I understand we have a big size difference, but I am curious if some people are considering buying the new asus Eee instead of the Nokia? I could almost see a good argument that one might buy an older n800 and supplement it by buying the $400 asus?

If it had a bigger storage size (like the new 64GB SSD's), did bluetooth FTP, could act as a wifi access point, and had some form of EVDO/HSDPA/WiMAX capability, I might buy one to use as a personal area network server (leave it in my backback/bookbag while I directly use my Nokia N8x0) ... and maybe use it directly only when I need to do something that really needs a bigger interface than the tablet.

If they had all of that, but shrunk it down so that its keyboard was thumb-able, and could be used in a tablet configuration (maybe something close to the smallest fujitsu lifebook form factor, with a keyboard area narrow enough to use as a thumb keyboard), and had external display ability (dunno if the current one does or not) so I can hook it into a KVM and use it alongside my desktop when I get to work/home, then I might consider it as competition for the N8x0.

What version of linux does it run? That might be another factor... it would have to be at least as friendly/usable/integrated as the Nokias are.

Lots of other posts about the Eee here already. Try a search.

I have both N800 and eee. If the eee had been out when I got the N800 I would have bought the eee and not the N800.

Things I like about the N800 - pocketable, can hold screen up to my eyes, does not have a keyboard (except for bluetooth), linux, strong user community, lots of software add ons, vnc, rhapsody client, skype.

Things I like about eee. Small even if not pocketable, screen is very readable, usable keyboard (yeah contradicts what I said about N800), linux, vnc, skype, USB ports, skype. It lacks the strong user community (yet - will come for eee), lacks the software add ons to the same extent.

I will most likely not get the 810, I don't want a thumb keyboard and the N800 is everything I want it to be.

The Eee is just a miniature laptop. The N800 is a new way of accessing the Internet while out and about. Big difference.

IMHO the Nokia N800 will do a reasonable impersonation of an Eee if you have a Bluetooth keyboard, but this all depends on the promised OS2008, and the ease of porting across software, such as Abiword.

Give me an N800 with OS2008, a decent Bluetooth keyboard, plus non-crashing office software, and there's simply no need for an Eee. In fact, it makes an Eee look rather bulky and clumsy, despite it's miniature dimensions.

I currently own a Nokia 770 and an Eee. I have an N800 on order, due to arrive next week.

I wouldn't consider the Eee[k!] because of its undersized keyboard. I have two full-sized Bluetooth keyboards (one folding, one rigid) that I use with the N800. I would have bought the Foleo if Palm's nerve hadn't failed it; instead I spent the money on an iPod touch which makes an excellent "internet tablet" in spite of the many limitations. I might have bought the iPod instead of the N800 if it had been out and I'd had a chance to try it first, but never the Eee.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, there is nothing at all wrong with a well-designed 8" wide keyboard. Yes, you have to type one-handed, but that's still faster than thumbing. The big problem is that 8" wide keyboards aren't that common, and as a result, the few bad ones make the entire concept look, well, stupid.

For example, the right Shift key belongs on the rightmost edge of the keyboard. Function keys need to exist separately from the number keys. The keys themselves need to respond affirmatively to keypresses. (The Kojinsha SA1 drops the ball on most of these issues. Going a little smaller, the Fujitsu U810 also screws up on two out of three.)

I would advise test-driving the keyboard, and really cramming it through its paces, in a store. Type out an entire paragraph. Try one-handed words like "database," and full-alphabet sentences like "The quick brown fox..." and see how far you get. If it still sucks, then sure, write off the keyboard. All I know is that I managed to use an 8" wide keyboard for four years nonstop without any of these perceived problems, and I hardly have small hands.

(I could also kick most people's asses at Quake on said system, so the keyboard was plenty responsive. I won't even get into how a friend of mine would regularly beat my *** at Descent on the same setup.)