Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

Hey, I for one think posting what seems to be best about the internet tablet and how it's being used by a new user is contributing.

The N800 is one-sixth the size of UMPC's. It weighs less than 8 ounces while they're 29-32 ounces and more. It costs $400 compared to $900 up to $1400. Those are the direct competitors -- they show the same 800 pixel width for web pages and provide desktop OS for app compatability.

The Nokia 770 wasn't the first wifi-enabled, keyboardless, Linux web tablet but the 8th tablet trying to get traction in this niche, and where and why it succeeds needs to be emphasized.

Whatever the internet tablets do clumsily or whatever mistaken choices the Nokia designers made, that shouldn't detract from their signal accomplishments: they succeeded where everyone before them failed and they are doing a better job at tablet building than anyone else.

Oh, and the N800 -- well, being a word nerd, I can't say "I LOVE IT" in all caps. But I give it a 16.8 on a scale of 1-10.

Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

The rotten thing should be way smaller. And it should have a much bigger screen, at least twice its current size. And I don't understand why they didn't include alle the 8bit Atari/Commodore/... emulations. What an absurd strategy not to have those.

Of course there should be firewire, lan and at least 5 usb-ports (1 usb port! is this a joke?) and i want to plug in my monitor, my mouse and my keyboard when i'm at home.

did i mention it's much too cool compared to, say, UMPCs? you can't fry eggs with it. nokia didn't think of the most ovious use cases at all.

Ah, yes: It is not a phone! I'll return it.

Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

I use my N770 everyday and have become addicted to having it with me everywhere. Hope to upgrade soon to the N800.

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Roger, and you saw all of these in her post? Wow! (as in Vista) :D

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You people are disgusting. I just Came here to learn more about the Nokia 770 and you guys are all sexual. EW! YICK! YUCK!
And i have a Boyfriend. And this is JUST A FRIGGIN USER NAME.

Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

Please be polite and civil; no one harassed you; we don't have a MySpace forum here; just a friendly and professional one; if can't take a little bit of humor, then, well... too bad. Making scenes doesn’t get you far in real life…

BTW, what was that post of yours in "off topic" section, yesterday?

Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

Now that's the spirit. :rolleyes:

I'd like to chime in on one of your remarks though: A bigger screen would be nice. Wouldn't it be extremely kewl if Nokia one day produced an N-tablet model with two hinged screens? Sort of like that ebook-reader I saw the other day (can't check it out now, my Bloglines is all fritzed up).

Re: This is a Very Cool Internet Tablet
 

Personally I think the fault-finding quota has been met and THEN some, considering how certain defects are belabored over and over and over and-- eh, I'd rather see positive SUGGESTIONS belabored myself. ;)

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Okay Chief... Lessee... Now, this here idea of making the "Home" button on the N800 work in reverse compared to the 770... this sounds like a GREAT idea. Short press, app list and switching ; long press, home screen. Yes, that is just NATURAL.
I use the Home button on my 770 all the time, to switch between full-screen apps. Too impatient for the long press, I short-press and tap the icon (often the wrong one). That's why I like the N800 way : I could do it just as fast, using only the keys, and use the titles to get it right.

Positive, yes ? :-)

Now for the suggestion : I want this on my 770. No hardware compatibility or software licensing issues on this one, right ?...

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I agree entirely. Put that feature in the next 770 update, and stabilize the browser a bit more. Considering I've never been a Pocket PC user, I've heard horror stories about people having installed more than 10 applications on those things and crippling basic functionality afterwards. Not with the 770. I could put 30+ apps on this thing and it still runs smooth as silk.