Nokia N810 After The Dust Has Settled
Wow, what a day yesterday was. Of course the new tablet was announced by Nokia, and I’m sure you read the Symbian-Guru coverage here. However, there’s several people that I know personally who have the device in their hands, and I want to point you to their superb coverage:
First up is Jonathan Greene, of Atmaspheric Endeavors, as well as Maemoapps.com. As usual, he’s got several videos up showcasing the device and several random features of it. You can check out his blog, and be sure to scroll through to view all the vids.
Next up is Thoughtfix from Tabletblog.com. He’s posted the quick and dirty thoughts, but also threw up some pics on his Flickr account for your comparison and drooling pleasure.
Over on Jaiku, the folks at WOM World hooked up the Product Manager and Software Manager for a Q&A session with the online junkies. Biggest highlight for me? Apparently,
when you update your N800 to the new OS2008, it will also overclock
(safely, I presume) the processor to 400Mhz, so it’s the same speed as
the N810. Freakin sweet.
Reggie over at InternetTabletTalk.com
has the forums going NUTS talking about it. He hasn’t added an OS2008
subforum yet, but there is one for the N810, so if you have questions,
head on over there.
I also wanted to share this fascinating article with you guys.
It’s focusing on what this release means for developers, and what the
addition of Maemo into Forum Nokia means, as well. I’m not a
developer/programmer, but it really gets me fired up about this
platform, that’s for sure.
My thoughts? Well, alot of folks are saying it’s not much of an
upgrade, and are opting for the (now) cheaper N800. I think that’s
Nokia’s goal. They now have 2 legitimate Internet Tablet options for
consumers, at 2 different price points. I think it’s brilliant. Get the
device into more and more homes.
Bill Plummer said it in L.A.: The 770 was an uber-geek toy. The N800
was a small step away from geek and towards consumer. I’ll say that the
N810 is another step towards consumers. And the future is looking more
and more consumer friendly.
Hey - as a longtime owner of internet tablets, I’ve been thinking about the new announcements versus the Asus EeePC. I know that in one sense these are two completely different categories in terms of physical size, but I wonder if Nokia isn’t shooting itself in the foot by not moving to the x86. Jon Stokes over at Ars Technica I think said it best when he came up with the “Law of x86 Inevitability” - the legacy code base, the vast number of applications and broad compatibility overwhelm any other general purpose processor. Can you ask that question of the people there? What do you think?
Added to post-Christmas shopping list! Just one thought: as the N810 is only a (welcome) upgrade to the N800, how long until the next generation of Nokia’s Internet Tablets hit the shelves? The prospect of a next gen tablet was what kept me from buying the N800, and now I’m just worried that Nokia will release the next gen tablet within 6 months or so, just like with the N95 and the N95 8GB/N95-3… Any possibility of this happening or should I just buy the N810 and stop worrying?
Anytime you buy a device, there is always the risk of something better coming along.
I would find the addition of the keyboard and GPS useful enough that I’d consider getting an N810. However, the N800 is more than adequate for my needs, especially with the new OS2008.
I really wish this could make mobile phone calls and txts if it did then i would definatly get it. I am currently looking for the best device for web browsing and instant messaging but also is a phone?
I’m one of those that was waiting for this N810, but it hasn’t quite convinced me that it actually is enough of an upgrade to the N800. At the current price the N800 is, it’s the best bargains around, already ordered mine. ^_^
I’ll wait for the N850 or something, hopefully that will come with specs significantly better than the N810.
Jani, my guess is they will announce a WiMax tablet before summer (that’s what they have said repeatedly), and that’s it. In fact, my guess is that they will launch WiMax versions of both N800 and N810 at the same time. And then the next round would towards end of next year.
So unless you are within WiMax coverage, you would probably be relativel safe with either N800 or N810.
THIS PURE SPECULATION, DON’T SHOOT ME IF I AM WRONG. :)
for wimax - ask sprint, especially how they are going to break physics law and make wimax penetrating through walls ;)
as for dust settled - I guess it hasn’t settled yet, as we still have to finally bake it and deliver it ;)