I'll take eight!

Right. Since this isn't the Big Hint, and I haven't been keeping up with the forums all that well, until someone reposts the big hint I'm going back to work :P

EDIT: So I lied. VPN client?

Is your BIG hint in this thread?

Have they allowed N800 to take a sim card?

I really doubt that nokia will be making an E-series IT any time soon.
the E-series is intended for professional use with advanced email, contacts, syncing and VPN support. They will need to improve so many things on the platform. I don't think the platform is mature enough for that.
Also the S60 platforms (in the E90 for example) works well in my opinion.

Also the focus on Skype and Internet browsing (the only really good working thing currently) isn't very E series. (Skype is rarely used in professional markets)

I also think people are underestimating the Iphone as competition.
Apple claims "real internet" that is easy to use on a mobile device. That is exactly the main selling point for the Internet tablets for most (non-hacking) consumers. If it really works as well as they claim, than nokia will need to improve the IT platform really fast, or end up losing a LOT of customers.


I don't really care what browser is used on the IT platform. But if they change it to a Nokia Webkit based one they sure as hell need to debug it REALLY well. Opera is currently working well (not great, but well), and is relatively stable on IT (it sometimes crashes, but not often). Considering the buggy state and bad UI of a lot of the other application (google talk, RSS reader, email) on the platform, I would think REALLY hard before I would ditch the best application on the system.
My experience is that the Nokia S60 browser looks great and also work well, but it is currently a lot less stable on S60 than Opera on IT. (I own a Nokia E60, and my brother has a N95, so yes I tested it and it is not my phone).


Other cool features of the Nokia browser on S60 is that you can print web pages really easily on your network printer (I have a HP, the app is also HP, not sure if it works on other printers)
Why can't I print anything on IT?

Another thing I hope they change in the next hardware version: a better screen. The current one is the best I've ever seen, BUT it doesn't work well in very bright sunlight. The screen on my phone (E60 or the N95) DOES work well in bright light. (but it does reflect a lot more), so maybe there is room for even more improvements (The n800 screen is better than the 770 screen)

It's time to take up a collection, and simply bribe Texrat to reveal what he knows. He's probably having to much fun following this thread. I was going to start the collection with my NBUD (N800 Back Up Device), but I think my son walked off with the slide rule.

Howard

i reread this thread like 3 times and I don't see it.

Skype's the only thing i've seen used for VOIP in enterprises mainly because almost everyone uses it.

Extremely limited javascript, no flash, 320x480 resolution, no true 3rd party apps, completely closed, more expensive... where's the competition here? The only real thing IPhone has over the N800 is the fact that it's Apple screaming far and wide about it, whereas the Internet tablets have been relatively quiet... well, no, there's one more thing - the Apple fanbase/fanboys.

Well, I can tell you that KHTML is very stable and relatively bug-free as well as the highest standards compliant rendering engine out there right now. I've only used it as my desktop browser (KDE's Konqueror) - can't say I have much experience with Safari or the S60 browsers... so I'm unfamiliar with the tweaks that Webkit's done to it, but if they switch over, I'm pretty sure we'll be happy.

My experience is that enterprises use SIP for internal communication if they use VoIP.
I only use skype for talking to my friends.

How do you know all these things? I've seen a lot of conflicting reports about flash. They even want people to use AJAX for application development, so I assume the Iphone will have very good javascript support. And even the price isn't clear (with or without a data plan etc. )
The device isn't here yet. And Apple claims a "real internet experience".
I'm just saying that IF they succeed in delivering that, it will be a BIG competitor.


I may need to test konqueror again. It has been years since I used it. It really sucked back then (I had problems with plugins and a lot of websites didn't look right). I switched to firefox after that, and liked it very much.

Did you choose Su-18 for any particular reason as an example - is this your hint?

SU-18 is the N770.

Still banking on the VPN client. =D