Considering buying N800
 

Hi, I'm new to the apparently wonderful world of internet tablets.
I'm considering buying a N800, especially because it packs a lot of features for the price.

However, a few questions remain:

Non technical:

- Have you ever had any problem with the device ? Most particularly with the touchscreen (digitizer drift) ?

- What is the quality of Nokia's support if run into troubles ?
- What is the warranty ?
- Is the microphone of good quality (ex: like a cheap computer microphone) ? Also, is it integrated within the device, or external (something to plug in) ? Can you use an external microphone with it (ex: like a cheap computer microphone) ?

- What is the overall solidity of the device ?
- Is the webcam of good quality (for an integrated webcam) ?

Technical:

- Is there any SNES emulator for the N800 ? If yes, I would like to know the performances you get (rpg, no sound, no graphic smoothing)

- Is video playback performance good ? What resolution and fps do you use, and which bitrate too ? Does using mplayer embedded in MediaBox slows it down ?

- Is it possible to install and use unhildonized applications on the N800 ?

- I know Angstrom works on the tablet. However, does the touchscreen works (any of you that tested it) ?

- Is there any possibility to recompile the linux kernel yourself, and if yes, please include a link to the howto (or whatever they call it) ?

- Is host USB and USB ethernet support reliable, or crashing ?

- Also, what Bluetooth keyboards will work (just include yours if you don't know, I'll sort them by myself)

- Is there any chance to get PowerVR 3D drivers (open source hope there), in middle-term (a year or two) ?

Thanks in advance for answering this pretty big pack of questions. I must convince my parents, so the more the better :) !

Sincerely yours, n800maybe

Re: Considering buying N800
 

n800maybe, that's a lot of questions, and I don't know that you're going to find people who want to take the time to answer so many. I'm sure you know more about the thing than your parents! I suggest you start with these lengthy reviews, show them to your parents, and maybe ask more targeted questions if you need to later:

http://tinyurl.com/yvdc8a

http://tinyurl.com/ysork7

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Re: Considering buying N800
 

I'm going to take a swing at this, but only because I'm a nice guy.

No.

Well, it'll get fixed at least, but how long it takes and the kind of information you get while it's being fixed are poor.

This is on about every website that sells the device.

Yes (don't expect anything like a nice Sennheiser shotgun mic, though); yes, integrated; yes, there's a 3rd channel on the 3.5mm jack (or you could use USB).

It's fine.

You tell me.

400*240 with MPEG4 at 20-30fps with 1200Kbps and MP3 audio. The second question is non-sensical.

Short answer, yes. Long answer, there's a bit of work involved.

Yes; do some research yourself.

It's reliable.

Any that support HID.

Year or two? Quite possibly, but it's really more of a hardware limitation issue. If this is particularly important to you, then I would consider waiting on the N900.

Re: Considering buying N800
 

Thanks a lot for your very useful information, GeneralAntilles.

I must admit that even I think I asked too many qestions about that. Thanks for your clear answers.

P.S.: With that, convincing my parents should be rather easy !