Thread: The Nokia N810 Internet Tablet
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Milhouse is offline Milhouse
2007-10-17 , 14:28
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Again, they are not the same type of devices. They are not intended to be. And do keep in mind that the iPhone and iPods do not have hardware keyboards.
Note that I compared the iPhone/Touch with the N800, which doesn't have a keyboard. The N810 appears to be thicker still. I concede the N810 will be thicker due to the keyboard, but overall Nokia seem to be flabbier than Apple, and they _ARE_ the same type of devices - break it down and they're identical: ARM based CPU, touchscreen, WiFi, Bluetooth, some dynamic and flash memory, a battery, a couple of antennae. One thin, the other flabby.

Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
And Mil, with all due respect: you're expressing your opinion of style.
You think? Yes, it's very much my personal opinon and I could be totally wrong (I hope I am!)

Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
Just as some love the 770 and despise the looks of the N800 (I feel the opposite). My *opinion* is that the styling of the N810 is fine. I'm not sure what else some people want style-wise. Different color(s)? Fancy graphics? Lights? What? Instead of vague bashing, why not describe specific ways that the looks could have been done better?
"The proof of the pudding is in the eating", as they say. What will matter is how the N810 is perceived by reviewers and consumers. The N810 appears to be an incremental improvement on the N800, and may appeal to a slightly greater number than the N800 but it's not a radical makeover which is what I think Nokia needs to crack this market, and it's certainly not radical enough for an N-series device, it really does look very E-series.

Better ways to have designed it? I dunno, I have trouble planning the re-decoration of my living room but I know what I like when I see it! For an N-series device I think something sleek and sexy is required, yes, something similar to an iPhone/Touch - shiny black and no bevel around the display, slim and light, then take it from there. Instead we have what looks like a business computing device - very sober and understated, definately not sexy. And then add OS 2007 to the mix with it's poor UI and you have a not very compelling device.

I'm not looking forward to the reviews.