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I would definitely encourage you *not* to upgrade. In addition to the<br>
touch-screen problems already mentioned, my OS2008 'upgrade' has had<br>
the following disastrous effect on my Igo Stowaway Bluetooth keyboard:<br><br>
1. Based on random criteria I haven't been able to figure out, the<br>
Bluetooth keyboard sometimes activates the word-completion<br>
feature used with the stylus keyboard. This is so slow (I type<br>
75 words per minute on a kinesis so probably half that on the<br>
stowaway) that the keyboard becomes useless because the N800<br>
can't keep up.<br></blockquote><div><br>Try turning off text prediction and word completion. It speeds it up remarkably. It does seem kinda random when it's turned on though.<br><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
2. THE KILLER: Once I have connected a bluetooth keyboard, the<br>
on-screen stylus keyboard and thumb keyboard no longer work.<br>
Even when the BT keyboard is put away and turned off, attempts to<br>
use the stylus keyboard produce only a black bar at the bottom of<br>
the screen with the letters Abc at the far right. The only cure<br></blockquote><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
is to reboot the machine.<br></blockquote><div><br>The bar with Abc is the text prediction. It will go away if you do the above. Staggering waste of space, isn't it?<br> <br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">
I can't tell you how angry I am about this. For me one of the<br>
great benefits of the N800 is that it's always on, always<br>
connected. I mostly use the stylus but can easily connect a<br>
keyboard if I have to write a long email. Now that's all gone;<br>
every time I think about the external keyboard I have to think<br>
about whether I'm going to give up all my external state and<br>
reboot.<br><br>
If these problems aren't fixed in the next release of OS2008 I'm just<br>
going to punt and go back to OS2007, which at least worked.<br></blockquote>
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Don't just stew, vote for the bug here: <a href="https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850">https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2850</a> Let Nokia know this is happening to more people and you're not pleased. I can't believe we have only 5 votes for this killer bug.<br>
<br>There is a possible workaround too - turn on your bluetooth icon in the taskbar. Leave it on... It may not be a 100% cure but it seems to help a lot for most people.<br>