So Dave is getting a Nokia N800. That totally rocks. Can’t wait to see what he does with it.
To help get him (or anybody) started, check out the review Jim Thompson and I wrote for Linux Journal.
It’s not as slick as an iPhone, but it’s open and ready to do, well, pretty much anything.
Doc- I gave the N800 a spin earlier in the year…
http://fussnotes.typepad.com/plexnex/nokia_n800/index.html
Turns out I don’t need an iPhone but I really liked the removable media feature of the Nokia.
Best,
-Sam
I have an N800 and am the only person I know who does. I am anxious to learn what you are doing with it as I am a bit ‘in the dark.’ Please keep telling us what you are doing.
I use it mostly as a GPS and a kind of all-purpose handheld computer. Small, compact, good for looking stuff up.
I’d like to use it for Skype or Gizmo but haven’t done that yet.
It’s not a bad radio, but the nokia healphones are hopelessly non-standard.
I use it as a GPS, too. And for voip calls when I’m away from home. And web browsing. And jabber chatting. And remote logins to the server to do admin work when I get a frantic call from a user. And to read my email. And as a media player. And one of these days I’m going to modify Maemo WordPy so it can submit to my blog.
Oh, and I use it with my one-handed bluetooth chording keyboard:
http://blog.russnelson.com/chordite
Oh, headphones.
I use a pretty expensive pair of Bang & Olufsen phones and they reveal what a great DAC and amp the N800 has. It’s strongest suit! As good as iPod without the comical Bose bass-bloat.
Interestingly, the sound on the N800 is much better than the N770. First, it has larger speakers. Second, there’s two of them. Third:
http://blog.russnelson.com/770/N800-speakers.html
I can’t speak for the n800 but since it’s the follower to the 770, it’s web browsing is probably at LEAST the same functionality…
Which means a modified linux interface (heavily used apps / running apps / a launcher menu on the left). Apps run fullscreen. And the browser was absolutely fantastic. It handled “heavy” pages (like WorldOfWarcraft.com) just fine. Flash was supported up to 7, but I can dream that the n800 gains newer flash support. Java was lacking unfortunately, but javascript/ajax were fine – it’s the Opera browser after all…
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