Comments on: The Nokia N800 may deliciously fill some holes in your life http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life Home of the musical Dream Journal. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:20:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tillar Swalm http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-55259 Tillar Swalm Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:53:22 +0000 http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life#comment-55259 I've had a N800 for two at least years - a friend upgraded it to OS2008 a while ago. I recently bought an Itouch & have been having fun with it. But for all the wonderful things one CAN do with the Itouch, the N800 beats it in many ways. The biggest is the ability to multitask applications - a serious flaw on the Itouch! Also the N800 has stereo speakers - not terribly loud but very nice in a quiet setting. The built in stand is very nice on the N800. I recently purchased a Motorola Bluetooth headset and Yamaha NX-802 Bluetooth stereo speaker for the Itouch - both work beautifully on the N800! Nokia really designed this gadget beautifully - for a gadget a few years old - it stands up to current players very well! I've had a N800 for two at least years – a friend upgraded it to OS2008 a while ago. I recently bought an Itouch & have been having fun with it. But for all the wonderful things one CAN do with the Itouch, the N800 beats it in many ways. The biggest is the ability to multitask applications – a serious flaw on the Itouch! Also the N800 has stereo speakers – not terribly loud but very nice in a quiet setting. The built in stand is very nice on the N800. I recently purchased a Motorola Bluetooth headset and Yamaha NX-802 Bluetooth stereo speaker for the Itouch – both work beautifully on the N800! Nokia really designed this gadget beautifully – for a gadget a few years old – it stands up to current players very well!

]]> By: Tristan http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-52274 Tristan Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:14:48 +0000 http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life#comment-52274 As a fantastic alternative to Pandora, use Last.fm Either through Canola2 (media player) with Last.fm plug-in or with dedicated Last.fm app called Vagalume. link to Canola2 (after install, the plugins should appear in Application Manager on the device). http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/canola2/ link to the dedicated last.fm app 'Vagalume' http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/vagalume As a fantastic alternative to Pandora, use Last.fm
Either through Canola2 (media player) with Last.fm plug-in or with dedicated Last.fm app called Vagalume.

link to Canola2 (after install, the plugins should appear in Application Manager on the device). http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/canola2/

link to the dedicated last.fm app 'Vagalume' http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/vagalume

]]> By: Torley http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-44177 Torley Sun, 29 Jun 2008 18:04:32 +0000 http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life#comment-44177 @Robby: What a crisp and concise comment! Thanks for sharing your experiences — I'll look up those apps you mentioned. @Robby: What a crisp and concise comment! Thanks for sharing your experiences — I'll look up those apps you mentioned.

]]> By: Robby http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life/comment-page-1#comment-43621 Robby Sat, 21 Jun 2008 02:56:26 +0000 http://torley.com/the-nokia-n800-may-deliciously-fill-some-holes-in-your-life#comment-43621 I got my N800 about a week ago as well, and it's quite handy. When the iPod Touch was first announced, I was sold on it until it was confirmed it didn't have Bluetooth (which, even with Jail Breaking is limited to headset profiles). The nice thing about the N800 is that you can get online through your phone's data connection in case there's no Wi-Fi around (which I usually do on my laptop for $15/mo. EVDO). I wish there was a Slingbox client for Maemo. HAVA has one, but I don't have a HAVA. Comix is good for manga/comic book reading. gPodder is good for wirelessly downloading podcasts. The rotate kernel is really useful with Pidgin or browsing vertical web pages (search for "How to rotate screen on os2008"). Now I just need a good Bluetooth GPS receiver to use Maemo Mapper. I got my N800 about a week ago as well, and it's quite handy. When the iPod Touch was first announced, I was sold on it until it was confirmed it didn't have Bluetooth (which, even with Jail Breaking is limited to headset profiles). The nice thing about the N800 is that you can get online through your phone's data connection in case there's no Wi-Fi around (which I usually do on my laptop for $15/mo. EVDO).

I wish there was a Slingbox client for Maemo. HAVA has one, but I don't have a HAVA.

Comix is good for manga/comic book reading. gPodder is good for wirelessly downloading podcasts. The rotate kernel is really useful with Pidgin or browsing vertical web pages (search for "How to rotate screen on os2008").

Now I just need a good Bluetooth GPS receiver to use Maemo Mapper.

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