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Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
So TigerDirect
I'd look at buy.com or Circuit City over TigerDirect. TigerDirect is pretty terrible as far as internet retailers go.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
For media, I'm thinking about loading it with 2x2 GB cards for a total of 4 GBs. For music, video, pictures, etc.. I currently have a 2 GB flash mp3 player, and I rarely listen to all the music on there (despite having a huge huge music collection on my hard drive). And I assume any video I put on it, after resized to the resolution of the n800 won't take up as much memory. I would definantly use Canola beta (the latest version?).
Video really isn't compressed much if you use good quality settings, so get as much storage as you can afford. 4GB cards are about as small as I would go, and 8GB cards are coming down fast.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
And internet, why I would want it the most. I know it comes with Opera using version 6 or 7. But can I use another browser, such as Firefox or a more later version of flash? I kinda want to block the ads (I know OS 2008 can right?).
Opera is defunct, we're on MicroB now, which is Gecko. Flash is up to date at Flash 9 (and has been for a while). AdBlock plus is an option, but I'd recommend seeing how an ad-blocking CSS and an ad-blocking hosts file work for you first, as AdBlock plus is a bit of a CPU eater.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
And Pidgin of course.
Waste of time, screen space, and CPU. Better off just using the built-in Jabber client and transports for whatever IM services you use (MSN, AIM, Yahoo, ICQ, ect.). Jablet.net is the place to go to sign up for an account.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Also would I have to get OS 2008 as well?
Heck, at this point they could actually be coming with it pre-installed. But, yes, you need to upgrade to OS2008. Aside from upping the CPU and generally being totally kick-***, all the new apps are going to be targeted at OS2008.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Another friend of mine does have the n800 so I have used it. He just hasn't used it to the extent I want to use it (he uses it mostly for note taking in class instead of getting a dedicated laptop). My other consideration was the iPod touch but that's to heavy on the media and light on the internet features I want.
The N800 does the internet like no other device in this size class, so it's the best place to go for that.

A lot of people claim that the N800's media functions are poor, but if you're willing to put just a small amount of effort into targeting your video media at the device it'll perform very well.

Originally Posted by Laughing Man View Post
Does anyone also know it's battery life if I decided to use it as an mp3 player for say long car trips? Many thanks!
Very good if the screen's off, but I'd just pick yourself up a power-adaptor for the car (a car mount and Bluetooth GPS, too!) and not deal with thinking about charge levels while your driving.

Consider investing in some sort of AUX RCA input if you don't have one already. FM transmitters are pretty much universally crap and cassette adaptors are, well, cassette adaptors. I've got an AUX going into the CD changer jack on my '04 Camry and the N800 sounds fantastic.
 

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