Haha, now you'll me able to use Maemo Mapper on only the NIT without having to worry you're driving to a place you've never been before!

Sorry, but I believe HS(D)PA module requires more than 150 mA. See one of my previous posts about that here (around page 9 or 10). If you believe different, I'd like to see it outlined.

If you could connect a USB 3G phone to a BlueTooth device which are both powered then this is your modem, you can use it together with your phone/laptop/tablet/fridge/magnetron/whatever.

The advantage is that this device is does essentially nothing, small, and dedicated. You're using the BlueTooth standard; no wires like with USB. The disadvantage is that BlueTooth cryptograpghy (according to an article recently at schneier.com I referred to on the wishlist N900 thread) is essentially vulnerable. For _this_ specific purpose that is a problem. To get data from your GPS to your NIT, much less if not none. Another disadvantage is that you worry about another device (weight/space/battery/point_of_failure).

I say: forget this and make the NIT better than a phone! Screw LiMo, screw Symbian. I envision being able to have the NIT the device I use normally, and if I really need big work, I take my laptop. Ofcourse that comes with a price, but thats TANSTAAFL, and if we really lack something software wise we might have to put bounties up. Heck, maybe we could put bounties up in Bugzilla? I mean, I'd have paid 50 EUR to anyone who fixed N810 GPS. Why not? Now I had to pay a dedicated one for 30 EUR.

As for your N8x0. Lets say Maemo 5 won't support the N8x0 anymore. HE is then an option. eBay perhaps. You could even give it to your neighbor's son for his birthday. Give it your nephew. Make a dedicated device of it (e.g. navigation system) and give it to your sister. Give it to a poor kid who's parents can't afford it, he might be a Linux developer in 20 years partly due to your gift. I'd give mine to a German friend of mine who lives in poverty. He usually gets my old hardware, and I know he appreciates it. A lot.