 little old but a true work horse at hart. |
| Review Date: January 14, 2010 |
| Reviewer: kc0nlh, |
I love this thing, I cant seam to put it down. if you are a geek or admin and you have not used a Nokia tablet your missing out. I only wish I had picked up one sooner. the specs leave a bit to desired but then again for a 2 or so year old device what do you expect. all in all I would buy again in a hart beat.
the only issues I ran into was updating the OS to os2008 you need to use the USB ports on the back of your computer at least on my system. love the fact that they included xterm and a nice package manager made adding apps a breeze. don't forget to enable the "maemo extras" repository. |
Incredible with a bit of work
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| Review Date: June 7, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. Klapp, Omaha, NE USA |
If you're the technical type of person, this thing is amazing. You can get it to do just about anything to an extent. It's a low-resource environment, so HD video and graphically intense games aren't really an option, but that's basically it. Especially now, a years after it's release, it's really developed.
Canola, one of media players available for the n800, puts the iPod to shame, it covers media in either SD card slot, including music, playlists, radio streams, videos, and images. It also has a plugin for the built in FM radio.
There are several games available besides the ones included in the preinstalled software, things like Quake 2, Metal Blob Solid, and Beneath a Steel Sky.
Did I mention that it's hackable? Linux gurus are in a familiar environment, you can use tools you use every day or install your own. Compiling for it is a bit tricky, but you typically find binary packages now anyway. The 256mb of flash memory is limiting, yes, until you have it booting from a nice big SD card. If you like to have a device be thoroughly personalized on a technical level, this is like a dream. If there isn't already a book about hacking the n800, one could rather easily be written. It's a whole lot cheaper than most devices that fill the same function, and a great place to start with this type of tinkering.
Basically, it's a hacking toy, and not for the casual user. You can make it just about whatever you want, but it takes a bit of work to get it perfected for it. |
Cool gadget! I wish it had more power...
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| Review Date: May 28, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Javier T, |
I find the N800 to be an awesome toy! I've tried to use it a couple of times as a replacement for a computer, but have gotten tired of it very quickly.
The small screen is inadequate for feature-crowded sites like amazon or facebook... one has to pan around to much. Furthermore, when I bought it I expected more performance out of the browser... I just find it a little too slow, and hard to work with if you like tabs (who doesn't nowadays).
It does however work quite nicely for watching youtube videos and other non-HD content.
Since Maemo is an open platform, you have access to millions of applications. The N800 can become a fancy MP3 player, movie player, handheld game device, etc...
It is not a cellphone! Nor does it need to be one. |
Great Micro Internet Tablet
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| Review Date: January 14, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Swede, Sacramento CA USA |
I first viewed this product in a computer store in Copenhagen in the spring of 2007 and had to have one. As soon as I got back to the states I started bugging the folks at Best Buy and Fry's and finally got one from Fry's. These things, once they hit the market,literally flew off the shelves. Up until this last year I was a total road warrior, working for a major computer company and I had this unit with me all the time. I had trained on other larger touch screen tablets, so working with this one was a breeze. The screen has incredible resolution and I love it. The software support and especially the 2008 upgrade was great. The only real issue that I have had is that this unit does not support the SDHC chips, so you are limited in the amount of data that you have onboard at any given time, however, I carry a small case with a full load of the 2 G chips. Works great for either music or video too.
The one caution that I would make and I found this out the hard way is that the touch screen is somewhat sensitive and if you carry it in your pants pocket in the provided soft sleeve, it will have problems and need to be replaced. Mine spazed out and I had to send it in. Cost about $125 to fix. Bottom line, get a hardcase, which I should have known better and done from the beginning.
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Fun but underpowered
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| Review Date: October 7, 2008 |
| Reviewer: , |
| I highly recommend this product if you don't own an ultra portable laptop and don't plan on buying one. If you plan on getting a portable laptop that you wont mind carrying everywhere then you will find yourself using your N800 less and less. When I originally bought the N800 I didn't have a portable laptop and by portable I mean less than 5 pounds so using the N800 was great to check my email and surf the web in my down time. That being said the major problem I found was that the processor really cant handle too many apps running at one time, also the internet is really bogged down when experienced through the N800. Even though the Nokia site advertises it as full video experience loading videos and getting them to play on the flash player installed can be really slow when the videos actually play. All that aside if you want to use it for minimal surfing or entertainment on a long ride or flight then it is perfect because it does have the ability to play saved videos, music and games just as long as you don't try to get the N800 as opposed to a laptop even with the bluetooth keyboard; which I also have. |
Nearly All-In-One Note Keeper
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| Review Date: September 30, 2008 |
| Reviewer: TechnologyDependant, Northeast Indiana |
I've always kept lots of notes for shopping lists, to-do lists, appointment reminders and so forth, but it was hard to keep track of these notes and to keep them up-to-date. So, I was looking for a device which would allow me to keep all such notes in one place. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet pretty much allows me to satisfy all these needs. And, it also: will display photos, videos, music & e-books; has wi-fi internet access, an appointment calendar, a contact list, a calculator & games; uses a Linux os with much user support.
Unfortunately, this model has been discontinued after being replaced by the N810. Personally I don't need the GPS or built-in keyboard of the N810. I prefer the use of 2 full-sized SDHC cards, virtual keyboard and built-in FM radio which the N800 has.
I bought one of the last 2 N800s available from Amazon which was described as "used, like new". Upon receipt, I discovered it was missing the charger. However, Amazon gave me a credit which more than compensated for the cost of a new Nokia charger. I also encountered a performance problem, but this was covered by the Nokia warranty.
I'm very satisfied with Amazon and with the N800. I just hope it doesn't die because I'm not as convinced the N810 is as worthwhile given its relatively higher price. I'm optomistic the N800 will last well beyond the production lifetime of the N810. |
N800 is a good piece of kit for $220
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| Review Date: September 19, 2008 |
| Reviewer: John Donovan, Southern California |
The N800 is a neat toy if you want internet access in your pocket, along with email/webmail, games and cheap Skype calls. If you have the money and are looking for a business device, get a Blackberry cell phone subscription. If you're content with a $220 toy that gets you web access from Wifi hotspots, and lets you check email/web from any room in your wifi-enabled house, the N800 may be for you. Unix proficiency is a plus.
Battery life is a few days if the N800 is disconnected from your Wifi when not in use. Maintaining wifi contact halves the standby battery life. A car charger is a good accessory to have on-hand. Music can be played for about 6 hours on a single charge. Playing Flash or Video reduces battery life to 1.5-3 hours, and if you are doing a lot of processing, the unit gets warm (but not hot) which means that you're burning through your battery charge.
Limited resources (400MHz) means that on the web, You Tube and Flash animations may have more dropped frames than on your PC, and may lose synchronization between video and audio tracks. DivX video works poorly -- the N800 lacks the processing power to give you more than an ugly slideshow -- but the audio tracks still work. I still use it to play TV episodes that I've already seen before.
Skype (voice over internet on your PC) finally makes sense with the N800 -- the N800 can be kept turned on, unlike a 500 watt PC, and $10- of Skype credit goes a long way (toll-free calls do not cost money). The limited resources (400 MHz CPU) of the N800 means that if you try to surf the web while running Skype, your call will lose quality or Skype will drop your call.
This is not a toy for the nearsighted -- with a 4" screen, folks over 45 years old may want to steer clear and get a Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) with a 9" screen or larger. If you have some experience with a Unix command line interface, you'll be able to get more from this device.
This was a good deal at about $200 (from Dell) or $220 (from Amazon in May 2008), which is a few bucks more expensive than a portable DVD player, and more useful while traveling. It's easy to spend an extra $60+ on SD cards and accessories.
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Won't turn on - piece of junk
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| Review Date: September 8, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Dr. James S. Arlow, England |
| Don't touch this piece of junk! It won't turn on reliably. Do a Google search on "N800 won't turn on", to see all of the grief N800 users are having with this. It's a known problem with the N800, and Nokia won't do a thing about it. People are having to remove the batteries and even put it in a fridge to try to get it to work! I have two - one I bought for myself and one I bought for my wife as a gift. Both have this problem. Once you turn it off, you can't get it to turn on again. Don't buy an N800 until Nokia fixes the problem! |
Best mobile internet surfing experience. Period.
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| Review Date: August 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Fuad Huseynov, Baki, Azerbaijan |
Got this gem about 2 months ago. Purchased it here on Amazon. Was shipped and delivered promptly, well packaged. Best mobile internet surfing experience. Period. In addition to that you can watch movies, read news and books and some more.
Get it. For the price - it's unbeatable. |
DOA and False condition statement.
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| Review Date: August 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Quentin A. Elton, |
| I purchased this item open box for a fair discount but when i received it, it was DOA and would not charge, not only that but when applying for an RMA it shows up as a NEW condition product what type of gimmick is this? I will definately not purchase from warehouse deals again! |
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