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You're 200% right: I found the "buy" option only through the tableeter link, when I was using another pc it was an uphill battle to find the nokia store.

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The nokia n 800 case has been on sale @ amazon.com for about a month. I like mine very much.

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I found with the new case the N800 fits snugly in its original case for extra protection. For me the new case is a great addtion.

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When I click on the "Buy it now" link in Tableteer, it takes me to the Nokia site, which asks for my location (UK) then dumps me in the Nokia UK home page with no sign of the case that I'm trying to buy... it's impossible to find the case at all from that point onwards. Tableteer is an even bigger tease than the main site, as Tableteer offers a direct link to buy the case which is a dead end. Makes me wonder how Nokia manage to sell anything.

Doesn't anyone from Nokia bother to test this sh1t before publicly showing how incompetent they are?

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I now tried all the european countries and they all have the case available (unsurprising, since the online shop for all of them is managed by the same company in Belgium). The UK shop is the exception: it seems it's managed directly by nokia uk (or a different contractor than the rest of europe).

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I am looking to purchase the red version of the official case, but cannot find it for US purchase. The Italian Nokia site sells it, but it does not seem to ship anywhere other than Italy.

Anyone have any luck getting a red one in the US?

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That's not totally true. I can see it is available on all the EU online stores (both red and black).
It's missing in UK and US tho.

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I only see it at Amazon through 2nd party resellers for about $30 plus $7 shipping. Buy.com has it for $31 with free shipping.

http://www.buy.com/prod/nokia-su-31-...204647399.html

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The EU Nokia store (for my case, the Italian one) has it for 29€ + 5€ 1 day UPS shipping, that is 34€ total.
That makes for about $47. Yes, cheaper the the UK store, but still...

You guys in the US are lucky as you can have it for a lot cheaper price ($31 is circa 22€ !) that us in EU (consider also that Nokia is an EU company) even if you're limited a the black version.

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Ahhh, the neverending search for the perfect case. I have two options for you all, including pics!

The first is the Case Logic hard drive case. I have a couple of these for external laptop hard drives and they work great. The case is hard, but not that hard and has an internal pocket for cables. It's big enough for the AC adapter, the USB cable and spare battery. You'll see some foam lining in the case. I actually added that myself because the hard drive was a little loose in there. Turns out it works great with the Nokia in there too and helps keep it snug. You can buy this case online or locally at Best Buy, Staples, etc.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/1...ogicfp4.th.jpg

The second case is the Slappa PSP Daily case. I've had this one for a while too but didn't think to try it until today so I did and it works great too. This case is a bit harder than the Case Logic, but doesn't have the hard plastic outer shell. It has a middle protective flap too, to separate the PSP from the internal pocket. The pocket is big enough for the adapter and USB cable, but closing it is a bit tight with the adapter in there. I'd still be worried about the adapter pressing too hard against the Nokia's screen if you put it in face up, but you can always put the Nokia in face down so the screen is even more protected. There are two extra smaller pockets on the middle flap that you can put an extra battery (or two) in. Since the Slappa is designed for the PSP, the case is rounded to match the PSP's shape. If you get this, it's a good idea to get some of that foam lining to make the rounded sides more square to fit the Nokia. I think the Slappa PSP case is only available online. I haven't seen it anywhere retail, but I could be wrong.

You can get a large roll of the self adhesive foam lining from Lowe's or Home Depot for a couple of bucks. It's self-adhesive so you can just peel, cut and stick it right in your case of choice. I think it was a type of weather stripping. It's similar to this, only thicker.

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/6...apspcg1.th.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/9...psp2ip4.th.jpg http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3...psp3vu0.th.jpg

I haven't decided which one I'm going to use but I'm leaning towards the Case Logic. The Case Logic is a better fit for the Nokia, being rectangular and all. It's also a little bit thinner than the Slappa and shorter. The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have the protective middle flap, but I can either put the Nokia in upside down or find something that will give enough padding between the adapter and the Nokia.

Hope this helps everyone! Good luck!

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The Nokia case arrived today. It is a great looking minimalistic design. I was a bit worried at first because the package was so heavy (didn't want to add a lot of weight and bulk to the n800) but then I realized it was because of the two big magnets Nokia includes.

I'm guessing about 99% of those magnets will never be used. Connect it to a refrigerator? Perhaps the Fins have been reading about how Americans like to eat in their cars and attach things to their refrigerators....or maybe it is the Fins who like to do this.

Having said that the rest of the magnetic enclosure works well. It might have been more efficient if they had designed a mechanical attachment point into the back, but sans that, the steel plate and magnet are a workable solution...hope they don't rust. Speaking of that, have others left the plastic coating on? Not sure why it is in two pieces...a thin coating over the entire surface and a thicker smaller one in the center.

I finally feel like the screen has some real protection from what might bump into it vs. that soft case it came with. Overall, I'd give it a solid A. A+ if you didn't have to glue bits of metal on that back.

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I suspect you're right, in fact possibly closer to 99.99%!

This stumped me for a while too, then I realised the smaller thicker piece of plastic is actually the protective coating from one of the larger magnets which had transferred itself to the battery cover attachment. I've put that piece of plastic back onto the unprotected large magnet, which is sitting in a drawer attached to it's twin awaiting a future purpose... car and house keys on a metal keyring stick to it quite nicely.

As for the plastic covering the metal strip attached to the battery cover, I've left it on but will probably remove it as it's beginning to blister and while I doubt the metal will rust, it will probably become quite grubby from finger marks!

One thing I've noticed is that pressure on the case can sometimes result in the center of the d-pad being pressed, potentially activating something. I first noticed this probelm when the media player began streaming a radio station as the media player applet had focus at the time and the default action triggered by the d-pad center/enter key is "Play". While the new case for the N800 provides adequate screen protection, it still doesn't provide the automatic lock/unlock functionality of the old 770 hard case - a truly inspired design... I hope future Nokia devices have a magnet sensor built-in whether they come with a case or not, as this case could easily have triggered such a sensor if only it were present.

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AhHa.

There are "stainless" metals that are also magnetic. Hope this is one of them. I don't expect to ever look at, or touch, that steel plate again...I'll keep the cover on 24/7.

That isn't a problem for me because I always lock it when I close it. I had to many accidental pressings with the soft case. I really like how the same two key presses put it in suspend and awake it. It makes the process very mindless and fast.

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I guess I'll have to get used to pressing the buttons to lock and unlock the screen - that's what I so liked about the 770, the fact that the locking and unlocking of the device was taken care of when I slipped the case on, whereas the N800 is a definite step backwards in terms of user convenience and ease of use. I know it's a trivial issue, but why Nokia discarded such a great concept as the magnetic front sensor (which probably costs pennies) beggars belief.

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I had a 770 too. The combined case/switch was a very nice feature.

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The n800 is certainly poorly designed from a handling standpoint. (the "designer" probably never even bothered to hold a prototype before it went into production) It's VERY slippery, and difficult to hold securely while using the stylus. Dropping it is not a question of "if", but "when". In addition, it was provided with a fabric slip-case that's so slippery and loose that the unit literally shoots out of it at any given chance, putting the unit in constant jeopardy until you wise up and lose the slip-cover in some dark drawer forever. Compare to the very similar but oh so much more properly designed snug and secure slip-case of the legendary HP voyager series calculators, perfected over 25 years ago! Why didn't they just refine the 770's hard shell? I guess the marketing department didn't think it had enough "sexy curves". The power button is another annoyance. Hopefully these things will be cleared up in the next version.

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Personally I felt that Nokia had a design classic on their hands with the N770 and then made bad decisions when it came to its successor. As you say, the new designers just didn't get it.

FWIW, to solve the slip-on case problem I stiched a seam 1cm in from the long edge (snip off the surplus) and it now holds the device as it should.

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;) I found the new case can be used as a stand when I fold back the front cover portion which now becomes a support/stand. It holds the N800 at a tilted angle of about 25-30°, very nice when I am standing and have it on the table. Using the tumb keyboard becomes alot easier in that postion.

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I haven't had that problem at all. I hold my N800 one of two ways:

1) stand closed, left thumb at the bottom of the screen, index finger and middle finger curled over the top on either side of the microphone (not perpendicular to the N800, but almost running along the length of it), ring finger on the back of the N800, almost by the power plug, and pinky at the back/base of the N800.


2) open the stand all the way. Slide my left hand between the stand and the back of the N800. My hand is big enough that it becomes firmly secure when the stand is at the base of my fingers (just before passing over the knuckles). I can pretty much keep my thumb free in this case, but for extra security I use my finger tips and thumb to keep the N800 still. Sometimse I keep my fingers perpendicular to the width of the N800, sometimes I put my thumb along the left side of the N800 (so that the corner of my thumb is at teh lower left corner of the N800, and the tip of my thumb is almost at the camera), and then my fingers run diagonally along the back of the N800, and my index and middle fingers curl up over the top.

I try not to put a lot of pressure on the stand when I use it this way, as I don't know how much fatigue the hinge can take. I basically just make sure that it's "snug" without being "stressed".


No slippage ever.


If I ever wanted to hold it in my right hand, I'd probably put my thumb between the nokia logo and the right speaker, my index finger running along the top of the N800 (toward the microphone), my pinky finger along the bottom, and the my middle finger and ring finger pressing on the back (so that the device is basically being squeezed between my thumb and middle finger).

Then I could do the same with my left and, only instead of using my thumb to press on the front of the N800, my left thumb would be available for the D-pad and other buttons.

I just held it both of those last two ways, and it felt very secure. No feeling of slippage. Holding it the last way, with both hands, I could even release my right thumb, so that if the N800 had buttons on the right side I could have used them too.


At some point, I'll get my housemate to take pictures of the different finger orientations I'm talking about. I really didn't feel any sense of slipperyness with the N800 when I held it in any of the above configurations.

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I emailed Nokia online shop about the problem and that I wanted to buy the case and they gave me the number for Nokia direct. Rang Nokia direct and they will not sell to anyone in the UK and referred me back to Nokia online shop.

I could not find a telephone number for the shop, despite references to calling them on their 'sales terms', but rang the Nokia Care line. Who were no help whatsoever. I asked for a number to speak to someone at Nokia shop for sales and they refused to give me the number. Incredible you want to buy something and nobody at Nokia UK is interested. I've heard of poor after care, but the sales side at Nokia UK needs to wake up, currently it has no idea.

Rich

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Just imagine what happens when you do buy and there is a problem?

Don't ask, do yourself a favour and buy elsewhere. Nokia UK is the pits.

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Have to agree with Rebski.

And Nokia USA doesn't look much better -they only list two accessories on their store (nav kit and a spare battery). God knows who thought it was a good idea to put the case in Tableteer when their supply chain is so fcked up - way to go Nokia, how to make yourself look even more incompetent than we already knew you were.

Roll on some true MID competition - I highly doubt I'll bother with a Nokia "N900" when it's such an uphill struggle to deal with Nokia on even the most basic terms.

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I got my case, red version, today (actually it arrived at my parent's house a bunch of days ago).
I just put it on. In the afternoon I'll try to post some picture on-line and what I think about it.
Questions about it ?

PS: I love the leather smell when new, it's a shame it'll go away.

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hmm.... just perfect I might order one my self too :)

The large magnet goes to my cars dashboard. Then I can hang my n800 in it while using maemo mapper and such.

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Don't you think that putting all the weight of the tablet on the battery cover isn't such a great idea? Ok, it isn't too flimsy, but it isn't too solid either, especially the latch.

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I still have to take pictures, but just wanted to say something about the two magnets.
I think I will never use the magnet. Not just because I don't want to stick them on whatever surface, but because they seem not to hold the n800 at all.
I tried holding one of them with my fingers and I have attached the n800 to it.
It slipped.
The n800 is just too heavy. It didn't fall down, but won't stay steady.

I did remove the small plastic layer that was covering the small think metal plate that was later sticked on the n800 battery cover, I don't know if it's goal was to have some rubber between the metal plate and the magnet, but it just didn't look as something you have to leave there.

PS: I did remove the cover itself of course.

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Not a Nokia Official Case though, is it? ;)

Oh, I see you've also started two other threads for the sole purpose of discussing "your" case which you apparently sell through your web site.

SPAM! Sigh. Maybe if you'd posted just the once in the correct thread you could have gotten away with it...

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Very late, but here we go with the pictures of the red version of the case:

http://picasaweb.google.com/anidel/NokiaN800

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In the one picture, where it's just the back of the N800 with a metal plate on it:

Does the case attach via gluing a metal plate to the back cover of the N800, and then sticking to the plate magnetically?

Or does it replace the N800's back plate with one that has a metal plate on it?

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No replacement.
They provide you a metal plate with 3M glue on one side (you remove a sticker and press the plate face with the glue onto the cover)..

Then, as you said, everything sticks magnetically.

I'll provide a picture of the leather case alone and a picture of the n800 attached to one of the metallic plates they give you (to show you that it DOES NOT hold steady).

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Bleh. I think I'll stick with the proporta leather and aluminum case (don't own it yet, but it's currently the accessory at the top of my buying list).

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Where can I get the bes offer for red case?

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The red case seems it's being sold only in the EU on-line stores.
No idea which one will be cheaper.

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Argh! They don't ship to Canada! That was a good deal... :(

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Buy.com is out of the question. It won't ship outside U.S. This sucks ... any new ideas for cheap case?

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It seems that (for the moment i hope) only the red is available in th EU. The black is "Temporarily Out Of Stock" for the last 10 days or so.

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I live in the USA and would like to get a red case. I would be willing to purchase a black case for anyone who cannot get one in their country and swap via mail. Anyone?

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Just ordered one from buy.com for around $30. The ad does not mention color.

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Please let us know what color case they send from buy.com

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Sure. Ordered this afternoon and just got an email saying it is on the way:)