Nice: Nokia N800

Lots of folks playing with new Nokia N800 and it is getting surprisingly good (and some bad) reviews. Things to definitely like are the screen, Opera browser, Skype and Gizmo Project (SIP) support, Canola, and GPS receiver integration. Things not to like are choppy Flash playback but hopefully they can fix that with revised software. Most important of all though is Maemo, the N800’s development platform. This really seems to be the antithesis of the iPhones walled garden.

I am very, very tempted though I think A would kill me if I bought one this week given I only bought the Wii last week. I will probably buy only if I can pair it with a 3G modem via bluetooth (k800i) and if my mobile operator introduces cheaper flat rate 3G data plans than the ones they showed me last week. Municipal Wi-Fi in Ireland is too patchy/non-existent to be the only way to get a device like this online when out and about (though maybe FON might eventually fix that).

Sunday, January 28th, 2007 irish, mobile

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