Thread: Third Internet Tablet spotted on FCC
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lardman is offline lardman
2007-10-02 , 21:12
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#218
Why should I buy the N800 and not wait for this next incarnation?
I'd wait and see what the new one brings, or is the N800 significantly cheaper now than we expect the new one to be?

Here is what I think my gripes with the N800 are going to be:

1. Slow processor. It may be built for web apps - but given the community uproar about it's potential - it seems to be just a step shy of crossing that bridge to evolved PDA like status.
I don't think there are major issues with the processor speed, it's not as fast as some high end iPaqs, but it seems to work fine.

2. Real photo management software that will work with my WinXP home PC and Flickr. My #1 goal for the N800 is to take it with me into the field and shoot photography. I plan to swap my SD card from my digital camera and use the N800's (acclaimed) screen to view my results. When re-entering a wifi hotspot I plan to upload my acceptable results to Flickr - and wipe my SD card to refill it. (Question for current N800 owners: if you use Mozilla - have you tried fotofox? Does it work on the N800?)
No idea about the software (what is photo management all about? Create directory, copy image files? Use filemanager...?), is there anything open source you could port/adapt? One thing that does bug me is that large digital photos take a while to open - this could probably be improved by optimising libjpeg for ARM (or using the DSP). The use of hardware acceleration could also speed this up (we'll see whether the new tablet uses this).


Simon