London, UK
Purchased 12 Dec at play.com

This is my first IT and my first brush with Linux. I got my hands on the N810 on Christmas Day but I've only been able to use it for the last 3 days.

First impressions are that it's pretty much what I was looking for though I do require PIM software to be installed. Screen is lovely and the keyboard is good, for my fingers at least.

First thing I did was install the OS upgrade which went without a hitch and took around 30 minutes from start to finish including download.
I then tried YouTube which is excellent, a bit choppy with some sequences but on the music ones I like perfectly smooth.

I've sorted the PIM stuff out. First I had to come to terms with repos and all that stuff but didn't find it difficult, thanks to many helpful and clear contributions on this forum. (The manual is a waste of space in my opinion)

I installed GPE Calendar, ToDo and Contacts. Then I signed up on Google Calendar. Then I installed Erminig. This complained of missing libraries which I downloaded one by one. But it all stalled on the python-runtime which I could only find in corrupted form (see elsewhere on the forum!).

I solved this by clearing all Application Manager catalogues and making a new entry called All at web address http://stage.maemo.org.extras. This worked well (thanks again to various forum members).

I then filled in a few details in Erminig and -wahay! It alo synced up first go. Brilliant. I now have a PIM system, on IT and PC that comes somewhere near my Palm TX - which is headed for eBay.

I've also installed Eggtimer, Password Safe and Camera.

I intend to install maemo Mapping soon. All in all, Linux ain't that hard to use. I tend to learn things hands on and this proves to be an easy way to get to know the N810.

Great piece of kit. it's cut my TV viewing by half. I don't think I've even scratched its potential yet. I intend to learn Python and do a bit of programming for it myself.

What don't I like? The poor Nokia documentation. The ambiguity over standby/ turnoff. Do I switch it off - or let it idle? And with Linux, the number of people who use what looks like gobbledegook instead of English.

Luckily, this forum is a fantastic tool and I thank the all organisers and contributors for it.