I can't answer your last question offhand, but you might wanna chill there a bit, bunkie. I wasn't attacking you, just pointing out the obvious. Stick around here a bit and see if you don't also get tired of the hyperbolic ranting-- one way or the other (yes, Virginia, that includes people needlessly gushing over the device, too).

When I say "buddy of mine" you can't possibly know this from the statement, but the guy was a Nokia process technician who sat in the cube behind me at our old factory. Guy had ZERO knowledge of Linux, had JUST received an N800 prototype from me with zero training, and had some familiarity with video codecs. Within ONE day of owning the N800 (which was running a pre-release OS in January 2007) he had Ice Age and other movies running perfectly.

For the record, you seem to have missed where I said I don't typically use the N800 as a media player, ergo I don't have much experience with full-length movies on it-- hence the reference to someone who did.

Now, I don't say that to excuse the overall video situation of the tablet, just to point out the possibilities. Some of the angry ranting provides the impression that this or that "sucks" or is either impossible or so difficult as to be impractical for everyone. Problem with absolute positions like those, they don't translate well in a general sense-- yet that's exactly how they're typically presented: "I have this problem, so everyone must. And the [insert item in question] therefore sucks".

Now if you don't see yourself in the above, fine. As I said, YMMV... and that includes observations.

As to bias, I have one toward the tablets, to be sure. My job once depended on the success of the N800. But I'm a professional, and can easily be objective about its pros and cons. Wanting something to succeed means not lying about or hiding its correctable flaws.

Now go have yourself a [insert relaxing drink of choice].