I took my underpowered toy () downstairs to a meeting a little while ago because I didn't want or need to lug my laptop. I was asked to perform some configuration work on a corporate database and the N800 performs that task very well... even quickly. At the same time I was able to access my corporate email using the Outlook Web Client and a custom VPN tool. I could also instant message colleagues if I needed to using the sametime protocol on Pidgin.

Is this how everyone will use theirs? Nope. But the possibility is there for that and more thanks to the openness of the device. Could the N800 use some improving? Oh hell yeah. I still don't get what's going on (or not going on) with the webcam, which is as close as you can get to a useless appendage without actually being one. Do I think that improvement is in the works? Of course. And that's arrived at without the benefit of inside info.