I'm a design student and own the N800.

Just was curious if anyone else is into product design or has an idea for a device.

Do you think if a group of people from this forum worked on a mini project of designing a tablet and showed the concept to a leading manufacturer they would consider looking over it?

I'm not talking about recreating an OS but just the design aspect of the device.

If not then what would you like to see in the next gen of mobile device?

Here's a starter for ten:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ead.php?t=4021

Rather than focus on a keyboard, as that thread does, I would be more interested in a computer I could talk to. And better handwriting decoding. I liked writing on a Palm. And somehow the Windows problem has to be overcome -- either sites like www.audible.com have to be Linux compatible or some kind of Windows needs to be used.

(try listening to an Audible audiobook to determine compatibility)

By the way, are the prospects of getting Wine working on my N800 someday < 0?

Word recognition could happen with a device like the N800as a client of a much faster server. I would think it can also be used as a smart microphone (A sophisticated "clapper", if you will that controls other, remote processes.)

All these threads about the next gen of devices makes me think another wave of marketing is about to pounce telling us what we need now... again. (+ a bunch, BTW.)

I'd like to ask. "What is it, you want to do?"


Some one designed, developed, and produced an application that allows the user the ability to monitor a cars real time performance using the N800. All for the price some people pay for just a set of custom, analog gages.

A smart fellow could pair a DB, determine mechanical systems flags and have it suggest corrections, even have the voice of John Wayne telling the user to "Slow down pilgrim".) when you go over predetermined speed.

With the right endorsements (regional) you would sell a bazillion of 'em.

Amateur club racers would buy them in a New York minute for any perceived "edge"... for instance.

But I digress... What is it that you want a device to do?

There is a whole lot that current consumer devices can do now yet nobody uses them to their potential.

Well, I want to talk to my device, as in dictate docs, and I want it to read to me. I can do both of these now on a bigger computer. I don't care if the program is on my computer or elsewhere. I would also like to run a Dreamweaver-like program and modify a website from whereever I am. If there were inexpensive program servers out there, I don't see why I couldn't run almost anything but a drive-in movie from a little computer. (I'd need a bigger screen for that.)

You are right about that...
and the real (IMHO) strengths of devices like the N800 are now slowly coming to the surface. I expect quite a few purpose built, bundled packages to be available by years end.

The N800 represents a low cost, easy to configure means of delivery for vendors of services.

People with disabilities should be one of the first to benefit, however in our commercial world; I suspect tourists with disposable income, companies with temporary DB intensive tasks like inventory or consumer surveys, and specialized niche markets will be the first to see this happening though.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/news/...e_N.htm?csp=34

Personally, I find the hardware of the N800 more than adequate. What's sorely lacking, as Sean Luke already pointed out in his article (http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~sean/stuff/n800/), is a usable, intuitive and consistent user experience.

What I'd love to see, is Nokia (or someone else) actually pay Paul Guyot to finalize and optimize his Einstein/Relativity combo (http://www.kallisys.com/newton/einstein/) to run on N800 hardware. I guarantee that you all will blow your tops in amazement.

(obviously, only those of us with real Newtons will be able to run it legally -- har har har)

http://net9.blogspot.com/2006/10/touch-of-future.html

It's a bit old, but I still like the idea of a clear, hard, plastic cover...
for the N800 at least.