Howzit. I was looking for something to use while sitting on the couch or in bed...so, i was looking for something with the following requirements:
1. Small and lightweight so I can hold in my hands (versus burn my lap or stomach with a laptop)
2. Slideout qwerty keyboard so i could double thumb type
3. Fast booting so i could get going quickly when i have an idea.
4. Wifi and web support so I can use Google Documents, Gmail, etc...
The N810 does all of the above. It's actually smaller than I expected. It's about the size of a Ninetendo DS. weights about 1.5lbs (?). But the small size has been nice. Also the battery life is really good. It will last 6 to 8 hours of constant use. When it goes to sleep, the battery can last days. Yes, it's fast booting. About 35 seconds to boot up. Wifi and web support is great. I can even use my verizon smartphone as a modem via bluetooth. The screen is very clear and it will display the entire width of a website for younger eyes but a few clicks of a button and i can blow up the screen to 150% and i am rocking. My big disappointment is the keyboard. It's stiff and the keys a little too flat so feedback is subtle. my Motorola Q has a better feel and i can type faster on that than the N810...applications are a little limited but i'm doing most things via web-based apps, so this is not a limitation for me. But one cool app I downloaded was a GPS camera that is integrated with Flickr and the N810's GPS. However, the internal GPS is slow to connect with satellites but it works with another free app i downloaded called Maemo Map. I've setup my Gmail via the built in email imap client (a bit slow when opening up an email) and i've setp several RSS feeds that are scrolling across the screen. The screen is a touchscreen which is essential because the navigation is a bit hard with the navigation button (again stiff but also small)...It's a great internet tablet...i can watch youtube, use twitter, iGoogle, you can load in most movies and mp3s...anything i can do on the web and i can pretty much do on the N810...i still can't get the N810 to stream video in a broadcast mode via ustream.tv without crashing the browser but hopefull this will be fixed. Pocketcaster.com is developing a client for the N180 so they might beat ustream.t to the punch. Skype will work once i get the installer to work. Overall, a great thin client web device.
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