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I don't need for the N810 to be a "DJ's toy". I was just making a point about the kind of applications that can be expected on the iPod Touch because of the popularity of the iPod Touch and the number of developers supporting it (not to mention Apple's rigid requirements about the quality of apps than can be hosted in the Apps Store, which I think is a very good thing).

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One big difference. That App costs 20 bucks, something i could never fork out on a whim. I had to work for a month so I could buy a memory card for the tablet (I'm not that old FYI). The iPhone is more like a Palm product. Simple, with tons of developers. I guess the tablets are the the GP2X in a PSP and DS dominated world. But I would totally would love to see more smooth UI and things like that. I believe Bruce is trying to do just this.

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I think we should all be entitled to our own opinions regarding different devices and their "usefulness" and "user-friendliness". We all have varying uses for the devices that we buy or want to buy and in the end, I don't see the point in expounding your preferences in an attempt to prove that you are somehow more "right" than the next guy. That being said, I'll say its hard for an OS to be both integrated AND expandable. Integration usually means closed development and $$$ whereas high expandability means open (sometimes glitchy) development and usually no $$$. To each his own.

Re: finger scrolling
 

So what? What is with this a priori assumption that 'finger touch' is some kind of holy grail?

Frankly I can't see how apps such as myPaint - even things like xword, and much of the 'regular' www (i.e. not jacked-up to suit iphones) can be even remotely useful without the >>>option<<< of a stylus input... ah but, whatever... finger touch input rulez doods!!!

Blech. This thread is yet another waste of time and ever more precious energy.

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Well i tend to agree with tokyo. i have been a bit frustrated with the functioality of my n800. apps crash and run slow and its annoying. however, the functioality is still really nice and has lots of pros. i think free is awesome but eve while i'm a student i'd gladly pay $5-$10 for some of these apps to run a boot smoother. i love open source and i hate microsoft, but each camp has its down sides. i think there needs to be a happy medium and hopefully there will be in the future. i will say that i'm using my n800 a lot more. hopefully as new chips emerge we'll see more powerful devices. althought i'm not sure what makes the ipod/iphone so smooth...

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yeah... i really dont get why peopled dont like a stylus. i'd take a stylus over finger any day of the week

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Piping in on the Stylus issue: FMP -> I found it awkward at first and, not having an itouch to play with, had a little lusting for it. The fact that, for whatever marketing reasons, my way capable n800 didn't PIM, I was driven back to my trusty clie sj33! That was when I noticed the placement of the stylus was an issue. Pulling it up and out I find easier than in and out of the side. Odd. Such a small thing. Gotten use to it.

There does seem to be the issue of different machines and environments for different folks and needs. The great part of capitalism is that it provides mechanisms for that development. Potentially.

Another part is that gap between what the machine-software combination can do and what you think it can do or want it to do. The PIM issue being a case in point. Just have to take in the information and move along. I personally began using my clie again and look forward to the n800 eventually having functioning PIM (close I take it?)

In the mean time there has been many valuable lessons in my n800 experience. One cluster of them is found here on the Forums. Great people supporting each other through a great product.

Just something about community! Thanks all.

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No, thank you. An engine which needs service every 5000miles? And lasts hopefully 50000miles?
There's no substitute for cui - only more cui :D:D

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i keep wondering what people have against a stylus...

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They're really not comparable. When the 770 first came out, people were comparing it to the Palms... then the iPhone... then the eeePC. (I've got an eeePC and they're two totally different classes of device.) I don't think there *are* any same-class competitors yet. Nokia made something that was a lot like everything else but moreso different than everything else.

I'd like to see an 800x480 app on an iPod touch. (Was that fanboyish enough?) :cool: