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- Nokia N810 NSeries Internet Tablet Whether you are at home, in the park or in a coffee shop, with the Nokia N810 you will never be far away. With the ability to check emails, read the latest gossip online or IM to your friends, share your moods on your favorite social sites; call via Skype, or get closer by the Gizmo video chat - with the integrated VGA camera - you'll never be far away from those you want to keep in contact with. Keeping you on the right track You may feel lost without it, but with the Nokia N810, you'll never lose your way. The Nokia N810 has an integrated GPS receiver which allows you to pinpoint your position and find a wide variety of points-of-interests using the pre-loaded maps. Upgrade to Wayfinder's voice-guided navigation for turn-by-turn directions and explore the world on foot or in the car. Never be bored again Whether you're traveling on the trip of a lifetime or on your daily commute to work, the Nokia N810 is the perfect traveling companion. No Wi-Fi connection on your journey? No need, the Nokia N810 offers up to 45 hours of music playback and memory to store up to 7,500 songs on an optional 10GB memory card*. Its large (4.13"), sharp (800x480 resolution) wide screen makes for a magical experience right in the palm of your hand.
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- My new constant companion!
- I purchased my Nokia for use primarily to access my Windows desktop at work. I have loaded Remote Admin on other Linux distros via WINE and it lets me access and control my work PC from anywhere there is Internet access. At some point, I may be able to get it to do remote access, but not through currently existing channels that I have in place.
But that said, I am really enjoying this new toy! My wife said to "send it back if it won't do what you need it to do," but I was like, " you are not getting this away from me unless you pry it out of my cold dead hands!" I am having too much fun discovering all the things that it CAN do...
Pros:
- The size and quality of construction are excellent!
- Resolution is amazing. Even for someone wearing bifocals!
- Multiple levels of zoom help for those who need bifocals (but are in denial about needing them!)
- Audio quality with provided earphones is pretty good. With my ipod buds, it is excellent!
Cons:
- The provided 'trial' GPS program was not all that impressive. And, they want to charge you to use it - no, thanks. Ditched it and downloaded Maemo mapper.
- WINE won't work on the Nokia.
- No Citrix client.
- Built in speaker are weak - but what would you expect from a pair of 3/16" speakers? Killer bass?
It would have been good to know:
- You can't just load any old linux app. There is an active developer community working on porting apps to the Nokia platform and there are a few game apps that are nicer that the counterparts on the WinTel platform. However, there is an extremely long list of requested ports.
- No such thing as WINE for the ARM processor. Whoever comes up with a solution for this limitation is going to make a lot of people very happy!
- Great Little Geek Toy and PDA
- I purchased this after seeing it at a Linux user's group meeting I went to. I've been needing a PDA, particularly something that would keep track of my to-do lists for work and home. I love that I can tinker with it and customize the software packages to those that I want, but you need a little more technical knowledge than average to really get the most out of it.
The web browser is great for the limited space, but it occasionally fails to show some pages. This is more due to the web's unpreparedness for mobile devices, though, so I don't fault the Nokia. It doesn't come with a to-do list application and some other minor things out of the box, but it was trivial to install them. I'm a little annoyed, however, that it doesn't include my metropolitan city (Phoenix) in the time zone list.
The GPS functionality suffers from a poor receiver. It takes quite a while to sync up with enough satellites to know where it's at, and can frequently lose track of those satellites. Although I don't have one, it can connect to an external GPS receiver through Bluetooth, if available, and use it to get satellite information instead.
For USB connectivity, it uses a MicroUSB connecter, with a provided USB-to-MicroUSB adapter. Although this conserves valuable space in the design of the device, MicroUSB cables are currently pretty rare. On that note, cell phones are starting to use this as their standard, so you might be able to find cables in those sections. To minimize the cables I carry with me, I found a MiniUSB-to-MicroUSB adapter at my local technology retailer in their mobile phones section.
A standard WiFi connection can get you to the Internet just about anywhere nowadays. I don't have data on my cell phone plan, but it can also use Bluetooth to connect to a cell phone and use it for an even more mobile Internet experience.
It runs on Maemo Linux, rebranded as Internet Tablet 2008, and the maemo.org website provides plenty of help and easy to use installers. For those who are interested, Maemo is a derivative of Debian Linux, which is the basis for the currently popular desktop Ubuntu Linux.
If you're using maemo.org to acquire and install software packages, I've found that some of them, particularly the ones I'm most interested in, are broken in one way or another. Some of this is due to poor packaging, though.
The following is for above average users or those that want to tinker with the inner workings of the software: For those who know Debian-based distributions, the command line package tool, apt, is available, but the root account is disabled and there's no documentation on the sudo password for the user account, rendering it pretty much useless. Installing the OpenSSH server package from maemo.org creates a root account, so you can log in remotely with administrator privileges, but I can't use su on the device itself without root privileges, which the user account doesn't have.
The terminal shell is ash in BusyBox, and the paths aren't set right. This was annoying when I found ifconfig "didn't exist", but discovered I had to run it with the entire path, /sbin/ifconfig. There's no proper, graphical text editor in a proper package yet, but vi is there, which is more important for the command line junkies anyway.
There are ways to fix all these little problems, which I know can be found from maemo.org and related sites; I just haven't dived into it so far.
All in all, it's a great little device for people who want mobile Internet but don't want an Eee PC.
- This is a very nice product for quick Internet access when you're away from a computer. I leave it on all the time, and the battery lasts 2-3 days without needing to be re-charged, and it's easy to carry around (much easier than a laptop) and always handy when I need it.
- just to give you an idea on how awesome the nokia n810 im writing the review from it. its preloaded with lots of google apps so anyone with a gmail account i highly recemend the product. may people complained about the keys on the keyboard but after i got it i didnt get why, my cell phones keys are way smaller. well that about it its a great gizmo.
- Just great. Having a complete computer in your pocket enables you to do unexpected things. The decision of using Debian as a base gives you the choice of thousads of appplications to be used, although Nokia could provide a tidier way of organising the community apps.
It works great as a SIP phone, too. And I don't regret that it doesn't have mobile telephony included, I prefer them separate, and also the Nokia can control the telephone with bluetooth.
- Fantastic Portable Internet Device.
- This device is amazing. Bigger screen and better resolution than an Iphone or Ipod Touch (4.1" and 800 x 480 pixel resolution vs. Iphone/Ipod Touch's 3.5" and 480 X 320). I did a comparison of this tablet vs. my friends Iphone. While searching popular sites like nytimes, espn, cnn, I immediately noticed how I do not need to zoom in on text because I can read it clearly vs. an Iphone where you are forced to "pinch" the screen and increase the text size. The higher resolution makes the web sites much nicer to browse, and instead of touching the screen and getting prints and grease on it, you use a "stylus" which is held within the device to do all the tapping for you. And let's not forget the pull out QWERTY pad. The biggest plus of them all. Also contains a hinge that pulls out so you can easily place the tablet on a flat surface if you want to show others photos, websites, etc. And it plays videos from youtube with no hitches.
The only negative is that this is not a phone, nor can you always access the internet. You will either need to find a wifi hotspot or tether the tablet to your cell phone via bluetooth (a heads up, you will need a data plan with your cell phone provider to do that). If you are totally against carrying a phone and this tablet around, then maybe this device is not for you. But I'll happily place the tablet in my pocket just for the superior internet experience it provides. Plus wifi spots are everywhere, and this device is fantastic at finding them.
- I live in Germany so no iphone for me, but I love this Nokia. I bought it to use as a PDA but the internet feature is great. I'm writing this review on it at a cafe in Ireland. It picks up networks quickly and the d/l speed is great. The screen is beautiful and the touch sensor works well. The chassis is beautiful as well and the keyboard is big enough for my fat fingers. The build quality is excellent and the buttons are useful and laid out well. The battery lasts plenty long enough (6-7 hours straight use) and charges quickly.
The only things I don't like are that the flip stand is a little sharp on the edges and irritates my fingers a bit when I hold it and flash games can't keep a good framerate (it comes with some good games that work well though).
- Love the Nokia 810, Crisp clear Video, great web Browser, fast to connect to wifi hot spots, I can travel with out my laptop now...
-Rodney
- iphone doesn't even come close
- granted you must have some aptitude with open source technology (i doubt the negative reviews were from technically knowledgable users), and programming experience would make your experience even more rich. well made, open software readily downloadable (using debian based os). sold my laptop and just bring this gem with me along with my wallet wherever i go.
- The Nokia N810 internet tablet is an excellent tool for email and web-browsing away from one's desk. A little big for a trouser pocket, it will fit comfortably in a jacket pocket. The wi-fi is incredibly sensitive, picking up and working on networks that Dell laptops can't. The sceen is small but very clear. The keyboard has a good feel to it, and the rocker pad to the left of the keyboard is very effective for navigating a page. The software is reasonably quick to load.
The map is excellent, the GPS could be a little more sensitive, but that isn't really this tool's main purpose, so I don't mind. The camera also is 'only OK', but on a par with most cellphone cameras, and more of an add-on than a serious tool. I haven't tried the VOIP telephone, so I won't comment on that.
Overall, I'm extremely happy with the Nokia N810; it does what I got it for very well.
E.M. Van Court
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- It arrived broken! LCD screen didn't work and now I have a ton of issues returning it. I can't return it back to AMAZON or ANTonline (Amazon's vendor) because nobody will take responsibility for it. WHAT A MESS!
Warning! NEVER BUY A PRODUCT FROM AMAZON THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO RETURN TO AMAZON! I really wonder why Amazon sells products from other companies that it is unwilling to take responsibility for????????
- slow...freezes...not worth it..
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Pro:
1) browser with flash support
2) keyboard
3) linux
4) Beautiful screen.
Cons:
1) Slow. Slow. Slow. Don't know where to start. The browser is slow. To its credit, if you disable flash, the browser feels 2x faster but then again that's why people choose this over ipod touch right? for flash? if flash make the system slow as a pig, then it's a feature that subtracts from the value, not enhances it.
2) Stalls. When some programs needs/hogs CPU, "mail app" + "browser", the system/UI freezes/stalled for unspecified periods of time. Very very annoying.
3) Appears the device lacks enough ram or that the application are bloated or use too much ram. In any case, having even 2 programs running at a time, degrades the experience.
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Overall, I had high hopes but was very disappointed. It could be much much more but there is not enough ram and most apps are CPU hogs causing UI stalls.
- I purchased the 810 primarily as a highly portable device to read my yahoo mail. I have been less than happy with the 810's performance on this task. The response to my attempts to scroll are slow and awkward. My old Nokia 770 actually does a better job in handling yahoo mail. The 770 will only handle yahoo mail classic, but it does that well.
In general I have found the 810 response to stylus touch to be very slow and not real useful. The GPS/map features are over hyped. Because the stylys touch response is so slow, it is hard to get exactly the map view you want. If you are thinking of buying one, you might want to wait for their next model or get one of the new sub notebook computers.
- I purchased the Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet as a birthday gift. The description of the tablet being able to connect by Bluetooth using your cell phone has not to been the case. It will connect in a Wi-Fi area, but that is not was I was expecting. It will work, but it doesn't do what the gift and cost of the product entailed. I am somewhat disappointed with it.
- I purchased the N810 after reading glowing revues in computer magazines. I am far from a novice computer user, but this little item defeated me. I was unable to get it connected to my computer to download some programs - the very ones for which I had purchased the tablet. E-mails to Customer Support went from amusing to exasperating; a phone call soon became apparent that English was not the first language of the technician, so rather than have profanity become MY first language, I terminated the call. As is obvious, my problem was never solved. I devoutly wish I had saved my money.
- 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.
- Do yourself a favor and save your hard earned cash.
You can buy a Nokia N800 for only $219 and it is a superior unit.
The processor and the OS are the same on both units. The N800 offers a superior expansion capability since you can use 2 standard SD memory cards. Each card can be up to 32GB each. The N810 cripples you only offering 1 memory expansion slot and it uses the more costly and harder to find non-standard miniSD card.
The keyboard on the N810 is only marginally useful and not at all worth paying an extra $200 for. Also the GPS is worthless being extremely slow to acquire a signal and the maps are worthless unless you pay an extra $139 per year for the service. When you can buy a real GPS unit that works well for $100-200 bucks why would anyone want to mess with this.
So...take a serious look at the N800 which is a marvelous unit. I love mine.
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- Great Little Geek Toy and PDA
- I purchased this after seeing it at a Linux user's group meeting I went to. I've been needing a PDA, particularly something that would keep track of my to-do lists for work and home. I love that I can tinker with it and customize the software packages to those that I want, but you need a little more technical knowledge than average to really get the most out of it.
The web browser is great for the limited space, but it occasionally fails to show some pages. This is more due to the web's unpreparedness for mobile devices, though, so I don't fault the Nokia. It doesn't come with a to-do list application and some other minor things out of the box, but it was trivial to install them. I'm a little annoyed, however, that it doesn't include my metropolitan city (Phoenix) in the time zone list.
The GPS functionality suffers from a poor receiver. It takes quite a while to sync up with enough satellites to know where it's at, and can frequently lose track of those satellites. Although I don't have one, it can connect to an external GPS receiver through Bluetooth, if available, and use it to get satellite information instead.
For USB connectivity, it uses a MicroUSB connecter, with a provided USB-to-MicroUSB adapter. Although this conserves valuable space in the design of the device, MicroUSB cables are currently pretty rare. On that note, cell phones are starting to use this as their standard, so you might be able to find cables in those sections. To minimize the cables I carry with me, I found a MiniUSB-to-MicroUSB adapter at my local technology retailer in their mobile phones section.
A standard WiFi connection can get you to the Internet just about anywhere nowadays. I don't have data on my cell phone plan, but it can also use Bluetooth to connect to a cell phone and use it for an even more mobile Internet experience.
It runs on Maemo Linux, rebranded as Internet Tablet 2008, and the maemo.org website provides plenty of help and easy to use installers. For those who are interested, Maemo is a derivative of Debian Linux, which is the basis for the currently popular desktop Ubuntu Linux.
If you're using maemo.org to acquire and install software packages, I've found that some of them, particularly the ones I'm most interested in, are broken in one way or another. Some of this is due to poor packaging, though.
The following is for above average users or those that want to tinker with the inner workings of the software: For those who know Debian-based distributions, the command line package tool, apt, is available, but the root account is disabled and there's no documentation on the sudo password for the user account, rendering it pretty much useless. Installing the OpenSSH server package from maemo.org creates a root account, so you can log in remotely with administrator privileges, but I can't use su on the device itself without root privileges, which the user account doesn't have.
The terminal shell is ash in BusyBox, and the paths aren't set right. This was annoying when I found ifconfig "didn't exist", but discovered I had to run it with the entire path, /sbin/ifconfig. There's no proper, graphical text editor in a proper package yet, but vi is there, which is more important for the command line junkies anyway.
There are ways to fix all these little problems, which I know can be found from maemo.org and related sites; I just haven't dived into it so far.
All in all, it's a great little device for people who want mobile Internet but don't want an Eee PC.
- This is a very nice product for quick Internet access when you're away from a computer. I leave it on all the time, and the battery lasts 2-3 days without needing to be re-charged, and it's easy to carry around (much easier than a laptop) and always handy when I need it.
- just to give you an idea on how awesome the nokia n810 im writing the review from it. its preloaded with lots of google apps so anyone with a gmail account i highly recemend the product. may people complained about the keys on the keyboard but after i got it i didnt get why, my cell phones keys are way smaller. well that about it its a great gizmo.
- slow...freezes...not worth it..
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Pro:
1) browser with flash support
2) keyboard
3) linux
4) Beautiful screen.
Cons:
1) Slow. Slow. Slow. Don't know where to start. The browser is slow. To its credit, if you disable flash, the browser feels 2x faster but then again that's why people choose this over ipod touch right? for flash? if flash make the system slow as a pig, then it's a feature that subtracts from the value, not enhances it.
2) Stalls. When some programs needs/hogs CPU, "mail app" + "browser", the system/UI freezes/stalled for unspecified periods of time. Very very annoying.
3) Appears the device lacks enough ram or that the application are bloated or use too much ram. In any case, having even 2 programs running at a time, degrades the experience.
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Overall, I had high hopes but was very disappointed. It could be much much more but there is not enough ram and most apps are CPU hogs causing UI stalls.
- Just great. Having a complete computer in your pocket enables you to do unexpected things. The decision of using Debian as a base gives you the choice of thousads of appplications to be used, although Nokia could provide a tidier way of organising the community apps.
It works great as a SIP phone, too. And I don't regret that it doesn't have mobile telephony included, I prefer them separate, and also the Nokia can control the telephone with bluetooth.
- Good internet tablet, but not a PIM
- Some random thoughts.
Great price for some nice hardware. The fit and finish is great.
The device is a good internet tablet, but does not have strong PIM functionality. Additional community software is helping in this area.
If Linux is your thing, there are a lot of additional packages out in the community that really expands the functionality.
Wifi and tethering to Nokia N75 work great for connectivity anywhere. Very smooth.
Built in email client has some performance issues with a large Google account via IMAP. The latest update of the tablet has helped. By the way, make sure you flash the most current firmware right out of the box.
GPS is cool, but the maps are OK for rural America. Still looking for the "killer app" that uses this feature. The Turn by turn functionality is an additional subscription to the built in software.
- Fantastic Portable Internet Device.
- This device is amazing. Bigger screen and better resolution than an Iphone or Ipod Touch (4.1" and 800 x 480 pixel resolution vs. Iphone/Ipod Touch's 3.5" and 480 X 320). I did a comparison of this tablet vs. my friends Iphone. While searching popular sites like nytimes, espn, cnn, I immediately noticed how I do not need to zoom in on text because I can read it clearly vs. an Iphone where you are forced to "pinch" the screen and increase the text size. The higher resolution makes the web sites much nicer to browse, and instead of touching the screen and getting prints and grease on it, you use a "stylus" which is held within the device to do all the tapping for you. And let's not forget the pull out QWERTY pad. The biggest plus of them all. Also contains a hinge that pulls out so you can easily place the tablet on a flat surface if you want to show others photos, websites, etc. And it plays videos from youtube with no hitches.
The only negative is that this is not a phone, nor can you always access the internet. You will either need to find a wifi hotspot or tether the tablet to your cell phone via bluetooth (a heads up, you will need a data plan with your cell phone provider to do that). If you are totally against carrying a phone and this tablet around, then maybe this device is not for you. But I'll happily place the tablet in my pocket just for the superior internet experience it provides. Plus wifi spots are everywhere, and this device is fantastic at finding them.
- I live in Germany so no iphone for me, but I love this Nokia. I bought it to use as a PDA but the internet feature is great. I'm writing this review on it at a cafe in Ireland. It picks up networks quickly and the d/l speed is great. The screen is beautiful and the touch sensor works well. The chassis is beautiful as well and the keyboard is big enough for my fat fingers. The build quality is excellent and the buttons are useful and laid out well. The battery lasts plenty long enough (6-7 hours straight use) and charges quickly.
The only things I don't like are that the flip stand is a little sharp on the edges and irritates my fingers a bit when I hold it and flash games can't keep a good framerate (it comes with some good games that work well though).
- Great device for the technically inclined
- Out-of-the-box this device can surf the web, check your mail, do instant messaging, make VOIP calls, play mp3s and movies, and show you where you're at via the built-in GPS. Keep in mind the regular N810 can only connect to the internet through Wifi or a tethered cell phone.
For the slightly more adventurous you can add more repositories to the default list (start at http://www.gronmayer.com/it/index.php?lang=en&system=maemo4) and start installing all sorts of applications and games.
For the true geek, this thing is running Linux and is wide open for doing whatever you want with it. They even have a live CD with a complete development and emulation environment - though I had trouble getting a hello world working from the liveCD. Also, if the default BusyBox Linux doesn't suit you, there's work on getting Ubuntu to run on it.
The GPS functionality is both great and awful at the same time. The bad - this device is horrible at getting a lock on the GPS satellites. Even with the latest OS update (which was supposed to fix this issue) it can take anywhere from 1 minute to over 20 minutes(!) for it to locate where you're at. So no hopping in the car and expecting this thing to direct you to the nearest shop. Even if you had a lock, the included mapping software only includes route finding if you pay for a subscription. The good - Meamo Mapper (a third party application you can install) allows you to cache maps from Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and a handful of other maps (see http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5209). And if you're really inclined, it's fairly easy to make your own custom maps for it (think trail or park maps). Maps do take up a lot of space, so invest in the largest SDHC micro (with an SD mini adapter) you can find. The included maps takes up 1.5GB of the 2GB internal card (has all of the USA in the one I bought). If you really want the functionality of Maemo Mapper with a decent GPS receiver, you can connect a bluetooth enabled GPS receiver and use it instead of the built-in one. But that's yet another device to carry with you.
Overall, a very good device. If only Nokia could improve the GPS functionality, I'd give it 5 stars.
- almost perfect, better that ipod touch
- A great device as long as you understand it's limitations. It is Linux based. Those used to unix environments will benefit, but is not necessary.
As soon as you get the device you should update the firmware.
It's 400 mHz processor with limited memory. Browser works well, but complex websites will bring the machine to a hault. Youtube works well directly in browser.
Battery life is great. I only need to charge at night.
Screen is awesome, 800x480 resolution puts apple products to shame.
GPS is slow for initial position lock, but adding a-gps software helps. Included map program is crippled, but free alternatives are available.
No easy way to view microsoft documents.
Built-in camera is useless and not well supported.
I like the keyboard. Much easier to type on than ipod touch/ phone, but it depends on the person - try before you buy.
Check out the lists of maemo apps available - quite impressive. My most used apps are VNC, maemo mapper, mauku, chat, modest email and ssh. Nice to have a terminal!
Be sure to check out the Internet Tablet Talk to check out the support group.
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