Thread: Worst Nokia N810 review ever.
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2008-05-05 , 14:36
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Originally Posted by Underscore View Post
Yes. It seems anything branded Nokia is automatically considered CELL PHONE and anything with "iPod" in it is a MUSIC PLAYER. Music player seems fair for the Touch, though it does so much more; it's certainly not a PDA though. But the n800 is certainly NOT A CELL PHONE. I'd consider the n800 a umpc, though not by default; you kind of have to customize it to actually consider it a umpc.
Exactly, it's very difficult to classify the tablets because they're really a new class of device. They're built around internet services, not native apps, so you can't really call them PDAs, but they aren't really phones either though you can use them with VOIP and connect them through phones.

I think this might be the biggest reason why so few shops stock the tablets compared to Nokia's phones, because shops like everything to fit into nice neat categories.

It's a bit like the way some television networks and retailers tend to classify all animations as children's programmes whether they're intended for children or not.