I've dropped my N800 maybe about ten times from a height of about four feet or so. I do an extensive amount of chatting and the tablet is with me everywhere without a hard case... or even the soft case that came with it. (I lost it somewhere while I was moving a few months ago.)

If I haven't broken the screen yet, you don't have anything to worry about whatsoever.

Is it not a little awkward to require the keyboard to be extended in order to use the navigation pad? I'll have to demo it myself to make sure that's not a real usability issue before buying.

Nope, Its beginning to be too much like a PDA with the slide out keyboard, if I wanted one of those I would go for a T-mobile MDA or Amio! In my op. the touchscreen keyboard is fine for an internet tablet, and in my eyes, the 770 will always be the best :P

Well I may buy it because it has the potential to become MY PDA. Just have to find the right apps and someone to tell me that installing them is easy.

If I do the HP 210 will not see me. The N810 is far more superior.

You see that's the great thing about open source. You can buy a device and download software to make it into whatever you want.

I've owned handhelds going all the way back to the TRS-80 Pocket Computer in the early 80's. Scratched and especially worn/scuffed screens are far more common than cracked ones (though that did happen to me once, with a Palm Tungsten T). Give me a glass screen any day.

LOL, I've still got mine (in working condition) and the manual as well. 4K of RAM and BASIC

I've been pouring through the threads here and have pretty much decided to buy the N810. I've been wanting a GPS unit anyways, and since I gave up my Zaurus I've been pining for a pocket debian. My birthday is next month and the family CEO has approved a $500 purchase order

Jeff

Short answer no.
Long answer - reasons against overwhelm reasons for.
Reasons against include.

• Price compared to N800
• Keyboard not looks fiddly and not much faster to work with than what we have
• Replacing SD cards with weirdness

For me, the N800 is the superior product.

If they built an ITT with a keyboard like a Psion 3 and had real SD cards then I'd be very interested.

Huh ? Why not go directly for a Series5 keyboard ? That would make for an awesome clamshell N900 :-)

Well, I was fired up for the N810, but I just learned to fully utilize GPS it costs $130/36 mo. $600 may force me to reevaluate the $220 N800.