I also received my new N800 and I agree with the review: the new Nokia looks nicer, the applications are snappier and generally better designed, the screen is noticeably better. The new keys are different, but not worse.

Comparing the 770 and the N800, the 770 looks like a beta version (which it probably indeed was) and the N800 the final product.

I love some changes:
-2 (TWO) cards, and full size, yes!
-a microphone plug (in the headphone plug), and we still have a built-in mic
-BT keyboards are supported
(I complained about all of the above on the 770...)

A welcome improvement are the stereo headphones and the built-in stand, both are actually quite good.

The webcam is only so-so: very noisy and no correct white balance. Maybe a new soft will improve the last part.

Google video play, but not well at all (very jerky).

I managed to install all the soft from the 770 that I needed with only minimal fiddling.



To answer the question about BT keyboard: you can use the keyboard, other BT connections and wifi simultaneously (you already could on the 770).

I haven't tried a) as such, but with my 770 I can have maemo mapper connected to a BT GPS with an Internet connection (GPRS) through the phone, so I'd say it should work.

b) works with a 770. I think the misunderstanding about BT+Wifi comes from the fact that you can only have one *NET* connection at a time -- either through Wifi or BT+cellphone.

I can't get my su-8w bt keyboard to work....

Are the buttons on the top site of the N800 user configurable in Opera? With OS2005, I was able to edit an INI file in order to change the functionality of the +/- rocker button on the top side of the 770 from zoom in/out to page up/down in Opera but this "feature" was disabled in OS2006. Does the N800 and OS2007 re-introduce this ability?

Thanks in advance.

Do you have some nokia phone wich you have also paired with the same keyboard? I had same problem with 770 and fix was to close keyboard software from the phone before switching keyboard on.

roberc567 :
thanks for compliments... here are some answer to your questions :

1) i didn't mean that the n800 doesn't reconise Opera brother. i probably bad explained this part : opera is the navigator given with the tablet. i wanted to use google docs and spreadsheet with it, but google doesn't reconise opera like a compatible browser. it need some other ones...

2a) yes you can use BT keyboard AND BT connection to a phone.
i also use a BT GPS receiver with it...

2b) yes you can use BT keyboard, and WIfi access... the first message of
this tread was typed with a BT keyboard, the n800, and a WiFi net connection...




Texrat :
what kind of problem do you have for connecting your keyboard ?
for that, i just use the Bluetooth control panel to detect the keyboard,
follow this :
- open your BT control panel,
- switch on your keyboard
- detect the keyboard with the BT panel procedure
- once detected, type in a four digit code like 0000
(with your stylus using the screen of your tablet)
- then using your BT Keyboard, and it's FN key, type in the previous code,
0000 in my example...
- then that's it. your are now paired, and you can now use your
KB !






nickmar :
i don't know if it is possible to configure the button's function...

Mine arrived today and I'm loving it. Speed is hugely improved from the 770. Mine also came with the latest software update allready installed which was handy.

Browsing is a pleasure. The media player isn't too good at UPnP servers (it hung on me twice) but installing the other media streamer from the repository fixed that and works very well.

It feels much lighter than the 770. The camera isn't too hot in normal room lighting but I wasn't planning on using it anyway.

I'm very, very happy with my purchase. Now it's everything I expected the 770 to be

BT keyboard and BT internet via phone are working (simultaneous) for me