Tim,
I didn't even think about the video conf through gtalk, but I probably should have. I agree that its probably useless as no one else video chats via gtalk yet. I also rarely find someone who can vid chat thru Skype. If you ever wanna chat, I'm Duzins on Skype. What did you think about the camera in general? If I considered this it would have to replace something I carry, possibly my phone or my mp3 player, but I don't think it even has the capabilities of phone, I mean other than Skype. The mp3 player replacement is a possibility. Robyn From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of T Shey Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:53 AM To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone I actually played with the N800 over the weekend at the Nokia store. Its built-in videoconferencing over Google Talk was pretty cool - by far the best feature, though I still can't even find enough people to do videochats with me via Skype or iChat (anyone?). And it has nice video playback, audio, and a very sharp web browser (it seems like the screen has at least 100-dpi resolution). I couldn't help, when pulling out the stylus, thinking of Steve Jobs' dismissal from the MacWorld speech, something to the effect of "nobody wants a stylus." It all looked pretty but the interface was decidedly not intuitive. I was actually stumped for a little bit trying to navigate around, a definite learning curve on all the menus, which were Windows-like, and a bunch of buttons on the device that are not clear at all as to their use. Ultimately, it's not a laptop replacement or a phone replacement -- it's yet a third device to have (or fourth, if you carry a MP3 player). So, for all its slickness, it may unfortunately go the way of the Newton, which also had a stylus, I believe. p.s. I still have, and love, my Newton, which works, though it's more a museum piece than anything else. Confessions of a Machead. On 1/14/07, Robyn Tippins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:robyn%40sleepyblogger.com> > wrote: > Off the top of my head, the N800 has a faster processor (330mhz), additional > memory (though the 770 could be easily hacked to have comparable memory -2g > I think). Both run linux and there is a good community of people who > develop for the 770. The 800 will have a similar community, no doubt. > > > > It's not a full-fledged UMPC, but it's close. For a real UMPC, you could > look at the Samsung Q1 or possibly one of the nicer models from TabletKiosk. > The tabletscape (like the blogosphere but tablet afficianados) is a great > place to start looking for reviews on devices like this. I've watched at > least 3 unboxings or full out reviews of the N800 this week and last week, > so if you need some help locating some videos let me know. The video blogs > from some of these guys are amazing. > > > > Take a look at the LG KE850: > http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/13/video-of-lgs-ke850-its-no-poser/ > > > > Robyn > > > > From: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:groups-yahoo-com%40mmeiser.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 4:30 PM > To: videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [videoblogging] Re: [video_vertigo] iPhone > > > > A friend of mine bought the N770... that's the small handheld tablet > device that runs a form of debian linux right? I don't think it > panned out for him... ended up in a drawer like most such devices. > > I'll have to check out the specs on the N800 and see what's new. > > The only problem I think it has is that noone knows what to do with > it. There aren't any clear use cases or models... you can do all sorts > of stuff with it, but it's not clearly defined... it's an undifined > market niche. > > Thanks for the links! > > -Mike > mmeiser.com/blog > > On 1/14/07, T Shey <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:timshey%40gmail.com> <mailto:timshey%40gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hey, just caught up with this thread... for the record, tongue was > > firmly planted in cheek when talking about Apple being arrogant. > > Sure they are, but who can't like seeing Apple give a jolt to a mobile > > phone business that seems to conspire together to tolerate bad user > > experience. > > > > There was one nice product at CES that probably didn't get its due as > > a result. The new Nokia N800 tablet looks nice, will probably be > > relatively affordable, and seems to have a clean and well-thought-out > > OS. Anyone had a chance to play with one? I tried out its > > predecessor, the 770, at a store in NYC the other day and was pretty > > impressed. > > > > http://www.nseries.com/products/n800/#l=products,n800 > > http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/05/nokia-n800-internet-tablet-unboxed/ > > > > On 1/13/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:steve%40dvmachine.com> > <mailto:steve%40dvmachine.com> > wrote: > > > lol whoa yeah it does look like Cisco might have blown it, har har > > > sticking a sticker that says 'iPhone' on the box of an existing > > > product, does not seem likely to me to have preserved their trademark, > > > fools! > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com> , "Ryan Ozawa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 1/11/07, Steve Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Oh yeah and the supreme arrongance of Apple winds me up - just > > > why did > > > > > they think they could get away with using the name iPhone when its > > > > > already been trademarked? > > > > > > > > I'm an Apple fan, but also felt the same way. It seemed so blatant, so > > > > ridiculous, I was similarly confident that Cisco would have the rare > > > > opportunity to prevail over Apple and make the company eat a little > > > > humble pie. > > > > > > > > But it turns out, Cisco may have shot itself in the foot: > > > > > > > > http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=236 > > > > > > > > You know what? It'd be worth Apple losing the case anyway. Just > > > > seeing that fake product box makes it all worth it. > > > > > > > > Digg It! > > > > http://www.digg.com/tech_news/iPhonegate_Cisco_s_sneaky_sticker > > > > > > > > Ryan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > --------------------------------------- > > Tim Shey > > > > http://nextnewnetworks.com/ > > http://shey.net/ > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- --------------------------------------- Tim Shey http://nextnewnetworks.com/ http://shey.net/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
