I'm surprised that no one has mentioned this yet, so here goes.

While some may want to compare N800 with the iPhone, I believe that a better comparison is N800 with Archos' 605 Wifi.

The 605 has the following features:

• high resolution screen, 800×480 pixels,
• 4.3′’ touch screen TFT LCD, 16 million colors
• Wifi
• it plays flash videos from Youtube, Dailymotion, etc
• it has better multimedia features than the N800 (i.e. videos & music)
• can install Opera's 9 widgets on the device itself
• new Content Portal provides quick and easy access to the latest movies, TV shows and music directly to the device
• device automatically downloads latest firmware updates
• 5.5 hours of video playback or 16 hours of audio playback
• $299 for the 30GB model or $399 for the 160GB model
• 9.2 ounces, and 4.8 x 3.2 x 0.6-inches on the 30GB model (0.75-inches thick on the 160GB model)


It's optional one-time price plugins are as follows:

• The browser on the 605 WiFi is $30 (includes Adobe Flash plugin)
• Opera widgets cost $20 to enable
• The Real video plugin costs $20
• The internet radio plugin costs $20
• The HD (720p) video output plugin costs $20
• The H.264 plugin costs $20, as does "cinema" video, which supports VOB + 5.1-surround

Assuming you get the 30GB version for $299 plus spend another $30 for internet access, $20 for widgets access, and $20 more for H.264 support for a grand total of $369, the N800 has some serious competition!

Look at these two "hand-ons" mini reviews:

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/digitalmusic...9291074,00.htm

http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/7983.html

Here's a quote from Crave from CNet:

"It's built on a new version of Linux, has fully integrated Wi-Fi and can be used to browse the Internet thanks to the Opera browser. Flash is fully supported, so sites such as YouTube work perfectly. In fact, not only do YouTube's embedded videos play perfectly -- including in full-screen mode -- but videos can be uploaded to YouTube directly from the device itself, without any need of a computer."

The only drawback that I see is that it doesn't have Bluetooth like the N800.

It's supposed to come out in July in Europe, and in August in the USA.