Comments on: New Toy: Nokia N800. http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/ John O'Shea's musings, observations and opinions on anything and everything. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:18:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Ryan Kiechle http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-59427 Ryan Kiechle Fri, 14 Sep 2007 19:23:36 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-59427 CISCO, thanks for the response... I got it working... I am just really rusty in linux.. had to add the libraryś before the install then the VPN-GUI installed clean... So far I love this N800 and Op System... Added a bluetooth keyboard and once I finish up some of the shortcut keys I wont need to bring ny laptop everywhere... I stand by what I said before, this is a really blah system out of the box, but once you add what ÿou¨need, it is pretty impressive.. A Outlook sync would be about the only major thing I can see still missing... CISCO, thanks for the response…
I got it working… I am just really rusty in linux.. had to add the libraryś before the install then the VPN-GUI installed clean…

So far I love this N800 and Op System… Added a bluetooth keyboard and once I finish up some of the shortcut keys I wont need to bring ny laptop everywhere…

I stand by what I said before, this is a really blah system out of the box, but once you add what ÿou¨need, it is pretty impressive.. A Outlook sync would be about the only major thing I can see still missing…

]]> By: aehso http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58214 aehso Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:55:22 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58214 Hey Michelle, Don't be afraid to let us all know how you get on setting all those apps up on your iPhone! I suspect you might not get so far but I'd be delighted to be proven wrong... John. Hey Michelle,
Don’t be afraid to let us all know how you get on setting all those apps up on your iPhone! I suspect you might not get so far but I’d be delighted to be proven wrong…

John.

]]> By: aehso http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58213 aehso Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:51:46 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58213 Hey Ryan, Re Cisco VPN, I just installed the vpnc and vpnc-gui apps via the application manager. It worked perfectly for me then (to access email/servers on my last employers network) but I no longer actively use it since I changed jobs. What problem are you having? You mention it won't work, have you configured it with the correct auth credentials? (you're right btw, the n800 grows on you, more so with time...) John. Hey Ryan,
Re Cisco VPN, I just installed the vpnc and vpnc-gui apps via the application manager. It worked perfectly for me then (to access email/servers on my last employers network) but I no longer actively use it since I changed jobs.
What problem are you having? You mention it won’t work, have you configured it with the correct auth credentials?
(you’re right btw, the n800 grows on you, more so with time…)

John.

]]> By: Ryan Kiechle http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58169 Ryan Kiechle Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:35:55 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-58169 Love the review.. I have only had my N800 about 8 hours so far. Not a great out of the box toy, but wow with a couple of hours, I can see where this will let me leave the laptop home a lot more... You show CISCO VPN, care to share which method you went with, I can not seem to get the CISCO GUI to work... Love the review..

I have only had my N800 about 8 hours so far.

Not a great out of the box toy, but wow with a couple of hours, I can see where this will let me leave the laptop home a lot more…

You show CISCO VPN, care to share which method you went with, I can not seem to get the CISCO GUI to work…

]]> By: aehso http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57872 aehso Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:53:17 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57872 Jeremy, It can be choppy, it depends on what bit rate the video stream is encoded at. Very high (HD) quality won't play back well, but anything encoded at iPod resolutions should be ok... The good news is they (maemo & community) are constantly working on improving the perf with new OS and media player releases. The new revision of Canola looks promising... Jeremy,
It can be choppy, it depends on what bit rate the video stream is encoded at. Very high (HD) quality won’t play back well, but anything encoded at iPod resolutions should be ok…
The good news is they (maemo & community) are constantly working on improving the perf with new OS and media player releases. The new revision of Canola looks promising…

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57823 Jeremy Thu, 06 Sep 2007 01:43:12 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57823 I'm interested in th N800, but I've seen several reviews that say the video playback from SD card can be choppy. Is that true? I’m interested in th N800, but I’ve seen several reviews that say the video playback from SD card can be choppy. Is that true?

]]> By: michelle http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57646 michelle Wed, 05 Sep 2007 04:16:26 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-57646 Try that on your iPhone ok, sure I will. mooncatventures.blogspot.com Try that on your iPhone

ok, sure I will.

mooncatventures.blogspot.com

]]> By: michael_dugan http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53422 michael_dugan Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:38:42 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53422 Thanks for the info! Btw: I Have a Macbook (1. gen) too, the WLAN is good! Thanks for the info!
Btw: I Have a Macbook (1. gen) too, the WLAN is good!

]]> By: aehso http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53387 aehso Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:31:43 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53387 WiFi range on the N800 is comparable to, if not better than that of my MacBook. Pidgin also works fine, it's available for install via the official maemo repository now... WiFi range on the N800 is comparable to, if not better than that of my MacBook.

Pidgin also works fine, it’s available for install via the official maemo repository now…

]]> By: michael_dugan http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53111 michael_dugan Sat, 04 Aug 2007 10:03:11 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/03/29/new-toy-nokia-n800/#comment-53111 How good is the WLAN? The 9300i always needed to be at least 5 meters to the access point :P Is pidgin now working? How good is the WLAN? The 9300i always needed to be at least 5 meters to the access point :P
Is pidgin now working?

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