[Discuss] nokia n800

[Alan W. Irwin]

On 2007-07-08 10:13-0700 Daniel M German wrote:

> Adam Parkin twisted the bytes to say:
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> Adam> Out of curiosity (I'm one of those phone "purists" who wants his phone
> Adam> to be a phone and nothing else), how did the n800 compare price-wise
> Adam> with the iPhone?  What carrier are you using the n800 with?
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> The n800 is not a phone (but it  can do skype calls over 800.11).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N800 has a article on the n800.  Because
of the Linux freedom factor it sounds like users are already doing more
with it (e.g., using the secret FM tuner) than Nokia intended.

Normally, I have a high resistance to gadgets, but I must say I am tempted
(at least a little bit) by this one because of the freedom factor.

Alan
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