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Hardly. The Nokia isn't trying to be a laptop, and the UI is designed with this pixel limit in mind. Besides, 225dpi is about as high as one could be reasonably be expected to go, and we also want to be able to keep these things in our pockets.

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This went from an honest review to a polarizing debate in a sneeze!

I was one of those Asus pre-order guys, who actually dropped their pre-order. I did so not because the product is bad, but because the n800 price drop hit, and I really did miss my 770 after selling it.

In my personal experience, ASUS has always put out quality product, so I do not doubt the eee is solid. Likewise, my n800 is a great product. Both have their pros and cons. Most of which are very well spelled out even in this thread.

If you're reading this, chances are, you're a geek. Accepting this fact, we are always on the hunt for the perfect gadget/toy.

I really think that the important thing to come from the EEE and iphone/itouch is awareness of "The Walkaround Web" and competition. This competition will hopefully drive Nokia/Apple/Asus/Android to give us that perfect gadget.

Spending $400 on an EEE is not much different from spending $240 on a n800+memory cards and bluetooth keyboard.

Buy what you like. Don't buy what you dislike, but buy one and cast your vote.

It's the only way these companies will make progress toward that perfect device.

Who remembers the HP Jornada clamshells? Back in 2001/2002, that thing was a millimeter away from the perfect device, but high prices drove consumers away and it was dropped in favor of Palm like devices.

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Not just any real keyboard: one with ctrl to the left of "A", how perfect! I wish all modern keyboards were like that, although it isn't hard to change. :)

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Picture the scene. I'm around 13 years old. I've watched the just-released-to-video Wargames so many times that I'm into triple figures. I can quote the film. I consider myself a hacker although all I really do is cause problems for the tech assistants at school *.

On the cover of a computer magazine I buy is a guy with one of those computers and an acoustic coupler, standing in a telephone box. He's dressed in a trilby and trenchcoat, detective style. It is the coolest thing I have ever seen. I lust after such a setup for many years, pretty much until the Internet arrives. I still lust after it.

* A few years ago I was chatting on a newsgroup about my 'hacking' activities at school, which mainly involved copying games across our network. At one point we somehow discovered the administrator password for the network. All hell broke loose. I recited the story on the newsgroup, thinking it funny, but it was followed up by an irate reply from the very technician who had to chase us all up and fix the damage back in, like, 1986. Whoops. Small world :)

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In a forum such as this, you're probably in good company. For instance, the Poqet PC calls to me to this day.

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According to that Wikipedia entry:

So why doesn't anyone do that now?

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The Psion Series5 did exactly that, ten years later, and ten years ago :-)

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I read recently that some new processors are doing this, but I can't for the life of me remember details. I think it might have been the new PowerPC chips.

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I don't know how much of the above discussion is just theoretical, w/o having use the device, but having played with mine a bit, to me the 800x480 is surprisingly workable on the Eee. Things do get cluttered fast with tabs, sidebars, etc., but I just don't have those up. The fact that it's Linux makes a big difference, because they have obviously made the OS more friendly at that resolution. On Windows, 800x480 would be a problem. I also have an old Sony Picturebook and the 480 is a problem on that.

I continue to be impressed by the machine, and think that it really does have the potential to make some inroads with the masses if people give it a try. I think it's a fantastic option for people who can't afford a P1610 or TZ but want something to tote to the coffee shop or library, and do their serious computing at home on their desktop.

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They didn't have backlit screens... That'll drain your battery. And, by the way, the ARM
cpu can do some impressive power management tricks, as most of us know from
experience. x86 designs don't have the same autonomy. But they've got Openoffice.
Asus designs aren't all good: the asus mobo on my desktop failed the "Smoke Test," but then again, a year later Sparky still runs without issue. As long as it doesn't make a habit of it.

The Eee is much needed: I was waiting for it too, but with the delays, changes and my laptop's decision to send the dc to the case, I could wait no longer. The n800 I've ended up with does the job better than I imagined.

Oh, and I had the biggest 5th grade crush on a girl who had a Livermore Star 300 baud desktop acoustic modem.