It is however fairly convenient to be the best tablet in its class, by not having a competitor in its class..

Thats why apples and oranges comparisons need to be made. Compare to PDAs, n800 is faster. Compared to laptops, it is slower...I get it.

But my question was, can it be sped up? Judging by the lack of direct response on hardware (with the exception of ZeroJay), nothing can be done on the hard ware side. What about software? Are there attempts by people to make the apps run faster, and not just with more features?