I was working on an N800 manifesto similar to RogerS's screed when my laptop went out for repair, taking the document with it. I plan to finish it especially since I'd posted a long history of my search for a new PDA on my own site after walking away from Palm a few years ago. As someone who's used an N800 for 3 months now, here's my take on RogerS's comments and the ensuing fire it started.

-Constructing a playlist?
I look for 3rd party media players to do better, just like on the PC. How does Canola do? I haven't tried the latest betas, and I probably should, but I use my tablet for web and note-taking, nothing more because the email program is far too weak for my needs.

-PAN via Bluetooth?
Amen! Net access via bluetooth to anything should be ready to go out of the box! Isn't this a bluetooth standard feature anyone would want to do? Let me PAN link or whatever from laptops to N800, from phones to N800, heck from even a Bluetooth access point to N800!

-Show hidden files?
The reason why you want to do this is more important than the ability to do it, if you get my drift. If there's something that should be easy to do but requires you to dig into dot-directories to do it, it should be addressed in another way, right?

-Easily add fonts to the tablet?
I've never wanted to add fonts to my tablet and/or browser. Not on the tablet, not on the PC's I've viewed over the past 10 years or so. Why do you need to do this, really? We should be using the Liberation fonts to ensure a completely free device, right?
http://www.press.redhat.com/2007/05/...eration-fonts/

-Make it easy to be root?
I agree it should be built-in, but make it easy? Nope. If people have to open a command line to become root, I'm good with that. Now this as well could be speaking to a need external to becoming root. Maybe too many things require you to actually type things in as root -- that need should be raised separately. I'm sure you know what I mean.

-Face to face cam calls?
I didn't know this worked now. Is there a faq/wiki that tells new users all the great things their tablet can do like this?

-Why does upgrading erase everything?
I agree, but I'm happy to hear the next upgrade ends this pattern, so not an issue anymore if N800 units get the update.

-Why can't installs be done to a memory card?
I hear that. Just give me the option to install to a memory card and have an icon or something on the installer indicating where it is (main memory or memory card).

The most important thing to take away from these wants and desires is that our hearts are in the right place. We don't just want them for us, but we want them in place so we can extol the virtues of this handheld to all of our friends.

This handheld has the more raw potential than ANYTHING on the market today. You know it, RogerS knows it, I know it. When the software delivers (yay Firefox-based browser with Flash!, please continue to be updated!) it helps us evangelize it and be a showoff. We know lots of people craving a device like this, and we know it can be incredible.