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PS - this thing only cost ~$250. I've owned $1500 laptops that I have gotten less use out of. I got this for Christmas 2007, and have used it EVERY DAY since then. If I lost my N800 tomorrow, I have gotten easily my money's worth.

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although i am coming onto the NIT scene later then most (i picked up my n800 locally a few weeks ago in great condition for $140), you can still count me in on with the "it has changed the way i use the internet" group.

i have desktops, laptops of various sizes/weights and my nokia N95, all of which get used to access the internet at various times, but the N800 frees me from being at the computer desk or having a hot laptop on my lap. surfing on the N95 isn't that comfortable but it comes in handy every so often.

this forum has been a such a good resource, i find myself looking at this site more and more each day, doing research via searches and also checking out current threads. my NIT experience wouldn't be nearly as exciting without ITT.

NITs aren't perfect but half of the fun is trying to make the thing work how you want to use it.

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BTW are there any pocket devices with comparable screens that can do hi-res (no transcoding) video at the N800's price point? Transcoding has been par for the course in ny experience, but things change fast...

Posting this from the dentist's chair waiting for the dentist to check the holes where my wisdom teeth used to be...
EDIT: everything's ok!

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A whole slew of PMPs. Archos, especially. They don't do much else, though. ;)

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Nah, multi-touch is for higly-overrated finger gestures, and for rejecting extraneous input from other hand; allows time-overlapping thumb-boarding, chords in PyAno, etc.
(The resistive screen is necessary (and lacking, in the iPhone) to let you use a stylus, as capacitive screens only respond to fingers and specially formulated silicone rubber. I don't want to give up stylus usage to have multi-touch, but if I could have both...)

I suppose there's also the 3G modem built-in, if you chance to be on a suitable network.

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You could eventually connect a DIY multitouch trackpad made using a web cam :) Or even one of those rear projecting monsters. So much for the pocketable form factor though :)

He said better hardware, we should be comparing the hardware that exists in the two devices, we all know what one has more than the other :)

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I chime in just to say that I second the "it changed the WHEN I use the Internet" poster.
Thank you for that. It's really true.

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My Pepper Pad 3.

Granted, it needs big pockets, but it plays just about anything (save 720p matroska videos, that is) without recoding.

And if I do need to recode (because some idjit decided to use an arcane codec), I can keep the original resolution and bitrate.

In about a month I'll add the Pandora to that...

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Their lack of epson LCD controller baloney, so their interface could move at buttery smooth pace and get proper 3D acceleration. I hope n900 will address this shite.

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As has been discussed about a thousand times by now. The OMAP3430 supports a resolution of 1024x768 on its built-in LCD controller. Nokia could go as high as 1024x600 and have no (hardware) issues with LCD bandwidth, 3D acceleration or hardware video decoding.