Ah, the Nokia Internet Tablet

[[JiF]Rhykin]

So, I caved in and followed Grimp and picked up one of these with the money I got for my birthday (and change saved up):
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... &CatId=228



The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet.

After Grimp showed me what the N770 was capable of: great Wifi (The N800 even has a built-in webcam), great battery, Linux, and the fact that the N800 improved on everything that the N770 failed on--convinced me to buy it. It should be here next Monday and that will be the time I will be able to play it. Judging by some technical specifications, it should be capable of using EAP-TLS so I should be able to use it here at school luckily.

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Ziggy's 770 broke right after he got it. After waiting forever for a part they sent him a new 800 instead
Mine is still running just fine

[[JiF]Rhykin]

I have received my Nokia N800!
It is fantastic and I'm pretty glad I "bought" it. The only thing that I don't like is the fact that it fails in the EAP-TLS department
The Certification Manager isn't up to par and the network connection utilities are not very good.

However, an option I have is to compile wpa_supplicant on Maemo (the Tablet's OS) with the correct driver and try to get it to work (doubtful ).
What's this all mean? I just can't use it while I am at school

I guess I shouldn't complain when I got the device for FREE! Yeah, I ordered it off of Tigerdirect. When I did, they charged my account for the amount of the tablet.. then for some odd reason they credited the amount back a few hours later.. so I have my N800 in my hand without paying a cent

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Cool. I am surprized your having connection problems mine always seems to work great.
Then again I don't think I have used it on any really secure network.

[[JiF]Rhykin]

The network here is the most complicated thing I've seen. Involved 3 certificates, a RADIUS server and EAP-TLS. It sucks (in terms of the n800)

(BTW: I finally got charged a 2nd time for it.. what would've happened if I canceled my account during that period.. )

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Ziggy found a Palm virtual machine for Nokia http://www.access-company.com/products/gvm/
I am investigating getting Cachmate http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/ working. So far Cachmate works, but I gotta figure out how to convert GPX files on the Nokia though.

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

After a little messing around I managed to turn my Nokia into a Palm.
I downloaded the Palm Desktop for my PC which helps. You can sync the Nokia/Palm via IP.
The only advantage I can see is there are tons of programs for Palm OS which I may now be able to run.

Palm screen shot:



Cachemate app screenshot:

[[JiF][AARP]Tissueman]

Cool! Where did you find Cachemate and what does it do?

[[JiF][AARP]Grimp]

Ziggy showed it to me. He has a Palm Garmin GPS. Its cool for paperless geocaching. You can download a query of say all caches 25 miles from your house via a GPX file from http://www.geocaching.com (might be a premium member thing) convert the file and add it to Cachemate and use it for information rather than printouts. You can also use it to keep a log for your finds until you get back to your PC.


http://www.smittyware.com/palm/cachemate/

Requirements: Palm OS® 3.0 or later
There is also a Pocket PC version available.

CacheMate™ is a database for tracking GPS cache hunts. You can store information about caches or benchmarks, decode hints, and transfer data between CacheMate and the MemoPad application. Registered users can import LOC and GPX formatted XML files, which are available from Geocaching.com.


Features:

Sony/HandEra/Palm hi-res support
Palm OS® 5/6 compatibility
Scrollable color "overview" display
Multiple database support
Editable cache type list
Support for the Palm OS® Find system
Import/Export data with MemoPad
Geocaching hint decoder
Record bookmarking
"Nearest caches" search with GPS support
Bluetooth GPS support
Jog wheel support
Import/Export waypoints using GPX and LOC XML files
Plugin application support
Waypoint projection
Memory card support (see documentation for details)

[[JiF]Rhykin]

*rises out of the ruins of his final exams*

So, now that I have a chance to play with it (and visit the forums for that matter) it's pretty good. I'm hoping the OS 2008 will fix the network issues I have been having with my school. I'm also installing (or was installing until I had my computer problems last month) the OS2008 developer's kit so I can compile my own programs for it.