If you take the n800 for what it is, out of the box, it's great. Few people buy an iPod to do things other than play music and videos. If you're going to buy an n800 to surf the net, play music and videos, along with a couple other fairly robust applications (i.e. maemo mapper), it will be great for that.

If you want to stay on the bleeding edge of everything, you're going to have to go hunting for things. This forum is a great resource for things of that nature.

Despite all the "noise" from new users, most people generally don't have problems with their tablets. Those that do, generally either have a hardware problem (either related to the tablet, SD cards, home network misconfiguration etc.), or an inability to use google.

I view iPods and their ilk sort of like a guy who rides public transport and can only move on established routes. Sure its usually quite easy getting from point A to point B, or to point C, and it's nearly impossible to get lost, once you get the hang of it.

The n800 is like a car you can drive. The major highways are fairly well established and easy to find. The side streets might be in ill repair, but generally get you where you need to go as well, and sometimes you can go places that public transit can't take you. And sometimes you get lost. However, you can go pretty much wherever you want, any time you want.

Both are reasonable transportation, one is sometimes more hassle than the other, depending on where you want to go, and what you want to do.

I chose to drive.