Final Thoughts on the N800
I’ve had the N800 for several weeks now, I’ve told you what I love about it, and what I hate. I’ve modded it (FINALLY I have a camo device) and I’ve read a TON about it. When I first got it, Ollywompus told me (truthfully) “prepare to be constantly excited and frustrated, mostly at the same time.” I have been both, alot. However, in the conversations I’ve had with others about it, I’ve found myself saying the same thing over and over again: “It’s one of those things that you really don’t see the the use for until you have one.”
The N800 is truly a jack-of-all-trades, if you keep it in perspective as to what kind of device it is. It’s not a cellphone. At all. It just happens to be made by a cellphone manufacturer. For all intents and purposes, the N800 is a UMPC, to challenge the likes of OQO and Sony’s UMPCs. It’s a Linux computer, really.
Sure, it has limitations that you could argue against the “computer”
or “umpc” classification, but whatever. I use mine for email, IM, RSS
(kinda), music, and video. These are also basically what I use my
computer for. Though with my laptop, I’m pretty much tied to my desk.
I’ve got a 2nd 17″ monitor, external speakers, and an external keyboard
and mouse. I only have a laptop for the rare occasion that I need to
pick it up and go.
With the N800, I can easily pick it up and take it to the back
patio, sit out there and enjoy some music while I check and respond to
email, or whatever else I want to do. And then I can slip it into my
pocket. You can’t fit a laptop in your pocket, period.
My mom picked it up the other day. She’s somewhat
technology….limited. Within minutes she was trying to convince me to
let her take it on a trip to California with her. If I didn’t have the
faceplates coming in, I probably would have. It’s truly a family tool.
That’s really my final thoughts on the N800. It has become yet
another device that I carry with me wherever I go, joining the ranks of
my iPod and N73. All serve their own purpose, and all indispensable, in
my opinion.
Hi Ricky,
I completely agree with you. I was on the fence with buying an N800 (and 770) for the longest time, but your postings on the good and the bad were what finally pushed me to go for it. And I’m so happy I did! When people ask me “what is that?”, I simply say with a big grin: “It’s everything…”. Honestly it really can do almost anything I would normally want a laptop to do (with some limitations of course). It is kind of fun being a part of the community that owns one of these things, as people who do have one usually share the same enthusiasm about it and are constantly trying to make it better and add functionality. Thank you for putting your time into blogging about it even though it technically isn’t Symbian related ;-) Keep on doing what you do!
Regards,
Desi
Back with the mom topic are we? Hehe, just kidding you. I would love to meet your mom one day ;) she seems so much like mine and yet so different. Since I tend to keep my phone in my hands at all times, my mom calls it “typing” she’s always yelling ” STOP typing!” well, i am a pharmacy student after all, and studies come first in her mind… i just noticed that i got too much carried away, right?
Anyway, as I said before, in case some DECENT wireless internet solution hits Lebanon, I don’t think there will be a market for the N800 or any of its lookalikes here. It’s so stupid. I would love to dump my laptop, especially now that I’ve had a problem with the charger cable for the 3rd time in a row. A small device to carry around for everyday use (mail checking and so) would be amazing! *sigh*
When will Lebanon ever become the country that it’s supposed to be? *closure*