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software wise I would love to see:

- ability to print. Yes, I would like to be able to have a print option in my text file/pdf and wirelessly print to my network printer. This idea seemed very odd to people some threads ago when I mentioned it. But sometimes I just need a hard copy of a document and transfering it to a computer just to print a list is just ... inconvenient. Hell, my old Nokia cell phone could print to a IR enabled printer years ago. My even older handspring PDA's were able to do it and an N800 is light years ahead of it in terms of technology.

- NO MORE STUPID CELL PHONE GUI. Man, when is nokia going to stop with the tiny cell phone thinking. Why are dialog boxes to open/save need to be small. Why can't we move or expand columns (widths). I have file names that are longer than 12 characters long yet even in full screen mode, I can't read them, yet... the stupid file size column is unnecessarily wide! Also Let us change the 3 iconson the left to things we need.

- How about a media player that IS NOT so finicky about what it can or cannot play?!?! Mplayer is great but I am not going to type in a terminal just to play a video, and the GUI is just stupid. Thank goodness for apps like KMplayer but the built in osso player should be more robust.

- oh, and how about a way to lock down applets....

Now for the "wouldn't it be cool" part.

- it would be cool is there was an app like "Puppet Master" (http://www.users.on.net/~jtlim/Puppe...creenshots.php) for my old Nokia 6230 cell phone. It has the BEST mousemode I have ever seen and it worked in my 4 year old phone! Imagine controling your home computer's cursor from your cell from miles from your house and seeing what is exactly on your monitor(s). I loved this app. I was able to control winamp connected to my stereo from another room via my cell phone. Yeh I know about VNC and VNC viewer, but it's just not quite there yet.

- it would be cool if there was an app like Mobiluck (http://www.mobiluck.com/en/). Essentially it was a method to see around you who had their bluetooth on and send them a message. It was fun at bars and corner restaurants. I met quite a few people randomly picking a bluetooth name that popped up. Also at crowded malls or on busy streets, it was cool to know if someone on your friends list was within bluetooth range.

- it would be cool if there was an app like "ConverterII" from Nokia S40/60 cells. It converted one measurement for another. Is there an app like that? I couldn't find one in maemo.org. I hate having to remember the ft--->meter thing or f-->c temp etc.

- it would be cool if there was an app like "UpcodeBasic" that read upcode glyphs (http://tinyurl.com/6cfx9t). The N8XX has a camera and should be able to do the job. It would also be cool if more stores/restaurants/companies would use the technology. If a old cell phone can do it, why can't an IT?

- it would be cool if there was an app like "bar code lookup" that would read a barcode and look up the item on google/ebay/etc or even review sites. It would really come in handy this holiday season.