Nokia N800 Internet Tablet - Page 2

Hellmark · 06-29-2009, 03:14 AM

I use the snot out of my N800. I've had it for about a year, and have read about 70 ebooks on it. It does most things I want to.

Still, I'm in the market for an ebook reader. I just want the eink display, to have something easier on my eyes than the LCD.

IngoS · 07-07-2009, 10:24 AM

I am still very satisfied with this phone

Hellmark · 07-16-2009, 02:12 AM

The N800 is not a phone.

wodin · 07-18-2009, 02:02 AM

Wow, it's even better than I thought. I was trying to load xournal the other day and was getting dependency errors, so I checked out the Nokia website and found that I was more than a couple versions of firmware behind. So I downloaded and installed DIABLO and reloaded FBREADER. I'm here to report that it is much better than the version I had on the old OS. The FBREADER site said to load it from the DIABLO extra repository, and it works great. The problems with the library seem to have been sorted out, and the font settings and format seem better.

BTW xournal loaded up just fine on DIABLO, and now I find my ADVENT 3500PC is redundant, as the N800 turns out to be a much better note taker. Oh well, the $270 I paid for the 3500PC is not entirely wasted, I can still use it as a GPS, and the chargers both work on my Asus eeePC.

Hellmark · 07-19-2009, 08:46 PM

I use my N800 for school notes in xournal, and if it is a boring class, I load FBReader. Great device.

Mysteryman · 11-05-2009, 06:37 PM

Does nokia still sell the N800?

rlauzon · 11-06-2009, 07:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mysteryman

Does nokia still sell the N800?

Based on www.nokiausa.com, the answer is "no".

codeMonkey · 11-06-2009, 07:23 AM

There may still be a few n810's kicking around for sale somewhere, and the n900 is beginning to ship next week.

bbusybookworm · 11-06-2009, 08:51 AM

While I don't use my N800 that much nowadays, as I mainly use my Pocket Pro or my iPhone.

When I do use it, I usually use it for reading comics or Listening to music or Net radio.

While FBReaders great, and saved me when I didn't have a eink reader for a few months, I prefer to read on a eInk screen when possible and at other times I usually have my iPhone with me.

Picking it up after not using it for a few months is always an experience, especially if I need to remember how everything works. It's still a nice device, and of some use to me, so I've not gotten rid of it yet. I'm looking to repurpose it as a media streaming device but I've not found the right mix of software, nor the time to get it working .

codeMonkey · 11-13-2009, 05:36 AM

Have a glance at Knots2 - it might be what you need for media streaming.

eastbayarb · 12-18-2009, 04:41 PM

I love my N810. I got rid of my itouch 32gb (version2) because I absolutely HATE itunes. I like being able to drag and drop MP3's and play in Canola 2.
As for ebooks, I use FBreader and just love it. I have a large collection of Microsoft LIT ebooks that I convert to other formats using ABC Amber LIT converter, and it works well.

I had a kindle 1 once, and while the whispernet was an awesome free feature, it was slow and didn't support sub directories or catagories (it would just display every single ebook you had in one list). The DX Kindle, while supporting PDF natively, is too expensive, and the N810 handles them great with the PDF reader.

The best part of the N810 is it's open source, and apps are available easily. I use it for GPS and it works good too. This thing really is like a handheld computer.

codeMonkey · 12-19-2009, 05:00 PM

If you haven't tried it yet, Evince is a better pdf reader than the default one on the device. But yes, I love both my n800 and my n900

eastbayarb · 12-19-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codeMonkey

If you haven't tried it yet, Evince is a better pdf reader than the default one on the device. But yes, I love both my n800 and my n900

codeMonkey,

have you ever gotten any kind of program on the n810 to work for remotely connecting to a PC ?

congrats on your n900

codeMonkey · 12-20-2009, 05:30 PM

I've used both vnc and rdesktop. There's an rdesktop front-end called pyrdesktop which gives a more graphical ui.

tompe · 12-20-2009, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by codeMonkey

If you haven't tried it yet, Evince is a better pdf reader than the default one on the device. But yes, I love both my n800 and my n900

I have an n810 (and are waiting for my n900...) and Evince seemed to be a more competent viewer but I got performance problem with it. Some documents took a lot of time to open and seemed to consume a lot of memory and the same documents worked much better with the default viewer,

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06-29-2009, 03:14 AM	#16
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I use the snot out of my N800. I've had it for about a year, and have read about 70 ebooks on it. It does most things I want to. Still, I'm in the market for an ebook reader. I just want the eink display, to have something easier on my eyes than the LCD.

07-07-2009, 10:24 AM	#17
IngoS Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2009 Device: none	I am still very satisfied with this phone

07-16-2009, 02:12 AM	#18
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	The N800 is not a phone.

07-18-2009, 02:02 AM	#19
wodin Illiterate Posts: 10,279 Karma: 37848716 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: The Sandwich Isles Device: Samsung Galaxy S10+, Microsoft Surface Pro	Wow, it's even better than I thought. I was trying to load xournal the other day and was getting dependency errors, so I checked out the Nokia website and found that I was more than a couple versions of firmware behind. So I downloaded and installed DIABLO and reloaded FBREADER. I'm here to report that it is much better than the version I had on the old OS. The FBREADER site said to load it from the DIABLO extra repository, and it works great. The problems with the library seem to have been sorted out, and the font settings and format seem better. BTW xournal loaded up just fine on DIABLO, and now I find my ADVENT 3500PC is redundant, as the N800 turns out to be a much better note taker. Oh well, the $270 I paid for the 3500PC is not entirely wasted, I can still use it as a GPS, and the chargers both work on my Asus eeePC.

07-19-2009, 08:46 PM	#20
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,549 Karma: 3799999 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: O'Fallon, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3	I use my N800 for school notes in xournal, and if it is a boring class, I load FBReader. Great device.

11-05-2009, 06:37 PM	#21
Mysteryman Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: none	Does nokia still sell the N800?

11-06-2009, 07:23 AM	#23
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	There may still be a few n810's kicking around for sale somewhere, and the n900 is beginning to ship next week.

11-06-2009, 08:51 AM	#24
bbusybookworm Tech Junkie Posts: 1,027 Karma: 10080 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Earth Device: iPad, MotoXStyle, OnePlusOne	While I don't use my N800 that much nowadays, as I mainly use my Pocket Pro or my iPhone. When I do use it, I usually use it for reading comics or Listening to music or Net radio. While FBReaders great, and saved me when I didn't have a eink reader for a few months, I prefer to read on a eInk screen when possible and at other times I usually have my iPhone with me. Picking it up after not using it for a few months is always an experience, especially if I need to remember how everything works. It's still a nice device, and of some use to me, so I've not gotten rid of it yet. I'm looking to repurpose it as a media streaming device but I've not found the right mix of software, nor the time to get it working .

11-13-2009, 05:36 AM	#25
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	Have a glance at Knots2 - it might be what you need for media streaming.

12-18-2009, 04:41 PM	#26
eastbayarb Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle	I love my N810. I got rid of my itouch 32gb (version2) because I absolutely HATE itunes. I like being able to drag and drop MP3's and play in Canola 2. As for ebooks, I use FBreader and just love it. I have a large collection of Microsoft LIT ebooks that I convert to other formats using ABC Amber LIT converter, and it works well. I had a kindle 1 once, and while the whispernet was an awesome free feature, it was slow and didn't support sub directories or catagories (it would just display every single ebook you had in one list). The DX Kindle, while supporting PDF natively, is too expensive, and the N810 handles them great with the PDF reader. The best part of the N810 is it's open source, and apps are available easily. I use it for GPS and it works good too. This thing really is like a handheld computer.

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12-19-2009, 05:00 PM	#27
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	If you haven't tried it yet, Evince is a better pdf reader than the default one on the device. But yes, I love both my n800 and my n900

12-20-2009, 05:30 PM	#29
codeMonkey Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 26758 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: UK Device: Cool-ER (running pocketbook firmware), Nokia N800, Nokia N900	I've used both vnc and rdesktop. There's an rdesktop front-end called pyrdesktop which gives a more graphical ui.