"Safe" FAT32, cheap RAID, RAID implied as backup, Microsoft.
Nice job, you successfully trolled the
Doesnt't it feel like there have been three of the same stories in different form but identical in comments?
Anyway, The N810 is also an N800 with a transflective screen, making it very readable where the N800 is not, and thus fits the requirements better. Yes, I own both (and owned a 770, for good measure).
I would caution against any of the eink devices if you insist on webbrowsing on the same device. The refresh rate and limited web media and browser functions make for a frustrating experience. I carry my Sony 505 with me all the time, but it's for fiction, not random access (i.e. textbook, techincal, or webpage reading) as page flipping is still painful.
Your best bet, if the N810 is too small, is to find a tablet PC with a transflective screen. Motion Computing and Itronix slates can be had fairly cheaply on ebay; Fujitsu P1610/20 and U810/820 convertibles also are options if you can do without a transflective screen. I have a U820 and love it (and its high ppi and long battery life), but if I were you, I suspect the greater utility would be found in a P16x0 series.
Worse is that the OP lost point(s) for the (stupid) off topic mod, but the funny mods do nothing to restore it. While I understand not giving points for "funny," they should mitigate downmods on the same comment.
In the meantime, someone give the guy an insightful mod or two. Until the mod system corrects for the above flaw, there remains a manual solution.
You aren't wrong. Thing is, it's more an issue of what sells best. or more accurately, what most people think works best for them. I remember how Palm was extolled for not trying to do much more than be a PDA; "who needs a computer that small," was a common objection. But the truth is, people will always want to do more if it's set out in an easy fashion for them. A decade later, PalmOS - in code base and system design philosophy - is dead, and for all its flaws, Windows CE is still around.
Additionally, people simply want to carry fewer devices.*
Geeks can embrace the UNIX philosophy and wear cargo pants with a pocket for each best in class device. That, however, is not the way to market dominance.
*It's also easier for the 24-35 young professional market to carry a cellphone with a 3D accelerator than it is to deal with the stigma of commuting with a PSP. In and of itself, that is market with disposable income, a degree of technical savvy, and preexisting justification for highspeed and powerful mobile data devices.
The best laid plans of mice and men are held up in the legal department.