"Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote in news:elmop-
769E3A.11080027012008@nntp1.usenetserver.com:

> Ah, so you're admitting--finally--that your sainted Nokia N800 is NOT
> easy to use.
>
>

While not a net appliance, like a mac or windoze, it's easier to use than
WinXP. For instance, updating all the installed software, all at once,
is a matter of booting Application Manager, then clicking the Check for
Updates button. The Linux hackers didn't like updating all the
improvements, one at a time, so they developed a .sys file that stay in
the update page. It automates the process even further, just updata the
..sys file and it scripts the update....one click.

Try updating all the software installed in your Win XP box and see what
hell you go through...not just the OS, but all the software installed.

N800 is MUCH easier to use than Win XP. Of course, like a real computer,
one must have certain basic skills of installing (another one button
operation from maemo.org's download database for user programs). If you
take the time to look at maemo.org's download section of freeware, notice
the green down arrow, which sends a .install file the tablet recognizes.
Application Manager boots, downloads the appropriate file catalog from
the authoring website, then downloads the latest software and installs
it, only asking you if you want to do it and warning you it's not Nokia's
fault if it doesn't work because Nokia had nothing to do with it...