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Hi Gang, I'm not sure if the newbie forum is the best place for this post. Mods, if this is better for General Discussion feel free to move it. I am posting it here because I have had my N800 less than a month now, so I am still a newbie with this device.

First a bit about myself so you can understand where I am coming from. I am a geek and gadget junkie. I am not a programmer of any sort but I am what I consider a power user. I am adept at Linux, Unix, OS X, And all flavors of MS Windows.

The following is my wish list. Things I wish the N800 could do, or do better. If any of these are possible please post a reply explaining. Thanks.

#1 Skype. The Jabber video chat client is nice but, Skype is the dominant Video Chat network in the world. This device, especially with its built in camera would shine with skype. Pidgin is awesome on this, but until it gets native cam support, we need Skype.

#2 Better Cam Support. The add on program that lets you take snap shots with the built in cam is nice, but what about movies? What about websites like ustream (flash video sites) having access to the web cam. The cam seems to be locked down to just the one app, and the snap shot application feels like its a bit of a hack. Why? Open it up Nokia! This could be a hell of a mobile net cam platform.

#3 Better Battery Life. Boy WiFi really sucks the life out of this thing. About 3 hours of constant use and its toast. I would have thought it better being an all flash product.

#4 PIM Support. I know I know Nokia has said they don't want this to be a PDA, but come on. If your using it to check your email eventually you will need to respond to an email with some Calendar info, boy it would be nice if this had some sort of PIM that could sync (preferably with a mac please). I have tried using google calendar for that but it doesn't format or work well on this device. If not a full blown PIM then better WebCal support is a must.

#5 PodCast Support. This is such a beautiful Screen it would be great if it natively supported quicktime and h264 (what most podcasts use). Being able to drag and drop a video podcast from iTunes to a memory card would be hot!

#6 A Better Clock. We have an amazing large screen and the only clock program displays the time in a small corner of the screen. How about an cool retro alarm clock mode that uses the whole screen, making this a great nightstand companion (especially when plugged in.)

#7 More Virtual Memory. With SD Cards getting high capacities and faster read write speeds, limiting the virtual memory function to 128mb is handicapping the device. I don't know what the max is that this system can handle, but I'd love to see 512mb or even a 1gb option there.

Ok Thats all I have got for now, like I said If one of these wishes has already been addressed feel free to tell/link me. If there is a better place to post this list let me know, and feel free to add to it too, then maybe we'll take it over to the official Nokia forums.