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Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
1. pop or imap email
2. video formats
3. lan connections, streaming and file transfer
4. finger keyboard
Modest or Claws both solve your first issue rather nicely, MPlayer the second, I'm not sure what you mean by number three and Diablo should fix up the fourth issue.

Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
To be blunt, if I knew then what I know now I would have not bought the N810. But would have considered a N800 with OS2007. It worries me that the OS upgrade seems to have added more problems then it fixed.
It's that way with every major OS upgrade on every single platform in existence. Look at Apple, or Microsoft, or Ubuntu, etc, etc, etc. All of the first releases of major OS versions introduce new bugs. Vista and Leopard both shipped with some rather egregious bugs (Leopard still has many outstanding issues at 10.5.2, even), it's part of the tradeoff for lots and lots of hot new features.

Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
Let me say that I'm not a "workaround" kind of user and like to stick with the apps that come with the unit when new. Plain and simple, they should work. Not all of us are nFanboys.
Then let me say, you bought exactly the wrong device. The power of the internet tablets comes not from the built-in applications, but in their nearly unlimited expandability and customizability with all of the 3rd party stuff.

Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
I feel that Nokia should have done more testing before releasing the unit with an OS that does not work well.
You want step 5. The whole point of the 770, N800, and N810 was to build up a community and have them shape the development of the platform. It's a large part of what makes the NITs such fun things to be involved with. I understand that that's not for everybody. You seem to want a canned solution whose functionality begins and ends with exactly what it ships with, but that's not what this product line is designed to be. If you wanted that, you should've bought a Palm, WinMob or Apple device.

Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
I'm going to keep the N810 until after the next OS release. Email and finger keyboard need to be fixed, otherwise I'll let the unit go.
Hey, good news, both of those issues are high on the list of fixes for Diablo! Better news, you can fix one of them yourself right now!

Originally Posted by sirfelix View Post
nFanboys can attack complainers but it will only hurt the whole Linux community in the end. Nokia needs to better support the IT community otherwise they will drop the product line if newbies leave the platform out of frustration.
Dismissing people as "fanboys" isn't a very productive way to have a discussion. Either way, it's Nokia's job to sell the product, not the community's and picking apart the complaints of people who throw down lots of money without doing any research first keeps me sane.
 

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