What Was She Thinking?!

You remember the Nokia 770 that was my birthday present this year? Well a few weeks ago, while I was rushing to work, I put a bottle of Vitamin Water in my tote bag. I thought I had closed the lid tightly. Eh.. suffice it to say that electronic equipment and moisture .. even life-affirming water, loaded with vitamins and nutrients .. don't mix well. I tried drying it completely out and not touching it to turn it on until it was completely dry, as he suggested. To no avail; it's dead as a doornail. I was able to salvage just a few of its parts, including the 64MB mini-SD card which came with a converter (god love it) so that I was able to use it in my new Nokia 800 internet tablet, the next generation up from the N770. The 810 is out now, but I don't care; I love this new gadget. For one thing, it's not crippled by an older version of Opera and Flash which prevent some web sites from loading at all and prohibits viewing of YouTube and similar videos. Video playback can be a bit choppy, depending on the solidity of your network connection, but I usually use it at work or at home so those networks are pretty strong and consistent. It has Skype, which you can use as an IM or use it to make phone calls right from the N800. I haven't tried that yet. The other IM client it uses is GoogleTalk. So now there's no end to the ways I can bug my friends!

Here's the newest toy, which I promise to keep safely in my purse, not my tote bag:

And here is the Nokia marketing video (9MB AVI file) which came with my N800. Enjoy.