N8x0's in 2019!
 

Continue to use in 2019 :)

Re: N8x0's in 2019!
 

damn straight.. :D
ooooh I love my lil ol' beasties ...they just keep going..

hm...perhaps this year I will start a couple new threads..
"N8X0 monthly photo competition"
(love my freaky little grainy n800 periscope cam :D)
and maybe another different one...not sure yet..

I have considered doing a weekly or monthly youtube show ...
pertaining purely to the n8x0.
we'll see how much time I have...
It may end up being called the "Diablo Variety Show"
(one can only stand watching a single person talk about a device line so long...)
find an "Ed McMahon" to laugh at terrible jokes...shout "Hey--Yo!" every now and again
get some special guests to come on in...
Some plate spinners spinning n8x0's instead...
A dancing dog act ..
Is Tiny Tim still alive...?
maybe get him to play "Tiptoe through the Tulips" on the maemo theremin program...

dammit...
Tiny Tim has been dead now for 23 years...
The guy isn't tiptoeing through the tulips any longer...he is pushing up the tulips...
Hm...gotta find someone else...

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Alas, my n810 has separated into two pieces, although it still runs if held together by a rubber band.

I still remember when I first read the ads for the N810 ten years ago -- the Nokia Internet Tablet. I thought, that's exactly what I want -- an Internet Tablet. Not a cell phone where I'm paying big $$$ every month just to use the blooming thing. I want to use *WiFi* to browse the web. Now, of course, there are many different kinds of tablets, but the N8x0 series was way ahead of its time.

And, although I confess I have moved on & don't use my N810 anymore, I will always be grateful that it & this forum introduced me to the world of Linux and free & open-source software & software communities. It's my "how I get into Linux" story.

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You too eh?
Yeah...I hadn't really got my feet wet with lnux before the n800/n810 ...
For me too it was the device that really made me change to using linux...
I think it was easier because of the tablets.. to learn linux...but that is my view...

Its in 2 pieces ...held together with a rubber band ...and STILL it works !
hahaha...
yeah baby!
That is a good build for a device.

I still use mine...but I have thought of gutting one and seeing if I could get a banana pi ...or some such ...running inside an n810...
I think it would be a fun experiment ..and if it worked ...give the device a real jump in variety of new stuff to run on it...
(Unfortunately I would be more like Dr Frankenstein's 2nd cousin removed ...as far as my technical ability to see a success in such a weird endeavour..)

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I use my N800 and N810 every day to listen internet radio. For this, I made a small pygtk application.https://scontent-frx5-1.cdninstagram...ninstagram.com

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excellent idea...genius if I may say...

yeah I use my n8x0's daily for just that as well...
Usually I use oscp...now...
But every now and then...
I enjoy opening up streamtuner and getting surprised by what I find ...
Still love that ol' streamtuner....

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I have one of my n810s setup to play audio cds, by piping the output from cdparanoia into play (sox)

It took me a lot of googling to get this to work, and I had to compile most (all?) of the software.

It is endlessly satisfying though :D

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inventive I must say.

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Do you insert the CD in the slot between keyboard and screen? ;)

I ripped my CDs, copied the ogg files to the n810 and played with xmms or mplayer.

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hahahaha

hm...yeah...I do the same...
actually I messed around with mp3pro back in the day...converted a whack of music to it...it cuts out a huge chunk of bandwidth...and makes the mp3 much tighter and smaller...
many would think that to be a detriment...
and it is...
unless you then utilise mp3pro "unwrapper" (shall we say...can't remember it's name at the moment ..) that simply adds that bandwidth back on playback...
handy dandy..
means that you can store 4-5 times the audio...than normally done.

I still have a whack of those favourites in a folder...

But I am kinda a purist ...ogg is also one of my preferred formats for the n8x0...
and xmms for the n8x0
is the freakin' best player period
wish we could get milkdrop running on it ...god that is mad mad mad
but I think the poor n8x0 would explode from an attempt at using projectM.