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The most comprehensive, in depth, Nokia N800 review has been posted

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Sunday, February 18th, 2007 at 7:11 PM

Perspective

Wow, this guy went all out.

Amazing review over at Spicy Gadget Roll.

Here are some snippets:

With a display size of 4.1-inches at a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, the display is among one of the sharpest in the portable device category. The color range is another story, it only displays 65K colors, which is rather low for today’s standards.

I managed to get roughly 3 hours of web browsing time with max brightness. When left connected to a WiFi access point with display off, I got roughly 10.5 hours. I know in most cases I won’t be browsing more than 3 hours in a typical day, but it makes me feel uneasy when using it on the go, frantically looking for power sockets every where I go, that’s just no fun. This is definitely one area the Nokia N800 needs work on, if they do continue with this product line, I hope the next model has an ample amount of battery life.

Nokia has definitely succeeded in providing consumers with easy access to the majority of Internet related features. Although the Flash 7 still needs some work, Google Video and Youtube video streaming was rather bad. If that’s the only reason you wanted the Nokia N800 I’d recommend holding off until they fix the issue.

For chatting and e-mail composition purposes I found the touch-screen keyboard a bit uncomfortable to use over extended periods of time, I still prefer a hardware thumb keyboard.

I’d definitely recommend this product to people looking to get a desktop like web browsing experience in a portable, everything else is just icing on the cake. That’s if you are willing to put up with the $400 price tag of course.

Poor youtube support is a biggie.

There are many videos spread out over this expansive 6 page review. The first one covers the physical aspects of the device:

About The Author

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

  • viipottaja

    Dr. Jaaksi in his blog has posted a roadmap, and Youtube etc. support should improve in the next firmware already. Gosh I want to buy N800 but trying to hold off.. I have the 770 already :)