Hi, ext Norman Ramsey wrote: > > Thanks, Tony, and to everyone else. Because I rely so heavily on my N800 > > for day-to-day operations, I'm very hesitant about doing anything that will > > impact that. I have no problem with re-installing the software (although I > > don't want to) but wanted to make sure the tools I use are there. > > I would definitely encourage you *not* to upgrade. In addition to the > touch-screen problems already mentioned, my OS2008 'upgrade' has had > the following disastrous effect on my Igo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard: > > 1. Based on random criteria I haven't been able to figure out, the > Bluetooth keyboard sometimes activates the word-completion > feature used with the stylus keyboard. This is so slow (I type > 75 words per minute on a kinesis so probably half that on the > stowaway) that the keyboard becomes useless because the N800 > can't keep up. > > 2. THE KILLER: Once I have connected a bluetooth keyboard, the > on-screen stylus keyboard and thumb keyboard no longer work. > Even when the BT keyboard is put away and turned off, attempts to > use the stylus keyboard produce only a black bar at the bottom of > the screen with the letters Abc at the far right. The only cure > is to reboot the machine. > > I can't tell you how angry I am about this. For me one of the > great benefits of the N800 is that it's always on, always > connected. I mostly use the stylus but can easily connect a > keyboard if I have to write a long email. Now that's all gone; > every time I think about the external keyboard I have to think > about whether I'm going to give up all my external state and > reboot. > > If these problems aren't fixed in the next release of OS2008 I'm just > going to punt and go back to OS2007, which at least worked. Which bug(s) did you report on these issues? - Eero _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
