Hi,
ext Jon Dodson wrote:
> ive checked the specs and pricing on the n800 and i was wondering if anyone
> had some honest feedback after using it for a few months++. The review
> sites rate it based on a few days of use(if that) and thats not a really
> good review of how good or bad it is.
>
> i am a power user who plans on installing apt, bash, ssh(client) and
> mplayer, etc to get stuff to work like it were a small(form factor)
> laptop. with that specifically:
>
> can i plug in usb stuff to it? i can get usb converters i dont care about
> that.
>
> do bluetooth headsets work with it? as in you got something to work? if so
> what kind?
>
> battery is advertised to be about 3 hours for wifi and 5 for video, does
> that seem to mesh with your experience?
>
> does the battery life degrade over time badly?
Largest effect on the battery consumption is from WLAN access points
that don't implement the WLAN power management properly[1] any 3rd
party stuff that you install if that SW contains something that
constantly does things on the background or uses network often.
[1] I think maemo.org contains somewhere a list of these broken
WLAN AP devices which you could avoid.
> 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).
If you want to use larger memory cards, please make sure that your
N800 contains the latest release. Earlier releases could corrupt
>= 2GB cards:
http://maemo.org/news/announcements/view/1191328183.html
> how is the UI overall? i can console but i do enjoy ease of use(i find
> gnome easy to use).
- Eero
