Advice please.
 

Should I upgrade to the new firmware?
I have many things to consider one been I use my ITT at work...
What do you guys think?

Re: Advice please.
 

its not essential. I only upgraded since I wanted to start using my device from my new 8GB SD card so I could fit and run all my utils on my N800, so it just made sense to try it with the new firmware, as well, I occasionally use skype(not sure if you can install it from old firmware. If you have the time to reinstall all your apps/utils and ssh everything back to your liking, then do it, everything that I ran on old firmware runs perfectly on new firmware such as python, ruby and utils. I havn't had any bugs. If not already I highly recommend you use a SD Card for OS boot. I used ext2, haven't tried ext3 for my OS.

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Thanks for the info and advice I do have dual boot right now. :)

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I upgraded when it became available, primarily for Skype and secondarily for SDHC-support out of the box.
I haven't had any problems whatsoever, I even restored my backup in the full. Everything is good.
However, as it turns out there seem to be a problem with the SDHC support (see other thread), so I'm holding back on new cards for now. So, what I gained was: Skype, even better battery (by a small amount), improved flash. What I lost: Nothing. If you don't need Skype, and youtube isn't important, then one might as well hold back though.

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Do you want Skype? There are bug fixes too, the onscreen keyboard doesn't appear to mis-read as many taps now, scrollbars down the right-hand edge of the screen work better and the scrolling on the applications menu is much better when in "thumb" mode.

Oh, and the "Home" hardware button now pops up a thumb-friendly application switching menu, rather than a tiny and impossible to use one.

Make a backup, make sure it works, and then write down all the applications you have installed. This is the only problem with updating the software in your IT.

Well I'm a techie, so I like updates and am probably biased that way ;)

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I would say that the update is worth it for the touchscreen sensitivity fix alone. There's pretty much zero reason to stay on older firmwares.

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Maybe if you like your memory cards in working order?

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Maybe don't damage them by doing dumb things like turning off the device while files are being written or removing a card until it's not in use. 99% of the time, it's the reason why SD cards are damaged and I don't really see anything different this time around.

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Being that I have no problems with my memory cards I must agree with this statement. I DIDN'T make a backup, I set aside about an hour to do the upgrade, wrote down all my must-have apps and then did the upgrade. I installed python first and then everything else. I have had minimal (read as no) problems and the touch screen sensitivity is back to highly acceptable standards. An interesting side effect of this is that I even attempted handwriting recognition and it 'almost' works now as compared to useless before.
I use my N800 in pretty critical situations and have had yet to experience any breakdown.
Do it!

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I would upgrade primarily for the new beta browser.