I was curious about a n810 or earlier model a month ago, but I found them difficult to find here.  Anywhere I found them was almost *twice* the price of what it was in the U.S.  Many of the site I was looking at seemed outdated, but even the up-to-date sites were disappointing.  I even contacted a few stores Nokia had listed as retailers, and they did not carry them.  The Nokia site isn't the mess it was a month or two ago, but still...

I ended up settling on an Archos 5, which Best Buy has on sale, but out of stock.  Future Shop matches the price, so I got the 60 GB model for about $250.

I briefly considered an Ipod Touch, but apparently it doesn't play nice with Linux.

I think I should write an article to tell you folks what usability and trinkets are like...


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From: Montana Quiring <montanaq@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RndTbl] New Linux Maemo Device
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This just got announced too:
http://www.h-online.com/open/Sharp-launch-Linux-based-Netwalker-in-Japan--/news/114103

Japan only though. :(
-MQ

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Montana Quiring <montanaq@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I know there's more then a few of us that are interested in and excited
> about this announcement!
> http://cli.gs/n900announce
>
> --
> -Montana
>
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