Too bad some of the N770’s drawbacks carried through. The new model is designed to access the Web via Wi-Fi connections or a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone. But it only pairs up with certain handsets—it didn’t work with my version of Motorola’s RAZR, and while Nokia says it will work with other versions of the popular cell phone, the company wouldn’t provide a full list of compatible devices. And its battery life remains low, at a little over two hours when in use. Another flaw: Its touch screen seemed to attract and keep smudges.
The N800 touch screen can be navigated with a stylus or finger, though I found the stylus to be more responsive. Still, I was disappointed that hardware buttons needed firm pressing and I often couldn’t complete a task just with a touch of the stylus. That made certain functions hard to call up easily, or with one hand.
N800’s handwriting recognition needs work. The device kept mistaking my "4" for a comma, for example. My writing isn’t that bad. You can teach the N800 to learn to recognize your handwriting, though, but the process requires you to input each letter the way you write it and takes an awful lot of time. I doubt a lot of users would bother.
Source: Business Week
What have I been saying all this time about the hand writing recognition?
There have been some other N800 reviews floating on the net , I figure I’d touch on those for the Internet Tablet fans out there:
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