I actually did do some research, didn't have the opportunity to demo one in store, couldn't order one from nokia over the phone only from the site so I purchased it from a 3rd party store that actually shipped one over from Europe.

Maybe you don't care that video's don't render properly, maybe you don't care that you have to download 5 video players to actually find one that will play your video, but like I said all you every day techie's and fanboys don't have a problem with that and you are ever so wrong if you can't work out that you where never the market Nokia intended to buy this device and the only reason why it was never mass marketed is because it had hardly anything to talk about that could be definitely conveyed as working properly because most software released and even the firmware update was pretty much alpha versions anyhow.

I can say I like having wi-fi, sucks that any site thats worth looking at displays really crappy even if the graphics do look ok, it's choppy and can't even render videos without stuttering like it's disabled. And then to top off this wonderful piece of hardware with alpha software, Nokia releases the N810 to those who want to feel like they are actually purchasing something better.

And for the dude that said oh you bought an n-gage and then you bought an internet tabled, my n-gage was great in theory but I had to send it in for service and with-in a week of getting it back it broke again... The n800 was released a couple of years later, maybe after reviewing review sites I went and purchased one thinking I had a truely web-enabled tablet, hell I would have paid another couple of hundred dollars for it.. but it's a POS out of the box.

Have I found unique ways to use my n800 to make it somewhat worth what I paid for it... kinda... I use it to remotely connect to my PC through my wireless router when I am working from home because I like to use 2 flatscreens to work from home when I am working at the help desk... but really I am basically using my own computer on it... I will take it travelling with me on my next trip, but only because my laptop backlight went (from HP after 13 months) guess even though marketed as a gaming laptop it couldn't handle games truely... just another example of products like this.

Basically if I am spending $400/500 on a device, I expect that I can get some good worth of it out of the box... You may all feel like you got something worth having I still can't equate it to much... And you know I may just consider a windows mobile product, I actually thought for a moment you Linux developers where actually getting properly supported by Nokia, but you are basically like jailbirds on bread and water... because if you where properly supported you'd actually be supported to make your own applications instead of porting everyone elses.

I am not on here to make friends, I am just here to explain facts and what I expect, yes Nokia has lost me as a future customer already... And although this was geared towards everyday people all you nokia fanboys had to respond didn't you!

As much as some may feel that I have no respect for software developers for the IT you are wrong, it's my feeling that you have not been respected by Nokia enough, which is why I have an Internet Tablet that was marketed to do much more than it ever could out of the box.

Hopefully some other companies will come to the market and start releasing IT with some good stuff... I actually think the n800 puts the Iphone/Itouch to shame, try watching CNN on an itouch, it's even worse than the n800... I am glad there are alternatives and when I next go out to buy a handheld device, I learnt my lesson.

Good on you Nokia for your game plan, I hope its working out for you and by your sales records for this device it's really showing just how amazing it's been.

Good devices don't need much marketing because they speak for themself..

It's too bad because the IT could have been much better and I think that in time Nokia will eventually release a good device... just a little too late...