N810 Availability in North America
 

Does anyone have a date yet for when they expect to see their Nokia N810 Internet Tablet in North America?

I've been calling and emailing all of my contacts to get a date, but the only thing that anyone will commit to is "mid-November." I've asked multiple Nokia retailers how they are doing on pre-orders. As of Monday, most had sold more than half of their first batch (50 N810 per store?)

I asked my place on that list. Apparently, I'm "Number 23 out of 50" for one of those retailers. :D

1. How many others have pre-ordered theirs in the US or Canada?
2. When do you expect them to be in stock (besides "mid-November")?
3. When you do expect to get yours?

I paid a premium to get my "Express, Overnight" as soon they're in stock. $474.94:

1 NOKN810 Nokia N810 NSERIES Internet Tablet $449.99
Sub Total: $449.99
Promo ( ): $0.00
Shipping: $24.95
Tax: $0.00
Grand Total: $474.94

...I sold my Nokia N800 + 1GB SD + Bluetooth Stowaway Keyboard for $250, meaning I'm paying $225 to get it all back ("upgrade?") as a Nokia N810. :p

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Sorry dude you know as much as we do, Mid November
I see you’re new to nokia device as we all where once, And I only say this because I remember seeing some hot new device on a web site with Nokis's name printed on the front. I wanted it but, To only fine out it will be out some time, some where, In about 3 to 4 weeks or the mid 4th quarter something crazy like that, But I will say it seems like their getting better at least we know it’s next month thank god! I truly think Nokia needs a better marketing team…

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They need a better marketing, support, development. It seems to me the only thing they do really really well is make hardware. And this seems to be made in Korea as soon as they design it, if they are designing it?

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Where are trustworthy preorders possible?

-- Mike

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In the United States, Amazon and MobileCityOnline both have orders in to begin selling the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. Since Nokia hasn't yet given a date to retailers, companies such as Amazon are wary of advertising a product where the ETA is unknown. In the past, Amazon has allowed pre-orders where the ETA was unknown, I think it depends on the buyer (agent) at Amazon.

MobileCityOnline is a small retailer out of NYC, NY. I spoke with one of their managers on Monday, October 22nd. They have an order in with Nokia with 50 units (Model No: NOKN810, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet)
http://www.mobilecityonline.com/wire...roductid=22832
The only thing they were told was "mid-November". Nokia themselves aren't providing distributors with a fixed date. This doesn't make me comfortable about Nokia meeting their vague date or distribution amounts, but I'm comfortable with MobileCityOnline out of earlier business with them on SonyEricsson products.

MobileCityOnline
47 Walker Street
New York, NY 10013
1-212-964-4444
1-212-964-4010

At MobileCityOnline, my pre-order is #23 out of 50.

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Ain't that the truth, Sadavyk? :confused: I've worked with Sony, HP, Danger, Garmin, and Dash in beta-testing and buying devices for my contracts. Sony, HP, and Garmin are usually the best at advertising their products and setting dates (even if those dates are later postponed due to issues or production). Danger, Dash, and Nokia seem to be the worst at advertising and setting dates.

Nokia surprises me. For a company that should be on par with Sony-Ericsson and Motorola, their competitors do a far better job at making their products known and setting distribution channels for those products.

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So I'm going to be in Los Angeles November 23-30 and would like to pick up one of these babies while I'm there... cuz afer that I come back to Canada and it's going to be a lot more expensive. The online sites are saying November 15, 23, or 30 for availability where they cite it. The first two dates would work with a FedEx order, but obviously not the last. Anyone got any better intel right now, or know of a retail outlet in SoCal where I could just pick one off the shelf?

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By "North America", you may as well just say the US... Canada didn't see the N800 or the 770 until they wanted to dump off their stock because the N810 was coming; and even then the N800 was like $450 (considering our dollar is $1.10 compared to the US, what gives?)

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Didn't you hear?... the only place they will be available is in Botswana Africa.

O.

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One would assume soon as the new support site for the n810 came online yesterday at 8am according to the feed.

http://www.nokia.co.uk/EUROPE_NOKIA_...upportnews.xml