Right, this is a pretty long article but I think it's important enough to warrant it:

The Internet Tablet School's complete guide to updating the N800's firmware, and how to upgrade to OS 2008

As always, please let me know if there are any errors.

Didn't I ban you from posting in the newbie form about a year ago? Did you think I would forget and go away that easily?

I've added a tutorial on using Bluetooth headsets (as the N800 and N810 are now officially compatible with them):

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...p-and-use.html

and there are more updated versions of older tutorials now on the contents page (updated to take account of the N810 and the OS 2008 update for the N800):

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...ents-page.html

The N800 and N810 have a decent alarm clock, but it seems to be a bit hidden from view and I didn't even know it existed until I stumbled upon it recently.

I've done a tutorial not only highlighting how you access it but how you can set multiple and repeating alarms, and how to customise the alarm sound:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...arm-clock.html

Another mini-tutorial, this time about how to find and use the built-in help system on the N800 and N810:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...-built-in.html

It's amazing how many people never notice the tutorials provided with the actual tablet, practically every feature and application has one. I think it's because people often miss the menu at the top.

Thanks for all the work you do on the Internet Tablet School, krisse. I've been reading it since I got my N800, and learned quite a bit from your tutorials.

Another couple of new things on the Internet Tablet School...

First, the firmware update tutorial has now been altered so it covers the N810 as well as the N800 (and it includes an N810 video too, so it's now the first tutorial with two videos):

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...-firmware.html

Second, I've done a video and tutorial on watching YouTube videos through the N800 and N810 web browser:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...be-videos.html


Thanks very much ssmith!

It's nice to know people appreciate the site, makes it all worthwhile.

Not sure if you're looking for ideas but connecting USB devices to the N800 seems to be a fairly popular topic and thanks to OS 2008 and some recent developments on the adapter side of things it's easy enough now to be "newbie experience level capable" ;-)

Just a though... great work on the rest of the site though, I'm going to send a link to my Dad so he can learn to get the most out of his N800.

Thanks!
-Rob

New tutorial, this time on how to maximise your tablet's battery life:

http://tabletschool.blogspot.com/200...e-battery.html


Yes, a lot of people have asked about this!

I'm still not sure if this is easy to do "out of the box" though, so I don't know how suitable it is for my particular site. As I understand it you need a rather unusual adapter for it to work, and you need to install a patch on the tablet too?

It's also probably not something that most people would want to do with a pocket-sized device, though obviously a significant minority do.


Yes, please do, this is exactly what the Internet Tablet School is for! Let me know if there's anything he has trouble with.

Tell him to click on the index page on the side of the screen if he ever gets lost, as it's got a list of all the up-to-date tutorials.

Krisse, your tutorials have helped me a lot, thanks!