On the one occasion when I got to meet Ari Jaaksi, he told me the goal of the Internet Tablet team was to make the internet experience as good or better on the NIT as on a PC.

We usually talk about the aspects where the Nokia N800 needs to improve.

But what about WiFi reception? The N800 with the most recent OS is way better at locating and connecting to WiFi than the four laptops I currently have or have had recent access to.

The new  Dell Latitude D820 I’ve been given at work doesn’t even see our home network (based upstairs) from the dining room. And something going on with the Comcast broadband or our inexpensive Netgear wireless router will break the connection to the family computer downstairs that can’t be resurrected unless the router is reset. But the N800 (and the 770 I have too) connect just fine after such singularities (which take place probably three or four times a week).

Is the Nokia N800 the best device there is for locating and connecting to a wireless network?

I don’t have the experience to say. What can others report?