[gvb]

I carry a n800 everywhere. I got it two years ago - I had various PalmOS products ("instant on") before that. What blew my mind when I got it is that the n800 is always on, and there is no reason to turn it off.

* When I walk in the door at home, it automatically connects to my wireless access point.

* I can ssh into it or scp files to or from it using my laptop (after unsuspending the laptop and waiting for it to get back into X :-O) regardless of where it is physically.

* I use rsnapshot nightly to back it up.

* I tap on the screen and it is "instant on" because it was already on, just the backlight was off.

In short, I never turn it on, I never plug it in (other than to recharge :-()

That is the way Life Should Be (other than needing recharging).

Most people don't realize What Could Be because their computer usage paradigm (imagination) is limited by what Windows + Intel is able to do.

[iuyhgbn]

Some of us do - we had a Psion ten years ago!