Thread: Use as a VOIP phone
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nathanb is offline nathanb
2010-01-26 , 23:17
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Originally Posted by fragos View Post
When did Nokia say the N810 was a phone? Marketing Internet tablet positioning aside, an N810 is a small pocket computer that runs Linux. Nokia does manufacture great phones as well as the Internet tablet.
Yes, I know. And Nokia themselves have already realized that their market position has eroded down to the enthusiast sector, which is never a good sign; hence the presence of a quad-band GSM radio in the N900.

Ultimately, I have nobody to blame but myself. I bought the device assuming "can use Skype and Gizmo5" equated to "useful as a VOIP phone". For me, this assumption has proven false.

(A lot of my assumptions about the N810 have unfortunately proven false. It's too bad, because I love the relatively open OS. I don't want to buy a smartphone because I don't want a data plan and don't want to pay a premium for an unlocked phone. I don't want an Apple product because their software ecosystem is too proprietary. I thought in the N810 I had found a device that would be cheap yet still useful, and maybe it is for you but it isn't for me.)