Comments on: 3 years of Nokia Internet Tablets http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:03:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Luis http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets#comment-2502 Luis Wed, 28 May 2008 09:30:24 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets/#comment-2502 I'm a web developer, and I was an early adopter of the Nokia N770. It was amazing, and by far the best gadget ever for portable internet. Wifi for home browsing, and bluetooth for off-the-phone on-the-go browsing. High resolution screen. Since there was no alternative for the price, I put up with the quirky updates, beta systems, repositories, etc, but it would always spontaneously reset at some random time, or the browser would just quit. The hardware was fine, only the software wasn't quite up to it, and that was a real shame. I skipped the N800/N810, and got myself an iPod Touch, which feels like it's 20 years ahead of the N770. Very, very rare browser crashes. quick response, just works. (Except for flash, but I'm not missing that as much as I thought I would). I’m a web developer, and I was an early adopter of the Nokia N770. It was amazing, and by far the best gadget ever for portable internet. Wifi for home browsing, and bluetooth for off-the-phone on-the-go browsing. High resolution screen.

Since there was no alternative for the price, I put up with the quirky updates, beta systems, repositories, etc, but it would always spontaneously reset at some random time, or the browser would just quit.

The hardware was fine, only the software wasn’t quite up to it, and that was a real shame. I skipped the N800/N810, and got myself an iPod Touch, which feels like it’s 20 years ahead of the N770. Very, very rare browser crashes. quick response, just works. (Except for flash, but I’m not missing that as much as I thought I would).

]]> By: NobbyNobbs http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets#comment-2381 NobbyNobbs Mon, 26 May 2008 10:08:11 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets/#comment-2381 @Will Always depends... It`s too slow for youtube and anything alike, and if a page has heavy flash animations (e.g. many ads), then scrolling is just no fun. I got my N800 a year ago, and at first I really loved it. Small, good browser (for a pda), nice software packages... But since I got my wibrain, the n800 seems less and less attractive for me. The browser is very good for a pda, but compared to opera or firefox on the wibrain, its just behaves as a lame, drunken turtle. There are many media players available, so that playing divx isn`t a problem - unless you expect decent frame rates. I just don`t want to have to reencode every video I want to watch on the go. Again, with the wibrain it`s no problem (apart from hd-material, obviously). Yes, there is quite a bunch of free software available for the maemo platform - but it`s not even close to the variety of programs you can get for windows or a decent linux distribution on a x86. So, all in all, I still like the N800, but I only take it with me if I don`t want to carry the extra weight of the wibrain and don`t really know whether I`ll even use a mobile device. So I`m basically just waiting for some Atom-powered MID with the form factor of the N800. @Will
Always depends…
It`s too slow for youtube and anything alike, and if a page has heavy flash animations (e.g. many ads), then scrolling is just no fun.

I got my N800 a year ago, and at first I really loved it. Small, good browser (for a pda), nice software packages…
But since I got my wibrain, the n800 seems less and less attractive for me.
The browser is very good for a pda, but compared to opera or firefox on the wibrain, its just behaves as a lame, drunken turtle.
There are many media players available, so that playing divx isn`t a problem - unless you expect decent frame rates. I just don`t want to have to reencode every video I want to watch on the go. Again, with the wibrain it`s no problem (apart from hd-material, obviously).
Yes, there is quite a bunch of free software available for the maemo platform - but it`s not even close to the variety of programs you can get for windows or a decent linux distribution on a x86.
So, all in all, I still like the N800, but I only take it with me if I don`t want to carry the extra weight of the wibrain and don`t really know whether I`ll even use a mobile device.

So I`m basically just waiting for some Atom-powered MID with the form factor of the N800.

]]> By: Will http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets#comment-2345 Will Sun, 25 May 2008 05:00:38 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets/#comment-2345 Nate, Do you find that the N800 is too slow for web browsing? The browser test Chippy just ran showed that the N800 took 55 secs to render a javascript-heavy page while the already-slow AMD LX900 based Everun took only 13 seconds. I like the idea of a very low power tablet running Linux and am waiting for the next IT with a faster CPU! Nate,

Do you find that the N800 is too slow for web browsing? The browser test Chippy just ran showed that the N800 took 55 secs to render a javascript-heavy page while the already-slow AMD LX900 based Everun took only 13 seconds.

I like the idea of a very low power tablet running Linux and am waiting for the next IT with a faster CPU!

]]> By: Nate http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets#comment-2257 Nate Fri, 23 May 2008 20:16:06 +0000 http://www.umpcportal.com/2008/05/3-years-of-nokia-internet-tablets/#comment-2257 Of all the devices I own, I probably enjoy using my n800 the most. I bought the device on a whim, just had some money burning a hole in my pocket. Now, I just can't put the thing down. When I first started reading about these things, I thought the whole concept was point less. Now, I don't know what I'd do without it. Of all the devices I own, I probably enjoy using my n800 the most.

I bought the device on a whim, just had some money burning a hole in my pocket. Now, I just can’t put the thing down.

When I first started reading about these things, I thought the whole concept was point less. Now, I don’t know what I’d do without it.

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