Thread: internet tablet price and some observations
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2008-02-25 , 16:36
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Originally Posted by iamthewalrus View Post
Hi anjin,

For Calendar, reminders and contacts (PIM), and synching with outlook/exchange functionality is very limited, although you can synch with Google Calendar using GPE. Also you can't edit office documents right now, although the ability to edit .doc files is coming soon with Abiword. If this is the main purpose then buying it might not be a good idea.
I don't need outlook/exchange sync. I use macintohs so I'd need the sync with iCal and other OSx pim app's. I'm considering to move the PIM part to the mobile phone, using the tablet (or the my actual pda) just to write, music, reading and movies.

I don't need big text editor. I don't use Microsoft Office neither. I just need a txt editor, plain text. just it. Possibly fast to run and if it would have a research function it'd be perfect.

Reading Ebooks works great with the FBreader app. Be sure to check if your ebook formats are supported.
hmmm I have a lot of books in a lot of format. Just now I am using eReader, but, considering that I am reading old books I think I could find them in a lot of formtas without big problems.


For mp3, movies and streaming quite a number of applications, though you generally need to convert movies to be playable smoothly.
That's I already do for my clie, so I don't think it'd bother me more then now!

Browsing and flash work quite well, as wel as RSS, IM and mail (if you install the 'Modest' program. The default email client is not so great.)
great, I consider this the worst thing on my th55!

I have no idea about usenet software. I don't have experience with the hardware keyboard since I have a n800, not a n810. But for some things like clicking on links, or scrolling in some applications you still need the stylus.

You don't need to know much about linux to use this but for some things, like installing beta versions of software you need to use the commandline.
Well... I use a lot the newsgroups. It'd be really nice if I could download messages at home and then reading them offline, just answer and send the posts when I have a connection...
Like I said in the other post it's not a problem to use the stylus, I am against that just for a long writing, also when I CANNNOT use a external keyboard.

I don't have too much problem with commandline, Sometimes I use it also on my apple machines: unix is a big family!

For the money the n810 offer quite a lot of value, especially if you install applications and follow tips on the forum and the wiki to get more functionality, like using a USB keyboard.

There is no official news about the successor. Since the previous versions were released roughly a year apart I guess it will take at least half a year.
hmmm it' seems that nokia stopped to sell the n800, on their webpage it's impossible to buy one, so at the moment the thing it'd be a N810 at 400 euros, without any memomry card...

Thank you for the answer!