maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - N810 is totally useless.

	BrentDC	2009-03-31 , 16:12
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Originally Posted by sjgadsby

Oh my word, yes. Prior to buying my N800, a Palm T5 with a WiFi SDIO card was my pocket web computer. Leaving a Blazer, which took an eternity to load only the first bit of average-sized web pages, rendered poorly what it did load, and locked up the entire OS every five minutes, was pure joy.

Ah, the joys of Blazer. I have the fond memories of "Flushing the DbCache" before using it, so it wouldn't lock up the whole system.

And some people think MicroB is crap, Ha.

Before that, I used the Eudora web browser on a HandEra 330 with a CompactFlash WiFi card. The web was image and JavaScript free, and Google searches only worked by writing the search URL manually.

I could never get the Eudora applications working on my OS5 device, but did try. I ended up trying every single browser out there, Access's NetFront, WebPro, Universe 3, and some one that started with X, the exact name escapes me. None of them were better than Blazer, which although unbelievable, is the God's honest truth.

Are you familiar with either of the forums 1src or Brighthand? I was an active member on both (1000+ posts on each), but moved here after I ditched my TX (actually it ditched me, it ended up getting "dead spots" on the screen). I replaced the TX 6 times in 2 years (all under warranty, yes, Palm hated me), for various reasons. The big three being Digitizer Drift, Dead Spots, and ROM Corruption.

So when I hear people (like omega) complain about the N800, 'cause it's a little slow, well, that's actually quite laughable.

Sure, the N800 and N810 can, at times, be a little slow loading large, complex, web pages heavy with JavaScript, images, and Flash, but they're loading large, complex web pages heavy with JavaScript, images, and Flash. (See: Louis CK).

If only AccessoryLink.co.uk would finally fix their shopping cart (trolly?) system to allow shipping to me, I'd repair my N800 and play. However, as long as I have only one working tablet, I'm not willing to test too much. My tablet is my main personal computer, and I don't like having it unavailable for even the short time a reflash and restore takes.

Ah, why don't you clone? That is like having two devices. I do all my crazy stuff on my SD partition, and if there's ever a problem, I can always fallback to my prestine Flash partition.

With this setup, I've reflashed 3 times: When I first got the device, to upgrade from OS2007 to OS2008, then again to upgrade to Diablo, then again when I sent it to Nokia for it to be repaired (bad LCD module).

All three were completely voluntarily.