Oh no... not again... not another USELESS iPhone/iPod Touch vs NITs... please...
They simply cannot be compared for a gazzilion of reasons...

One note for all the developers that make NITs each day a better device: thanks, thank you all, you're the strength of this platform.

To the core problem that you are having...

MediaBox is yet another media player in development but it does a decent job with large MP3 collections and unlike Canola it doesn't distract from the Tablets look and feel or have dependencies that are on a different development schedule.

Vegalume is another very decent app that does the job of the Canola LastFM plug-in. Also, kmplayer can handle other media requirements.

that would be vagalume i guess

vagalume correct... Not to be confused with the Chevy Vega...

It must have been all the car analogies that confused me.

Really, what does the Touch have over the Tablets? An Apple logo? Hardware-wise, the Tablets are just far superior. Developers could put all their energy towards the Tablets instead of the Touch and we'd see far better apps (not dissing any of you hardworking developers that have been making awesome apps for the Tablets). But it's a shame that developers flock to the Touch just cause it's Apple.

Well, developers have two good reasons for writing iPhone software:
1. It's their job and they can make money off of it.
2. Whether they make money or not, it's a much more popular platform and their app can be seen by more people.

The annoying thing to me is that there are a ton of awesome libraries for Linux, but the UIs are lacking. I have a strong suspicion that with a separation of UI from development, this would change a lot.

Maemo developers can make money too (and helped for Forum Nokia), so the only reason is the second.

the true finger touch interface- my wife never has to use a stylus on her ipod touch

if i could get a theme (or be smart enough to hack the n810 myself) that installed the same scroll bars on all my apps as is on modest/email then i would never need the stylus.........


inasmuch as i am a linux newbie and do not know how to hack the n810 to do everything i want **I** can say that the finger touch interface is something that my wife's ipod touch has that i do not

otherwise the n810 does everything i want it to do - and more that i dont know how to do- and more than the ipod touch/iphone.

just my 2 cents

https://garage.maemo.org/projects/echowb/
have fun

Edit:
Also, the point I was trying to make is, what does the Touch have hardware-wise (besides multitouch, yadda yadda yadda)? Software can be updated and changed.
Anyway, the UI is supposed to make a leap to finger-friendliness in the next OS.

funny how we see things differently
I see the N8x0 as a Ferrari engine with a ford chassis.

I would never trade the things I can do with my N800 for an Ipod Touch - but I would like some of the looks, i.e. flush screen + glass front (scratch resistant).