Why I buy this one ?
- Web 2.0 internet experience with Mozilla based browser, also works with Skype, Google Talk, and Gizmo
- 4.1-inch LCD wide touchscreen and full QWERTY keyboard
- Stream and store MP3s and videos with high quality stereo sound
- 2 GB onboard memory, which expands via Secure Digital, SDHC, MMC, miniSD, and microSD cards (with extender)
- Integrated GPS receiver

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What our customer's say!

"1 word: Awesome", very good and complete gadget, feels good, strong, functional, however, id recomend you to buy a miniSD card, they are cheap here in amazon, cuz the 2gb internal memory already have 1gb used in maps and might not be enough. Just remember the tablet accepts miniSD card, or a microSD with a miniSD adapter, STANDARD SD CARDS DOES NOT FIT THE TABLET!!!!

"A few months later...", The touch screen craps out after a couple months of use and needs to be returned to the company for replacement...be warned this is a widespread problem that affests nearly all these machines. Check the online forums for more info before buying one.

"Don't buy it - you have better options - and yes I own one", Folks, as of today (Nov 2008) - you have much better alternatives to N810 - I own one and I am recommending not to purchase N810.

I recently purchased Nokia E71 - a smartphone - it has everything N810 has to offer except a much smaller screen. N810 has bigger screen with a nice resolution but it is painful to use it in U.S. given that you almost all the time need to pair with a web-enabled phone - it is hard to find free hotspots. N810 is slow and it is not as easy to use it's browser as it is advertised. The commercially available quality software such as Office 2007 tools are not available. There are bunch of software that is available from Maemo Garage, and some of them are nice - but you can not find everything you need - besides most of the same or similar applications are already available for smartphones such as E71. The GPS is very slow to sync with satellites (even with the A-GPS software Nokia Beta Labs recently released) - E71 syncs with satellites almost immediately and there are many GPS software alternatives available.

When there is smartphone devices such as E71 available as of today (Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is coming to U.S. soon as another alternative) and when Acer Aspire ONE is selling around 400$ with a 6 cell battery, stay away from N810. If you do love Linux, install your favorite flavor of Linux on Aspire One.

I have not used my N810 since I bought E71 - I am going to sell N810 soon. Don't buy it - you will regret if you do - trust me.

Hope this proves useful.
Regards
Zafer

"not as great as it looks", the unit comes with a small, basic set of utilities. a web browser, email reader, and media player with no bells or whistles. but wait! nokia advertises hundreds of great 3rd-party freeware, games, and utilities. geek candy! nokia even provides links to them on the N810 browser's default home page.

this is a clever game. nokia sells you an N810 because you want to personalize your N810 with great stuff. then you get your N810, start to install things, and warnings pop up. Like - "this software is NOT supported by Nokia and may damage your unit!". screw the warning. click through and install anyway.

Then the free stuff doesnt work, wont install, or installs + doesnt work + wont un-install. Which OS do I need to make it work? Chinook? Diabolo? Which version? WTF is "sudo gainroot"? WTF is "red pill mode"? Where is my Linux admin manual?

Eventually you WILL brick your N810 and you WILL need to send it back to Nokia for repair. if you are out of warranty, then you will pay for it too.

my unit was 2 months old and in perfect physical condition when it bricked. i sent it in, under warranty, and Nokia replaced it with an old "refurbished" beater with a scratched screen and back. the last owner must have used a nail instead of the plastic stylus. if i wanted a beat-up unit, i could have gotten one on ebay for half of what i paid for my new one.

so, my snarky advice is -

[1]buy a used N810 with a scratched-up screen for less. after you brick it and return it to Nokia, that's what you will end up with anyway. get your name engraved on it before you send it in for repair so that nokia cant give it to some other luser.

or

[2]buy a new N810 but dont even think of installing anything on it. review the owner's manual, which you can download from nokia's website. convince yourself that you will be happy with the "factory default" utilities and nothing else. forget about all those great 3rd-party freeware, games, and utilities.


"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.

**EDIT 10 Dec 2008** I may had jumped the gun here. I found out that after updating the firmware with the latest version from Nokia, that all of the applications that I was having trouble with installed and worked perfectly. Sorry about the possible confusion.

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.

Read this reviews before You buy...

"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.

Update:

I wrote this original review above 3 months ago. After using it in that time, and using other devices more, my opinion on this device has changed a bit. For what the device offers, I'm still going to give it 5 stars. However, I can't recommend this tablet over an Ipod Touch or Iphone, as I originally boasted. I used a friends Ipod Touch a month ago and was really impressed by its small size and enjoyable safari browser. Then last week I decided to purchase an Iphone 3G which has changed my life. An Iphone or Ipod Touch beat the browser on this tablet. Yes, it's a smaller screen, but the fluidity of browsing on the Apple devices is second to none. So if you are in the market for a portable internet device that uses wifi, go Ipod Touch over this tablet. Especially with all the new cool Apps available and coming.

"Worth every penny.", 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.

"DynoMite Device", 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