mytube is a godsent - especially when sonny wants to watch thomas the tank engine "reenactments" 24/7

Haha, except the recent Mytube changes are kinda funky (with the whole lack of lines and the finger movements).

I use my N800 as a browsing device when I'm in the bathtub. I haven't got any other use for it as I own a BlackBerry Bold (3G) and an Asus Eee. Because of the slow development of the IT os I won't buy another one ever again. Besides, the Blackberry is so much better.
Browsing in the bathtub is nice with the IT, and when I accidentally drop it in the water it won't matter. The battery is not that good anymore, and I won't invest in a new one.

All trolling aside... It's true, actually...

The N800 is remarkably water-resistant. I know this from personal experience and anecdotal evidence posted elsewhere on these forums.

or one can stuff it in a pda bag from aquapac to be on the safe side

that's true , but i expect more , i didn't find blackBerry that supperior just few key here and there or might say easy to use nothing more .........

I used mine quite a bit in grad school, since I could surf the internet and check emails via campus wifi without lugging around a laptop. Sometimes, I packed a USB mini-keyboard in my bag and used it to type up notes and assignments using Open Office through qole's awesome Debian application.

However, since I've picked up a Blackberry Curve, I use it a lot less. The Curve (with the T-Mobile EDGE data plan) doesn't require me to be tethered to a wifi hotspot when I'm out, and the Curve will access the internet through my home wifi network when I'm in front of the TV and want to Google something random.

I still use the N800 to browse the internet while I'm in bed...the screen really is better than the Blackberry. I also use it to stream BBC World Service radio at home. Surprisingly, I use it a lot as my mp3 player...Canola blows away the Blackberry in this regard, and the Blackberry doesn't have an FM radio either.

The convenient failure of my connection just as I was submitting my relatively long reply resulted in its loss...damn.

Anyway, I was, first, (offtopic, sorry, I know) going to ask - darshan_ucb - do you by any chance go to Berkeley?

Back to the discussion (if not the topic, exactly) I'm not a fan of Blackberries. The absence of touchscreens doesn't do anything for me, and neither does the Storm. Plus that serif font they seem to use so much...not easy on the eyes on a small screen, IMHO.

(Back more clearly to the topic...)
I love the NIT's for their large screens and fairly full window managers. Their interface suggests they think they're more like computers than mobiles, and they've got the screens to back it up.

Still, for convenience (convergence) and, I hate to say it, but snappiness, my G1's become my main device for most purposes, and for the moment, while I'm super busy with school, my N800 and 810 have been spending a lot of time on my desk. Nevertheless, while I think I'll sell my 810 while it still has some resale value, I'm still excited to use my N800 as an ebook reader, video player, and overall convenient internet device around the house.

The G1 definitely has more of the full-screen, mobile interface style (as found on lots of related machines - BlackBerries, iDevices, Palms, etc) which isn't ideal but is better suited to smaller screens. At least it switches tasks quickly.

But as a wearer of jeans that (ahem) the G1 doesn't even always fit comfortably in, it is nice to consolidate into a single device. Though this has also called attention to the problems of having a valuable phone: now I can't leave the internet device at home when I go someplace I don't feel as safe. At least now that I'm on a GSM provider I can drop my SIM into a cheapo phone for more or less the same effect. But I digress.

My n800 has 16GB and 4GB flash cards, and is my device of choice when out and about, I can tether it to my Nokia E65 for data. Because it runs flash, I can use it to check traffic report websites which the iphone can't do. It's a

* good RSS reader,
* audio file and stream player,
* terminal with a super-tiny keyboard,
* adequate mail reader with a separate account used solely for mobile email (only very important people know the address),
* video file player and occasionally useful video stream player

Whilst I do wish it was faster, it's "good enough" for everything I need, and small enough to be genuinely pocketable. The SIP and Skype apps have probably saved me the purchase price of the tablet (US$130) by allowing me to make free or cheap phone calls instead of paying international mobile phone roaming charges!

I shall definitely upgrade to the N900 or an equivalent MID.