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 Good Vision, Sketchy Implementation, 2008-07-15
The Nokia N810 is a beautiful, well-conceived device. The problem is it doesn't perform as well as one would expect for a device from Nokia.
Here's why I bought the N810: Internet telephony (Skype), internet browsing, GPS location identification, and as a repository of music and a few videos. Going through the list:
Skype: This is a nice clean application for the N810, with good sound and performance. Unfortunately, it doesn't support video conferencing. This is odd, because it has a (very) rudimentary camera that faces the user, which is obviously there for video conferencing. Also, sometimes Skype is not terribly useful, as the little speakers are not loud enough to make the speech intelligible in a loud environment (e.g., coffee house).
Internet browsing: This does work reasonably well, but the scrolling is a bit jumpy. Trying to get streaming video is a bit sketchy as well: a Real video stream which works well on a PC sometime fails to startup in the native video player. Also, in bright places the internet browsing is not a great experience: the screen seems to be a bit dim even at the highest level.
GPS: this is nice, but the GPS chip seems to be a bit weak. It takes quite a bit of time for it to sync, much longer than the small bluetooth GPS unit I have. Again, for use in the car, the problems with the dim screen and quiet speakers is an issue.
Music and Video Repository: This works well enough. Just don't try listening through stereo bluetooth headphones. For whatever inexplicable reason it doesn't support the A2DP profile! For video it is a bit sketchy, as the native app supports very few video standards.
The bottom line: the device is underpowered and from the software perspective, under-engineered. If you have some software experience, you can try to upgrade some of the native apps to some better functioning freeware/shareware. It, though, does do the basic things it advertises, and given its nice form factor, is a good device to have at your fingertips. I'm glad I bought it, but I wish it were just a notch more functional.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
 It just gets better, 2008-07-07
I bought the N810 a while ago, and have to say that it wasnt the best performance wise, but after upgrading to the new Diablo firmware, i performes oustanding. Videos look and play perfect, and everything else that comes with it. I told my self, if it can play videos at full screen, with no lag, then it should be able to handle everything else, and it really does. I didnt like the fact that you have to pay to install and run the gps software, and also it didnt come with a screen protector. HAd to get them separate. I have no problems with the word imput methods, which are the on screen keyboard, and the slide keyboard. Over all i gave it the highest rating because for people like me it serves its purpose, like video playback, music, high res pictures, internet, and all the apps that come with it, which are seriously useful for the mobile life.
1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful:
Nokia n810 after 60 days, 2008-07-05
I bought the Nokia n810 to replace my iPhone; I was tired of being "locked-in" and not fully owning my system. So far, It's pretty nice, and I'm able to use it for things I was never able to effectively use my iPhone for; loading MP3, Movies, etc, your not stuck using iTunes, just copy the content you want to the MMC card and away you go. You don't have to "crack" into the n810 to gain access to it like the iPhone.
Since Nokia supports the Maemo project, I expect to see the n810 surpass the iPhone in what I can do with it.
 N810 not recommended, 2008-07-03
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.
Not what you expect., 2008-07-01
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.
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