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Old 02-15-2011, 07:10 PM   #9
Farhad
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Florida
Device: N800/Nokia 5230/PB IQ701/PB 360
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Originally Posted by snipenekkid View Post
can't believe you never took a hammer to your N800. .
Oh but you are really unfair to the little guy. Every since I put OS2008 on it I absolutely love it!

First, with Opera Mini I get a very good browser.
Second, I get Internet radio streaming.
Third, with Quiver I get a terrific photoalbum viewer.
Fourth, the N800 is a decent mp3/ogg player.
Fifth, with Mediabox and MPlayer I get a fantastic multimedia player
Sixth, with gPodder I get an excellent podcast client.
Seventh, with gFTP and VNC viewer I get some decent networking
Eighth, with XChat I stay in touch with my fellow geeks
Ninth, with Zenmap I can diagnose networks
Tenth, With HP42C I get an excellent calculator
Eleventh, the Weather applet gives me an excellent weather forecast
Twelfth, the Tide Predictor lets me know when to go the the beach
Thirteenth, with Pancci I listen to audiobooks
Fourteenth, with my Bash terminal emulator I can use lots of CLI utilities

and, fifteenth and last but definitely not least,

With FBReader I always have my books with me!!

I would say that this is pretty amazing for such a small unit! Bottom line for me, is that the N800 is my smallest GNU/Linux box and I absolutely love it for that. A *real* computer in my pocket - what else can I ask for?!

I have not tried Android yet (I should get my first Android based device in a day or two, the PocketBook 701 IQ) but I can tell you that Maemo OS2008 is way better than Symbian, that's for sure. Android might well be better - I hope so - but at least until now the N800 is one of my most beloved toys

Cheers!

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