Re: Replacement of PDA and phone

At 04 Apr 2008 20:18:02 -0400 (PeteCresswell) wrote:
Per Larry:
my Nokia N800 Linux tablet

This is from somebody who knows nothing - but would like to merge
their cell phone and PDA.

Does the N800 do cell phone on tMob's band?


No. The N800 is a "web tablet." It is not a cellphone.


Seems like cell phone functionality is implicit, considering the
thread....

That's just Larry assuming any consumer choice he's made is right for
everyone else.

Larry carries a separate bluetooth-enabled cellphone to make cellphone
calls and to connect the N800 to the internet with when WiFi isn't available.
A perfectly legitimate combination, but the N800 is NOT what they call a
"convergence device" (combination PDA and cellphone.)

but one of the reviews said something like "Don't get
rid of your cell phone or PDA when you buy the Nokia product..."

True. The N800 supports a variety of VoIP services like Skype and the
Gizmo Project, but unless it's connected to the internet either Via WiFi or
a cellphone, a web tablet has the same telephonic abilities of Moses' stone
tablets.


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