The N810 has a higher-resolution screen. Tactile keyboard. Expandable memory. GPS. Fully open OS capable of running SSH or any other application you care to load. The OS your home PC is running doesn't matter. You can use the browser of your choice. It runs flash. You can play nearly any media format you like (but not, ironically, Apple's.)
The only real thing the iPhone (or iPod Touch) has that is superior is the CPU. 600MHz vs 400MHz.
In pretty much any other way that matters, the N810 has the edge.
Better yet, when you whip one of these puppies out of your pocket, no one is going to accuse you of being an iClone.
"Better yet, when you whip one of these puppies out of your pocket, no one is going to accuse you of being an iClone."
That's right . . . because they won't even notice the N810. It blends in with smartphones real well.
I played with the N810 at a store here in NYC yesterday. Great concept, but *slow* and cumbersome GUI. Flash is a non-issue with this device -- once you see how jittery YouTube is on it, you'll get the picture. As well, its media playback capabilities harken to 2002. Oh well. There's always iPhone 2.
The N800 is much more comparable to the iPhone or iPod Touch, the N810 has a hardware keyboard and GPS; serious improvements over N800 and iThings. Multi-touch vs. hi-res? Man, wish I didn't have to choose; I want both. But the main thing I hear about the iPhone's multi-touch being used for is zooming in and out of web-pages, _because you can't see the whole page on a lo-res screen_. I'm sure there's more use in the iPhone, and in an open development environment, it would be exploited still more, but I'd rather have the resolution.
@Shawn: The only real thing the iPhone (or iPod Touch) has that is superior is the CPU. Well, there's the little phone thing; no extra device needed to get internet outside WiFi coverage.
But still, I think N810 > iPhone for a lot of people. My N800 has completely replaced my laptop. Atypical situation, at university with widespread wireless coverage, YMMV. But better than an iPhone.
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One word for this overpriced brick. IPHONE. Nuf said.
The N810 has a higher-resolution screen. Tactile keyboard. Expandable memory. GPS. Fully open OS capable of running SSH or any other application you care to load. The OS your home PC is running doesn't matter. You can use the browser of your choice. It runs flash. You can play nearly any media format you like (but not, ironically, Apple's.)
The only real thing the iPhone (or iPod Touch) has that is superior is the CPU. 600MHz vs 400MHz.
In pretty much any other way that matters, the N810 has the edge.
Better yet, when you whip one of these puppies out of your pocket, no one is going to accuse you of being an iClone.
"Better yet, when you whip one of these puppies out of your pocket, no one is going to accuse you of being an iClone."
That's right . . . because they won't even notice the N810. It blends in with smartphones real well.
I played with the N810 at a store here in NYC yesterday. Great concept, but *slow* and cumbersome GUI. Flash is a non-issue with this device -- once you see how jittery YouTube is on it, you'll get the picture. As well, its media playback capabilities harken to 2002. Oh well. There's always iPhone 2.
The N800 is much more comparable to the iPhone or iPod Touch, the N810 has a hardware keyboard and GPS; serious improvements over N800 and iThings.
Multi-touch vs. hi-res? Man, wish I didn't have to choose; I want both. But the main thing I hear about the iPhone's multi-touch being used for is zooming in and out of web-pages, _because you can't see the whole page on a lo-res screen_. I'm sure there's more use in the iPhone, and in an open development environment, it would be exploited still more, but I'd rather have the resolution.
@Shawn:
The only real thing the iPhone (or iPod Touch) has that is superior is the CPU.
Well, there's the little phone thing; no extra device needed to get internet outside WiFi coverage.
But still, I think N810 > iPhone for a lot of people. My N800 has completely replaced my laptop. Atypical situation, at university with widespread wireless coverage, YMMV. But better than an iPhone.