Thread: Some questions about the n810
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
But the tablets ARE only meant to be used for browsing the internet.
Sorry, I said that wrong, I meant browsing the web, not browsing the internet. They are ok at browsing the web.

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
That's how they're advertised, as being for things like websites, blogs, e-mail etc.

That's why they're called "internet tablets", they're meant for using internet services. They're NOT meant to be laptops or PDAs or UMPCs.
Yes. Internet tablets, not web tablets. I am not talking about pdas, or umpcs etc, I was talking about the internet as a whole, rather than just the web being a small part of it.

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
Watch the official adverts and they don't even mention installing additional applications or anything that requires technical knowledge.
I have never seen the adverts, or thinking about installing applications, although obviously if you don't install any applications, there isn't that much of the internet you can use, just the web really. Which I guess for a lot of people is what they consider the internet.

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
If your PC is working fine then it can be as userfriendly, but when something goes wrong the tablet is usually easier to fix, and there's a lot less that can go wrong on a tablet.
That i haven't experienced. Certainly with my mac it is easier to set up to connect that the original 770 was (albiet mostly keyboard issues, and the fact it didn't like the network).
I have also had more troubleshooting problems with the ITs than with my mac. I guess it depends on the person (and to some extent the individual computers).

Originally Posted by krisse View Post
I say this out of experience with the relative I recommended the tablet to that led to the founding of the Internet Tablet School site. He was always having troubles with settings and error messages on Windows and Macintosh, but on the tablets there weren't really any problems after the first set up.
I imagine a lot of this comes down to luck with the machines in general.