A very amusing rant.

Personally, I bought my N800 mostly for browsing the web, and, at the time I purchased it, specifically intended to never sync it with Outlook even if that became an option. As time passed though, I've taken to carrying my N800 with me at work, and become less interested in also carrying my T5. At the same time, various bits of software have appeared that make synchronization with Outlook a viable option, so I figure, why not have a go at it?

I've joked in previous posts about being disappointed that Nokia didn't bundle Outlook synchronization software, but I'm not, really. If enough people buy Nokia Internet tablets and want synchronization, then third party free and commercial options will likely appear to meet those needs. Even on Palm OS, where basic synchronization was included, numerous companies and individuals offered alternate solutions.

As I said above, I bought my N800 mostly for browsing the web. However, I would not have paid what I did were that all the device did. I paid my money because I was getting a general purpose Linux computer that can fit in my pocket. That's the need it really fills for me.

I don't want any of the games folks are porting. I don't need GPS mapping software, free or commercial. I don't need a half dozen alternate media players with three dozen wacky skins each. I don't have any use for Skype. There's a lot of folks working on a lot of software for the N800 that doesn't benefit me at all--directly.

And I think that's great, because it grows the software base for the platform. More software, in diverse areas, will expand the areas in which the ITs are useful. That, in turn, increases the likelihood of the user base growing. More users, with new needs, will feed right back into growing the market (free and commercial) for software.

I want all that potential, future software to come. I want Nokia make crazy money selling these nifty pocket computers built on an open platform so they don't go away. I doubt I'll buy every Nokia IT model. I certainly won't buy or download every bit of software. But I want it all out there, so the good stuff I want appears too. I want lots and lots of people to be happy IT users because I'm really selfish.