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Video: Walt Mossberg on the Nokia N800 Tablet

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By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007 at 2:18 PM

Complete review over at The Wall Street Journal

Snippet:

More importantly, the N800′s software seems unpolished and unfinished. There’s no calendar application, no method for synchronizing data from a PC, no software for using the camera to record videos or snap still pictures, though Nokia says that’s coming. And there’s no simple way to use the camera for video conferencing with a PC, unless you get somebody else to download a special Nokia program. The company hopes to solve this later with a Skype program for the device.

I don’t like how he references the iPhone and uses it as a baseline comparison to the N800. Two totally different products. He does highlight a few issues however that are being echoed across the net: it needs to interact with your PC, the UI can use a bit of polishing, and most importantly the out of box experience needs to improve.

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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

    I am trying to hold of writing a mocking email to this retarded reviewer.. I am counting to ten… ok… so, he is another reviewer almost completely missing the point of the product.

    “I can’t imagine many people carrying around this device. For one thing, the N800 is a tweener — smaller than a laptop, but too big for a pocket. It’s 5.7 inches long, 2.95 inches wide and 0.5 inch thick. It weighs 7.27 ounces. The iPhone is smaller and lighter.”

    It is not meant to be carried around!!! Most people use it on the sofa for crying out loud!

    Nokia is not trying to make a computer – they are trying to make, first and foremost, a web browsing product (oh and the reviewer by oddball luck I guess manages to notice that that’s what it does well)…

    Grr… lol.. :)

  • Stefan Constantinescu

    I feel the same way Viipottaja