Being left handed, one concern I have with my incoming N800 is regarding how I can possibly use the hard buttons comfortably when my left hand is devoted to holding the stylus. One thing that springs to mind would holding it upside down and using xrandr to flip the screen, which sounds as horriffic as it may feel.

It's a vague question, but would any lefties care to share their experiences / solutions?

When I use the small Nokia stylus, it's not a big problem to "palm" it and use my thumb to press the hard buttons.

I have a combo pen/stylus I got at Frye's. I've actually used the stylus to manipulate the buttons. You can also fairly easily slide your thumb up and press buttons.

I wouldn't worry too much about it. I'm sure that as a lefty you've learned, as we all have, how to accomodate a righty world. For instance, it's almost impossible for me to use a mouse with my right hand....

Cool man. I also was wondering how my girlfriend will use (sometimes my n800 cause she's also a left handed But since some time I mentioned that she is doing very well with it Dont be worry about that - thats the habbit problem -so no problem at all Enjoy

I'm left handed, too, and it can be a little awkward, but not bad. I don't use the stylus much, so the main difficulty is in holding it in such a way as to use the buttons and interact with the screen. I often hold it in both hands and use my thumbs. I really don't notice any significant inconvenience.

I'm left handed too ;-)
I actually find it easy to handle the N800. I hold it with my right hand, hold the stylus on my left hand, and because all buttons are on the left side it is very handy.

I haven't found a solution for this, either. Mostly it doesn't matter, since the buttons are on the left and that can be handy for us, but playing games is a serious problem. For instance, Quetoo is hell to play as a lefty.

just turn it around and Presto! all the buttons are on the left hand side... Problem solved.





but you have to read upside down

You must have the Lefty N800. The problem is that the buttons (on all of the other N800s) are on the left side, forcing lefties to use the touchscreen / stylus with our right hand.

the normal n800


The left handed version!!!

we lefties must reunite...against left-handed discrimination.
Like I posted on the vgba thread.

1000 left-handed people die from using products from companies that didn't have left-handed individuals in mind. Products made for a right-handed world.

Nokia surely wants to join these groups of companies.

Hopefully the xandr is a hit and made user friendly to install, and rotating the screen could help us lefties out alot.