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I'm insulted!

That's great news. I fully intend to do this. Is there easy balance control on the speakers? Have you personally tried holding the phone to your ear? Can I run scripts/commands from RTCOMM upon incoming call, text, or other?

Given the hardware, I think an app that had phone like functionality would be useful for a select few. I'm sure that it would have to numb the display to input from ones cheeks during a call and adjust speaker levels, but even for the original N810, it would be a useful to have around the house/cafe/etc.


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Just a warning that be prepared someone making joke with you...

Anyone remember the N-gage sidetalking?
http://www.sidetalkin.com/page-1.html

Har har... Or worse, they might mistake it for a dreaded iPhone...

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By the way, I got a chance to try a 3G iphone out the other day in a Rogers store. I was 'impressed' for all of 30 seconds before I got utterly bored with it. I think it was the low resolution and the closed nature that turned me off. I like the ability to customize, tinker, and build, but the iPhone, sadly, seems to offer little of any of these characteristics. Although the iPhone/NIT are similar in capability, the closed nature of the iPhone is a huge turn-off for peeps like I.
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it's be worse with the n800 because the microphone is at the top/middle, so you'd be holding it in a very peculiar way. not sure where the microphone is on the n810 or 770.

Not easy (requires software installation), but possible. Not really needed (on the N800, at least) because you have the volume way down, and the other speaker is pointed at your jaw, there's no significant sound leakage from it. Again, with the N810's side-firing speakers, I can't say, but it might be worth it.

Aumix exists (in some repo, maybe extras), and I think it's scriptable.

Yes, after hearing it recommended in these fora. Of course, since I use my tablet as a music player, I just use a headset for calls as well, but I did try it.Dunno.

Maybe, but it'd be a very select few... I'd just recommend this. (And I'm not really joking; if you want to use the N800 in phonish fashion, that's really not a bad plan, leaves the N800 usable while on-line, and it should definitely work.)

I'm mostly happy with my n800. The only three things I would like to see in the next model are:
* good hardware support for video playback
* official A2DP support
* a nice line of cases from Nokia - preferably with the option of a belt-clip case

I don't think the n*** needs a cellular transceiver - I'm fairly sure I wouldn't want to use it as my primary phone as it is too big.

This is definitely an option. Another option would be a usb handset/headset. They are both plentiful and cheap, and I doubt require much current. I could be wrong about this.

I also have a bluetooth headset, but hate wearing it with me everywhere on off chance that I receive a call (and it's one of the smaller ones). I'd much rather just pick up the NIT and start to talk. It's not so bad at home, I have privacy, so speaker would work well for quick conversation, but on the road, I would rather not juggle many devices for this simple function.

I'm hoping that the NIT to-ear works well...

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Just got my hands on the new Blackberry Bold. Wow! What a nice device. It looks like Blackberry hear my cry: very solid hardware & keyboard with leather backside (scratches on leather doesn't look that awful than on metal finish).
Now, Nokia should do a smaller N900 with the form factor of BB-Bold, integrate all my wishes including Maemo, free Nokia Maps and I promise again, this will be the killer device!

I've held off buying the n810 because I didn't like a few things that changed from the N800 to the N810, particularly the lack of a second SDHC slot (getting stuck with an unremovable 2GB is unacceptable to me and seems like a step backwards from the N800 model).

Here's what I'd like to see in a newer model, realistically, and would effect my decision to immediately jump out and buy one.. I'll break it down into three categories: important things to retain from current models, new things I want to see and, lastly, things I don't want to see.

IMPORTANT THINGS TO RETAIN FROM CURRENT MODELS:
n800: TWO SDHC slots
n800: Speakers in the FRONT (On the sides/back on the n810? Weak.)
n800: Directional and other controls on the face
n8x0: Kickstand (one of the things that immediately impresses EVERYONE as useful)
n810: GPS built-in (wish I'd had that in my n800, very cool integration)
n810: Slide-out keyboard (more of a want, not a real NEED, I've found)
n810 WiMax Edition: The black metal style--MUCH nicer than anything else so far.

THINGS I WANT TO SEE:
Mouse support! PLEASE! There are many times where I'd LIKE a more accurate way to draw (with a drawing tablet) or hover over things (web browsing, tooltips, etc.) There would NOTHING quite like folding out my already-working Bluetooth keyboard and my almost-working Bluetooth mouse and my N800 tablet down.. and then effectively having the most portable faux laptop experience.
Open drivers to hardware (if Neuros can do this with frighteningly similar hardware--why can't a bigger, more established player like Nokia?)
Of course, faster processor and more memory.. my Palm Tungsten T5 is faster than either the N800 or the N810 and the T5 isn't even a Linux based Internet Tablet.

THINGS I DON'T WANT TO SEE:
Cell phone radio (I would prefer to have an external Bluetooth phone or USB modem device to do wireless networking so that I'm not tethered to a particular service)