In this video blog, I’ve got a solid half-hour of hands-on expose with the Nokia N800 Internet tablet, a Linux-based miniature computer that’s surprisingly impressive. It is much cooler than I expected it to be. Most notably–web browsing and videoconferencing on this thing are amazing. YouTube even works on it. Looking forward to moblogging with it a bit. In this vlog, I demonstrate the browser, the RSS reader, Google Talk, the headphone management device, the FM radio add-on, the streaming music, and Bluetooth on the N800.
[...] If you want to get a good overview of the experience of a Nokia N800, watch Ted’s 28 minute video. At the end of it, you’ll see him doing a video call with me. Some points I brought up in the video that are probably worth mentioning: [...]
[...] That’s right, a 30 minute feature length video taking you through the main aspects of the N800 by Ted Wallingford, over at his Signal to Noise blog. If you’re thinking about buying one of these internet tablet devices, here’s a great place to start to see all the cool features. [...]
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You can flash on Mac using 770Flasher … http://www.bleb.org/software/770/
Also if you tap and hold on a video, you can change settings to low, which will improve things. Though the biggest improvement will come when you flash to v.3.
Also – You might have better luck browsing FROM the Nokia rather than to it. Works on Phones which is handy.
i have it