MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - ummm...I spent some money...Nokia N800 w/all the fixin's

brecklundin · 03-02-2008, 02:12 AM

I never used OS2007, having just purchased my N800 just about 2-weeks ago...but I can say yes...annd ultimately, well no...what happens now is the application can provide the ability to rotate the display. FBReader does this. I have yet to find another app that uses this. And FBReader can rotate the display basically in all 90-degree increments to help use the device in the best position for you. Face it, these are really beta devices...in 4 years they will be great but for now it really is a niche device. And if Amazon had done the Kindle right from the start I would have been happy to have instead, plopped down the cash for a PDA/web browser/ebook reader device with EVDO access on US models. Instead I am bridging that gap with the N800 and my nx73v.

Then again all my other needs a landscape orientation is a must. Having never used an N770 I have no basis to compare. I can say with the N800 there is really no way for one handed operation like I have with my Clie. Amazing as it sounds it seems almost as if these tablets are not intended for one handed operation. And if they are...they missed by a wide margin and need to fire those engineers & designers. Geeze, it's Finland and they are close the the birthplace of ergonomic design as in Danish or Swedish Modern. You would think some of that would have rubbed off.

The buttons on the top are a mess really and the d-pad thing, well, with my hands it's extremely difficult to hold onto the device and operate the pad. And there is no way to scroll the display other then by touching the screen or using nav keys on an external keyboard.

It's quirky but it's cool...it serves one important function for me and that is excellent almost desktop level mobile web access. I need it for fast and discrete searches where even the smallest laptop makes too much of a commotion and the price point of any UMPC is way out of line.

Wanna know what design oversight bugs me the most...no place to attack a lanyard. I prefer to use a wrist lanyard with my handheld devices (hand problems). I have to buy a stick on type...the kickstand makes a nice handle though.

03-02-2008, 02:12 AM	#18
brecklundin Banned Posts: 1,906 Karma: 15348 Join Date: Jun 2007 Device: mine	I never used OS2007, having just purchased my N800 just about 2-weeks ago...but I can say yes...annd ultimately, well no...what happens now is the application can provide the ability to rotate the display. FBReader does this. I have yet to find another app that uses this. And FBReader can rotate the display basically in all 90-degree increments to help use the device in the best position for you. Face it, these are really beta devices...in 4 years they will be great but for now it really is a niche device. And if Amazon had done the Kindle right from the start I would have been happy to have instead, plopped down the cash for a PDA/web browser/ebook reader device with EVDO access on US models. Instead I am bridging that gap with the N800 and my nx73v. Then again all my other needs a landscape orientation is a must. Having never used an N770 I have no basis to compare. I can say with the N800 there is really no way for one handed operation like I have with my Clie. Amazing as it sounds it seems almost as if these tablets are not intended for one handed operation. And if they are...they missed by a wide margin and need to fire those engineers & designers. Geeze, it's Finland and they are close the the birthplace of ergonomic design as in Danish or Swedish Modern. You would think some of that would have rubbed off. The buttons on the top are a mess really and the d-pad thing, well, with my hands it's extremely difficult to hold onto the device and operate the pad. And there is no way to scroll the display other then by touching the screen or using nav keys on an external keyboard. It's quirky but it's cool...it serves one important function for me and that is excellent almost desktop level mobile web access. I need it for fast and discrete searches where even the smallest laptop makes too much of a commotion and the price point of any UMPC is way out of line. Wanna know what design oversight bugs me the most...no place to attack a lanyard. I prefer to use a wrist lanyard with my handheld devices (hand problems). I have to buy a stick on type...the kickstand makes a nice handle though.