N810 availability in Europe

[jaros]

You can pre-order here for example:
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=158518
I can’t wait to buy it…
Does anybody know when n810 will be available in Europe ?

[martin_d]

There is a German press-release which says mid-november. It should be the same for Poland.

[jaros]

There is a German press-release which says mid-november. It should be the same for Poland.

OK. Thanks. I hope, price will be affordable :)

[elwood]

There is a German press-release which says mid-november. It should be the same for Poland.


Just posting to say "Hello fellow Paderborn tablet user".

[martin_d]

Just posting to say "Hello fellow Paderborn tablet user".

:cool: Unfortunately my N800 got broken but amazon.de repaid the whole price to me, so I am (desperately :( ) waiting for the N810 instead of buying a new N800.

[Khertan]

It will be available the 7th November i think.

[martin_d]

It will be available the 7th November i think.

Any sources to prove that? (7th November would be a LOT early than I would have expected it!)

[Kozzi]

It would be nice if everyone can post links of e-stores you know of, which will be selling N810 with internal shipping all around Europe (i.e to Finland) :)

[elwood]

Any sources to prove that? (7th November would be a LOT early than I would have expected it!)

I think the application timeframe for the maemo device program ends around the 6th or something, so it's safe to say that it should be available shortly after that date.

[Khertan]

Source : don't remember, but it's if i remember the date when the gps priced functions will be selled.

And the maemo device program end on 04/11/07 if i remember.

[martin_d]

Any news on the European release-date? (I can't wait!!!)

[keiroha]

Hi

First time post, so be gentle ;)

Just found the N810 on play.com "Due for release on 12/12/2007" ...
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/3514386/-/Product.html?searchstring=n810&searchsource=0

K

[keiroha]

Oh and the price ...
£499.99 Free Delivery

K

[rs-px]

Oh and the price ...
£499.99 Free Delivery

K

Sadly, the emoticon icons on the right of this comment box aren't working on my computer. If they were your screen would be full of the wide-eyed one with his mouth open. That mirrors my own expression right now.

I want to say that this is probably a mistake but, you know what? I think it might not be.

By the way, USA readers -- £499 is a little over $1,000. Or 719 Euros.

I suspect if you shopped around you could buy a flight to New York, buy an N810 over there, and bring it back to the UK, all for less than £499.

[martin_d]

By the way, USA readers -- £499 is a little over $1,000. Or 719 Euros.

This seems to be way too much. The German Nokia press-release mentioned 450€, even if the UK has higher taxes (I don't know) it is still too much!
Thus I would think the date is also wrong. (Hopefully!)

[Faz]

Google products search currently returns 1 result:

£234.99 (£199.99 ex. VAT) free delivery.
http://www.superetrader.co.uk/product_info.php?gad=CMDIu8kDEgg-s_Nh2Zr1URiY3OT-AyCY9p4z&products_id=2974&s=p

No date unfortunately, just called them too.
Pretty good price considering I paid £260 for my N800 only a few months ago.

Nokia will be showcasing the N800 at this weekend's What Hi-Fi show:
http://www.bestofstuff.co.uk/hifistuff/pressdet_nov.asp?pressid=pressRe14

I'm sure I heard somewhere they may also use this event to announce the UK launch of the N810.

[Faz]

Looks like the N810 is indeed being released at this show.

Quote from http://www.bestofstuff.co.uk/hifistuff/show_link5.asp

the UK launch of Nokia’s N810 Internet tablet

Doors opened today and running for the rest of this weekend.
I think I may go tomorrow. What are the chances they'll let me trade in my N800? :D

[flip^]

Play seem to now be offering it at £289.99 (quoting that as a £210 saving), with a release of 28th November :)

[Faz]

Supertrader have increased their price! :(
£258.50 (£220.00 ex. VAT) - Still no release date.

http://www.superetrader.co.uk/nokia-n810-internet-tablet-p-2974.html

Shame Nokia don't provide some sort of trade-in deal for existing N800 owners.

[Kozzi]

Today at DigiExpo (Helsinki) I got the chance to "feel" the N810.

+ feels great in hand, nicely designed.
+ keyboard feels bigger than it seems in pictures
+ GREAT screen :eek:
+ youtube's videos http://internettablettalk.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif, in a watchable-way.


* I would like to have the fullscreen button on keyboard though.


In Finland you can pre-order from verkkokauppa.com ( 469€ ), I asked one guy from Nokia about the possible price for this and he said it's gonna be likely 550€ from Nokia's store :( 2x the N800's price right now.

[Faz]

Today at DigiExpo (Helsinki) I got the chance to "feel" the N810.

+ feels great in hand, nicely designed.
+ keyboard feels bigger than it seems in pictures
+ GREAT screen :eek:
+ youtube's videos http://internettablettalk.com/forums/images/icons/icon14.gif, in a watchable-way.


* I would like to have the fullscreen button on keyboard though.


In Finland you can pre-order from verkkokauppa.com ( 469€ ), I asked one guy from Nokia about the possible price for this and he said it's gonna be likely 550€ from Nokia's store :( 2x the N800's price right now.

Had a chance to feel this baby too today, at the What Hi-Fi Sound & Vision Show, London, UK.

I had concerns over the full-screen button too, although confident I'll adjust.

Didn't manage to win one at the show, so did the next best thing. I pre-ordered one from Micro Anvika who Nokia had partnered with at the show, offering a 5% discount off their £299.99 list price, down to £284.99, free delivery & 2 GB card thrown in. Not too bad.

Nokia quoted a release date of 28th (or 26th?), although the Micro Anvika sales person advised I should expect delivery in approx 1 week.
When I queried this with Nokia their response was along the lines of, "typical sales people."

As a bonus I got to chat with the star of the N810 promo video too! :D
He even took a pic of my N800... but only because he was impressed with the Proporta Alu-Leather case. So I took a photo of him taking the photo, of course! ;)

[prosthetic]

Like I've said in multiple threads, the software is near final release, but there remain some kinks to work out. If it's available at the end of November, that would be quite soon. I think everyone here can say they'd rather have a solid product, and undoubtedly we don't want to release anything less than our best. This testing process is quite thorough.

[WillS]

Like I've said in multiple threads, the software is near final release, but there remain some kinks to work out. If it's available at the end of November, that would be quite soon. I think everyone here can say they'd rather have a solid product, and undoubtedly we don't want to release anything less than our best. This testing process is quite thorough.

Got a look at the 810 at the What HiFi/Stuff Magazine show in London yesterday. The staff at the Nokia stand were quoting "end November" as a delivery date. Which is about what I was expecting. They were offering 5% off retail, free delivery and a free 2Gb card for orders placed at the show with Micro Anvika.

I have to say I was impressed with the 810. I had my 770 with me for comparison and the 810 was a bit smaller (about the size of the 770 without the silver cover) and a heck of a lot lighter. The keyboard also wasn't as jammed up against the rest of the device as I thought it would be, quite usable.

WillS

[Tuxedosteve]

People are now able to buy these in the USA. So when does the rest of the world get to play?

C'mon Nokia! I have money that I want to give you. The very least you can do is give us an idea when I can do that.

[seiichiro0185]

People are now able to buy these in the USA. So when does the rest of the world get to play?

C'mon Nokia! I have money that I want to give you. The very least you can do is give us an idea when I can do that.

++

seiichiro0185 who just sold his Sharp Zaurus to get an N810 :)

[martin_d]

Any news in Europe?

[aflegg]

Quim Gil says:

We are silently working to get all the exact dates you are waiting for.
We will communicate them as soon as they are confirmed.

http://lists.maemo.org/pipermail//maemo-developers/2007-November/012897.html

This doesn't shed much light on the subject in the meantime, except to say that the Maemo team recognise it as a real problem.

[krisse]

Most of Nokia's products come out first in Europe, partly because they're a European company and partly because Europe is their biggest market.

However, from what I understand the tablets completely reverse the situation, they seem to be much more popular in America than in Europe, so it makes sense that the US gets them first (especially with Christmas just round the corner).


This doesn't shed much light on the subject in the meantime, except to say that the Maemo team recognise it as a real problem.

If the release version of the N810 is already on sale in America, then it sounds like European availability is out of the Maemo team's hands. AFAIK they just do the design work, they're not responsible for actually manufacturing and distributing it.

[aflegg]

If the release version of the N810 is already on sale in America, then it sounds like European availability is out of the Maemo team's hands. AFAIK they just do the design work, they're not responsible for actually manufacturing and distributing it.

Indeed, but I also seem to remember this situation at the launch of the N800: end-users were getting devices before the discount codes would work.

Although the Maemo team will have no responsibility now, they're the best point of contact we've got to try and sort it out - or at least communicate clearly what the situation is.

[anidel]

And from what Texrat said in another thread, the tablet that are going to be shipped from on-line orders are flashed right before shipping. So this might well mean that we can get a newer firmware (by "we" I mean whoever gets it on-line from the Nokia online store).

[fpp]

Just a thought : it's the first tablet with locale-specific hardware. Just making and managing those country-specific keyboards for us pesky Europeans is probably reason enough to go for the US-qwerty mass market first :-)

[aflegg]

Yeah, but I'm lead to believe that the US & UK keyboards are the same :-)

[peterjb31]

Yeah, but I'm lead to believe that the US & UK keyboards are the same :-)

Very true, I want to extend my geekage now.

[fpp]

Yeah, but I'm lead to believe that the US & UK keyboards are the same :-)

Quite, but then that wouldn't be fair AT ALL for your fellow Europeans, now, would it ? :-)

[aflegg]

Quite, but then that wouldn't be fair AT ALL for your fellow Europeans, now, would it ? :-)

I could live with that :-)

[fpp]

Sheeesh :-)

[peterjb31]

I could live with that :-)

England doesn't use the euro, therefore we are special and should get good stuff sooner. Is anyone else following the logic?

[speculatrix]

why don't nokia simply sell the tablets with a some missing keycaps and a kit of caps then you can make your tablet into whatever nationality you wish?

[fpp]

England doesn't use the euro, therefore we are special and should get good stuff sooner. Is anyone else following the logic?

Oh, quite. I guess there must have been another reason back before 2001 when all other countries had their own local currency, but memory fails me ATM :-)

[anidel]

Because either they'll start falling down and you blame them or you could buy them and not a new tablet :)

[fpp]

why don't nokia simply sell the tablets with a some missing keycaps and a kit of caps then you can make your tablet into whatever nationality you wish?

Careful what you wish for there... laptop and keyboard makers could latch on the idea and make it the norm... and also ship you the SDK to compile your own driver :-)

[peterjb31]

Opensource drivers, sounds great.

[makel]

In here Finland, in one store they said it would be available in this week and in another store they said not likely before Christmas.

[Kozzi]

In here Finland, in one store they said it would be available in this week and in another store they said not likely before Christmas.

makel, any idea which store has the cheapest price for N810 in Finland ?
here 444€ shipped from IDEsan (http://www.kase.fi/~idesan/idesan/sivu.php?naytatuote=1900&tuotekoodi=1900&tyyppi=tilaus2)

[makel]

makel, any idea which store has the cheapest price for N810 in Finland ?
here 444€ shipped from IDEsan (http://www.kase.fi/~idesan/idesan/sivu.php?naytatuote=1900&tuotekoodi=1900&tyyppi=tilaus2)

In Sonera Piste they said something like 499€ and in Elisa Shopit they did not say exact prize. So Idesan sound lot cheaper.

[att]

In here Finland, in one store they said it would be available in this week and in another store they said not likely before Christmas.

I visited Nokia Store at Helsinki on Monday. Staff told me that N810 would be available not until January according the Nokia's internal roadmaps. :confused:

[Kozzi]

I visited Nokia Store at Helsinki on Monday. Staff told me that N810 would be available not until January according the Nokia's internal roadmaps. :confused:

on IDEsan it's 31.1.2008 :(

[markku]

I bet it is January when it is available in Finland. Maybe few tablets before Christmas.

[martin_d]

I cannot imagine they miss Christmas. Perhaps the developers say January, but the marketing-guys will say December. :-)

[peterjb31]

This is ever so frustrating, I am impatient.

[esoel]

So not only I have to bear a crappy italian keyboard, I even have to wait for it...
I hope UK keyb are the same as US(I could find them more easily), but usually British likes to be different, for example computer keyboards are different...

[peterjb31]

So not only I have to bear a crappy italian keyboard, I even have to wait for it...
I hope UK keyb are the same as US(I could find them more easily), but usually British likes to be different, for example computer keyboards are different...

There shouldn't be much difference (if any) between UK and US on the N810 just cos it isn't a full size keyboard.

[siralien]

The local Nokia shop in Bath, UK has no information on release dates at all. However I am considering buying from Electronics For Less (http://tinyurl.com/2lkfvc). They tell me they can ship from Italy with European maps preinstalled and with the plunging US dollar it'll work out much cheaper!

[ajax1]

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I am considering buying from Electronics For Less (http://tinyurl.com/2lkfvc). They tell me they can ship from Italy with European maps preinstalled and with the plunging US dollar it'll work out much cheaper!

I suggest that people do a google search on the above URL (after expansion). You will find many "is a scam" references.

They are offering the Nokia N810 for $319 US. I think P.T. Barnum has a famous quote about this

[anidel]

Also note the only payment method they accept: Western Union.
Won't suggest that site to anyone.

[lardman]

The local Nokia shop in Bath, UK has no information on release dates at all.

lol, they never have had, all the way up until they had a 770 on display and still didn't know what it was :)

There shouldn't be much difference (if any) between UK and US on the N810 just cos it isn't a full size keyboard.

Yeah, the usual differences are location of £$ '/ and #~ keys afaicr. None of which are probably available without the fn key anyway (don't have an image to hand) so shouldn't make any odds.

[Tuxedosteve]

Play.com have them down for a 28th November release

http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/4-/3514386/-/Product.html?searchstring=n810&searchsource=0

[siralien]

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I suggest that people do a google search on the above URL (after expansion). You will find many "is a scam" references.

They are offering the Nokia N810 for $319 US. I think P.T. Barnum has a famous quote about this

I did not notice the payment options before. The company seems genuine enough though, however credit card payments or PayPal seem the safest so perhaps I will look elsewhere.

[krisse]

Just a thought : it's the first tablet with locale-specific hardware. Just making and managing those country-specific keyboards for us pesky Europeans is probably reason enough to go for the US-qwerty mass market first :-)

That's a very very good point, Europe has so many different layouts (QWERTY, AZERTY, QWERTZ etc), and then there's the cyrillic alphabet to consider too.

That could well explain the N810 delay, and that might even explain why another Nokia device with a keyboard, the E90, took so long to come to market.


The company seems genuine enough though

Why would any genuine company be selling brand new just-launched products at huge discounts?

But don't take my word for it, there's lots of interesting links here, including where they stole their "about us" photo and text from:

http://www.thewholesaleforums.co.uk/forum/bad-supplier-experiences/18686-http-www-electroforless-com-legit.html

[WillS]

I notice that Play.com have updated their due date to 5th December and are now selling the N800 for £150.

(drums fingers on desk impatiently).

WillS

[iancumihai]

... please do not post here, until it's available. Whenever i see this "N810 availability in Europe" in "New Posts" ... well you know the feeling ... :(

[peterjb31]

I had the exact same feeling cos of your post - lol.

Oh, looks like I've done it again.

[dsmudger]

Well, how about this for you....

Just bought mine today from Micro Anvika (the first one you come to from the tube station; there's actually three) on Tottenham Court Road in London :) :)

Here it is on their website (I saw it said "In stock", phoned up to confirm and got the second-to-last one they had just before they closed at 7pm)
http://www.microanvika.com/product.asp?PNO=NOK15002

However (:)), due to a misprint in their in-store paper catalogue I got it for £299.99 (just fifty quid more than the N800; I figured a tenner more than play.com was worth not having to wait 'til Dec. 5th :o)


Oh and a few posts back, there was some speculation about the keyboard? perhaps this will help :)

One entry on the Nokia sticker on the outside of the box (the sort with all the various bar codes/IMEI number in the case of phones etc) reads "UK Package" (or very similar - I left the box at my mum's earlier tonight) and looking at the keyboard - it has function-key shifted symbols (in blue in the top right of the key) for Yen, USD, euros and the uk pound sign. Seems to me (based only on that mind you...) it's one-keyboard fits all?

Couldn't see any country-specific references in the "About product" screen in control panel, but I haven't played with the thing much yet so could have missed something; otherwise looks like they might well all have identical hardware and software wherever you buy them (oh, except of course the charger!).


I'll probably be posting in the first impressions thread at some point, but happy to answer any questions here if anyone wants to know anything about the UK one?

Dan.

[martin_d]

This is great news! Even if it is not availible in Germany, shipping from the UK is bettern than shipping from the US. (I case it is not availible in Germany before Christmas!)

Unfortunately I do not remember the on-screen-keyboard of my former N800, but were there umlauts on it?
Are there umlauts on the slide-keyboard?

[dsmudger]

Ah, hang on a second - looking for the onscreen keyboard (which I haven't figured out how to open yet/haven't even seen it!), I found the "Text input" menu in control panel.

By default, mine was set to "English, Nederlands"

The other options in the drop-down are...

Dansk, Norsk, Suomi, Svenska
Espanol, Francais (Canada), Portugues
Francais (France)
Italiano
Ruski

(the last one's in cyrillic and Francais/Portugues/Espanol all have the relevant diacriticals)


Right - after digging around a bit - seems you have to turn on 'pen input methods' to get the 770-style on-screen keyboard. It's got umlauts in the 'accents a-m'/'accents n-z' menus, none on the blue function-key keys on the hardware keyboard though...

[dsmudger]

On a side note, unfortunately I think I'll be taking it back today :( There's something clearly rattling around inside when the keyboard's open!!! (this isn't normal is it?? :o)

[aflegg]

Just bought mine today from Micro Anvika (the first one you come to from the tube station; there's actually three) on Tottenham Court Road in London :) :)

Here it is on their website (I saw it said "In stock", phoned up to confirm and got the second-to-last one they had just before they closed at 7pm)

Did you happen to ask when they got the stock?

[ajax1]

On a side note, unfortunately I think I'll be taking it back today :( There's something clearly rattling around inside when the keyboard's open!!! (this isn't normal is it?? :o)

My Nokia N810 rattles also. I believe there are 2 rattles actually. One seems to be the battery - both left and right toward the speakers and up and down against the battery cover.

Even with the battery shimmed, there is an additional softer rattle that I cannot isolate.

Rattles do not get better/worse when keyboard is opened.

[dsmudger]

Did you happen to ask when they got the stock?
yeah actually, they'd got them in the previous day (now the day-before-yesterday) - seems we all missed this one/wast total random luck I decided to try the MA website well before I thought they'd be out :\

Went back today to exchange the rattling unit, and there's at least one or two left between the three branches on Tott. Ct. Rd.

Be aware though - I overheard the sales guy demoing one to someone in front of me - they'll try to sell it to you for £330 unless you specifically point out the lower price in the catalogue like I did - lucky for me yesterday they kept me waiting for ages, so much so I got bored and started flicking through the catalogue :D

[dsmudger]

My Nokia N810 rattles also. I believe there are 2 rattles actually. One seems to be the battery - both left and right toward the speakers and up and down against the battery cover.

Even with the battery shimmed, there is an additional softer rattle that I cannot isolate.

Rattles do not get better/worse when keyboard is opened.

Hmm.. well my new one is much better (I do know what you mean about the battery though - but the one I just exchanged sounded much more like a loose screw inside (in addition to the battery/back cover rattle)- anyway; all-good now :))

[Faz]

yeah actually, they'd got them in the previous day (now the day-before-yesterday) - seems we all missed this one/wast total random luck I decided to try the MA website well before I thought they'd be out :\

Went back today to exchange the rattling unit, and there's at least one or two left between the three branches on Tott. Ct. Rd.

Be aware though - I overheard the sales guy demoing one to someone in front of me - they'll try to sell it to you for £330 unless you specifically point out the lower price in the catalogue like I did - lucky for me yesterday they kept me waiting for ages, so much so I got bored and started flicking through the catalogue :D

Grrr. Still awaiting mine which I pre-ordered from these guys at the Stuff / What Hi-fi show for £284.99, inc free 2Gb SD & free delivery. Been verbally checking my order status daily for the past week. :(

Well I guess I should be glad to hear they've now received stock. I just better receive it the next 24 hours.

I don't believe they're being 100% honest about the price as £284.99 was the special show price, 5% off R.R.P of £299.99. I reckon they increased the price after they realised most other retailers were pricing it significantly higher.

[krisse]

it has function-key shifted symbols (in blue in the top right of the key) for Yen, USD, euros and the uk pound sign. Seems to me (based only on that mind you...) it's one-keyboard fits all?

Not necessarily, I've seen US keyboards where the pound (£) sign is totally absent and replaced by the # sign (which the Americans also call a pound sign).

And even if the British and US ones were the same, it won't be like that across the rest of Europe as other languages require special characters such as ö and ä and å which are so commonly used that they require dedicated buttons.

Aergh, hardware keyboards are such a mixed blessing at launch periods... :)

[Tuxedosteve]

I've just bought one from Micro Anvika. It's shipping today :)

Of course I also have to wait for a memory card to ship from another supplier. Good job it has some internal memory :)

[Faz]

Micro Anvika rang me back today.
Was going to arrange courier to work, but turns out one of their dispatch team lives round the corner from me and kindly offered to personally drop it off 21:30 :)

Nice screen. Loving the keyboard, very welcome!!

Somewhat concerned about the screen. Top left (browser button) seems to have a little play and is noticeably less responsive. Hopefully this will settle down...

[Tuxedosteve]

I've just bought one from Micro Anvika. It's shipping today :)

Of course I also have to wait for a memory card to ship from another supplier. Good job it has some internal memory :)

Well I can't say I'll ever use these guys again. They don't ship when they say they ship and you have to fight tooth and nail to get a tracking number out of them (And I still don't have one). Expensive and poor service. Not recommended.

[sparkytt]

ordered mine from Micro Anvika yesterday morning - arrived this morning. posting this from N810 now. Very happy. my first internet tablet.:D

[xPAKxMaster]

Great news for Iberia (Portugal and Spain).

i spoke with my friends from PAK and they were given an estimate from local retailers that they might be getting shipments from nokia before the end of December.:D

i will research this matter and i will speak with nokia to confirm.

[ScottLind]

Does anyone know when it becomes available Denmark?

[xPAKxMaster]

Does anyone know when it becomes available Denmark?

GREAT NEWS!
the new n810 is already avaiable in Denmark from the nokia website at http://www.nokia.dk/phones/n810/prices.phpit is being sold for 299 kr. / 2972 kr.<- what ever that means lol, im not danish but portuguese so i dont know the exact price.

good luck.

[Faz]

Micro Anvika gave me a full size SD card :(
Only noticed this after opening the packaging. Lets let how they manage this one.

[krisse]

Some of you may like to know that the Finnish web shop Verkkokauppa.com now has a shipping date listed for the N810 as the 19th of December.

[martin_d]

I preordered from amazon.de, they say "28 December 2007 - 14
January 2008" :( :( :(

[Jerome]

Amazon always give dates in the far future when they have no idea when the product will be available. It means nothing.

[martin_d]

Amazon always give dates in the far future when they have no idea when the product will be available. It means nothing.

Hope you're right.

[ukdutypaid]

www.SuperEtrader.co.uk available now 10 in stock (they say) 10pm 29th 11

[twaelti]

One of my favorite online dealers here in Switzerland hopes to have them next week. Price is around 480€...

[Mara]

This looks like a (too) good deal:
http://tbay.mybisi.com/product.aspx?id=6524&c=0

I searched some info about Tbay... They are UK company. In this ad they say to ship only to Canada or US... and payment only with Money order... Smells strongly like a scam to me.

I did contact tbay directly (found contact info from alibaba.com) to inquiry if this is a real deal or if someone is using their company name as a bait... I'll let you know what happens. (If it is real... I buy mine first before telling you... :D)

[mallux]

I remembered Dan's tip when I went to Tottenham Court Road last night; picked up a Micro Anvika catalogue straight away and found the N810 advert with £299 in big bold letters. Then when I got to the till and they tried to charge me £329 I pointed to the advert, the sales girl had to call her supervisor over but he said straight away "yes I'm afraid we have to honour that". Nice one! (this was in their 53 Tot'm Court Road branch, a good walk up the road on the Western side).

[krisse]

This looks like a (too) good deal:
http://tbay.mybisi.com/product.aspx?id=6524&c=0

I searched some info about Tbay... They are UK company. In this ad they say to ship only to Canada or US... and payment only with Money order... Smells strongly like a scam to me.

I did contact tbay directly (found contact info from alibaba.com) to inquiry if this is a real deal or if someone is using their company name as a bait... I'll let you know what happens. (If it is real... I buy mine first before telling you... :D)

Don't even need to check really, no genuine shop would ever sell a $450 tablet at $170 during the product's launch period.

It has to be a scam, there's no other explanation for such a huge price difference so early in the product's lifespan.

[sutats.com]

I remembered Dan's tip when I went to Tottenham Court Road last night; picked up a Micro Anvika catalogue straight away and found the N810 advert with £299 in big bold letters. Then when I got to the till and they tried to charge me £329 I pointed to the advert, the sales girl had to call her supervisor over but he said straight away "yes I'm afraid we have to honour that". Nice one! (this was in their 53 Tot'm Court Road branch, a good walk up the road on the Western side).


Thanks for the tip! Went to quite a few Micro Anvika stores on the stretch of Tottenham Court Road today before meeting the sales rep (David) at 53 TCR who was very helpful and managed to reserve one at Harrods. As all other stores were out of stock.

So I zoomed to Harrod's MA to collect it but when it was time to pay it rung in at £329.99. Catalogue in hand, I showed them the page advertising it for £299.99. They said as they were under Harrods they weren't able to correct to the catalog price. I left it alone.

[lorelei]

One of my favorite online dealers here in Switzerland hopes to have them next week. Price is around 480€...

Hmm, that's interesting! Do you have a link to that dealer? For the moment the only one I found in Switzerland is digitec (http://www.digitec.ch/?param=toppreise&wert=142790)

[dsmudger]

I remembered Dan's tip when I went to Tottenham Court Road last night; picked up a Micro Anvika catalogue straight away and found the N810 advert with £299 in big bold letters. Then when I got to the till and they tried to charge me £329 I pointed to the advert, the sales girl had to call her supervisor over but he said straight away "yes I'm afraid we have to honour that". Nice one! (this was in their 53 Tot'm Court Road branch, a good walk up the road on the Western side).

Hehehe good to see/yes well done :D (I kind of reckon the price was decided at £299 at some point/when they printed the catalogue and the price hike came when they realised they had it pretty much exclusively? Fair enough of course, but nice that at least a few can get it for what's probably going to be the typical high street price quite soon)

[gnuton]

N810 available on Spanish E-Store!:)
http://tienda.nokia.es/nokia-es/product.aspx?sku=3752621

[armin]

N810 is available in the german Nokia online shop
http://shop.nokia.de/nokia-de/product.aspx?sku=3752591&culture=de-DE
459 Euro plus shipping
"auf Lager" (in stock)

[Xyzo]

Hi!

It is available in France too:
http://boutique.nokia.fr/nokia-fr/product.aspx?sku=3752961&culture=fr-FR
Unfortunately, the discount code does not work for the moment :(

Funny (?) to see that prices are quite different in various countries of Europe: 400€ in Span, 450€ in Germany and 499€ in France :rolleyes:

[Zoso]

Misco are showing them in stock in the UK, £299:
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=293639&CatId=2490

Seeing as the play.com expected date just shifted back a week I've just stuck an order in with Misco, should be here by the weekend...

[xPAKxMaster]

Misco are showing them in stock in the UK, £299:
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=293639&CatId=2490

Seeing as the play.com expected date just shifted back a week I've just stuck an order in with Misco, should be here by the weekend...

Misco is a very good company!
they are partners with tigerdirect and Makro, they are extremely reliable - i recomend it for customers in US(tigerdirect), UK and Spain(Misco)

[martin_d]

N810 is available in the german Nokia online shop
http://shop.nokia.de/nokia-de/product.aspx?sku=3752591&culture=de-DE
459 Euro plus shipping
"auf Lager" (in stock)

Mhh, I have my pre-order at amazon.de and I really like their customer service...

... but I want to have my N810 now! Difficult to decide... :confused:

[p800ch]

Wow, high end pricing in Europe, 449$ US vs. a price around 449 Euro...in Swiss Francs 500.- (US) vs. 740.- (Europe), close to 50% price difference! Shipping/import taxes is about the same wether I have it sent to me from the US or EU.

So the only difference I see is the hardware keyboard layout (QWERTY withouth Umlauts in the US, QWERTZ with Umlauts in the European version). Can the keyboard layout be changed in the software settings, e.g. when I choose german as the N810's language, is the hardware keyboard layout changed as well?

Any other disadvantage of a native german speaker when buying an US version? All I know of is that Nokia has a 2 years european wide warranty (including Switzerland) for european devices, US is 1 year only. Any hint appreciated ;-)

[ragnar]

So the only difference I see is the hardware keyboard layout (QWERTY withouth Umlauts in the US, QWERTZ with Umlauts in the European version). Can the keyboard layout be changed in the software settings, e.g. when I choose german as the N810's language, is the hardware keyboard layout changed as well?


Yes, those can be controlled independently: you can select whatever of the available HW keyboard layouts you want to use through software.

[gnuton]

Has Anyone used the code for N810 in an Online European Shop?

[Khertan]

Doesn't work

[R-R]

Doesn't work

Khertan, you seem to be in France and thus i have a question for you...
Is it true that now all the 1-13 wi-fi channel are activated in France or are you still stuck with 10-13 ?

Here it says yes to 1-13 channels with power limits on the 10-13 ones:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_canaux_Wi-Fi
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi

But all the other docs i could find (mostly cisco, and home routers manufacturers) says the contrary (only 10-13).

[AndyG]

Misco are showing them in stock in the UK, £299:
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=293639&CatId=2490

Seeing as the play.com expected date just shifted back a week I've just stuck an order in with Misco, should be here by the weekend...
Did this arrive please? I'm considering ordering from Misco but would like to know if they really have stock or not.

[Jerome]

Is it true that now all the 1-13 wi-fi channel are activated in France or are you still stuck with 10-13 ?

Channels 1-13 are usable in France. There is a limit to the transmit power on some channels when outdoors, that's all. The decision was taken in 2003, you'll find the official text here:
http://www.arcep.fr/uploads/tx_gsavis/03-908.pdf

Arcep is the official regulatory body and the above document is directly from their web site. If you want it more official than that, you'll have to order a copy of the "Journal Officiel" yourself.

[pthimon]

Did this arrive please? I'm considering ordering from Misco but would like to know if they really have stock or not.

Misco do have stock -- my order was despatched on Thursday, and the courier tried to deliver it on Friday, but couldn't find my house, so they will redeliver on Monday.

[krisse]

Anyone have any idea when the Nokia UK shop might get the N810 in stock?

Does anyone recall how long it took them to stock the N800?

[Zoso]

Did this arrive please? I'm considering ordering from Misco but would like to know if they really have stock or not.

Yup, arrived Friday, been tinkering since then!

[epertinez]

Just for the record. I asked Nokia/Maemo team and they told me the day we will finally be able to use our codes is expected to be the 15 of december. And that we will receive further info by email on how to use them.

[derrickj]

Hi All,

Nokia.co.uk must be close to selling the N810 as a Boingo advert on nokia.com leads to nseries.com with the following advert:
Buy the Nokia N810 online
Available now with free shipping
£309

http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=campaigns,n810,boingo

Sadly, nokia.co.uk doesn't show the N810 when you click in the link, but the price appears correct. Expansys are still saying £374.95 with a 4 day wait. Misco say they have stock at £299.

Methinks I'll keep using the N800 until the OS update arrives, and I get a chance to see the mapping application for myself.

[lardman]

Methinks I'll keep using the N800 until the OS update arrives, and I get a chance to see the mapping application for myself.

Install the beta which was released last week (or was it the week before).

[lintweaker]

I would really like to get my hands on one before Christmas. But here in Holland the shops don't even list the device for pre-order. I really hope play.com will have stock this week.

[R-R]

Talking about europe, since i'm probably not going to be able to sell my coupon to get one (http://internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12909) locally, i'm trying to get it from the UK to at least get the qwerty part right...

Has any of you with european wifi devices been to north america and had trouble connecting to channels 10 and 11?

From what i understand, channels 10-13 in europe are limited to 10mW instead of 100mW...

thanks!

[imrahil]

ok. N810 is available in UK online shop - http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/product.aspx?sku=3757269&culture=en-GB

Coupon code still doesn't work.

[martin_d]

I called the nokia.de-Support today, because my order on 12/06/2007 hat not arrived yet. They told me there has been a problem with GLS, so the packages can not be shipped.

I would recommend to all who ordered from nokia.de to call the Support!

[tabno]

@martin_d

Ok, I called them and the only problem is that they do not get package numbers from GLS so they can't verify where the package is at the moment. Otherwise shipping should work normaly. But they will call me with further information later today or tomorrow.

I ordered on 12/07/2007 but my N810 didn't arrive yet.

Did you get an order and shipping notification as email? I got one last friday.

[martin_d]

@tabno

I got my notification on 12/06/2007, still no package arriverd.

[afreakm]

@martin_d and @tabno
I just called to Nokia. They said there are generally problems with orders from 12/6 and they call me by the end of the day. I also ordered my N810 at 12/6, so let's see...

[linuxjoergen]

Denmark:

The device was for sale for a few days here two weeks ago. I got to order one through "Debitel". But as the N810 didn't show up, and hasn't shown up yet, I kept calling Debitel, and they kept telling me it was in stock and it was just a matter of time before they would ship it to me.

Today I called again and got an hornest reply. It was not in stock anymore(???) and they couldn't tell me when it would be in stock again.

So I called another shop: "Mobiludsalg". They told me a temporary date was given by Nokia: 2nd of January.

God Dammit. I hoped that I would get mine before christmas. But I don't think so anymore.

[tabno]

@martin_d and @afreakm

I just got mine from GLS.

The problem is really a invalid package number. The guy tried several times to scan the barcode of the package number but his device reported always an error. He said that the number starts with 000 and that is invalid. First he even said that he would have to take the package with him because he can't scan it and so I could not sign that I got it. But finally I could convince him that every GLS station on the way from the netherlands (there it comes from) must have had the same problem.

[lintweaker]

play.com now show out-of-stock. It seems that they also only ship it within the UK. So for me this is no longer an option. In Holland there is still no sign of these 810's...:(

[lardman]

Play.com seem to be consistently out of stock of everything. I often wonder how many of these super deal products (whether it be Internet tablets, Nintendo DS or cheap DVDs/games) they actually have in stock...

[chippy]

My N810 arrived yesterday from Nokia online shop (de) I ordered on Friday with express delivery and it came on Tuesday.

Expansys UK are showing 2-days for the N810 now.

Steve.

[bunzl2000]

For all those from the UK who have been waiting for Play.com to get stock of the N810 - I have just checked and it nows shows as in stock.

:D

Not sure for how long though...

[epertinez]

N810 was on stoc at spanish Nokia online shop. It is not anymore.

[lintweaker]

I saw this on amazon.co.uk:

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 months.
Note: orders placed now for this item will not be dispatched in time for Christmas

??? I sure hope this is a mistake....

[R-R]

Anyone got an azerty keyboard picture to share? :-)

[lintweaker]

Yes, I ordered my from a UK webstore which supposedly had 3 in stock....now the waiting begins.....

[manfredi90]

The N810 is now available in Italian Nokia store. I hope that tomorrow I can use my discount code...:o

http://shop.nokia.it/nokia-it/product.aspx?sku=3759852&culture=it-IT

[debernardis]

It's saturday, it's early morning, and the discount code is still unrecognized by shop.nokia.it :eek:

[ArnimS]

refreshrefreshrefreshrefreshrefreshrefresh

First person to post successful code here wins!

[lardman]

There's a post on Quim's blog which says the codes should start working (hopefully) next week: http://flors.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/the-n810-codes-for-maemo-contributors-next-week/

[Mara]

This looks like a (too) good deal:
http://tbay.mybisi.com/product.aspx?id=6524&c=0

I searched some info about Tbay... They are UK company. In this ad they say to ship only to Canada or US... and payment only with Money order... Smells strongly like a scam to me.

I did contact tbay directly (found contact info from alibaba.com) to inquiry if this is a real deal or if someone is using their company name as a bait... I'll let you know what happens. (If it is real... I buy mine first before telling you... :D)

Just an update to this that the "seller" did contact me. After few emails it became clear that there is some Nigerian scam behind this... Boy... you should see how "well" did he photoshop a UK passport page... :)

[Kozzi]

N810 - 418€, possible the lowest price in Finland right now.

link (http://verkkokauppa.webmarket.fi/index.php?page=2&c=3&id=3&pid=5290&gad=CL70r54EEghIWVXMeHOUFRiul4T6AyCy__4u), too bad they are out of stock.

[speculatrix]

This sounds like a variation on an old joke... play.com seem to have been playing this game...

I could sell you an N810 for only 300 euro, but I don't have stock. When I do have stock, the price will be 500 euro.

[Kozzi]

This sounds like a variation on an old joke... play.com seem to have been playing this game...

I could sell you an N810 for only 300 euro, but I don't have stock. When I do have stock, the price will be 500 euro.

oh damn, I hope this is the real deal, since N810 is out of stock everywhere in Finland.

[linuxjoergen]

Here in Denmark I'm still not able to get one. So it seems for Sweden and Norway. Anyone out there who still can't get a Nokia N810 in their country?

[MoxFulder]

Hi,
Here in Switzerland, the n810 appears in 'available' products on Nokia's website. Nevertheless, there is no 'purchase' button anywhere...

I guess we will receive a notification from nokia soon but I don't think we will get our devices for Christmas :(

[makel]

Mine is waiting me to get it from post office in here Finland right now.

[lardman]

UK Nokia shop has it available and in stock for £329, but discount codes don't work yet.

[iancumihai]

I don't quite get it.
I know marketing is always pushing things for Christmas: games, consoles, tv's, gadgets.

What has happen to n810? it's been released in US. why so late in the whole UE ?

[conum]

I got mine yesterday. I bought it direct from nokia-shop in germany for 459€. I wouldn't wait, as christmas-holidays are coming and some time to play arounnd ...
Now trying to download the newest os2008-update. Poor bandwidth over there at tablets-dev.nokia.com, only 13 KB/s :(

[krisse]

I don't quite get it.
I know marketing is always pushing things for Christmas: games, consoles, tv's, gadgets.

What has happen to n810? it's been released in US. why so late in the whole UE ?

I'd guess it's because the tablets sell a LOT better in America than in Europe.

The American Amazon.com's sales chart has continually had the N800 or N810 in the top 5 or 10 for portable computers, whereas the European Amazon stores don't even have them in the top 1000. On the other hand, Nokia phones and smartphones sell much better in Europe than America. Same company, same products, but totally opposite sales patterns.

I think this shows a difference in markets, Europeans (and Asians, Africans etc) tend to go for things that look like phones whereas Americans tend to go for things that look like PDAs.

It's not just Nokia that has this difference, PDAs are virtually non-existent outside the American market because there's so little demand for such devices. Companies like Palm have virtually no presence outside America. I'd also guess that the iPhone (in its current form) will sell a lot better in America than elsewhere for similar reasons.

The tablets could be seen as Nokia's attempt to crack the American market, to complement their phones which sell well everywhere outside America.

[Zuber]

Got it...

Ordered mine from play.com on Monday (showed stock). Got it today (Thursday) £289 inv vat and delivery.

Fist impressions, very nice. Now updating to latest firmware...

Device would be great in portrait mode. Shame Maemo is landscape only.

Zuber

[richie]

I'd guess it's because the tablets sell a LOT better in America than in Europe.

The American Amazon.com's sales chart has continually had the N800 or N810 in the top 5 or 10 for portable computers, whereas the European Amazon stores don't even have them in the top 1000. On the other hand, Nokia phones and smartphones sell much better in Europe than America. Same company, same products, but totally opposite sales patterns.

I think this shows a difference in markets, Europeans (and Asians, Africans etc) tend to go for things that look like phones whereas Americans tend to go for things that look like PDAs.

I wouldn't read too much in to Amazon's sales charts. US versus Europe is probably skewed by the way Amazon operate the US site against the European sites. My experience of Amazon in Europe is that they are dreadful to deal with when it comes to new innovative products, yet there are other European online resellers that do it so much better.

[xPAKxMaster]

if anybody needs help getting an n800 or n810 in portugal send me a PM cause i dont read this thread - too lazy:D

[MoxFulder]

Definitively no n810 for Christmas. I'm going to visit London in 3 days and I was hoping got my n810 before that... finally, it is still not available here (Switzerland).

[linuxjoergen]

It is coming here in Denmark. Mine, ordered a long time ago, is now ready for pickup at the post office. It's a great day.

[nikolajhendel]

linuxjoergen - how did you order the n810 in Denmark?

At nokia.dk it's not possible to locate the n810 - and at nseries.com, its not possible to order when entering Denmark as country.

Please let me know - as I'm dying to change my 770 for an 810