Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Back on topic: sooner or later the N800 will be discontinued. It's inevitable. All I was saying in my counterpoints is that many of the reasons given to "prove" that it's happening now are not necessarily absolute.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

I just ordered a Nokia N800 from Nokia's US website the other day, so I don't think it is ready to be discontinued just yet.

P.S. I realize I spent an arm and a leg more than I would have spent elsewhere, but I would rather pay for the security. I almost ordered one at Buy.com for $70 cheaper, but they couldn't give me a tracking number or tell me who the vendor was or who was shipping it or anything.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Er . . . buy.com gives you a tracking number for all of their shipping options (as far as I'm aware), and they are the vendor and the shipper. . . .

Talk about wasting money. :\

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

I have mine just getting delivered today, so you'll hopefully forgive me if I sound noob'ish.

But what does it matter if the N800 is getting discontinued or not? We already have ours, and the N800 and N810 are so close to being the same beast that we'll benefit from any further development.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

However, I ordered mine from Buy.com about a year ago and the box looked like it went through Calcutta in order to get to my house. I was so concerned I almost sent it back.

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Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Yes, and I already said so: the problem is not support. It just matters for people who do not want to spend the N810 price or for people who need 2 full-size SD slots.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Well, that would be me. I do like the N800 better for several reasons -- lower price, more storage, rotating camera, bigger USB socket. I've just about decided to get one, but I don't like the feeling of being rushed. On the other hand, the newly-lowered prices are a nice silver lining to the dilemma :^) . And as others have pointed out, it's not about to become obsolete. An open, Linux box with those specs will be useful for something around the home or office for a long time.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Actually, the rotating camera borders on pointless since Gizmo's not working for me any more (not consistently, and video calls to desktop Gizmo crashes the latter). However, like you, I like the N800 for the dual SDHC slots, but I'm not sure about the larger USB socket (isn't it the same size as the one on the N810?)

I realised that the price difference of USD200 could get me a BT keyboard, but that's not stopping me from getting an N810 soon :)

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

It's mostly an issue of thickness:

http://www.intomobile.com//images/20...v8img_3995.jpg

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

I read in a review that the N800 has a "mini" USB socket, while the N810 has a "micro." Admittedly it's not a major difference, but I figure that I may be using that socket a lot. So an extra millimeter of thickness, making it more durable or easier to use, would be helpful. Sometimes in a poorly lit place, it can be tough to figure out which is the skinny side of those little trapezoid-shaped plugs.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

The difference is the OTG support. MiniUSB doesn't technically support OTG (within the regs of the spec), while MicroUSB does. Though it's really not a hardware problem, as the N800 support OTG just fine if you hack together your own cable/dongle.

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Well, there are mini AB receptacles for OTG usage so in general OTG is possible with mini connectors. Sadly N800 has simple mini B receptacle not mini AB. http://www.google.com/search?q=mini+ab

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

The micro USB socket is specified for more uses (connect-disconnect) than the mini USB. That was one of the reasons for the redesign, actually.

This being said, I never had a problem with the mini USB sockets, so the above should read "micro is even more durable". And the standard size USB sockets type A (the ones PCs use) break quite often (I have seen many being broken, and I systematically warn people about it), so durability is not necessarily a function of size.

There, I found the specifications from Hirose (on the digikey catalogue):
standard USB: 1500 mate/unmate cycles :mad:
mini USB: 5000 mate/unmate cycles :rolleyes:
micro USB: 10000 mate/unmate cycles :eek:

Re: Nokia N800 discontinued?
 

Month passed and still nothing :-)

I'm using the form here
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/...ericSearch.cfm
and it gives results for LJP SU-18 RX-34 or RX-44 but still nothing for RX-48. Either we are still far from tablet release or this is wrong form or there is some stealth mode for applications on FCC now?