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Originally Posted by mogers View Post
Does everyone here realize how superbly this whole thread points out why the NIT is never going to be more than a niche device for hackers to play with. I grew to love my N800 for the first 6 months, but I would never recommend it to anyone as a ready-to-use consumer device. Now almost a year later, the fun has worn off, it's become a pain, I don't know whether to give up on OS2008, or the whole thing. I switched back once to 2007, then back to 2008, and what I gather from this thread is that going back to 07 now is just as broken as 08? The killer for Nokia is that the 810 appears to have been picked up by more retailers and online sellers than the 800 ever was. How many will be returned by unhappy / unwary customers?
By the standard of that comment the Personal Computer isn't ready for the average consumer. Like my 810 it is generally usable but occasionally friends call me up as the local "Geek" to help out with installation, browser, or some other random glitch that the average user might be confused by.

i am a newbie for the 810 though I have more than a passing familiarity of Linux and WinOS and I think the 810 is a terrific platform. I am most happy with the very lively hacker, enthusiast and end-user community. It's the product that just have a company support that dies first, a good user community is the sign of a long-lived device!

As for my installation problems I am sure someone in here will provide the answer that will get me up and running again.
 

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