Re: How they should have designed it
 

The speakers are still there, and I, personally, think Wimax/HSDPA is both wasteful and unnecessarily costly. I can see the point in a Sprint-branded Wimax unit that's separate from the regular retail Nokia units, but I already have an HSDPA phone, and don't desire plopping down another $60/mo to get service for my IT.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

Here in Denmark it's $30 for a data-only HSDPA plan with a transfer limit of 10GB per month, so the idea of having HSDPA built-in would be to replace the need to have a mobile phone and never have to pay voice and sms fees again.

It would require also that the device stay connected to be able to ring on incomming IP packets on certain protocols such as VOIP, IM, push email notification and such while the rest of the device should be in sleep mode.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

Yeah, no device is going to be able to stay idling on a Voip connection for more than 6 hours over HSDPA. So I don't see how that can replace a real mobile phone.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

I have an HSDPA thingy plugged into a wireless home router and thus have no need for HSDPA in the NIT - I'm online through HSDPA+wifi already. And in addition the rest of the computers in the house are too.
Besides, HSDPA _sucks_ power.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

I like your idea but how 'bout a step further. A D-pad is no match for a real mouse. How 'bout an optical mouse like the Everrun has. That would be sweet.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

I would :
* put the 5-way and minimal hard buttons on the top, just like their own freaking N-series phones!

* Use dual microSD slots or 1 microSD+1 SD slot, You know, the same type their own freaking phones use! MiniSD is so wrong on so many levels. What, Nokia you expect your user base to be Treo 750 and 680 owners?! And the fact that I KNOW they are going to switch to microSD on N900 make me sick.

* Make the speakers louder, so you can actually use it on occations that need it, for example, on a train table, on a pinic table, on a beach etc.

* Make it $70 more than the n800. I don't know why they drop the price on the n800 so soon and I don't care, but the n810 shouldn't cost more than a 800 plus a GPS receiver.

* Keep the same cellphone battery but upgrade the capacity (is that what they are doing now?)

Otherwise I am indifferent to the n810's other hardware changes, I know they are gimmicks that use to draw in new buyers but, meh.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

Well from some of the hand's on pics it seems the battery is going to be of the same capacity as the Nokia N800 (1500 mAh). Agleast that is what I'm seeing from Engadget's hands on http://www.engadget.com/photos/nokia...nds-on/443977/.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

[Major Rant]

People will NEVER be happy...

The 770 doesn't have a keyboard...boo hoo hoo...
The N800 doesn't have a keyboard...boo hoo hoo...
The N810 has a keyboard that I don't like...boo....hoo......hoo

Come on people...the device isn't even out yet.

The 770 was bashed up and down for all the things it couldn't do, when people didn't give the device much credit for how well it did what it was advertised to do.

N800 got the same treatment.

Everyone hears "Linux based" and it's automatically supped to be able to wake you up, plan out your day, let you build the most advanced applications in the world, hold you when you're down, give you a BJ, and the list goes on...

Meanwhile, it's a device that fits in your hand...I'm sorry for ranting, but it's sad how the unit isn't officially released, and there are already posts about "how it should be done"...if you feel that strongly about it, design one yourself...patent it, and develop it.[/Major Rant]

Re: How they should have designed it
 

That's nonsenes, I don't need to be a chef to comment on how good the meal is. If you don't want to hear any criticism you don't have to come to this forum lol.

Re: How they should have designed it
 

I'm just constantly amused by everyone *****ing about how the keyboard won't be any good for "serious typing". I don't imagine that anyone at Nokia intended it for that purpose, and more than BlackBerry intended their devices to be used for much more than quick emails. The keyboard on the n810 would be ideal for IMing, quick emails, or quick entries on web sites, and unlike the on-screen keyboard you can see what you are doing. If you want to write an essay or really long email, you can still use a bluetooth (and possibly usb) keyboard.