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Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Nichod (Post 301740)

How the hell? Never ever got that kind of performance. One Youtube and the battery lost most power!

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by internetpilot (Post 301731)

How are you running Tux Paint on the N810? I cannot get the only available package to run on my N810 (OS2008). It installs, but will not run. Any suggestions you have would be greatly appreciated.

-- Chris

I'm not sure, but I think I used the Application Manager with the extras-devel catalog (which apparently you should leave disabled except when you're specifically installing something from there).

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by sondjata (Post 301749)

How the hell? Never ever got that kind of performance. One Youtube and the battery lost most power!

Sounds like you need a new battery!:D

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Nichod (Post 301777)

Sounds like you need a new battery!:D

or watch shorter youtube videos !

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Nichod (Post 301740)

Only 5h and 20 minutes? With my n800 I was able to watch videos pretty much non-stop at work for almost 8 hours with wifi on and me switching back and forth (leaving the video running) to chat in IRC or AIM. I'd also occasionally search for something on the internet. I could get a whole 12 hour shift with periodic movies and lots of browsing/chatting. And I think with the extended battery option available I could get more than 12 hours of constant run time with power hungry tasks.

Browsing wise I don't really notice a huge difference in load time between the n800 and my laptop. Maybe 15 seconds longer for some sites (CNN, gizmodo, etc.), but really it's taking 15 seconds longer and fits in my pocket. People are in such a hurry tsk tsk. :)

I'm currently on a lookout for a n810. Since I feel the need for one again.

IIRC, the N810 just can't handle playing a typical DivX (e.g. approx 350MB per 40minutes TV episode) from a network share folder via Wifi all that well (in terms of battery life). I believe your 8-hour playback time is from local SD card with a re-encoded video (one that's specifically for N810's resolution and bitrate), right?

And yes, here in Hong Kong...people are always in a rush...in the fast lane. You're not?

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Nichod (Post 301740)

Sorry, but I don't believe you. I never got more than 2 hours of light use from my n800.
Like sondjata, a couple of youtube videos and the battery is flat.
And before you ask, yes, this happened when it was new and, no, I won't fork the $$$ required for an original nokia battery thank you, sido batteries are just fine.

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Nichod (Post 301740)

With my n800 I was able to watch videos pretty much non-stop at work for almost 8 hours with wifi on and me switching back and forth (leaving the video running) to chat in IRC or AIM. I'd also occasionally search for something on the internet.

At Work??? non-stop 8 hour videos, apart from chatting on the net????

doesn't sound much like "work" to me :D

what job are you in? does it pay well? are there any vacancies????

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by Den in USA (Post 268908)

and send and receive SMS (text messages from cell phones).

how do you get SMS? where could i get it?

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by SeanLynch (Post 301819)

how do you get SMS? where could i get it?

I have a Yahoo email account. when I login, I can then create both instant message contacts and also SMS contacts by entering their cell phone numbers. At first, it asks for the country that your contact lives in, then it saves that info. So from one website I email, IM and SMS.

Re: What do you use your N810 for? And what apps?

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Originally Posted by chatbox (Post 301781)

Perhaps not DivX. But again it depends on the resolution of the videos. And yes I'm talking from the SD. It makes sense that the N810 would better handle encoded video designed for its resolution ;)

I'm not that fond of DivX myself. But I understand it's your personal preference.