Hi Everyone,
So I just got my N800 and the lack of an included real guide is hurting me a bit. Luckily, I found you guys and I figure this is probably even better.

Questions, in no particular order:
(yes, I know search is my friend and please don't flame me - I've been searching for answers to these for a couple of days and I haven't found anything satisfactory - so I figured this was my best bet. If I missed a helpful post that I should have found, please just send me a link. Thanks!!)

1. Is there any way to customize the UI, namely remove the "contacts" and "bookmarks" icons and delete application links within the applications menu?
2. Are there any other OS's that are worth checking out?
3. Any guesses as to if/when Skype will support video? (anything you've heard through the grapevine?)
4. What do you use to carry around your N800?

And now, the show off part:
5. What apps have you installed?
6. What can YOUR N800 do?
7. What do you use your N800 for the most?
8. Are there any other tips/tricks you want to share?

1) There are several themes out there to change the UI they can be found on maemo.org and some in posts here. To remove Contacts or Booksmark you have to replace it with something else. Dont think there is a way to just remove it. To replace one of them you can use Personal Menu. Its in the Extras Repo or you can find it on this site.

Personal Menu itT Post

2)KDE is really cool not really a new os but it runs over the OS and looks cool. Also you can get Mac Os can't remember which one running on it as well as a few more.

KDE itT Forum Section


3) Havn't Heard

4)I have an N810 but I use the case that comes it it for now, going to order new case soon.

Also you will want to reflash to OS2008

Edit: Added a couple Links

There's a screenshots thread; browse that, and you'll see a lot of themes, apps, and applets.

1) Go to Control Panel > Personalization - Panels.
You can remove Web and Contacts there, leaving only Application, but as andrewfblack suggested Personal Menu is a good choice as an alternative. You CAN use Applications only, but it is somewhat limited.

2) See above answer. Personally I have not had any real need to install another OS

3)Haven't heard either

4) Nokia SU-31 case, gotten a few weeks ago. Marvelous thing. Stylish and comfortable. I can certainly recommend it.

1. I haven't had a personal reason to try and remove the contacts and bookmarks items. Even if they were removed, I don't think it would increase the amount of space available to view running apps.
2. I am running Penguinbait's KDE, which works great. I can take notes on my Xournal app in Maemo, export them to PDF and the when I get home, I can boot into KDE and print the PDFs directly from my n800 to my network printer.
3. Video on Skype would be great. It's a closed-source application, and I don't think Skype had any commercial reason to develop Tablet version of Skype any further then it already has. What would be more likely is for Google to improve it's non-Tablet Talk app so that video can stream between Tablet and non-Tablet platforms.
4. I carry my n800 in a sleeve designed for a portable Hard Disk. It's a canvas sleeve with a velcro closure. I keep it in my front pocket.
5. Xournal is my number one app. I use Kagu for my media player. I sometimes use Pidgin for IRC chat. Penguinbait's KDE. Videocamera.
6. I can record video directly from my n800 and post to YouTube. Listen to audiobooks with Kagu. Take handwritten notes that can be printed directly to a network printer (once booted into KDE.)
7. I honestly use my n800 for most of my online life. I rarely use a fullsize computer anymore for anything. I mostly use my n800 for listening to Podcasts, reading ebooks, taking notes.
8. Number one tip: Get a USB OTG cable. I hook my n800 up to a USB hub to get access to Keyboard and Mouse. I can also hook up a USB Hard disk, USB CDROM/DVDROM drive. Once the noBounds project takes off, I expect to be able to plug my n800 into a usb hub and have a nearly full functional PC that can also go anywhere.

Not that way, you can't. You have to have three applets enabled to exit the dialog. There are ways to disable all the other applets, but it's really buggy and doesn't expand space for anything else.

Excuse me, but what is a USB OTG cable exactly ? What is it usefull for ?

Regards

I would hazard a guess that it's useful for the things you just quoted jaiotu as using it for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_OTG

A USB OTG cable (Universal Serial Bus On The Go) is a cable that is specifically designed to work with portable devices with a USB port that can be switched to Host mode. In normal usage, when you connect your Nokia IT to a PC, the Noka IT is acting like a peripheral for the PC. In Host mode, this scenario is reversed, and the Nokia IT can be used as if it were a PC... allowing you to connect peripherals directly to your device.

A really good description can be found here:

http://www.internettablettalk.com/wi..._using_OS_2008