Now that Nokia has updated its internet tablet to N810, it is time to have a relook at one of the earlier posts in this website. The N810 is a hefty update to the earlier version – bringing in a redesigned front, a GPS navigation system, a QWERTY keyboard, a faster processor and many other software improvements. The refresh on the front makes the device look much smaller than the N800.
With the inclusion of GPS and QWERTY keyboard, it now becomes very difficult to compare the iPod touch with this new device. The N810 now is not only a PDA and a media player, it is also a PND (Personal Navigation Device) and a very capable UMPC. It now makes more sense to compare this device with the ASUS EeePC than a media player with a browser like the iPod.
The built in Opera browser of N800 has been replaced with a new one which uses the firefox rendering code. (On a side note, this is where Nokia's inconsistencies come to the fore. They chose Safari(webkit) as the base for the s60 browser, but have used Gecko for the N810. It may be because with Gecko, they have a Linux port to start with, but in case of S60, they had to start pretty from scratch). Other improvements include Skype and Gizmo, which come preinstalled.
Anyone looking at buying the ASUS EeePC should give the N810 a very serious look. While much more compact than the eeePC, the N810 packs more with the inclusion of the onboard GPS navigation system. The EeePC has an upperhand interms of software because of the inclusion of an office suite. If you are not going to do much of wordprocessing and use only email, then the N810 becomes your automatic choice.
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Lack of an office suite shouldn’t be a problem for the Nokia Tablet now that PALM OS can be laid on top of the Linux operating system and run almost every Palm App out there. The only drawback is that the Palm software doesn’t use all the screen real estate. You land up with a virutual Palm PDA in the center of the screen. Still, with 30,000 Palm OS apps out there (including office suites) the Nokia will definately kick!
@Theretech, Also don’t under-estimate the great Linux hackers. Sooner or later, they will have a port of OpenOffice or some good office suite running on the N800/N810
I know this post is old, but it should be noted to anyone still reading this (it’s still on the first page of a google search comparing the N810 to other devices) the 810 has full support for Google Docs, which in many ways is actually better than traditional office suites.