) for the news reader. I found it necessary to look in the instruction book to figure out how to add more sources.

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On the other hand, I brought the 770 with me on a Thanksgiving trip to Europe and I'm really glad I did. While my spiffy new super-duper, wide-screen, connect-to-anything laptop was able to connect to exactly nothing (it found nearby wireless LANs, but I couldn't get my browser or Outlook mail to work), the Nokia 770 did a fantastic job of handling my Web browsing and e-mail needs. As a matter of fact, the 770 found more wireless networks than my wife's new iBook could.

In a week's time I got to love the 770 and appreciate all of its features. In the future I’m considering leaving my laptop at home and just using the Nokia 770 as my very portable tablet computer.

Nokia is taking orders now for the 770 on its Web site, for delivery in the new year. Price is $360.

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