I've now been playing with my n810 for a full month and I seriously feel like a beta tester.

• I have to backup, reformat, and reinstall the internal filesystem due to a corruption bug. How this bug managed to get into shipping units baffles me. The fix is via the command line and there is no official support for this bug/fix.
• Out of the box Application Manager lists Maps as having updates, but is unable to actually install it.
• Addressbook: Can't handle some basic vcard syntax so it's impossible to import an extract of my Mac addressbook.
• Default email client inoperable with major providers like gmail imap
• Built-in IM unable to do some very basic operations like status messages
• Interface is inconsistent at best
• Not finger friendly
• WiFi performance is marginal to poor with real world performance between 300 and 500 kB/s.
• WiFI will not auto-connect to WPA-Enterprise networks, I have to manually reselect them every time. My unit works with open, WEP, and WPA-PSK networks without a hitch.
• GPS and camera... I don't think I need to elaborate on this one

Those are issues solely with the stock firmware from Nokia. Many people here have suggestions for dealing with and working around these faults in the stock software, so I'll cover them here.

• Pidgin/RTcomm beta: Pidgin on maemo development appears to have ceased as bugs that I found almost a year ago are still unfixed. While a little tricky to install RTcomm beta has been the most stable add-on that I have used to date. That being said it's screwed up my address book on more than one occasion as well as having other major issues which have been reported.
• Modest/Claws: Modest, while mostly functional with gmail, has not seen a stable release since I received my unit. I have not yet tried claws because it doesn't appear finger friendly.
• App Manager: Once again it's refusing to install/update applications because of a repository conflict.

There are a few bright spots in all of this. The browsing is excellent most of the time with only the occasional crash. The built in SIP client works very well, better than many desktop tools I have used. I will probably keep the unit for now, but the issues that the n810 has have been disappointing.

Could'nt agree more.

The only other thing i want to mention is that....... this device has no competitor.....thats the reason nokia is going easy on it.

I cant understand why nokia is squandering the wonderful advantage it had by coming first to the platform. Surely this platform has a wonderful future and nokia is not taking it as seriously as it should. I personally think cell phones have almost come to the brink of thier development. I think more and more people will want miniature computers which will include the ability to call.
Nokia should just put a lot of effort here ........ The current effort is surely lacking.

For me it was enough to copy all the data, format using file manager and put all the data back. No command line needed as you say (it was only needed of you wanted to check if you have this problem).
Yes, I confirm that this bug is critical and should not happen and that we were not informed about this problem properly.
I could list more problems we had: repository downloads problem for instance. But still this device has little or no competition when it comes to browsing the Internet. Yes, iPhone with it's fantastic interface for Safari is good here, but still you have to sacrifice ad-blocking and flash. I will stay with my n810 for some time and will continue using my Windows Mobile PDA as HSDPA modem for my Nokia.

I got my Dell Axim X30 when they first came out with wm2003se and the experience was not too different; although Dell was working more agressively to fix the problems. it was the people sharing information on Aximsite.com forums (very much like this forum) that made it work. It took about 6-8 months to stabilize and I don't think I ever had any more problems with the OS. I am wondering if the new wimax version will work any better in the performance department; I have about a week left to return this unit and get my money back ...

iPhone.
There. It's been said!

;-)

As far as I can tell from the online forums, user experiences with WinMobile still tend to be not too different. At least with Maemo you can tweak the thing.

Here we go again...though I agree with you in alot of ways...

I wrote my post to exclude any comparisons with any other tablets. I wanted to concentrate on the "core functionality" only.

So, please, let's try to keep the discussion on the quality of this base software only.

Why don't those of you who don't like your tablets sell them?

What does that have anything to do with Nokia releasing beta quality software for an expensive piece of consumer electronics?

I have stopped using the unit for mail since it's basically non-functional as well as IM since it's quirky. The browser and SIP calling are the only reason I put up with the poor quality of the rest of the unit.