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Originally Posted by FirebirdFeuervogel View Post
I think it depends entierly on people's expectations and personal usage models. I think there are a lot of people (you know the kind im talking about, they pop up on the forum every so often) that ahve 'different' ideas about the usage model of the ITTs than Nokia does. Some people seem to expect the ITT to be a cheap UMPC, and some seem to think it should be an ultraultraultra portable laptop, or even a PDA. To some of us, nothing can replace our ITT because there really isn't anything else that is in quite the same class. To others, there are other options, because they are trying to stuff the ITT into a hole it might not be designed to fit in. So it depends on the person and their perception of the ITT and the usage hole they need to fill.
The double-edged sword of the Linux basis. I think my Nokia Research Center compadres still disagree with me that it's an issue, but it has to be. By and large N800 users are not the average user, we all know, and they are keenly aware that it has unfulfilled potential. That factor alone adds some extra value to the device, but it's value that will erode if not quickly realized in some practical fashion.