This is an expensive toy, and other than checking my email there is nothing I could do with it.

The Skype camera chat does not work anymore.

None of the media players I downloaded and tried on N800 worked as good as Windows Media Player on a Win Mobile platform.

It is very difficult to use the N800 if you are used to using Windows Mobile. This is because the programs you take for granted are unavailable on N800.

If you have an auxillary input in your car stereo you can hook up your N800 to it and use it as an mp3 player. At work I use the company wifi connection and listen to internet radio, podcasts, Rhapsody etc while I eat lunch.

When I’m cooking I can look up a recipe on my N800 at allrecipes.com and not have to waste paper printing it out. Also, it gives me internet radio etc to listen to while I cook.

I cancelled all my magazine subscriptions, saving me over 100 bucks, when I got the N800 because I can just use it to read those same mags online.

I can take movies I rip (to mpg format) and put them on an SD card so my son can watch them on long trips in the car.

I’m learning German right now and ripped the language cd’s and put the tracks on my Nokia N800 so I can listen/learn in my car when driving. Just hook into the aux jack on car stereo and it plays on my car speakers like I mentioned earlier.

I store menus from local restaurants in pdf format on my N800 so when out with friends we can easily decide where to eat.

I can look up movie times, make notes like errands, grocery lists, and not have to have multiple scraps of paper on me. If something is to long to type I can use the Maemo Voice Recorder to take voice notes.

I can use Google Apps, and if I get lost Google Maps ;)

the list goes on and on.

I bought it without ever having owned a tablet or palm device before and I found it extremely easy to use and very intuitive.

I do have to disagree with the people above though, people are fascinated by this thing. My wife and son are always trying to sneak off with it, strangers at coffee shops always ask me about it, and I have a hard time getting it back from people who want to try it.

I have found dozens of uses for it, many more than what I have read online. If you really get creative you’d be amazed what it can do.

I have never been happier with a gadget than I am with my N800. Is it a cell or laptop replacement? No. But if get one you’lL quickly see how it fills the gap between them in ways you never realized could be so useful.

I will say that both Skype and Gizmo Project work great on this thing, flash 9 works very well, and if you install a few simple programs it is even better. For example Mplayer, Gaim, Canola, Camera (program), Rhapsody and Quiver. By the way, the upgrade was easy, the instructions at Maemo were very easy.

Also, this thing is durable. My son is only 5 and he’s dropped it at least a dozen times, the N800 is unscathed.

I like to plug my N800 into my Samsung Home Theater System (has USB) and play music through my home theater speakers. With Rhapsody it’s like having an internet jukebox on my home stereo. Also, I can use it as an mp3 player the same way. With Bluetooh I can even send mp3s, pictures, and videos on my computer to the N800 while its connected to my home theater system and watch videos or even a slideshow on my tv.

LOVE the N800.

I am either going to wait until then or switch to Helio’s Ocean, especially since they are allegedly paying people’s early termination fees for them to get out of their plans early and switch.

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