I have a few ideas that I would try to implement, but maybe I'm alone on these. I started with my 770 nearly two years ago, and now I have had my N800 for over 10 months, so I have seen the huge improvements, but there are still more that need to be made. Here they are:


1.) Add the ability to use the device in portrait mode. This would make one handed use much easier, especially for apps like Kagu and Canola. Skype and Rhapsody would be nice in this mode also, especially Skype, since the device could be held up to your ear like a phone. This is how I use Skype on my IT, as weird as it sounds.

2.) Native A2DP framework support that developers can access in their apps. Please, this is at least a year overdue!

3.) Go to SlingMedia and ask what they need to get SlingPlayer working on the new N810. It works on just about every platform now except the IT. Figure out a way to cross-promote the two devices, both would come out winners.

4.) Come up with a quick and simple synching solution, making it easy to transfer bookmarks, emails, videos, music, etc. Make the IT a true desktop extension.

5.) Simplify the firmware update process. Having to wipe the machine 3-4 times a year and start all over by manually replacing apps and data is ridiculous. I know you can backup and restore, but it usually creates weird issues, so I never do that.

6.) Improve the screen! Resolution is just fine, but brightness needs to be better, along with the elimination of the weird shadowing along the right side where the backlight is. My N800 at full brightness is like many of my other handhelds at 50% or 60%.

7.) Mini-USB charging, with just a standard cable. Eliminate the barrel jack, it is not needed, and is not as flexible for people on the go as USB.

8.) Simplified and expanded integration with BT-equipped phones, which is now probably about two-thirds of them out on the market. Easy tethering for data access, easy access to contacts on the phone for SMS and email. BT printing support would be a plus, also.

9.) Last, but definitely not least...Nokia, please take a long hard look at the iPhone and copy everything you see fit. Don't be ashamed, because the iPhone is a great device. It just works the way you expect it to, pick it up and start using it with the instantaneous loading of the apps. Many of my points above are already on the iPhone, or will be in the not-too-distant future. New firmware? No problem, just sit back and let iTunes automatically sync all your data, apply the update, then put all your stuff back. The iPhone screen is much brighter than the Nokias, and even though the resolution is lower, the easy zooming and panning feature almost makes that a non-issue.


Well, there is my list...I am not trying to turn this into an Apple vs. Nokia flamebait post, but Nokia is just *this* close to having a device that does everything we all want it to. I know the original plan that Nokia had for these devices was to be just mainly a web browser, but those plans need to be quickly adapted to all of the new uses that we all now expect. I hope the third time is a charm, and hopefully the IT series is around for a long time, because both of them that I have owned have been two of my best purchases ever.