How can I breathe new life into my n800?

[Branchedout]

Hi there. About in January-ish, I got a netbook. Since then, my N800 has gotten no love at all, really.

And since the N900, it seems the n800 generally hasn't gotten love either.

I've also gotten a dedicated mp3 player, so it's mp3 player abilities have been overshadowed.


What can I do with it to just sit it on my desk? I do sort of need a clock, for when I play something on the TV and I lose time.

Well, I COULD watch a movie or some shows while I work out...


Are there any suggestions out there?
Portable Web browser, outdone by netbook.
Mp3 player, outdone by my Sony MP3 player.

[Eric G]

I recently bought and modified an Orion Teletrack telescope mount for taking gigapixel pictures:

http://www.papywizard.org/
http://www.brewzone.com/2008/11/diy-pano-head

It was a very easy build, taking a few hours on Sunday morning. It's a little tricky installing the software, but the instructions are clear.

The best part is that I've been keeping the N800 in my camera bag to use as a viewer anyway. The full size SD card is still a great feature in a mobile device.

I just hope I can get a new battery when the current one dies.

[quipper8]

i have an old n810 that we use as a video doorphone over sip at the office.

mounted on wall with power adapter through wall.

[silvermountain]

Do this: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52124

And check out the Diablo5 theme: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=52285

[gazza_d]

Hi there. About in January-ish, I got a netbook. Since then, my N800 has gotten no love at all, really.

And since the N900, it seems the n800 generally hasn't gotten love either.

I've also gotten a dedicated mp3 player, so it's mp3 player abilities have been overshadowed.


What can I do with it to just sit it on my desk? I do sort of need a clock, for when I play something on the TV and I lose time.

Well, I COULD watch a movie or some shows while I work out...


Are there any suggestions out there?
Portable Web browser, outdone by netbook.
Mp3 player, outdone by my Sony MP3 player.

when you compare the N800 and N810 to single use devices then they will always lose, yet I still reach for mine everytime, cos the killer feature is that they are almost a laptop in your pocket.

2 ideas are....

I love the internet radio on the tablets, and the fact that I can stream radio in the garden - give it a go as it's much more portable than a netbook, and being internet connected, has broader horizons than a standalone player. get an account at last.fm, install maemoscrobbler and Vagalume, let last.fm track what you listen to and use it's recommendations to discover new artists and music.

Use Mplayer with the tablet in offline mode for the best video playback. Like this most dvd rips which will fit on a CD, will play with little or no problem on the device. If you use 16GB SDHC cards you can have a little video jukebox in your pocket.

[Venemo]

Are there any suggestions out there?
Portable Web browser, outdone by netbook.
Mp3 player, outdone by my Sony MP3 player.

If you are a web developer, you could use it as a portable home web server! :p

[smackpotato]

1 hook it up to your stereo use vnc for a remote audio server
2 have it upload its temperature to twitter.
just a couple of things i did with my 770 after i got a n810

[Laughing Man]

1 hook it up to your stereo use vnc for a remote audio server
2 have it upload its temperature to twitter.
just a couple of things i did with my 770 after i got a n810

Oooh good ideas. I currently use my n800, as a remote for my N900 (ssh and VNC) for when the N900 is plugged into the TV.

My other ideas include: (but not implemented yet)

Putting the n800 in ad-hoc mode to connect to the N900 to use it as a mobile file server when my N900 space is low. Imagine taking pictures and just dumping them to the n800 with 2x16 SDHC cards in them.

[tgalati4]

Reflash it with a fresh Diablo image, then install the Community SSU and help us test for stability and bugs.

[matatron]

My N800 keeps very alive as an e-book reader, but last two weeks I have been using it a lot more with VGBA, the Gameboy Advance emulator, playing Pokemon again... 2+ years with my beloved N800 and still together and close as the first day.

[qole]

I put a strip of velcro on the back (the hook side, not the fuzzy side) and it is a great in-car video player for my kid. I can just stick it to the back of the headrest, and she sits and watches all her movies when we go on long trips to the in-laws. It is tiny compared to other media players I see around, but the screen is quite big.

I find the best transcoding parameters for the N800 are 400x240, @ 650-700kbps, mp3 audio @ 128-160kbps. If you crop your video to 400x240 so there are no black bars it looks really amazing, and people always ask, "where'd you get that? It is really nice!"

[devaler]

I'm currently trying mine out as a GVoice to Gizmo5 answering machine.

[Mgamerz]

With the newish Opera Mobile for it, its a great web browser... minus the flash. But flash was terrible on the tablet anyways.

[bunanson]

Get a mini BT keyboard and shrink your hand, you just got yourself a full fledge desktop, pic here, http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=57773; you cant see me in the pic, I shrinked way too much :)

bun