Hey Everyone-
This is my first post. For the past few days I have been checking out the N800. Looking for something I can use at work. (3rd shift at the local hospital). I am currently using my son's laptop but he wants it back so I started checkng out the N800.

We have a public hotspot at the hospital and have no problem picking it up with the laptop.

My question is:

Will I have any problems picking up the public hotspot with the N800.
Is the strength of the WIFI for the N800 just as powerful as a laptop.

I tried it once with my son's DS (he has the web browser) but the signal strength was aweful and I could not connect. I just want to make sure that the N800 has the power to pick up the WIFI, thats the whole purpose of the purchase. To surf the web, check e-mail and read the news.

Anyways, I am glad I found this forum, great info and an awesome "newbie" section.

Once again, thanks!

I can safely say this device has a very impressive Wifi capabilties. It picks up almost twice as many signals as my laptop.

Hope that helps

I agree. When I got my N800, I started picking up hot spots wherever I went. I'll enter my apartment complex and before I get to my parking spot, my N800's mnotify will "CHING" connected perhaps 60'-80' away from my Linksys 802.11b router inside my apartment (that always brings a smile to my face). When I visit my brother's house the N800 automatically connects to some neighbor's wi-fi that my laptop barely registers if at all. At work I can connect to a public hotspot from the business next door that none of my coworkers can get in (I can listen to streaming radio at work now).

thanks for the responses, looks like the n800 will be just what I need!

I agree too, my N800 was picking up a signal in the same place as my friend's P990 couldn't.

agree here to. This is something nokia got extremely well in the n800. I pick signals at home and at work that I never knew they were there before. even with my laptop that has a pretty good wi-fi card I cannot see/use so many hotspots.

Yes, the N800 is very very good at picking up wi-fi signals. It picks up more networks than any smartphone I've used, and it easily matches my laptop as well.

Once again, many thanks-
just ordered me my N800!!

Beats my laptop, too.

You'll love it. I'm a hospital worker as well, and it picks up our public hotspot jes' fine. Better than my old Zaurus SL C860 handheld, in fact.