Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

How are you able to get through a whole movie.. I have converted a couple movies from divx to the n800 with the media converter app.. Conola is just the greatest interface for this kind of device, however my setup pauses after about 20 minutes.. I can play/pause and it will go, but sound and video are no longer synced.. I can drag forward in time a bit to get it going again, but it will pause up after a minute or so.

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

I bought the N800 at a Compu USA on my vacation in San Francisco. I use it every day and here's what I've noticed about the device.

Design wise it feels great looks great on the software side this thing really really really falls apart even on the most basic level especially usability.

1. I'm left handed it would be really nice if we could swap the vertical scroll bars so than when I need to use the stylus to scroll I can see what I'm scrolling to. I mean seriously what were they thinking?

2. The basic apps in general are a JOKE complete and utter JOKE they feel so unpolished I though a summer student at Nokia had written them. Lets see where do I start...

RSS application from time to time it randomly deletes all my feeds, I have yet to find where to tell the applet what feeds to display on the Nokia Home (the opening screen)

The "keep this for later" check box great idea horrible implementation if a user check this box the app should suck the page down in the background instead of requiring the user to actually view the page.

Email application again horribly under featured. Basics such as FILTERS/RULES would be a nice touch. For a portable device where sceen space is limited and navigation is slow enough as it is due to lack of hardware input devices i.e. keyboard/mouse they should have made it as simple and less time consuming as possible to read email.

I have yet to use the Google chat because I haven't figured out how the N800 version works just yet.

PDF reader should have a basic bookmarking feature to remember what page I'm on.

The opera web browser is pretty good, would be nice to see a newer version of flash and perhaps better support for youTube videos but thats probably a processor issue.

I have yet to use the Camera... apparaently Nokia only thinks a camera is good for google chat. Perhaps they could have included something as basica as oh I dunno taking pictures?

Bluetooth headset support is non existant, why not???? it's huge in mobile phones, Nokia makes mobile phones. Put two and two together????

3. Why can't the entire device be navigated by the physical hardware controls that appear on the device or perhaps they can??? I haven't figured that out yet. Nokia take a page from Palms book the 5 way navigator on the Treo's is great.

Overall this device isn't polished it feels like it got rushed out the door to meet sales deadlines. I took a leap of faith with Nokia, if this the best they have to offer the iPhone is going to crush Nokia's Nx whatever device. Get you butt in gear Nokia you have a great idea but it's poorly implemented.

And yes as much of an Apple fan as I am. I'm not opposed to different things Thats why I bought the N800

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

Actually, the camera is pretty much only good for chat..

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

Repeat after me, "N800 is NOT a mobile phone and it is not meant to be one". Now doesn't that feel better?

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

I haven't had any problems with RSS feeds. I am using 27 feeds daily.

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

No, now I get a craving for a FIC Neo1973. :rolleyes:

(rumour has it the consumer version will ship with WiFi after all)

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

I'm eventually going to write a longer review, but here's my take on the N800 after two weeks.

- battery life is amazing. When the screen dims, the N800 is still on the net, and gets several days in this "standby" mode. I was running GAIM on my N800 and hearing chimes as my friends signed in and out over the course of two days. I've never seen power conservation + wireless connectivity done so well. A big thumbs up to the Nokia team.

- browser is very good. I was able to use it on nearly all of my regular web sites. Youtube being one of the few exceptions.

- the user interface, hardware and software, is OK but could use work. I'd like the four-way pad to be a bit raised, more like the 4-way pad on the Sony Mylo. Similarly, I'd like to see nav menus better designed for scrolling using this pad. Again, see the Sony Mylo's GUI (based on Trolltech's Qt, and one of the few places where the Mylo does it right, but that's another story).

- build quality - the N800 is solid but the buttons and battery door have enough side-to-side play in them to make the device feel a bit less substantial.

- Bundled apps - some are great (browser, chat), some are fair to poor (mail, RSS).

- handwriting recognition is awful. I think Nokia would do well to hide this feature until it's better implemented.

- the on-screen large touch keyboard is great. One suggestion - make it semi-transparent so I can use it with Google Talk while seeing the conversation underneath.

- bluetooth is OK, but the lack of support for audio and headsets really sets back this device for chat and VOIP.

- no hard case for a portable device like this is hard to understand. Nokia could be making a decent amount of money selling one, and it would make the device much more portable. As is, it's always slipping out of its sock sleeve in my bag, and it's just a matter of time before the screen gets gouged. (I'm aware I can hack a Nintendo DS bag, but I'm saying Nokia should have had their own for sale at launch).

- Hackability is excellent! Linux, many open source apps, combined with great developer support from Nokia puts this in a class by itself for developing handheld apps and customizing the device. Nokia's active support of several open source projects is first rate.

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

1. The RSS app deletes articles before you have a chance to read them (if auto-update is enabled)
2. The RSS app deletes entire feeds for no apparent reason

Given the above, it's absolutely rubbish - it's also been fingered as a possible cause of reboot loops. The RSS app is seemingly designed to self destruct if someone sneezes - it's hardly a robust and well designed application considering it's high profile nature on an Internet Tablet.

I get the impression it was whipped together by an undergraduate student on work experience. And judging by the comments from Nokia in bugzilla, Nokia aren't particularly interested in giving it any care and attention.

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

My Computer isn't a mobile phone but all my bluetooth devices work fine with it.

Re: Thoughts on the N800, owner since Jan 8, 07'
 

You know whats funny just as I was reading this thread... my N800 rebooted itself I only noticed because I saw the bright wite background with Nokia on it during boot up... turnes out it was self rebooting GREAT!!!!