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User Submitted Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet Reviews (cont...)Date: 2008-06-04 This device is a beauty This is an absolutely wonderful device. I also own a iphone and a pocket pc so I'll present a comparison. IPAQ: I bought a pocket pc (HP Ipaq 110) a few months back thinking that it would serve as a handheld computing device for me. Let me assure you - it didn't. Windows pocket pcs just dont have it in them. In the Ipaq 110, there were no zoom buttons for quick full screen access. Nokia n810 puts the resolution on ipaq 110 to a shame. The screen resolution on ipaq 110 was so poor that if you wanted to see a webpage, you could only see maybe 1/16th of the width at one time. Text was not clear unless it was really huge (by Nokia N810 standards). Microsoft just hasn't designed an innovative enough product. Who ever came up with the idea of trying to fit a webpage somehow on a low resolution screen, by totally scrapping all structure, has obviously never tried to use it themselves. Iphone: While the resolution on iphone was good, who really wants to keep rubbing their fingers on the screen all the time? The browsing was very barebone. It was only marginally better than the pocketpc. Half the websites wouldn't open or would be completely unbrowsable. And what's the point of browsing if you can't save a thing to your computer. You can't save any pdf's - nothing. Everything was restricted. There were no hardware buttons - all you did was rub your fingers across the screen. Nokia N810: The browsing on this device is beyond description. After my experiences with iphone and ipaq, I was beginning to thing that there is no such thing as proper browsing on a handheld device. Nokia N810 proved me wrong. The resolution of the screen is so high (and beautifully fine) that you can actually browse very comfortably. You see entire websites on one screen and it doesn't feel that you are compromising anything. The Mozilla based browser works wonderfully. On N810, there is no difference how a webpage would behave on a laptop vs on this device. You actually see what you see on a laptop. This is not a scrapped down browser like the other two devices I mentioned - You can actually do important tasks without taking an hour trying to some how get around form or functional barriers. 128 megs of ram is great. For comparison, IPAQ 110 had 64 megs of ram. In Nokia N810, there is also an option to use a swap file on the internal disk. The filesystem and file manager feel very robust. There is the device file system, and the internal card (2 GB), and your own micro SD card (if you inserted one). Installing Applications: Installing applications is very easy - just go to [...] (on your device itself) and click install buttons for what ever you want to install. There are some nice games out there. You have to try numpty physics. Skype: Skype works great. You just download and install it and you have a fully functional WiFi phone right away. PDF and Document Reading: This device excells in all forms of text reading. The screen is so great, it actually makes text look so beautiful. There is a fully functional PDF reader that comes pre-installed. Also, make sure you install 'evince'. I cannot praise evince enough. It is one of the many free applications you can download and install from [...]. It lets you view pdfs, and also Djvu (and others besides that). There is a ebook reader too (FBReader). I tried opening a Djvu file on my pocketpc, and while it would open, it was totally useless - first because of the low resolution, and secondly because the software was so crappy. However, with evince on Nokia N810, I can so easily (and fully functional, no compromises) read some of the Djvu books that I have (some of them many megs large with hundreds of pages). The hardware buttons on this device work perfect. The quick zoom lets you maximise applications to full screen and then there are zoom in/out buttons, lock button, power button etc. (Microsoft should learn something from this instead of producing crappy OS for portable devices after 6+ years of development). Updates: Updates to the OS and software are frequent. There is a good community developing software for this device. Everything is built for open standards and more connectivity and capabilities (instead of designing applications to make them more restrictive). Connection to PC: There are multiple connectivity options to a PC. You don't need any drivers or anything. Just hook it to a pc and it becomes an external harddrive. You see, both the internal card and the external card as removable drives. You can of course, copy stuff directly to the microSD card using SD adapters and readers etc. (many microSD cards come with adapters, and many new laptops have SD readers inbuilt). This linux device actually feels like a computer in hand, instead of feeling like a gimmic. The browsing is so functional, you can use it full time as an ultra portable computer. Performance is very decent. For enthusiasts out there, there are things like xterm (comes pre-installed), rdesktop (you can login onto and remotely use your windows desktops), openSSH and a bunch of nice utilities available. Summary: I was beginning to think that handheld devices are mostly toys - they cannot be used for any serious browsing, reading etc. Nokia N810 proved me wrong. The screen is so beautiful and high-resolution, you see entire webpages on it. And the browser is not a nerfed version - it is a fully functional mozilla browser - just like on a laptop. Document viewing ability is excellent. Google maps, google documents, gmail etc. - all work great. You can actually login to your secure websites (credit card payments, shopping) and not feel that suddenly a website might not work on your handheld. I highly recommend this product. Date: 2008-06-02 Nokia 810 It is everything it claims to be: lightweight, easily accessible with wireless and/or BlueTooth. It is also easy to use. Date: 2008-05-21 For Web Surfing the Unit Rocks, for GPS and cost, not so much!! Everyone else has put some great info about the device and I just want to reiterate that the web browser is fantastic. But, I urge you to consider two things before you buy this. The device comes with a paltry amount of memory for the price, so you will have to buy a SDHC card. Also the GPS takes a long time to acquire a Sat lock, plus should you want to use it for GPS navigation, you will have to pay for Wayfinder Navigator(sub par when compared to TomTom or CoPilot) at over $100 PER YEAR. So recap, $400 for the N810, $100 for a SanDisk 6 or 8GB card, $100 per year for Navigation Software (easily $800 over 3 years) I am returning mine for Acer EEPC or maybe I will just wait for the iPhone 2. Date: 2008-05-20 So disappointed with this purchase I needed a device that would allow me to show off some of the content our software products create, and after hearing all the rave reviews of the N810, I puled the trigger and purchased this device. What a disappointment. While the form factor for the hardware is nice, as well as the fit and finish, the software itself is clumsy and cumbersome to use. On initial setup, the device hung when trying to pair with my cellphone, but as designed, there is no way to tell that the device had stopped responding. After over an hour, and finally a couple of reboots later, I was able to move past this stage to finish the setup. After a couple more hours of working to pair the device with my cellphone (and several Google searches later) I gave up. I am still unable to pair my N810 with my AT&T 8525. Now on to the browser- What a POS. Maybe I'm spoiled from using my iPhone, but I thought the browser on the N810 was pathetic. Not having the ability to resize the screen so that I can make the text larger in the pertinent area of the website is a bad thing for a device this small. GPS- Slow to pick up the satellites, and not very responsive. It's feels more like a hacked add on than the quality of a device like my Garmin Zumo. If it weren't for the hardware form factor and for the fact that this device carries a full version of Flashplayer 9, I would have given this a 1 star. Date: 2008-05-18 Great Device; Some Disappointments The Internet Tablet is definitely a spectacular handheld. The screen resolution is excellent, the keyboard is spacious, and the device comes with some great apps like Skype, Rhapsody, and GPS. There are also a bunch of third-party apps for media playback and PIM. It satisfies every reason I bought it for. That said, there are a few disappointments. The interface feels slow and clunky compared to that of the iPhone. Although there are some good programs available for the device, the third-party development (and that from Nokia for that matter) seems not as extensive as that of some other devices (iPhone). The camera is of pretty poor quality and video chats are only supported tablet-to-tablet or through some wacky app for Windows. I had read complaints regarding the GPS's ability to get a signal. I was pleasantly surprised to see none of the issue; the GPS connects in a reasonable amount of time (about 45 seconds-1 minute). It depends on geographical location, but most importantly, how many satellites are in view. As long as it sits still, it connects fairly easily. I am satisfied with the device, despite some of its flaws. I would say it is not a good product for a novice user, as I made many modifications to the software before I was happy using it. It is a little expensive, considering the cost of the device, the shareware GPS upgrade, accessories, and memory sticks. But if a technologically-competent individual is looking for a good mobile internet and media device, I would certainly recommend it.
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