Nokia today introduced the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, signifying a new phase in portable internet communication. Sporting Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g connectivity, a slide-out QWERTY keyboard and a full-fledged web browser, there's only one thing missing: WiMAX. However, a WiMAX version of the N810 will be coming next year. In the meantime, the N810's Wi-Fi connectivity will provide Internet access through hotspots as well as home and office networks, including via Boingo Mobile. Applications compiled for the previous two Internet Tablet models will not be compatible with this one. This hurt the N800 a lot too, because most developers didn't care to re-compile their apps as they kept their N770. Hopefully this is the last time Nokia breaks compatibility.
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Member since:2007-09-06
If this drops the price of the N800, I'd recommend having a serious look at it.
I've been watchign the little device market for the last many years while Palm seems to grow more and more stagnent. The N800 was the first device I could consider an upgrade to my T5 as everything else I've looked at meant giving up most of the functions. Actually, the only thing I lost was the IR port.
My only warning would be admitting the hope that the GPE suite matures more (address book is sad compared to T5) and more bluetooth phone apps become available. The only thing I've found so far is a app called Phonelink which I've yet to see work with my Razr.
Good to see Nokia sticking behind maemo by providing hardware though. Good also that the 2008 OS release does not make the N800 obsolete; hopefully not the N770s either.
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2005-08-12
Don't think these are remotely in the same category. The EEE and friends are meant to be budget ultra-portable laptops.
To bad the N810 doesn't have a SIMcard slot lol..But that would obsolete all the kewl phones Nokia put out like the N95. I have been hot to but a N770 or N800 for the last couple months, just to keep from needing to carry a laptop for on the go surfing and media. The N810 might actually fit my all-in-one companion needs finally. Every other device in its class falls a bit short. (by my standards)