Nokia N810

[Seth Cohn]

Bill's comments are pretty accurate.  I have an n800.  The exec
summary: good idea, suffering from poor implementation and being
snuffed by the iPhone model of bizness (vast developer base, vast
consumer base), versus Nokia's small rollout plans and poor support.
Android might save it, Ubuntu might save it, Palm emulator won't (I
got a palm centro for a phone, due to low low prices), and the n810
features of a GPS and thumbkeyboard help for sure, over the n800.

If you want a tiny Debian-ish (or even true Debian, the arm port works
great) unit, small enough to fit into your pocket, capable of being a
webserver, or anything else you can dream of and code up, including
command line apps, you can't beat this.  If you want a PDA, it's not
this (get a palm), if you want a phone, it's not this (get an iphone),
if you want a 'tablet', wait for something slightly better.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Ben Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:
>  I'm thinking of buying a Nokia N810.  Goal is to ultimately replace
> my ancient PalmOS-based handheld.
>
>  Anyone here have/had an N810 who cares to comment?  Good product?
> How's the software?
>
> -- Ben
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