Is this a mobile?!
 

Hey folks,

since I use my internet tablet at university more and more people ask what it is. I should add that I am studying information technology. So my friends have some kind of tech knowledge.

Everytime I take out my N810, their first guess is that it is a mobile.
When I ask them why they think like that they say that it is from Nokia, so it should be a mobile.

Second thing is that people who have some kind of knowledge in this direction really believe that the OS is some sort of Windows Mobile.

So again and again I have to tell them what it really is about. I thought about putting a label on my N810 telling them that "I am not a mobile."

What experiences did you make with people who don't know the Tablets?

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Well I have been asked a million times is that an iPhone. Infact 2 times tonight I was asked that.

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Tell them it's a UMPC. This is a well-known term meanwhile, and people don't associate UMPC with phones.
An internet tablet that's not a phone is not cool, but a UMPC that fits in your pocket and has GPS is. ;)

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Hehe, that sounds like a good point! I will try that. ;)

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

I agree, great answer.

People often refer to my IT as my <shudder> Palm Pilot. Even back when I used Palm PDAs I hated it when they called it a Palm Pilot. It sounded like when my dad would call my component sound system a "Hi Fi". ;)

I guess I'm picky picky picky. :eek:

Frank

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Pocket computer.

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

We need a new name for these things. When I say internet 'Tablet' here in the Netherlands I get funny looks because the word is more associated with medicine than devices. Plus we need Paris Hilton to use one of these.

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Ugh. Then I'll worry about STDs every time I use my N800.

Re: Is this a mobile?!
 

Hell!... I thought it was a Tricorder.

Omega