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2007-12-05
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2007-12-05
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@ "Almost there!" (Monte Christo, Count of)
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You guys are making me think of trading my N810 with an N800 owner who wants to upgrade. I'll have it in my hands tomorrow when I visit my sister in NY and will post my reaction.
GPS was one of the main attractions for me, and so was the keyboard, but now I hear many complaints about the GPS. And I've not heard many complaints from N800 users about how they wish they had an easier way to type.
Is this just because you're all used to keeping text input to a minimum, or because you find the touchscreen adequate for writing emails and chatting (when you can't use a BT keyboard)? Maybe a bit of both?
For me, a tablet needs to be almost as easy as paper for note-taking in order for it to earn a spot in my pocket. Quick text input via the touchscreen seems clumsy, probably impossibly so when walking or on a bumpy train, and takes almost all of your visual attention while it would seem that a hardware keyboard would let you type while reading or looking at something else (essentially: note-taking) or maybe even walking. I've never used a touchscreen to type though, so inform me if I'm exagerating its inferiority to a hardware keyboard. I know that the N810's keyboard isn't perfect, but tactile things are generally much easier to adapt to and get better with than writing on a touchscreen, which takes mostly hand-eye coordination. That said, is handwriting-recognition or the software thumb keyboard the preferred way to type for most people with the N800? How fast are people on the software KB?
I'll be getting a BT keyboard too for the N810, but I think that I'd be carrying it with me all the time if I had the N800, whereas I'll only take it on overseas trips with the N810. I could only assume in this case, since I didn't have the option of holding an N810 in my hands before ordering it. Well, I did, but then I'd have to wait at least a month...not possible.
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2007-12-05
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2007-12-05
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The mapping software itself leaves a lot to be desired but I have commented about this. I suspect Nokia will fix this soon since they are putting a lot of eggs in the geo-location services related basket and if their product sucks, they just won't have any customers (and revenue).
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2007-12-06
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2007-12-06
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@ Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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2007-12-06
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2007-12-06
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@ Derby, UK
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2007-12-06
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@ cromwell,ct
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For the keyboard, I like the sliding/tilting screen in their most recently publicized patent application. And I'd prefer to have an actual keyboard on teh device.
But, if there were 2 sister models available at the same time, like the N800 and N810, I would definitely want the keyboardless model to have a "case with built in keyboard". I had thought about how to make such a case for the N800 but didn't get very far.