Thread: Thumbs up or down for new OS2008 for N800
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ghoonk is offline ghoonk
2008-01-13 , 16:54
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#136
Originally Posted by geneven View Post
"Remember the iT for what it was built for."

No, that's a manufacturing/developer point of view.

Consumers really shouldn't care what a device was built for. If the N800 made an excellent hammer and was useless for anything else, I would use it as a hammer even if it was built to be a doorstop for aliens.

Fortunately, my N800 keeps surprising me with all of its uses. Not as a hammer, though.
FWIW, that faux-suede pouch that the N800 comes with also has a nice use -- if you place your N800 on it, it acts as a non-slip surface (up to a point). I only noticed this after I left my N800 on a smooth table top today and it nearly slid off when i accidentally tugged the charger cable lightly.

But you're right, the iT sucks at many things, many of these applications are not what it was meant to run in the first place. As you say, if it makes a great hammer, it doesn't really matter how the manufacturer markets it.

So, let's see -- the iT has been great for me when it comes to:

web browsing, email, IM, movies and music on the go, desktop photo album (thanks to Canola), voip and IM device.

I think it would downright suck as a tool for creating and editing documents, spreadsheets, presentations, photos, vector art, video recording device, sound recording device, and hammer.