Thread: Third Internet Tablet spotted on FCC
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mobiledivide is offline mobiledivide
2007-10-02 , 20:38
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Originally Posted by Garage Battle View Post
no offense to you good sir, but if those are the system specs you are quoting off to me, you shouldnt be buying internet tablets, as it seems your funds would be better spent on a decent desktop. a 1ghz desktop, case, hard drive, 512 memory would cost you under $100, let alone just picking up a used computer.

my $65 Compaq Armada M300 laptop (PIII 600mhz, 384 ram) can run circles around the n800. sorry, but your defensive position is incorrect.
I surf Facebook, Google Reader and sites such as ESPN.com on my N800 every night with a Macbook 2Ghz and a Core Duo convertible tablet 10 feet away from me. I NEVER miss using them I guess if I was hitting tons of multimedia sites I would probably complain more but for quick starting and simple surfing there is really no mobile device out there sub $400 that can come close to the N800 for replicating a full web experience (yes including the iPhone). I really wish there was less bleating and moaning on this forum and more focusing on the real world. The N800 is actually a pretty good device with limited appeal to the mainstream right now but with all of the stuff you hear in this place you would think Nokia had taken a **** in the hands of some of these users. Its not perfect, but as a small part of a huge multinational company working with it seems limited resources, in just over 2 years this platform has come a long way and proven itself viable.

With the added utility of the GPS and WiMAX and a software update that targets the mainstream I think Nokia is headed in the right direction.