Hi,

My N800 has been my introduction to any Linux platform. I'm not trying to push the N800 (OS2008) too hard. Web browsing, e-mail and a few other simple things work fine for me. I'll try to answer your questions.

-MP3 playback Does that no problem, although I sometimes think the volume is a bit low.

-Simple video playback albeit crappy or not I have converted several DVDs to view. Youtube videos look good.

-VIDEO CHAT, which is only arbitrary to my initial needs/wants I installed and then uninstalled Gizmo Project after succesfully testing the connection to my home PC. I thought the results were fair only.

-Compotent, coherent internet browser Works good for me but you may have higher expectations.

-touch screen txt program for note taking Have never tried this.

-email on the go/WiFi internet For me, using the N800 as a secondary method of accessing e-mail and web content, it performs better than I had expected. I can also tether to my cellphone.

-long (if not, extreme haha) battery life through primary or secondary source, as needed External battery packs seem to work fine in my experience.

-games, if possible. but only arbitrary, again, to my initial needs/wants Sorry, I'm not a game user.

-Power issues I have not had any of the on-off issues some have reported. Works as advertised.

-memory issues I'm using the standard memory and two 2gb SD cards. All good.

-crashing If I recall, it has locked up on me a couple of times with several applications running. But not so many times that I believe it an issue.

-Unuseable peripherals My unusable peripherals remain unusable.

Hope that helps.

Bill