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 simply the best small browser I've used....... May 31, 2008
R. Sardina (Pennsylvania)
I have now been using this for a few weeks...and love it. After using the Sony "mylo" for about a year, I finally had to look for something better. Haven't had the chance to use the new Mylo, but could care less. The N800 does everything I need, and more. My job revolves around the use of my company's intranet website, and the N800 allows me to go through and view all items and opening new windows with no problems. I wish that I could watch videos at higher quality so I could catch up with my sportscenter while in Europe, but I will survive. br / br /The browser is also rather quick in opening the items I need. The speakers for the media player are great. The fact that I can take the sd card from my camera, view the pics, upload them, and email them through the N800 is awesome. Don't have to lug my laptop through the airport and have to take it out every time I have to clear security. They have no idea it's a mini computer. Oh, and yes, the lettering can be a bit small, but you can zoom into the part of the page you are looking at, and increase the size of the lettering. br / br /Did I mention that it comes with skype? It does, and it's great at it. The camera for video conferencing isn't very good, but it's an added toy. Again, it's the type of item that isn't for everyone. Not a full laptop, not a cellphone, but as an internet browser that you can throw in a jacket pocket.....it's awesome. br / br /Even my wife, who thinks these are worthless toys, loves that she can run it through the bluetooth connection on my cell phone while I'm driving on long trips.
 No Mac compatible! May 24, 2008
S. Krieger (colombia)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Cons: br /The new version of the software should be already installed. br /You cant install the new software without a pc (isnt it supose to be a wireless device??) br /No Mac compatible (!!!) br /No LAN port. br /Startup time. br / br /Pros: br /Price. br /Size. br /Good reception. br /I dropped it twice and still works ok.
 Great N800 May 15, 2008
M. Groh
This is great gadget! Whole family uses it as internet terminal. It is very easy of use and extremely fast.
Cheap, Linux and expandable. May 13, 2008
Grant Mcwilliams (Seattle)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'd love to give the n800 5 stars but I can't because you just plain have to fart around too much getting it to do what you want. If you buy it for it's intended purpose (web tablet) it's excellent and definitely worth 5 stars. But why buy a device like this just to surf the web when it's so expandable? If surfing the web and playing music is what you're after then by an ipod touch as it's a much more polished device. br / br /If you add some software you can do much more. My favorites are Maemopad+, Canola (with youtube plugin!), GPE office suit and Erminig to sync to google calender, FBreader to read ebooks, Gourmet Recipe Manager, Maemo audo recorder, Streamtuner (for internet radio stations), FM radio (take that Apple), Skype, Maemo Mapper, Pidgin (IM client that does AIM, MSN, Yahoo, google etc..), Wizard mounter (gives me access to remote network shares) and gpodder (RSS news feed reader. br / br /Yes you have to actually install most of this and no it's never going to be as smooth and polished as an Apple device but still can you do all of this with an itouch? No. br / br /What I'd like to see is Nokia add all of this functionality and make it all work together seamlessly. Dare I say as good as Apple? br / br /Overall I find my n800 indispensable in daily life as it handles all my PDA stuff, Media player and internet tasks. If it were all integrated I'd give it 5 stars and recommend it to everyone. br / br /Oh, as soon as you get it upgrade to the 2008 firmware and get some flash memory. I have 32 GB in mine because my intended purpose was to replace my ipod video. Now I'd never be able to go back to watching videos on a 2.5 inch screen.
a decent internet-oriented device for a nice price May 12, 2008
matt.mingkee (Brooklyn, NY United States)
received the little thing, the setup was easy, got hooked up to my 6263 and access 3G in 10 minutes br /the reason why I get this pda because I need a functional realplayer br /but I am surprised how work well on the web browser, it can display desktop style html with flash! (and regular youtube too), but flash adversely slown down the operation (it looks almost crash when loading speedtest.net) br /the streaming player is decent, supports streaming realaudio, mp3, and aac (OS2008 also supports 3gp and mobile youtube) br /OS2007 browser is based on Opera Mobile 8.5, which also supports WAP and XHTML, OS2008, however, is based on Firefox, which DOES NOT support WAP and XHTML br /browser loads rather fast on wifi and 3G, but I want to keep WAP support because html loading is painfully slow on EDGE br /it has basic PIM function, but it won't sync with Outlook, email sucks, it merge several mailboxes into a single Inbox, which is hard to manage incoming mail br /audio player is fine, but be aware if you want ogg vorbis support, the ogg component doesn't work and don't install it, it supports SD-HC but I found it can't write on 16GB card, while read from the card is fine, lack of bt a2dp is another minus, though OS2008 supports HSP/HFP br /it does not have any document or spreadsheet editor as it's internet-oriented device br /the screen is HUGE WVGA screen (800x480), that it looks pretty good on fonts, even better than HP211, but it's pretty difficult to read outdoors br /the control buttons are pretty simple, a d-pad, back/stop, menu, +/-, full screen, power buttons br /later version of OS2007 and OS2008 have different touch keyboard, which can use numeric easily, but the keys gets smaller, the touch screen is pretty sensitive, even you worry to break the screen br /this unit is kinda power hungry, with 1500mA/h battery (same as E61), I can play streaming audio continously for 4 hours through bt, compared with HP211, which can go 7 hours; wifi kills battery, I only get 2 hours of streaming over wifi br /plus: br /2 standard SD card slots, supports SD-HC br /WVGA screen br /desktop style browser br /easy to operate br /supports streaming real, mp3, aac+ (and 3gp with OS2008) br /minus: br /no bt a2dp (both OS2007 and OS2008) br /lack of WAP/XHTML support (OS2008) br /kinda bulky (maybe a tradeoff of WVGA) br /very bad cam (alot of noise even under bright enviornment) br /email management is lacking br /conclusion: if you want it to have internet-based application (mostly html and streaming) and IM, this machine is pretty promising, however, don't expect it can do anything else br /side note: this machine is based on Maemo Linux, which is Debian like
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