While it's true that if you put a dress on a pig, it's still a pig, but hey, I still love my tablet and learn more about it each and every day.

I have unlimited texting and long distance, even to Canada thanks to my Google Voice account.

A free SIP number thanks to this thread.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=80505

I also have Skype as well.

If you are truly poor now, I would keep your tablet because it has personally saved me from at least $4,000 on silly phone contracts with all of their hidden horror charges.

I've never once had any problems connecting to McDonald's.

You do know that you have to agree to their terms of service before using it, yes?

My N800 can pick up a signal from almost a 100 yards away at times.

There is a little annoying bug that happens at times where it won't connect to a signal correctly.

To resolve for this, enter the following in X-Terminal:

sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf