tbrminsanity | # 1 | 2009-11-26, 16:27 | Report

I love my N800 but recently I find I have been using it less and less as it isn't as hands on as my old Palm Tungsten. It doesn't really fit well in my pocket and the interface is a bit sluggish at times. I do find it very handy when I do use it (either when I'm at my desk, or around the house) but I'm seriously thinking of replacing it with either a new PDA or maybe a smartphone (unfortunately I can't replace it with the N900 because no one in Canada will carry it or allow me to use it on their network (Nokia should pressure our providers more I think)).

What can I do to utilize my N800 better? How can I make it more portable then it already is?

Laughing Man | # 2 | 2009-11-26, 16:41 | Report

Well to make it more portable you could buy a belt clip holder and holster it on the side. I don't have problems with putting the n800 in my pocket myself.

tbrminsanity | # 3 | 2009-11-26, 16:54 | Report

I currently have a Nintendo DS carrier with belt clip but it is too bulky when I'm driving (not to mention the fact that it looks silly on my waste).

TA-t3 | # 4 | 2009-11-26, 16:55 | Report

The N800 got very portable when I started to wear blazers.. It fits nicely in the inside pocket. And, as I still need the PDA (b/c of the much better calendar etc.) the PDA will nicely offset the weight of the N800 by keeping the PDA in the other pocket.

tbrminsanity | # 5 | 2009-11-27, 14:12 | Report

I can't ware blazers to work (not part of the dress code) and it looks silly having a huge bulged in my dress pants.

tuxenrique | # 6 | 2009-11-27, 14:16 | Report

What about a Skype Phone for your home???

TA-t3 | # 7 | 2009-11-27, 14:25 | Report

Dress code? Ah. Is that very common? I've never worked at a place with dress code. Sounds fascist to me, unless you're a bus driver, behind a sales counter or some such, where customers need to be able to identify you as an employee.

tbrminsanity | # 8 | 2009-11-27, 14:42 | Report

I do use my N800 as a Skype Phone when I'm on the road, and if I replace it with another device I will probably only use the device as a Skype Phone.

The company I work for is critical about office professionalism. That means I always wear dress pants, shirt and tie. I personally don't care since I spent 9 years in the military where I had to wear combat every day (the suit and tie is just another uniform, but one that I can still be creative with). There is nothing fascist about asking your employees to wear suits to work. It is just business etiquette.

TA-t3 | # 9 | 2009-11-27, 14:46 | Report

Hm. Could be a Europe vs. America thing. Anyway, if you can't wear a blazer or jacket at work then of course the shape and size of the device will matter in a totally different way of course.

tbrminsanity | # 10 | 2009-11-27, 15:24 | Report

One problem I have at work is that there is no WiFi signal I can use to access the main features on my N800 (like using it as a Skype Phone). I've tried to dabble with the PC-Connectivity manager to see if I can use my Laptop (connected online via eithernet) as a router for my N800 but nothing seems to work. Is there a manual somewhere I can use to have my N800 connect to the internet via my laptop when a WiFi signal doesn't exist?

Note:
I run a modified Ubuntu install on my work laptop.