I am getting the N800 mainly because I like the features it has for the price. Also, it pocketable. I don't think I can fit a Eee Pc in my pocket. I looked the Pandora from gpx2 forum, but still is $330 and not even out yet. I finally the N800 for $184, might even able to get it lower hopefully. It seems like right device at right price on my budget.

Beside I already have laptop with Fedora Core Linux on it. I will admit my laptop is 2-3 years old, but its still more powerful than EEE PC. I spent way too much money when I got that NB ($1300+). I will try keeping my $$$ spending to low as possible while still getting something I want. The last few years I blew away most of my saving on computers, laptops,, TV, and electronics. Got a nice credit debit because of my spending spree. Trying NOT to do that again.

I have an Asus eee as well as a 770. I am thinking of getting an n800 to replace the 770.
the nokia ITs are completely different products than the asus.

Mediabox is pretty damned good. It's fully functional and works well. Canola wants to win the beauty award, but it's still not nearly as finished as Mediabox.
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Ptunes is nice, but once you run Mediabox, you'll never go back. Except maybe to use your A2DP headphones.

I purchased the n800 directly instead of an EEE and for my usage made the correct decision. In the future I think I would buy another n product over a mini computer like the EEE. The only thing I miss is a docs program for my school work, but I have been meaning to try Google docs as an alternative...

Instead of telling someone what to buy, the best advice is to weigh your personal usage characteristics and see what device will best work for you. For me, I haven't regretted buying the n800 over an EEE.

i think i will be getting an EEE PC or some other Ultra Low Cost PC when my tax refund comes back. I already have an N800

I have a n800 and a Palm (Treo 700p). There is really nothing on the n800 that can match PocketTunes. In terms of music management, pocketTunes is as good as desktop music players. That's unfortunate.

Also if you have Chinese/Japanese whatever Asian fonts in your mp3 id3 tag, it will chock all of the n800 music players. You have to transcode them to AAC, default media player will display them finally (not the other shitty media app like Canola though.) I suggest you use "MediaBox" on n800.

GPS navigation is OK for both the paid and the free programs. Hooking up to any GPS receiver is fast and you get tracking which is nice. But nothing can match the commercial GPS app on Palm/PPC like TomTom and Garman. In fact nothing runs on XP is as good as TomTom and Garman either.

As for GarnetOS emulation, its slow *** as you expect. I only play 5 minuts with it. I didn't use any old PalmOS app on the Treo so I don't know which legacy PalmOS app is that important to you .

Now, after all said and done, why would I recommand the n800 over say a Treo or a PPC? Tons! It's especially useful when you are travelling. It's a hell lot closer to a small laptop than a Palm device. You can do tons with it when you have no way to access to a PC, which happens alot when you are traveling oversea.

I have a 700p and an iPhone (and a PSP for that matter), all of these have better music playback than the n800 but on my recent trip I only brought the n800 and a cheap phone for GPRS tethering. I make do with n800's music playback. Why you ask. It's cheap and small so the chance of it getting stolen is slim (on this trip to GuiZhou, China my Nikon bridgecam 5700 was stolen btw). It can open so many more badly-written websites than a PDA that it's very vital when you need the infomation.

It's also quite a capable photo managment tool. Any pictures you take can be reviewed on the high-re screen on the same day. As long as they are not 6MP,8MP large photos. You can even unload them via RJ45 if you get the home grown adopter. There are two more very important features, they are the USB hosting hack and the dual-SDHC slots. With a n800 and 2 backup third-party batteries, I can go on for 2-3 days without getting to a place to recharge and still listen to music, read ebbok and get in touch with the internet consistantly. It's awesome!

In fact its so useful I am seriously considering getting a backup. I mean I can get an EEEPC but the the place and I can use it is alot fewer, which makes me alot less moble so to speak.

Great post whatever. I would agree that it is an awesome photo tool. I transfer my pics using an OTG adapter from my camera to my n800 and then sometimes back them up to a mobile hard drive, which means I have a theoretical 160GB of photo storage while away...
And even though they are 8MP each, I find the program quiver can handle them pretty decently for on the fly reviews.

I have both the Eee 4G and the N800. They are very different devices. The Eee is a subnotebook with a battery life common for notebooks (ca. 4h). It's not a mobile device, but a ultra-portable device. The N800 on the other hand is mobile, fits your pocket, has awesome battery life, but doesn't have a hardware keyboard. The keyboard on the Eee isn't too great for typing much, though. There is also no touchscreen on the Eee.
The Eee is for people who need an office computer while travelling, the N800 is for people who want entertainment while travelling.

I don't want or need much entertainment while travelling, but I do need to stay in touch with all my email accounts. That's the major important thing I depend on my N800 for - can't be without it.