Is this the successor to the Nokia N800?

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Kent Pribbernow @ Jul 10th 2007 8:00PM

Ah, so Nokia is looking to HTC for inspiration now? What they really need to do is dump Maemo Linux and flash the thing with Windows instead. Not that I particularly love Windows, but out of the box the N800 is only useful for basic web browsing and little else. I've played with one several times and it offers very little practical functionality. More like a brain-dead PDA. As a UMPC it might be handy for basic application access and familiarity.

But as with the UMPC, this product is little more than a toy for geeks. And not even a very good one at that.

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Al @ Jul 10th 2007 8:08PM

Windows? Ew yuck. I'd much rather see Nokia get permission to use OSX, and I hate the iPhone!

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tickle-me-silly @ Jul 10th 2007 8:09PM

Hahahahahahahahahahahahah............
most amusing comment so far.

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Ryan @ Jul 10th 2007 9:54PM

If you haven't used Maemo fulltime, you don't have a clue about it's real abilities. Yes, the device is pretty much useless for more than web browsing out-of-the-box, but 3rd party apps are where the device really gets its strength. GPS with cached google maps, mplayer, Real Rhapsody, Skype, Gizmo, Doom, Quake II, ebook reader, bash, x11 (server and viewer), mame, ScummVM, etc. All of those are 3rd party progarms that you have to install yourself. Having a Debian computer in your pocket is the greatest thing I can imagine.

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Mike Klein @ Jul 10th 2007 9:58PM

Speak not when you know not.

The N800 isn't meant for JoeQPublic. It is for network administrators, security researchers and linux users/hackers...at the moment. Perhaps in another year it will satisfy you.

It is trivial to install Ruby On Rails, Metasploit, gps mapping, j2me, osgi stack, python with bt support, on and on.

It's a very useful tool...lack of cellular and keyboard not withstanding.

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Rich @ Jul 11th 2007 6:05AM

Full blown Windows would kill the battery in two seconds.

Windows Mobile doesn't have a single browser as good as the N800's.

Just accept the N800 as what it is - an internet communication device. Web, IM, VOIP and streaming media.

The battery lasts for 6 hours when using VOIP. My last Windows Mobile device could manage 2 hours. I dread to think what Windows XP could cope with.

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