Thread: Should I get an N800 or a PocketPC?
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bac522 is offline bac522
2007-06-11 , 17:29
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Originally Posted by JKolstad View Post
-- N800 has 800x480 screen, N560 has 640x480 screen; more resolution is always nice
You don't know how much better this is, on devices like this its akin to going from a 27" TV to a 42" TV!

-- N800 is somewhat larger
I've got the 770 which is a little bit smaller then the N800, but the size has never been an issue for me.

-- Speaking of keyboard, with no external keyboard the N800 has an apparently quite usable "thumb keyboard" touchscreen mode. The N560 figures you'll be using a stylus.
This is a great feature that makes answering email with out a BT keyboard a much more pleasant exercise. I'm very happy with the touchscreen keyboard, I'm surprise more devices don't use such a concept.

-- N560 has a built-in GPS receiver! N800 could pair with a BT GPS receiver -- I have a GPSlim 236, which people report the N800 works with -- but more importantly, there's already a handful of high-quality, commercial mapping/navigation programs for PocketPCs. I use Mapopolis, whereas TomTom is probably the most popular. Nokia just announced some mapping software, but only for Europe... and I'm in the U.S.
Maemo Mapper is an awesome navigation program that's free. I use it with a $70 Rikaline GPS that holds a GPS signal better then some purpose built GPS'! 90% of the time the app serves my purpose, the only time if fails is when you need to make a change to itinerary and without an Internet connection that can pose a problem, but for me at least, that doesn't happen that often.

-- Both seem to be OK at reading PDF files and running a remote desktop client if need be.
rdesktop and vnc are available, don't recall is the PocketPC has both apps available.

-- N560 has Pocket Excel/Word... N800 has... ???
One area that lacks a little on the N800, but if you don't need editing capabilities, I've had great luck with converting my excel and word docs to PDF and using them on the IT. http://www.expresspdf.com/

-- N560 has IrDA, N800 doesn't. I've used IrDA in the past to print photos from my phone -- nice little feature, and printers with IrDA still seem a little more common than those with Bluetooth or WiFi.
My experiences has been that IrDA is slowing dying out as connectivity option being replaced by BT.