Hi, On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 08:35:46AM +0100, Thomas H?hn wrote: > I'm currently thinking about buying a N800, after some friends won the > N770 at Gnome's GUADEC and were quite happy with it. I was extremely happy with my 770, and even happier with the N800. (That does not mean both devices do not have any flaws -- they have plenty, especially on the software side. Nevertheless I am very happy with them.) > What I don't get so far is: Can I use normal Debian packages from > ftp.debian.org? No, not yet -- different ABI (http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort). Debian plans to migrate to EABI. Usually it is not too difficult to recompile Debian source packages for Maemo. > The maemo wiki's application list looks quite empty > compared to the list for the N770, and it would sure be nice if I were > able to get any app from the vast pool that Debian supplies. Still, I > fear that's not possible? The wiki application catalog is deprecated (although some people still update it). The new catalog is http://downloads.maemo.org/. Unfortunately not all applications are added there. > Does the N800 come with some PIM suite (at least calendar, contacts, > appointments) preinstalled (that is, from Nokia)? No. There's a Contacts application, but it only stores email addresses and Jabber/Google Talk IDs. > What kind of WLAN chip is used in the device? I don't remember. It supports 802.11b and 802.11g. > Is the battery pack one that is used with other Nokia devices > (especially mobile phones), too? Would be nice, since those are usually > cheap to get. Yes. Marius Gedminas -- Life was simple before World War II. After that, we had systems. -- Grace Murray Hopper, 1987 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail/maemo-users/attachments/20070306/e1e823cc/attachment.pgp
