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Originally Posted by kimmoj View Post
.....If one takes a mental step back and actually looks at what the N800 can do well for the "Joe Average" consumer, one comes up with just the one thing - surf the web, and that only where there are WLAN's or by carrying a cellphone too to act as a modem. Even that isn't bulletproof, clearly, and as iFrank mentions already, showing web pages is just part of the puzzle. So why would a consumer get such a one-trick pony?

There is a lot of work left to do to make these things truly useful, and things didn't improve for Nokia with the Apple iPhone announcement. Assuming the iPhone holds up to the hype, it will give a truly polished and seamless consumer experience, as compared to the freakish puzzle of looks and interface features that comprise the N800.
I could not have said it better. I got the N800 two weeks ago and have decided it must go back to Nokia. I feel the hardware is good but the software/operating sysetem was an after thought. Maybe Nokia hopes the open source communty will bring it up to par, if that's the case than lower the price or give the customer more bang for the buck. Examples would be discount on wireless service, free upgrade for a better carrying case, discount on memory upgrades etc, Nokia don't profit off the communty's work!

Last edited by heavyt; 2007-01-26 at 14:02.