A Yankee in Texas

… Ok I am man enough to admit it… today I am having a little buyers remorse over the N800. I plan on giving it a few weeks to see if it grows a bit more on me. I also want to see how well it works in Austin. Don’t get me wrong the thing is cool I am just not positive it’s $350 cool.

I guess maybe I should of kept my eye on the main goal of getting a motorcycle or it could just be that I am feeling super gloomy about everything today.

– Jeremy

Testing writing a post on my n800.

The N800 is labeled as an Internet Tablet which basically means it’s main purpose is for viewing the internet. However the N800 runs Maemo which is a version of Debian Linux and as a result the N800 provides a fairly powerful platform for developers to create applications for. And it’s through these applications that the N800 transforms it’s self into a media player, a navigation system, a PDA, a VoIP Phone and so on.

The thing I find great about the N800 is sheer number of users and the community that surrounds the device. It’s always good to know that if you run into trouble there is a community you can turn to for help. There is a ton of information out there on the N800 and there are a bunch of really good videos on YouTube. Of course I will also be sharing my experiences with the N800 right here.

– Jeremy

I broke down and ordered my Nokia N800 tonight. I was going to wait a few weeks, but since I will be going to Austin in a week I wanted to take it with me. So I ordered it. I also ordered a pack of screen protectors and a cheap 2 gig SD card. Hopefully that means I will be watching movies on the plane.

Of course shortly after placing my order I was looking over internettablettalk.com and a couple people were selling their, basically, brand new N800 for $50-$60 cheaper than what I paid. I tried to cancel my order with Amazon, but I guess the 2 day shipping must of immediately locked in the order. Oh well… at least I know if it craps out on me I can return it to Amazon.

– Jeremy

… ok not exactly, but I did sell my first thing on Ebay today. While selling things on Ebay isn’t hard I did find it a little confusing, but none the less my item sold. I sold a rope clutch that I had purchased for my sailboat, but I have since sold the boat and I still had the rope clutch in the box. So it sat and sat. Last night I got motivated to finally post it.

I have my eye on a Nokia N800 which leads up to a new personal project I am going to be working on, but that deserves it’s own post.

– Jeremy