Cheers for coming back with a friendly post instead of letting this turn into a thread full of flames! I definitely agree that whether the N8x0 is "the right device" for someone depends totally on what they need to accomplish and whether they have time to hack on it. For you, it's extraneous because you carry a phone and laptop anyways. For some people the N8x0 can actually replace their phone. For a lot of other people who use the N8x0 in a mobile situation it replaces their laptop. This is the situation I find myself in. For 90% of the things I would use a laptop for I can do on my N8x0 without having to sacrifice much. It has a web browser, email client, IM clients, and a terminal. When you get right down to it, that's all that I really need out of any machine. And it means I don't have to drag a multi-pound laptop around when I can slip my N800 into my pocket. The N800 isn't perfect of course, but I think that the little problems I have with it bother me so much because it is *so close* to being exactly the machine I need/want. This is starting to sound like an ad, so I think I'll quit now. :P