Customer Reviews:
 good, but not quite ready for prime time December 29, 2007
J. A. Adkisson (College Station, TX)
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
I have been using the n810 for about 3 weeks and it is an interesting internet device. It is the same size as an HP 12c calculator and will easily fit into my school pack or into a jacket or large shirt pocket. It is great at detecting and connecting to wireless services. The slide out keyboard is easy to use. Unfortunately little else on the n810 works well. The GPS maps that come with the unit are poor. For example, they show the creek near my house, but not the street in front of it. You have to pay extra to make the GPS functional. There are some connectivity issues, as well. The n810 will not work with gotomypc, or even rdesktop. Because it lacks an appropriate Linux client, the n810 will not link to my university's vpn so I cannot access its wireless services. This means that the n810 is useless to me at school and work. Also, some regular web videos, such as CNN and Cnet will not play smoothly. (You Tube videos play wonderfully, however.) The other software works "sort of". For example, the Palm emulator, Garnet VM, is still in beta; therefore, some of my Palm apps work ok on the n810, but many do not, and I could not sync it with my Palm to get the addresses and calendar moved to the n810. Bummer! Some of this is supposedly due to the new linux os and may be resolved soon, but right now, I wish I had saved my money and bought the n800 instead. The internet experience and small form factor are worth about $200, not $400+.
 great device, just a warning about the amazon offer December 2, 2007
Gadget Geek
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
The nokia n810 is great.
Just a word of warning: I bought the amazon offer together with the
micro SDHC card + SD adaptor. The nokia can take mini SDHC cards, but SD cards are too big. I had to get an adaptor from somewhere else...
Not as bad as some people are saying... January 3, 2008
J. C. Pole (Greensboro, NC)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I bought the Nokia N810 as a PDA replacement, which, strictly speaking, is not what Nokia sells it to do. Out of the box, it has a solid feel, and the keyboard slider does not feel like it's going to fall apart - unlike some other products with similar features.
The focus of this device is Internet access, and Nokia integrated 802.11b/g support, which works very well. Internet access via cellular telephones is a different story. For some reason, Nokia chose to implement Bluetooth DUN, rather than Bluetooth PAN. BT DUN is an older (most people consider it to be obsolete) protocol that Microsoft recently removed from the default Windows Mobile 6 build. BT PAN is much more widely accepted, and is a far superior choice. Only time will tell if Nokia decides to add the updated protocol. There IS a connectivity option for buyers with non-Nokia phones. A product called PDANet allows newer telephones without BT DUN support to speak to devices that only support BT DUN. This is a commercial product, but is well worth the money if you have a new phone. I have used this product for several weeks, and can confirm that it works as advertised. If you have a phone that does not support BT DUN, I strongly recommend buying PDANet before you recieve the N810. This will allow you to complete the initial configuration wizard on the N810.
As far as other features, the N810 screen is very nice, with a bright backlight. The screen is easily readable, even in sunlight. The built-in speaker is decent, but you will want to use the included headphones to listen to anything that you actually care about hearing. The keyboard is a little tough to use, due to the tension in the keys, but it is okay once you get used to it. The processor is capable, and loading times for applications is reasonable. The GPS functionality works well, but you should be prepared to purchase the upgraded map application if you intend to use the N810 for navigation. One caveat with the GPS - for some reason, the unit is EXTREMELY slow to obtain an initial satellite fix if you are moving. Staying still for about 2 minutes or so will allow the device to obtain (and keep) a satellite fix.
Aside from the BT DUN problem, my only gripe about the N810 is the lack of sufficient memory card expansion. The device comes with an internal 2GB memory "card" that cannot be removed/upgraded, along with a single Mini-SD card slot. This means that as of today, this device cannot handle more than 10GB total. That could be much better. In addition, the Mini-SD port is difficult to close. This port was an exceptionally poor design in my opinion.
Overall, I am very satisfied with the Nokia N810. I believe that it will serve my intended purpose very well. It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it does work if you put a little effort into setting it up.
Great for internet on the go November 29, 2007
gadgetrad (NYC)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I just bought the Nokia N810 tablet and so far I'm very happy with it. It connects to any wi-fi very well as long as it is available. There's really not that many features, but it's very easy to use. I have to say that I know I need reading glasses because my vision for reading very small text is beginning to go, but somehow I have no problem with this. You can always zoom the text. I like the keyboard a lot, and it's illuminated, also the screen is great. I can honestly say that with this device, I no longer need to lug my laptop when I travel. Aesthetically, I think it looks and feels better than the Iphone. I tried the Iphone and I didn't like typing on it. I think what's important is how quickly you can establish wi-fi connection with this device and how fast it is when you're connected. There's a lot of free internet connection everywhere nowadays. Battery life isn't bad, either. Only problem I have with this is that it has a webcam, but somehow I can't figure out how to activate it. Anyway, that's all. It's a nice little toy.
 What UMPCs intended to become December 22, 2007
Theodor A. Milkov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
N810 is an awesome device. At first I was worried that the keyboard being so small would be impractical and of little use. It actually is amazingly good and my hands are not small at all. N810 has embedded GPS and super bright screen (it has photo sensor and brightness is auto adjusted). Uses standard Nokia battery and runs up to 6-7 hours with it (it could play mp3's all day long with display turned off) despite the fact that the whole device wights only 200g.
It has also mozilla based browser and all the popular sites I can think of work just fine - google maps, youtube, google reader, facebook, gmail and so on. There are many applications for N810 such as Gizmo, Skype, Wayfinder, Vagalume (last.fm client), UKMP media player, Canola and many more. For the more geeky of us there is xterm and tons of apt-get-able linux software (incl. openssh).
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