Hello everyone. I just bought a N800, which I think I did right under the wire because it looks like they're being discontinued. I've been poking around the net for a while reading up on the Internet Tablets and the Linux OS. I figured out enough to know that I'd pay the $200 for a N800 - but wasn't sure enough to pay $400 for the N810 I was hoping folks could answer a few questions for me, or at least point me in the right direction.

I use a Treo 700p with Sprint - has anyone had success using dial up networking with this phone and the N800 or N810? For some reason this information is the most difficult to find a conclusive answer for.

There's a program called Celtx that I use - a Mozilla-based writing program. It's available for Linux, but I don't believe it's ever been compiled specifically for Maemo. Does anyone know about this? And if not - how hard is it for someone who has scant Linux knowledge to setup a scratchbox and compile the source code properly themselves?

Which brings me to another point: Since Linux is open source, shouldn't we be able to - in theory - port over any Linux program to the N8x0? Or am I missing a key point?

Also, is there a site that is a primer on Linux? A while ago, I somehow managed to setup a Windows laptop to dual boot with Ubuntu, and I have Suse Linux running on a really old and once thought dead Toshiba laptop - but I BARELY understand the OS. An evening with Linux usually begins with me confidently striding out into the open source wilds, and ends with three hours of Frozen Bubble. I'd love to find a site that explains the underlying principles behind Linux, and why every time someone tries to explain it to me everything starts out ok before they go "Just type sudo get in the lsr on the dlBiers, you know, where the Nkfiefdom is..." For me, this is a lot like when people would point and scream in Bodysnatchers.

I was going to buy the iPod touch, but I need to be able to use an external keyboard and a word processor (for text files anyway). Also, I found out that the iPhone and iPod touch can't download podcasts. Now, I don't need this - because my Treo - which at this point is like a caveman's femur with a screen protector - can do this. Why on Earth would Jobs and Co. not include this feature? I find it kind of offensive. Anyway -the open sourcy-ness of the N800 attracted me to it - even if the jargon occasionally makes me want to curl up on the floor and have a good cry.

One last question. I ordered a blue tooth keyboard as well, and it was supposed to arrive on May 6th. My tablet is scheduled to arrive on May 2nd. Both are using UPS. My keyboard showed up today, and my tablet is still in Illinois (I am not in Illinois). Do you think UPS is messing with me? Also - didn't that almost sound like the start of an SAT question?

I will stop bothering you now.

Thanks for any help or guidance you can give me!