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RogerS
2008-02-21, 20:54
With a new device like a Nokia Internet Tablet, a hazy fog of "what do I do?" envelops the break-in period.

How do I connect to the router? How do I get the GPS going? How the heck do I build a playlist in this fershlugginer player?

Of course, dealing with these questions is one of the main purposes of this website.

But even before you have specific questions, the unfamiliar can boggle you. Even with my experiences breaking in the 770 and N800, I've been confounded now and then with my new N810.

I think the Nokiahowto.com pages (http://www.nokiahowto.com/A4686321) on the N810 should be put on the device itself. They're more helpful to a new user than the help files and the PDF user manual.

Why is that? They're nothing exotic, merely short, simple animations. I guess it's a case of show being more helpful than tell.Read the full article. (http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/02/21/show-vs-tell/)

TA-t3
2008-02-22, 09:59
Not having upgraded to OS2008 yet, I learned something interesting from that demo.. apparently the application manager in OS2008 pops up a 'Launch application?' after it finished installing one, with an OK button but no cancel...!?

GeneralAntilles
2008-02-22, 10:09
Not having upgraded to OS2008 yet, I learned something interesting from that demo.. apparently the application manager in OS2008 pops up a 'Launch application?' after it finished installing one, with an OK button but no cancel...!?

Not that I've ever seen.

/me goes to watch the How-Tos.

Obviously a rather weak Flash-approximation of the real OS2008, pay it no heed.