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I think the level of the top developers/programmers for both the iPod Touch/iPhone and the N810 is the same. The problem is how they approach the device:

Professionally for the iPod Touch/iPhone. The developers create apps hoping to make money. Therefore the apps are more "finished".

As a hobby for the N810. The developers hope to have fun and don't expect to make money. Therefore the apps are more "unfinished". I get the feeling that the developers think "What the hell! Nobody's paying me for this so I'll get back to it if I find the time and if I feel like it. But now I have to get back to putting food on the table by developing serious apps for the iPod touch/iPhone".

Of course the above is just my opinion and a generalization. And I'm not trying to piss off anybody here.

Originally Posted by longcipher View Post
I received my n810 yesterday (traded an iPod 2nd gen for it, so it is used.

Much to my wife's chagrin, I've been glued to it for about a day now. =)

Why is the email client so buggy? I set up my gmail account via IMAP and it worked for an hour or so -- now whenever it downloads a header, the entire program locks up and then crashes. Has anyone been able to get this to work successfully? And when I say successfully, I mean this:

** when you initially log in to gmail for the first time (on the nokia) the only messages that are DL'ed are the unread ones. And once you read them, they show as "read" on normal gmail. This is how it worked on the ipod. Can it/will it ever work this way on the nokia? ** I cancelled the email acct from the control panel yet am still receiving email notifications -- how can i delete this account completely?

So far I like this device a lot more than the ipod - I'm the kind of person who likes to endlessly configure & this is perfect for me. However, it seems as if many of the problems that i've read on here that are plaguing this item have already been worked out by Apple, in terms of a user interface experience and getting mobile versions of apps to work.

I am not a programmer so I am wondering if it is really difficult to get these things right, or are the engineers at apple wizards and sorcerers?

also, many people on here continuously hold up the fact that this is not an item for consumers - it's more for tinkerers and those who love linux. Why then does Nokia advertise it as an item for hip, young consumers on the go?

I am willing to help out in any way to make the n810 a killer device. I thank-you in advance for answers to my questions.