Just a few more praises for n800. I was able to use it today completely without stylus while floating in my pool. Of course i had device in ziploc just in case... But all the features respond great to finger typing. The only bad thing was this forum's color scheme. Difficult to read in the sun.

Ahh... See that little box bottom left in the forum window?

No? Well, go inside and look again... Right, that one. Tap it and you can choose a more pool-friendly theme.

BTW, many gracias on the ziplock-tip. Gotta try that one out... Or maybe not, I don't always enjoy living dangerously.

DOH! Thanks!

I think it's pretty safe even if dropped into the water. Those ziplocs are airtight.

I want to apologize for my part in the recent firmware hype. It started as small hints regarding improvements for developers, then snowballed once the community got stoked over Skype. I had asked if backing off would be preferrable and didn't receive much in the way of affirmation; indeed, some posters said the speculation was entertaining (especially given lack of formal communications) and to let it ride. I see in hindsight that was probably not a good idea.

Regarding formal communications, I recently appealed for a review of the way that's handled and was soundly slapped down. That incident has caused me to spend the past several days rethinking certain activities. I have concluded, based on that disappointing result and now the community's letdown over this new firmware release, to follow-up on a past urge and throttle back my activities. From this point forward I am just another tablet user (who happens to have some 770 covers and N800 faceplates). I am no longer a tablet cheerleader, nor will I attempt to stoke any flames. It just isn't worth it.

Too bad, we loved to have "somebody" to complain to
But i fully understand your point.

I don't think Texrat that you have to feel responsible. We all are participating to the circus and should assume the situation as such a circus, with its positive and negative sides.

It s true, a few among us know more of what is going on in the R&D process, and leaks happens here and there. It s always nice to communicate over those agendas, but we should always pay attention to qualify them as "uncertain information" not certain information.

If s-o knows something, and talks or even hints about it on this forum , then the community will ask for more: when? how? why? It becomes impossible to manage. On the other hand such agenda make the forum very lively, no?

"when scissors cut the paper, very smart is the one who can tell which scissor actually cuts"

Cheer up!

Well, the slapdown from the other side was the far more discouraging event.

I'm not disappointed, it seems like they focused on the right things. Gotta have a solid base to grow on, and thats what this firmware seems like to me.

Texrat, you sound even more despondent then some of us feel. It is easy to get the impression that you see yourself as having been led on and let down and so are taking this firmware disappointment personally.

I respect your taking the time out to post this and it can't have been comfortable for you, not least as an N800 enthusiast.

You nailed it Rebski. Thanks much.