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Originally Posted by iball View Post
It's no one's fault but your own that you bought a device for which you did not do proper research on before you bought it.
Sorry for the rant but I'm getting tired of folks coming in here and whinging about the N800's lack of this or that while not even mentioning what it can do that no other device in it's class CAN do.
The majority of the points in iball's long reply are pretty valid, but I think this last part really hits at the crux of the issue, which is that Nokia has clearly and by it's own admission never positioned the internet tablet as a PDA. If that's what you bought this for then that was your first mistake.

Having said that, I did weeks of research before my purchase and it suits my purposes quite nicely. I knew exactly what I was getting into. I also considered the PDA question and decided that since my work does not require me to maintain a consistent database of contacts and such, the lack of PIM and sync functionality was not a dealbreaker for me. Being a Linux user I also discovered during my research that adding rudimentary PIM functions was simply a matter of loading up the correct repositories and installing the GPE apps if I should so desire. As to the slowness of page loading, I find it to be perfectly acceptable for a device of this size, and unless your used to surfing on a T1 line or something I think your perception of just how slow it actually is is a little exaggerated.

Rather than continue to carry on, let me just close by tagging on to iball's last point by saying that at it's base the N800 is simply a connected device for internet communication and entertainment when a laptop would be impractical or inconvenient, and to try and make anything more of it than that will almost guarantee disappointment.