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ThoughtFix finally review his Nokia N800

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By: , IntoMobile
Tuesday, January 16th, 2007 at 2:46 PM

Took you long enough! I kid I kid :-)

YouTube and Google Video are a different story. While the videos load and play, the frame rate is about 2-3 frames per second in the best case. Sound is more stable, but still cuts out from time to time. I do not know if this is a result of firmware or CPU power, but it is certainly not something you’d want to do at length with this device. Finally, while watching Flash videos, the screen saver doesn’t know the user is watching and dims the screen automatically. When the screen goes entirely into "sleep" mode, the video and audio just stop.

As a Google Talk client, it’s not bad. The problem here, of course, is that all my friends are on AIM, Yahoo, or MSN. The Nokia 770 had GAIM (a multi-protocol chat client including MSN, AIM, Yahoo and more) ported to it and we can expect a similar port for the N800 any day now. (*EDIT: GAIM is availble, though not officially a "bora" package) GAIM does not offer some of the functionality of the desktop counterparts. Typing messages with the on-screen keyboard is tedious and the thumbboard hides the incoming chat window, so heavy chatters would do well to invest in Bluetooth keyboard (which is easily paired with the N800 through a control panel applet.)

Source: Thought Fix

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.