My N800 is on the way - got it for the bargain price of £150 from play.com

I'm intending to use my mostly as a media player, photo viewer and for surfing. Any recommendations re. software for this or should I leave it as it is out of the box? Would going to straight to os2008 be recommended?

TIA.

Welcome!...if I was you, I would be using it as it is out of the box, because in short time (all we hope that!) you will be enjoying two new, important releases: official OS2008 and Canola2.

But also you can try some other apps for OS2007: fbreader, omweather, Canola, quiver, maemo recorder, etc...but keep in mind once you upgraded to os2008 you should reinstall all the apps.

It depends on whether the final OS2008 release is out by the time you get your machine. If yes, then upgrade immediately, if not, then wait.

I'll be the dissenting point of view then. I say upgrade to OS2008beta right away. That way the applications you use will be the same ones that you can continue to use when OS2008 final is released, and the backup/restore from beta to final will work better than going from 2007 to 2008.

Maybe, some frustration implied with the OS2008beta can cause prejudice

The only reason I'd recommend against this is because they're going to end up installing all their applications and getting everything setup then having to do it (mostly, thanks to the improved backup/restore) all over again. Better off the wait a week or so and only have to do it once.

I've had my n800 for a week or so and I am installing anything that looks interesting just to try it out, with the intention of wiping it clean when OS2008 is released.
That way I get to experiment and then I will only install the stuff I actually use.

Quiver is supposed to be good for photos. FYI.

All this installing and uninstalling, does it leave junk files like it does on a windows OS?