I'm using a Nokia N800 tablet, now with Skype inside.

This version of Skype is slimmed down from a desktop version. I miss many of the conveniences, but I use it daily as an accessory sitting next to my desktop's keyboard.

My most common use: keeping active chat windows open. My chat session with Skype/VoIP friends stays busy from midnight to early evening my time.

It connects to the Internet via my home-office Wi-Fi. On the road, I pair it with my N80 to use AT&T/Cingular's slow, flaky data network.

As for the tablet, I miss a keyboard, full size or otherwise. But my handwriting is getting faster and more accurate with practice. I'd love to use my fingers more but the N800 UI isn't engineered for big soft fleshy bulging pointers.

With the N800 I've an immediacy and sense of participation away from home I've not experienced since my first Danger Sidekick and, before that, my first mobile phone. Having the Internet and my connections with me, in the modes I'm used to, is comforting, "normal." I still want GPS and telephony built into the tablet, but the whole "Internet everywhere" thing completes me in a way.