I put "I'd still buy a NIT", but I also mean that no one has yet made my ideal device. The NIT is lacking in some key UI and software things, as well as some hardware layout things.

In some ways, my ideal would be an 8" screen iPod Touch, with bluetooth HID, DUN, PAN, FTP, and Hands-free (to control any given phone, including an iPhone), as well as an express card slot (for WWAN cards). And, in portrait mode, it'd have a split-thumb translucent keyboard (like what the keyboard-less Samsung Q1 has). Oh, and, with a 100% truly open SDK that includes actual background tasks (apparently the iPhone SDK wont support that).

In some ways, it'd be a NIT with adding bluetooth PAN, and hands-free, as well as a fully finger friendly UI (so that you don't need a dpad). And slightly different physical layout (as I've harped on elsewhere), a better xterm client included, vnc viewer included, a fully finished and revamped modest mail client, and the fully finished and polished IM client (including invisible mode for those chat servers that support it).


Along with a companion device for the NIT that's like a cradlepoint personal hotspot, but with more battery, built in world compatible GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA, 2 SDHC card slots, USB-OTG, USB-client for config and charging, and the ability to do at least SMS/MMS if not also having a built-in light weight SIP server for voice. MAYBE have some ability to support a 1.8" drive (HDD or SDD). It'd be ok if it was bigger than a NIT :-) (but it should definitely be no bigger than a EeePC). Separate companion device products for WiMAX, CDMA/1xRTT/EVDO would be good too. Perhaps also one that has no WWAN radio, and an express card slot, as well. That way you can pick your WWAN options (or use none, and just leverage the express card slots for storage).



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Oh, and, PIM software, sync software that works with Google apps (mail contacts, bookmarks, calendar data, etc.), Apple apps (Mail, AddressBook, iCal, etc.), MS apps, and Mozilla apps (Thunderbird contacts, Firefox bookmarks, Sunbird calendar data, etc.; on Linux, Mac, and Windows), (and, then, just cuz I use it, and it's my ideal, netvouz as well).