Update: I have moved this list over to the maemo wiki which will contain the most up to date list of repositories.
I’ve been loving every minute of the release of the 2006 OS beta for my Nokia 770. Everything is just that much zippier and there are more built-in features including contact management, jabber/jingle support, and a boatload of other things.
One of the new features that I absolutely love is the new application manager. The 770 is built on a custom Debian build, so package management is done via APT. In the 2005 edition you had to point the package manager at individual .debs, handle dependencies yourself, and all that not-so-fun stuff. The 2006 OS ships with an enhanced package manager that you can point at repositories to handle everything for you.
Here’s a quick list of the repositories on my 770:
Maemo repository
Web address: http://repository.maemo.org/
Distribution: mistral-beta
Components: free
Applications: Maemopad
Maemo Mapper
Web address: http://gnuite.com:8080/nokia770/
Distribution: mistral
Components: user
Applications: Maemo Mapper
FBReader
Web address: http://only.mawhrin.net/fbreader/maemo/
Distribution: mistral
Components: user
Applications: FBReader
Kernel Concepts
Web address: http://www.kernelconcepts.de/~fuchs/nokia770/ex_2006/
Distribution: ./
Components: (blank)
Applications: GPE Calendar, GPE Contacts, GPE Todo
Maemo Hackers
Web address: http://maemo-hackers.org/apt/
Distribution: mistral
Components: main
Applications: maemo-gaim, osso-xterm, osso-statusbar, xchat
Python Repository
Web address: http://maemo.org.br/platform/apt/
Distribution: python
Components: python
Applications: Python and related bindings
To add new repositories to your 770 running the 2006 beta, hit Tools -> Application Manager, then hit the title bar or menu key, select Tools -> Application catalog… and away you go.
Update: Two new repositories ship by default with the final version of Internet Tablet OS 2006:
Nokia Tableteer
Web address: http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/certified/
Distribution: mistral
Components: user
Applications: Maemo-blocks, themes
Nokia Tableteer
Web address: http://catalogue.tableteer.nokia.com/non-certified/
Distribution: mistral
Components: user
Applications: Hello world app, Maemo development examples