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Posts: 479 | Thanked: 58 times | Joined on Dec 2007 @ Dubai, UAE
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Dude, you seriously need some anger management. If you're unhappy with the iT, don't use it. I'm getting insanely good mileage out of mine every day. Not because I have low expectations, but because I bought it for a specific set of use cases, and they work.

I'm not making it do stuff it wasn't supposed to do, like dual-boot (nice to have), video call to MSN/Yahoo users (nice to have, but a lot of my mates don't have webcams)

The Newton still gets my respect, but it too sucked in many aspects. In that sense, it's a blessing that we have such good support from the community.

I see myself as having bought hardware and a working OS. Everything else is a bonus. That was my point.

IMHO, I'm not missing out of the quality you speak of in 800x600 movies, probably because a lot of what I watch on the go is Japanese anime and TV shows. If I really wanted a proper PMP, I'd have gone with the latest Archos (but that costs a lot more and does a lot less for me than the iT does)

As for the gap between files, I trust you're referring to gapless playback? Good point, I listen to quite a bit of trance and sometimes wish it had gapless playback support. Guess Nokia didn't think of it -- maybe the guys at Canola could come up with something if there was enough demand for it?

Ultimately, products (hardware and softwa) and services are formed out of demand. If there is enough demand for a business case to look half-decent, it's worth investing time and effort to get it off the ground. Nice that Nokia got it off the ground, but sad that they have had limited success in getting it much higher on its own, but unless I'm hearing wrongly, there are a lot of users here who ARE *mostly* satisfied with their iTs.

When I wonder if all this is worth it, I ask myself, if I didn't buy an N800, what would I be using today. And I haven't got an answer. I don't want a notebook, and I don't want an eePC. I don't want a UMPC and I don't want a Windows Mobile device. Why? A mix of battery life, price and stability are what I am looking for, and that's why the N800 works for me.

I'm sorry it doesn't work the way you want it to work, and perhaps the device wasn't the right choice for you in the first place. Perhaps you would have been better off with a UMPC, Windows Mobile, laptop, eePC, a Newton or a Zaurus. I wouldn't know because your use scenarios and expectations are different from mine.

I have a list of activities that the N800 has to do right, and a list of nice-to-haves. The N800 isn't perfect, but it's gets the job done at the right price, that's why I'm happy with mine.

Could it be better? Certainly. Could I wish for more? Certainly. But in the absence of a viable alternative, this is the best choice for my needs - Internet device first / PMP second.

I'm not the enemy here. I'm just sharing a point of view, so no need to get angry about that. Nokia really isn't the enemy either.

Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
Of course my video files play back smoothly with Video Convert! It bloomingly encodes them at 400x240. And I can vouch for the fact that higher resolutions do make a difference, even on a smaller screen; more detail is always visible. I do get your point about smaller file sizes, but in this context it is false: I want to be able to choose between quality and size, which is something I cannot do on the Itablet.

Not skipping, rather the annoying gap between files. Especially when playing albums like Pink Floyd's "the Wall".

Yeah, it would be nice, wouldn't it? Too bad Nokia couldn't be bothered to do a decent follow-up.

What??!! Why should I? I paid them money instead. My gratitude goes to the people who -- these days almost despite of Nokia! -- managed to turn a half-finished product into something useful.

Again, I really don't care how much trouble this all is or isn't for Nokia.

THEY GET PAID!!!

I care about the trouble people who don't get paid have gone through, many of whom are regulars on this forum.

Considering how they are apparently managing it, I consider Nokia giant fools for continuing this project.

That "probably" is telling...

So your argument is basically: The Itablet may stink, but Vista stinks more, so it's okay?

It's not even close by a long shot. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing, mind you: The Newton was all about integration and extreme hardware closedness. It had the most beautiful pen-centric OS/UI that ever existed, but its connectivity -- well, you couldn't say that it sucked, because it practically didn't have any.

Exactly in what respect (provided the drivers would all made available) would that make any difference to the community?

Or, in other words: What added value do we get from Nokia, apart from the hardware itself?

True. Bricks can be used in houses. They have value.