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Ok, we all like our n8*0, we install new software, hack it, configure it and so on.

But at the end, which real daily-life tasks are you using your tablet pc for?

I start.

- it's my home small radio to use during breakfast and similar. Same size, channels from everywhere in the world, better quality (I'm talking about wi-fi internet radios).

- GPS in the car. Ok, is not the best, long to get a fix, but it did its dirty job several times. Very easy to find an hotel, even without driving directions.

- RSS feeder+phone connection in tethering on the subway. Fast, not too much to download, very useful.

- MP3 player

- Video player during long train rides

- email everywhere (claws with big-size icons, of course)

- few web browsing (only those sites which I know it works well, slow browsing is the BIG drawback of the tablet)

- skype calls at home.

What about you?

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web browsing and ebook reader mostly. the screen and the portability make it a great book alternative. specially since english books are hard to find where I live.
 
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50% of the time it's an ebook-reader. Besides that, it's a flac-player and videoplayer.

The n800 is the perfect entertainment device when putting small kids to bed. I can read a book whilst sitting next to the crib keeping my son company whilst he falls to sleep. One of my favorite parts of the day.
 
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- Ultimate streaming device: MP3s, OGGs, and AVIs sit on my home server and I can watch them anywhere in the world.

- Personal Communicator: Grancendtral Dialer, Skype, MSN, AIM, etc, etc, all in my hand wherever I need it, with a qwerty ready to slide out and help with typing.

- Organizer: I use Yellow Notes and Liqbase to keep myself from going nuts

- Administration: I have installed Easy Debian and all the tools that go with it to administer my servers, computers, and other people's computers/printers

- Web browser: I can do everything on my N810 that I can do on my Vaio's web browser. Pretty nifty. (Along with administrating through Webmin)

- Jamming: Plug it into my car through the 3.5mm jack and I have 6 GBs of music through my stereo
 
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-Cheap Phone at home

- Listening to podcasts on drive

- Checking weather

- a little bit of browsing (screens too small for anything more than a few mins).
 
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my tablet is my short term memory, I use it to remember all the things I would normally forget. liqbase is so helpful
I pull it out at 4am and write odd little reminders for the next day (some are bizarre!)

my tablet is used to design new UI elements (for the tablet).

my tablet is my gateway to linux, it is my primary linux device.

my tablet is my compiler.

I use the gps for knowing where "safety cameras" are *cough*

i read books with it (less recently due to new books being deadtree)

Its rare I use the media player, but when I do its for tv shows not music.

I use it to communicate and discuss with Jacob (hes learning to read and write) so we make lists of things and tick them off.

i don't know how I managed without one
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my main use (the official reason why I bought it):

Note taking in class. Xournal does the job perfectly. (also, I always (read sometimes) loose my paper notes :[ )

aside this: games keep me occupied during boring classes
mp3 player
video player (if there are any good movies i've heard of...)
last minute essay finishing (when that last minute is on the bus, or while I'm walking somewhere)
calendar (+schedule)
e-book reader (fbreader for this)
VNC viewer when I forget something at home

no GPS (I have the n800)
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Anybody doing openoffice stuff when afar from their workstation(s)? I do.
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porn, porn, porn.
 

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VIM! -- set up as a personal wiki. I don't use the file manager for my work. To me, all forms of personal organization past a good text editor (contacts, todo list, treenotes) is gimmicky. All data is the same. I used to use Maemopad, but I've actually uninstalled it. And I don't need formatting, past capitalization. Who needs italics? Margins?

STARCRAFT! -- no, not the game, unfortunately, though I'm guessing it has enough processing power. I use it to watch Starcraft on youtube and Gomtv.net (I have gone from an ironic to an entirely unironic love of professional starcraft, which has been popularized via english commentaries of the Korean pro scene on youtube. I don't even play the game. This is the only thing I use broadband for, prob.)

CRAWL! -- too much. (a - a +0 internet tablet (cursed)) Waaay better than nethack. If you haven't downloaded it yet ... Don't!

+ the usual -- facebook, xanga (?!), etc.

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