770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

SWMBO has authorized an 800 and I might be able to stretch it to an 810.
However there is a woot off going on and I expect a 770 for about $100 to $120.
What's the community think?
Prime purpose is to replace paper in pocket. I've had an HP95LX, 100LX, 200LX, and some compaq PDA's. I need documents at my fingertips and note taking capabilities. Internet connections a plus, don't care about builtin GPS much, KB is not worth $200.

Any recommendations?

770 for about $100 (about 4 hours work)
800 for about $240
810 for about $450

Didn't expect the woot off for another two weeks.

tia

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

Since you aren't interested in GPS and think that the KB is not worth the difference in price between N800 and N810, I think you've already answered to yourself: N800.

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

N800 & get a bluetooth gps later.

I prefer bluetooth GPS as you can place it in a better position in your car as well as link it to different devices ie. laptops, cellphones, etc.

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

I agree N800 is your better choice. Keep in mind that, so far, you will be unable to see and work with MS Office documents, just Word (I think).

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

Definitely sounds like an n800 is right for you. It'll have total software compatibility with the 810, and you don't care about the GPS or keyboard enough to justify the difference.

The 770 is definitely dirt cheap, but imo the n800 is cheap enough that even at $100 there's no sense going with a 770.

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

I've held on to my faithful 770 for nearly two years, and just recently upgraded to a N800 off eBay now that the prices have plummeted. Honestly, the performance gap between the two is unbelievable ; even knowing about it beforehand doesn't prepare to the actual experience.

The 770 is still functional and useful, yes ; but it will never run OS2008 and above like the N8x0 do, and a lot of existing and future apps will not run on it at all.

If keyboard and GPS are not essential, it's clear that for a first buy a new (or almost-new) N800 is the sweet deal right now, as it has the exact same hardware specs and performance, plus two full-size SDHC slots...

edit: sorry for the redundancy - when I started to type there were no responses to your question, but I got interrupted and by the time I finished there were more than enough. But I guess you get the picture here :-)

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

You can edit and save MS Word and Excel docs (and perhaps other MS Suite docs) online at Google Docs with any decent tablet browser.

Google Docs

• It's a free service that also allows you to save your files online. As I recall, you need a gmail account, which is also free.
• Both Gmail and Google Docs appears to offer some interesting options and features.
• Google Docs appears to be some sort of implementation of Open Office Suite because it also edits Open Office files.

Always, Fred C

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

Thanks ffp - I was tentative about the 770, but this reply kind of seals the deal.

This response in particular.

Now come on woot - offer me an N800 for $150 :)

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

n800 to me would be best value since a n800 and bluetooth keyboard would run about $100 cheaper than an 810.

Re: 770, 800 or wait fo 810?
 

Fry's has Nokia LD-1W Bluetooth GPS Receivers for $37 right now. Get yourself an N800, with a couple of cheap 8gb SDHC cards, a GPS, and a Stowaway bluetooth keyboard for less than the cost of an N810. And get it right now, not in a month.