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2007-11-06
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I second the comment about not being able to read the screen in daylight (another thing fixed in the N810). To really take full advantage of the portability and features of the N800 I want to able to whip it out and use it while I am outside.
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2007-11-06
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@ Washington State
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Using it with a GPS unit in the car can really be bad in bright daylight.
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2007-11-06
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@ St. Petersburg, FL
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Originally Posted by devaler
Google soft poweroff. Makes a long-press on the power-key equivalent to putting the cover on the 770. Just be sure to reduce the long-press delay to something a little more manageable (300-500ms).
No really intuitive way to put the thing in standby.
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2007-11-06
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@ "Almost there!" (Monte Christo, Count of)
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Originally Posted by devaler
Actually, there is; it just requires some work. If you map the long press on the powerbutton to softpoweroff, you have yourself a one-key standby solution.
No really intuitive way to put the thing in standby.
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2007-11-06
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@ London, UK
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i really miss the video chat n800-to-PC the most.... 
will this be fixed in the OS2008 or N810 ? (sry didnt have time to check)
will this be fixed in the OS2008 or N810 ? (sry didnt have time to check)
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2007-11-06
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@ Catalunya
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Originally Posted by traveller604
You lucky bastard
What I like most is that I have unlimited data for 9,8€ a month. It's not at full 3.5G speed (it's just 384 kbit/s) but still it's rather nice.
The best offer here for really unlimited data is 1,5€ a day (same speed). That's 45 a month if you use the connection every day. Plus VAT.
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2007-11-06
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@ A quiet place.
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles
I know what I'm doing when I get home today....
Google soft poweroff. Makes a long-press on the power-key equivalent to putting the cover on the 770. Just be sure to reduce the long-press delay to something a little more manageable (300-500ms).
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2007-11-06
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I have recently noticed that my battery life on my 3 week old 800 is sucking. I charge it until it reads Battery Full, then after an hour or so of radio use, it says I have about one hour left!
I bet I can discharge it fully a couple of times to restore... hopefully.
I bet I can discharge it fully a couple of times to restore... hopefully.
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2007-11-06
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@ Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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Originally Posted by traveller604
I don't see how you can't tell which button is which. Full screen is the big one, and the zooms are on either side. It's easy enough to do in your sleep unless you have huge fingers with absolutely no sensation.
Okay I haven't had my unit for that long a time yet and all in all I love it, but there's one thing that is very wrong with the design. It's the zoom and full screen buttons. Suppose I browse the net in the dark. It's then impossible to see these buttons and they're so damn close to each other that it's really pure luck if I manage to hit say the full screen button instead of the minus button. Also, can't all the buttons be illuminated at dark all the time? It's almost impossible to "feel" them.. like say the home button or the one above it.. very easy to mix up in dark if you want to act fast.
But all in all I love this little gadget. Goes so well with my N95
edit. I see they've actually addressed this problem in the N810
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2007-11-06
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- Viewing the screen in daylight, or even indoors near a light sourcce. It's near impossible. Hopefully this will be fixed in the N810. The Zaurus line has the best indoor/outdoor screen I've seen in a portable device. It's transflective screen cast no obstructive reflections even in direct sunlight, and the screen could achive a large brightness range. I hope the N810 can match it.
- The sound quality is very poor. I can hear constant white noise in the background. I know it's not a dedicated mp3 player, but it should have better sound quality.
- Rhapsody program has many bugs.
- Handwritting recognition is horrible, but I perfer to type anyway.
- Opera and MicroB are slow and scrolling is a pain. I guess it is just the 330mhz 128mb ram combo talking there.
- No PIM. It isn't advertised as a PDA but a PIM suite will not kill anyone at Nokia.
- Screen is recessed, making it harder to clean. It would be much better if the screen was flush with the body.
- Not fully open source. Binary blobs and closed source drivers make it harder for developers. The Angstrom project is working on a complete maemo replacement for the N800, but I guess they can only get so far because of the closed wifi, battery, etc, drivers. Maemo is pretty good, but alternatives would be nice.
- Built in IM and email client leaves much to be desired. Gmail IMAP does not work, and I cannot connect to AIM using the jabber protocol.
- The battery life fails to refresh sometimes, stating I have a full or near full battery remaining, when I actually have little/near empty.
Pretty good device overall. Overall best portable i've had.
- The sound quality is very poor. I can hear constant white noise in the background. I know it's not a dedicated mp3 player, but it should have better sound quality.
- Rhapsody program has many bugs.
- Handwritting recognition is horrible, but I perfer to type anyway.
- Opera and MicroB are slow and scrolling is a pain. I guess it is just the 330mhz 128mb ram combo talking there.
- No PIM. It isn't advertised as a PDA but a PIM suite will not kill anyone at Nokia.
- Screen is recessed, making it harder to clean. It would be much better if the screen was flush with the body.
- Not fully open source. Binary blobs and closed source drivers make it harder for developers. The Angstrom project is working on a complete maemo replacement for the N800, but I guess they can only get so far because of the closed wifi, battery, etc, drivers. Maemo is pretty good, but alternatives would be nice.
- Built in IM and email client leaves much to be desired. Gmail IMAP does not work, and I cannot connect to AIM using the jabber protocol.
- The battery life fails to refresh sometimes, stating I have a full or near full battery remaining, when I actually have little/near empty.
Pretty good device overall. Overall best portable i've had.
