maemo.org - Talk - View Single Post - A few question on N810 before buying one

	dantonic	2009-04-03 , 21:46
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Originally Posted by Omega

I'd caution against buying the N810 at this point. Especially if you're making comparisons against an iPod touch. The UI experience is brutal and slow.

Many of the people here are also offering overly optimistic accounts of the device's capabilities. I just finished selling mine because the N810 struggles a fair bit to accomplish most of what it sets out to do.

I'd hate to see someone go through the regret I did over the purchase. Go with the iPod, as much as I don't like Apple, they will at least acknowledge that they made it after the fact, and support it longer.

You are buying a very portable device that does a multitude of things, Although I would say "Brutal" is a huge exaggeration, you must understand there are some limitations to the capabilities of the device.
Like Omega has experienced, and many others it seems, the built-in GPS of the N810 seems to be sub-par. Also the UI experience, and the touch experience is inferior to the IPod Touch, but I wouldn't say it's so bad to warrant not buying it.

All the programs listed above work very seamlessly. Web browsing can be slow sometimes when visiting a "heavy" site. But that is to be expected.
Every once in a while something can crash, especially if using more than one prog at a time. ( I tend to do this a lot, cause I think my N800 is like a PC ). No big deal just use the loadapplet widget to kill the process.

I was lucky enough to get my N800 as a gift from a friend who converted to an Iphone.
I can only tell you that if for some reason I killed my N800 ie. dropped it in water, destroyed it somehow, lost it etc... I would definitely purchase another.... idk if I could wait until one of the new tablet devices came out.

Last edited by dantonic; 2009-04-03 at 21:49.

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