For me, price is critical. I'm not interested in a phone that forces me into an expensive plan. The NIT gets me lots of free and cheap stuff and lots of fun, and I use it for serious things too.

I bought my N800 the day after the presentation last year, and I got exactly what I expected.. since then I only see new possibilities as new software comes along. The only slightly sad fact that came up after I bought it was the bandwidth issue for the LCD screen (caused by the larger display combined with chipsets not really designed for such high-resolution screens yet). No big deal, as in practice I don't have any real 3D needs.

(EDIT: Oh, and for the, as stupid reviewers are so keen to point out, "missing" SIM slot - I'm just about to get my phone upgraded _again_, this time getting even higher data transfer speed. It would have been insane to be locked into whatever old tech was built into a hypothetical N800SIM model at the time I bought it. At work we get new phones all the time, keeping up with the times. Can't get them to give me a new NIT instead, that's for sure!)

My N800 is close to ideal for me, and for the money it can't be beat. The only thing missing are good PIM suite that can share contacts with e-mail and mapping software that can create directions while off line and is not overpiced for a limited time licence. I found a GPS unit that does everyting I need for $115.

I lean towards 'It's pretty close to my ideal device.'

pretty close for me, imo to be perfect it would be the n810 with newer processor omap3 without that lcd bandwidth limitation and full size sd in place of mini then perfect

It wasn't easy choice. There is *no* device which fullfill all my dreams but IT is the best of the pack.

This voice was decided by handful hints of possibility of including xrandr into core official kernel. I am left handed and possibility of 180 rotation is really encouraging.

The N800 is pretty close to my ideal device. Combining this with the really low price for what you get I would buy a NIT again today if I would have to choose from the currently aviable devices.

I landed at the N800 after a thorough journey. I am essentially pleased. Not only good apps but FREE as well, how great is that.

I did find the Palm Tx size and size and shape and case quality more suitable for quick handling and everyday use, but the Palm Os is just not up to it anymore.

I read this today: iPhone Apps Will Not Offer Multitasking
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=13866

And that is worth $500+ ?? including a little hand full of memory? I am a Mac man, but I am not impressed with that option. (Oh look a new IPhone coming soon with 8gig...Wow, buy now ..oh well back to my 32gig N800)

Thus I am content with my N800 and enjoy the multiple media possibilities every day. No good PIM yet but hey my ol Treo650 is sufficient for now.

Yeah, I'm excited about the SDK, but hearing about some of the restrictions on the iPhone and iTouch, it really make me glad I went with the n800 instead of the iTouch. Sure the more apps you open the more resources it takes (and consequently it goes slower). But it's nice to not have to keep closing and opening apps (especially the ones I use). It'd be a real pain for me if I had to keep refinding my place in my manga (I use the default picture viewer since Comix is slow) whenever I wanted to use..say the internet.

Though I need to ask somebody (or someone hear if they own one) is it possible to listen to music and browse the web at the same time?

I put "I'd still buy a NIT", but I also mean that no one has yet made my ideal device. The NIT is lacking in some key UI and software things, as well as some hardware layout things.

In some ways, my ideal would be an 8" screen iPod Touch, with bluetooth HID, DUN, PAN, FTP, and Hands-free (to control any given phone, including an iPhone), as well as an express card slot (for WWAN cards). And, in portrait mode, it'd have a split-thumb translucent keyboard (like what the keyboard-less Samsung Q1 has). Oh, and, with a 100% truly open SDK that includes actual background tasks (apparently the iPhone SDK wont support that).

In some ways, it'd be a NIT with adding bluetooth PAN, and hands-free, as well as a fully finger friendly UI (so that you don't need a dpad). And slightly different physical layout (as I've harped on elsewhere), a better xterm client included, vnc viewer included, a fully finished and revamped modest mail client, and the fully finished and polished IM client (including invisible mode for those chat servers that support it).


Along with a companion device for the NIT that's like a cradlepoint personal hotspot, but with more battery, built in world compatible GSM/GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA, 2 SDHC card slots, USB-OTG, USB-client for config and charging, and the ability to do at least SMS/MMS if not also having a built-in light weight SIP server for voice. MAYBE have some ability to support a 1.8" drive (HDD or SDD). It'd be ok if it was bigger than a NIT :-) (but it should definitely be no bigger than a EeePC). Separate companion device products for WiMAX, CDMA/1xRTT/EVDO would be good too. Perhaps also one that has no WWAN radio, and an express card slot, as well. That way you can pick your WWAN options (or use none, and just leverage the express card slots for storage).



(EDIT)

Oh, and, PIM software, sync software that works with Google apps (mail contacts, bookmarks, calendar data, etc.), Apple apps (Mail, AddressBook, iCal, etc.), MS apps, and Mozilla apps (Thunderbird contacts, Firefox bookmarks, Sunbird calendar data, etc.; on Linux, Mac, and Windows), (and, then, just cuz I use it, and it's my ideal, netvouz as well).