[maemo-users] N800 Case - Still not here

[From: James Sparenberg]

On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:14:51 -0400
hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 22, 2007 at 08:10:55AM -0400, James Knott wrote:
> > Stefan Englhardt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I would like to see a case with integrated keyboard.
> > > I've an very old casio pocket calculator which has
> > > a plastic housing which holds additional keys in
> > > the housing. You open it like a book.
> > >
> > > So opening the N800 case to the bottom finding a
> > > thin foil-keybord would help writing emails.
> > >
> > > Another feature would be a wristband on the back
> > > so I could fix it to the belt or on the bycicle.
> > > The N800 is too big for the trouserpocket so
> > > I need some convenient way to carry it. Look at
> > > the wristband the Garmin Forerunner 201 comes with.
> > > I use it to fix the device on the bicyle, too.
> > >
> > > The original bag is *dangerous* I can hear 1000s of
> > > N800s dropping to the floor all over the world ;-)).
> > > I dropped it three times until I learned to take care.
> > > It slips away like wet soap.
> > >
> > >   
> > 
> > I agree about the slippery case.  It's great for when I carry my
> > N800 in my shirt pocket, as it's easy to remove and reinstert the
> > N800. However, if it's sitting on the car seat and I have to brake
> > hard, if the open end is facing forward, the N800 will wind up on
> > the floor. Perhaps the reason for that case is to "encourage"
> > people to buy another N800, after the previous one broke falling
> > out of the case.  ;-)
> > 
> 
> I'm told cases for the Nintendo DS work well for the N800, since
> they're almost the same size.  Can anyone verify this?
> 
> -- hendrik
>
I bought a DS lite case for my 770 (now wifes 770) and just checked the
n800 fits well in it too.

James