Thanks for all of the responses.
First of all, yes - I don't have 20/20 vision. I'm 34 years old and have been wearing glasses since I was 3 years old. I do go to the eye doctor every year, however, and I have been recently. My rx is good.
Anyway, it probably is just old age - mostly.
I have my Buy.com return merchandise auth #, and I plan on losing $32 re-stocking fee (15%) + shipping. Damn.
I bought 2 SD cards and a boxwave screen protector for this thing. I haven't received the boxwave yet so I left the factory one on.
Someone mentioned having a hard time reading this at night. Coincindentally, This is why I bought it. I currently use a Dell Axim X5 almost every night if I can't sleep, or while I'm falling asleep. The lowest setting on the n800 is certainly the most eye-straining and has the most "shimmery" viewing angle problem. However, the overall zooming and setting for each website is not for me. To each his/her own.