Jon - I've written a fair bit about the tablet here - http://tinyurl.com/yw9b6e and here - http://www.maemoapps.com While not as geeky as you ... Mac guy on the desktop. The tablet will easily fill your need for the mobile internet / media player - watch though watch how you encode stuff (particularly video). You might find you want a nice bluetooth capable phone so you don't have to rely on wifi ... I get a really nice HSDPA signal when I head into NYC from my house and it's super quick on the tablet. Like walking wifi! EDGE works fine too for basic browsing, email and feed reading, but streaming needs more juice... On 10/30/07, Jon Dodson <jbdodson at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback Steve! > > I don't plan on using as a total laptop replacement, so that was a bit of a > misnomer I guess. I plan on really using it to surf the web, watch video > and do some more advanced stuff from a slim device. I run linux @ home so > having a device like that is what I want to roll with. > > I traveled this year and a friend had a cellphone that could do internet, > that was cool. I realized I wanted to surf the web from a small device but > I dont want the phone. Ive had laptops in the past but they are just a bit > too big to stuff in a hiking/travel bag :) > > > On Oct 30, 2007 12:42 PM, Steve Yelvington <steve at yelvington.com> wrote: > > > > Jon Dodson wrote: > > > can i plug in usb stuff to it? i can get usb converters i dont care > > > about that. > > The normal USB setup is for mounting the N800's SD cards as drives on a > > PC. There's been some discussion on this list of running the N800 in > > host mode, but that would require some cable magic and I'm unclear about > > the success rate. > > > > If anyone has been able to plug the N800 into a digital camera I'd love > > to hear about it. Any experience with something like this? > > http://www.delkin.com/products/connect/usbbridge/ > > > > > > > > do bluetooth headsets work with it? as in you got something to work? > > > if so what kind? > > Haven't tried. The N800 has worked with every set of wired headphones > > I've used, though. > > > > > > > > > > battery is advertised to be about 3 hours for wifi and 5 for video, > > > does that seem to mesh with your experience? > > Maybe just a tad optimistic, but I've had no issues on long airplane > > flights listening to the Greatful Dead while playing Aisle Riot. > > > > > > > > does the battery life degrade over time badly? > > Not so far. The battery is a standard removable/replaceable Nokia BP-5L, > > which runs $30 to $50 at online retailers. > > > > > > > did you find yourself needing more than the two flash card slots? do > > > you use more than 4 gigs of storage(2 gig sd seems cheap now). > > Not so far. But I haven't stocked it up with video. I am using the > > internal card primarily for swap and the external SD for media files. > > > > > > > > > > how is the UI overall? i can console but i do enjoy ease of use(i > > > find gnome easy to use). > > Not bad overall. It's more stylus-friendly than finger-friendly overall, > > especially when using some of the contrib applications (i.e. Claws > > mail). I think the upcoming revision of the UI (created for the 810) is > > a significant visual improvement and look forward to the upgrade. > > > > In general, I use mine pretty much as a toy, for checking mail and > > looking up stuff on Google/Wikipedia while wandering around, and for > Skype. > > > > Being able to call home practically free from Europe while not having to > > drag out the laptop was very nice. > > > > When I can't find an open wifi point, the N800 easily connects through > > my Nokia cellphone to T-Mobile's EDGE/GPRS network. Setting that up took > > about 90 seconds and all the T-Mobile magic was preconfigured for me. > > Most network providers are included. VERY well done! > > > > Overall, though, if I had no laptop I'd make that my first priority, > > especially with Wal-Mart selling a basic Acer for about the same price > > as I paid for my N800. The very small form factor of the N800 has > > advantages, but I find it much too small for any extended work. YMMV. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -jon > > http://www.jdodson.org > http://youtube.com/jbdodson > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users at maemo.org > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > -- Jonathan Greene +1.914.750.8740 AIM / iChat - atmasphere gtalk / jabber - jonathangreene at gmail.com Skype / Gizmo - JonathanGreene blogs - http://www.atmasphere.net/wp / http://www.maemoapps.com
