I installed it on my N800 yesterday after finally getting the OS clone to SD working. (Thanks for the instructions everyone!)

I like the OS. A bit faster (when disabling the scrolling RSS) the web browser mostly works better, though I did have a crash or two. The UI is much improved for finger navigation. They also finally made the lock function usable without a stylus. It was about time, thanks.

Overall, a great improvement. But....

I went back to OS 2007 this evening. Why? I've spent a lot of time customizing and installing apps. I use GPE and MediaStreamer almost every time I use my N800. I also use Gnumeric, the FM radio, and several other apps on a regular basis. None of them have been ported yet. Moreover, they shouldn't have to be.

Now that ITOS2008/the N810 are here, I hope Nokia has put down the framework that will stop us users from having to reflash and start over again everytime there's a new release. It's utter nonsense. This is Debian. You don't need to do this with Debian. Every other Debian-based device I've used, and I've used a lot, don't require this. We should be able to apt-get dist-upgrade to the new OS and there should be no excuses about this. The first two devices/three OSs were a good time to experiment, now they need to buckle down and work things like this and backwards compatibility out. I shouldn't lose gnumeric/GPE just because of the new OS. Nokia shouldn't be so quick to lose the goodwill of OSS developers by forcing them to start over again with each release. Users and developers alike have lost a lot of time and patience with this behaviour. I'd also hazard to guess that it's scared off a few potential commercial developers.

Okay, sorry for the rant. I think it needed to be said, though.