The Nokia N800 is a difficult beast to classify. Nokia themselves call it an internet tablet and, fair enough, it makes a pretty sensational web device. But its capable of so much more.
With multiple card slots, stereo speakers and standard 3.5mm headphone its clearly crying out to be used as a portable media player, but can the software stand up to this use? Actually it can, but because Nokia have made this an open platform (rather than use the closed mindset that Apple is currently employing) there are a good few alternatives to the built in media player.
I've settled on Canola, a simple, touch-friendly media player with niceties like album art support and skinning. Its big, bright interface is ideal for use in a car as an MP3 player, whilst it also packs an image viewer and a video player with full screen support.
Whilst, for example, the iPod Touch can boast its coverflow feature I suspect that Canola's strengths far outweigh the limited appeal of that particular piece of eye…
With multiple card slots, stereo speakers and standard 3.5mm headphone its clearly crying out to be used as a portable media player, but can the software stand up to this use? Actually it can, but because Nokia have made this an open platform (rather than use the closed mindset that Apple is currently employing) there are a good few alternatives to the built in media player.
I've settled on Canola, a simple, touch-friendly media player with niceties like album art support and skinning. Its big, bright interface is ideal for use in a car as an MP3 player, whilst it also packs an image viewer and a video player with full screen support.
Whilst, for example, the iPod Touch can boast its coverflow feature I suspect that Canola's strengths far outweigh the limited appeal of that particular piece of eye…