John, for file transfer nothing beats rsync. It works like a charm on just about any platform, N8x0 included. julius On Thu, 5 Mar 2009, John Holmblad wrote: > Ognen, > > thanks for sharing your perspective. > > After several years I found an N800 app that provides real, practical, > weekly value to me . It is the multilist application. In fact, I even > considered selling N800's with this application preinstalled for end users. > > I have tested Skype and it works but I normally use my mobile phone for > voice. > > I have, when the need arose, done online banking using the N800/Diablo > www browser even though my bank's www site warns me that the browser is > not really compatible with its www site. > > I have also tested the apps that provide IP TV feeds which seem to work > ok with DSL to the Internet. I have not tested these apps over CDMA/eVDO > bandwidth however. I suspect that they would be very jerky on EVDO but I > could be wrong. > > I have also used clawsmail for email with some success although the > Clawsmail app interface is more complicated than it needs to be for > everyday use. > > One really good thing about the IT is how easily it tethers via > bluetooth to my mobile phone which has CDMA/EVDO service. > > Recently because I have started working with Python, I have had occasion > to perform file transfers from my Windows based PC's to the N800, > again, using bluetooth and it works very well. I have not yet had > success in moving files in the opposite direction but I believe that has > everything to do with Windows NTFS file permissions and nothing to do > with the Bluetooth stack in the N800. > > I believe that, so far, the Internet Tablets have failed to provide a > sufficient "constellation of benefits" to motivate consumer or business > users toward the device at the offered price versus other products on > the market and, unfortunately, that performance-benefits/price gap seems > to be widening, not closing, at least here in the U.S. > > I continue to believe that the IT is an excellent hw/sw platform > (perhaps even he best out there) however, end users don't purchase > platforms, they purchase product value which, in the current economic > environment, becomes ever more critical in order to justify a product > purchase decision. > > > Best Regards, > > > > John Holmblad > > Acadia Secure Networks, LLC > > > > > > Ognen Duzlevski wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I am curious to find out what people use their Nokias for. If anyone > > could share their usage patterns, it would be appreciated. > > > > I bought an N800 thinking that it was a very cool gadget (which it seems > > to be). However, I am having trouble justifying the expense to myself, > > even after a year of owning the thing. Here is my list of complaints: > > > > It is too slow when browsing the net (compared to, for example, my Asus > > EEE or my laptop). Then I thought I would use it as a glorified GPS unit > > so I spent more money and bought a bluetooth GPS unit for it. However, I > > have never been able to make Maemo Mapper really act in a user-friendly > > way. First off, as soon as you touch the screen (even by accident), the > > lead disappears and you have to set it up again (here is the problem: I > > am driving and the unit shuts off the screen to conserve power - when I > > need the screen, I touch it but then I loose the lead and it can also > > zoom in on another portion of the map - naturally I don't have the > > freedom to play with the menus and re-set everything up since I am > > driving!). Maps are also an issue, if I decide to download too many zoom > > levels, the maps are too large and Maemo Mapper dies processing them. > > Next, I tried Canola: it looks very pretty but the user interface is > > puzzling to me. I have tried to tell it where to look for videos or > > music but it was impossible to actually do so. Making a playlist was > > also difficult for me. Thus, I gave up. Next, Skype: I have tried to > > have a phone call or two over wireless, but with mixed luck, sometimes > > too slow, sometimes alright. > > > > Finally, the usage I really bought the unit for was to connect to my > > lego mindstorms NXT unit via bluetooth and control it from the N800. I > > have yet to have success in pairing the devices (to be fair, the problem > > is probably with the NXT). > > > > So, all in all, what do people use their Nokias for and are they happy > > with the overall usability of the apps and their documentation? Or am I > > just being lazy and giving up easily? It seems to me, I would have been > > better off waiting for an Android based phone, for example. > > > > Thanks, > > OD > > > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > maemo-users mailing list > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
