Originally Posted by Drewvt

Is there any point to viewing 1080p on a 800x480 screen?

Originally Posted by Drewvt

Is there any point to viewing 1080p on a 800x480 screen?

Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles

Originally Posted by Karel Jansens View Post
Come july, nobody will care...

Mmm . . . I don't buy it, not in the least. Don't make the mistake of thinking your personal views are shared by the rest of the world.

Originally Posted by johnkzin

it is? without jailbreaking, today, I can:

I can use it to remote desktop to my macs at home and work via ssh+vnc?
I can type extensive notes on it via physical keyboard?
I can use it to fix servers at work via ssh?
I can download and build a huge library of software for it?
I can develop directly on it in python?
I can use it as a replacement for my personal unix box, customizing and tinkering with it at the command line?
I can use AIM, Yahoo IM, MSN messenger, and Jabber on it?

All of that is news to me. And yes, those are things I consider to be necessary for me to purchase a device in this category. When the SDK fixes some of that, and when Apple finnaly puts bluetooth on it, then I'll consider it to competition. And not one second sooner.

Originally Posted by manchuia

I currently use both an iphone and the NIT i like the screen size of the tablet, but the UI, speed, and stability of the iphone. I consider the touch and iphone to be a competitor under what the OP has stated, but each have their pros and cons that are up to the end user to choose what to spend their money on.

With the growing list of applications created by the ever expanding jailbreak community, almost all software shortcomings of the iphone / itouch are disappearing. The added fact that my jailbroken iphone is faster and more stable than my officially sterile NIT is a bonus in apple's favor

Originally Posted by brontide

Interesting. I have both a Touch and a n810 and have come to some very interesting conclusions.

Speed: For web browsing the speeds are just about the same. The Touch is slightly more responsive while drawing, but usually takes longer to draw the whole page. The addition of flash on the NIT does affect a non-insignificant portion of the sites I frequent.

Stability: Safari is a crashing fiend. I can't run it for an extended period of time or open too many windows without it crashing. There is also a very subtle and annoying data loss bug that Apple doesn't like to talk about but is well documented on their site. The fact of the matter is that mobile safari takes the idea of "stateless" to a whole new level and will quickly become a thorn in the side of web application developers. The same pages under the NIT operate as I would expect from firefox.

UI: Hands down Touch, NIT's still have a lot of ground to make up if they even hope to come close.

I'm not saying there are not issues with the NIT, in fact just the opposite. I am an outspoken critic of the current state of os2008 as well as the general state of QA on the platform. On the other hand there is also the pink elephant in the room, that the next firmware for your iPhone could make you choose between the phone and the apps.