THANKS:
Tha is my very point.

Yes you could say that is the Achilles heel for devices like N800 at this point in time, if you are depending on wifi connection.

And devices like the N800 wouldn't be very useful without a network connection, would they? You could still use it for listening to music, but not for checking mail, surfing the Web, or chatting via messenger.

Sprint has plenty of bluetooth phones, never fear. When buying one though, you'll want to make sure you get one that has EV-DO Rev. A, which is the fastest mobile broadband they offer. This is probably the mobile broadband you use with the card you have for your laptop. The question is more of how Sprint is going to do the whole data plan thing. If the data plan covers every phone on your account, then a new phone on the account with bluetooth will let you use the mobile broadband at no extra charge on your n800. If the data plan is specific to the sim card that is in the laptop card, you might have a bit of a problem, since they might want to force you to buy an entirely new data plan to cover your phone as well. This is what AT&T wanted to do to me, but they are a bunch of horrible horrible people, and it's better to not get me started on that rant. Anyway, what you need to do is talk to Sprint about this, I wouldn't call them since you are likely to get some person insulting your intelligence and reading off of a bunch of cue cards, instead walk into a Sprint store and talk to one of those people about it, just don't start talking about the n800 specificly, since they won't know much about it at all (Sprint is planning to release a n800 with WiMax sometime next year, and they might think you are refering to that, if they even know about it)

I have a question about free wi-fi;

I have tried in a number of places and get a message....something like "wi-fi error; cannot connect" (I don't have my N800 readily available so I'm trying to remember the message". No more information.

The last one was at a local hospital yesterday; they advertise they have free access and I was able to see it....but to no avail....

Any clue?

That has a tendency to happen if the signal is 2 bars or less. I also suspect it might happen sometimes when wifi hotspots use the weird system when they make you go through a web page portal before you can actually get to the internet. I have a 770 and I experienced a similar problem at a convention center in Tampa. It was supposted to have free wifi, and I found a place where I had decent signal to the hotspot, but it still wouldnt connect right. I think I recieved the 'local link' error though.

I do not doubt they are horrible, horrible... They are in for the money and they have also done horrible things to us. Anyway, this is good information and I will use it. I think I will pay a visit to one of their stores.

"When buying one though, you'll want to make sure you get one that has EV-DO Rev. "

But, wouldn't it be better if I wait for the release of the n800?

Is it a similar divise and not and updated version ?

I love how no one can answer a simple question. The woman said from the beginning she has wireless in her home. FORGET HOTSPOTS AT COFFEE SHOPS ETC.. If you have a wireless router at home, you can connect to anything you want to it as long as it has a wireless adaptor, card, or whatever you use. The Nokia N800 has wireless built in!!!! USE YOUR WIRELESS ROUTER AT HOME! END OF STORY