By: dave
27 Sep 2007 7:24am GMT You should probably read this, http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/its-okay-to-touch It's written by someone with an iPhone and a N800 who likes both and interestingly, likes his N800 more since he's got used to the iPhone touch screen 'paradigm'. I'd underline the point made by others that the N800 doesn't have a phone, so really you should be comparing the N800 with the Touch, or a N800 plus basic phone. From your brief list (web and wifi) and the fact I saw your comment on planet ubuntu,...
By: Josef Assad
27 Sep 2007 7:24am GMT Neither iphone nor Nokia N800. Nokia e61i. As a phone, it works flawlwssly. You get a beautiful screen, wifi, bluetooth, irda, python (yep!), qwerty, and an acceptable 2 megapixel camera. Oh, and micro SD expandable memory.
By: mrben
27 Sep 2007 7:24am GMT Short answers: 1. Yes 2. No Long answers: 1. I'm very happy with it. It's a great "geek device", and for many things has replaced my laptop for mobile functionality. Web browsing is slick, and there are a tonne of apps out there. It plays media well, although I've yet to push it fully with video. I've got the GPE calendar on there, and Erminig to get it to sync to Google mail, and I've played a bit with Maemo mapper, which will pair with a bluetooth GPS if you've got one. In some ways, it's a...
By: erigami
27 Sep 2007 7:24am GMT What? Nobody's suggesting to hold out for the OpenMoko?
By: Jonathan Carter
27 Sep 2007 7:24am GMT I don't own either device, but have played with both, and I own a Nokia E61, which is ok. If I had to buy one of those, it would be the N800 for sure, it's a no-brainer. The N800 runs Debian (and you would be able to test Ubuntu mobile) and you can install plenty of 3rd party apps on it... even a web server. The N800 is just so much more practical and useful. The iPhone has more status attached to it, and is more shiney and has more ooooh-factor. It probably depends on what is important to...