What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

I cannot help but notice that there is at least one N800 on sale for the past week everyday and today we have two on the same thread in one day! And the 'net' price for a used N800 has also slowly drifted from $240+ TO ~$180 (minus SD card, and other niceties). What is the hurry?
Is the N900.................umm, puzzling :)



bun

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

maybe people need gas and other amenities...i dunno if i had a choice between convenience and being hungry...well go figure...

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

I think that there are a lot of N800s out there, and this place is a good place to sell one and a good place to buy one. I think that most of the people selling them don't know the inside story of the N900.

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Could be people moving over to a new device like an Ipod touch I noticed about half the n800 sells are willing to trade for an Ipod Touch or simular

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

It's just a natural progression in a product's lifetime.. A new device in the same series superceded it (N810) so the N800 is seen as an older product that is less desirable with a falling price tag.

Nokia has also set a precedence of heavily slashing prices of their older product in this series with how they handled liquidating their stock of N770.

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

That is called sad :( .


bun

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

no just enemployed...

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Sorry, to hear that, hope things get better tomorrow.

Wilson NC is also being hit badly, mainly because of the gas price. And recently gas is on the news MORE than elections, not a good sign.


bun

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

you would think people would want stuff fixed...but oh well...sh@# happens..course those wildfires in ponzer or the floods in the midwest etc ....ah joy is it 2012 yet...

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Well, I snapped up one of the N800. That seller's reason was that he wanted the GPS and keyboard of the N810. Now that we have some MiniSD cards of decent capacity, many people are upgrading and off-loading the old model.

- Jim

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

really is the n810 a vast upgrade...or just different...

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

It's the same CPU-wise, and most internals. The most important differences: (OK, really all the differences that I can remember...)

Additions:

• GPS
• Slide-out keyboard
• Light sensor (to control backlight)

Removals:

• FM Radio

Changes (for better):

• Screen is now transflective, otherwise similar.
• Smaller size

Changes (for worse):

• D-pad is now on slide, thus inaccessible when closed.
• Internal SD slot is now a 2GB chip, soldered on the board.
• External SD slot is now a miniSD.
• Camera is now fixed, forward-facing.

Changes (unclear):

• Speakers are side-facing; probably better stereo separation, worse directionality.
• USB port went from Mini-B to Micro-B

Edit: Added radio and size... Thanks, geneven!

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

The 810 is a smidgen smaller, and the 800 has an fm radio.

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Man, I want to buy another N800. None on the shelves. Too late. I really don't want an 810. Neil

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

I just got one from the Buy an Sell. In 90 min, I cloned the useless NIB into something just like the one I am using, the cloning saved all the work in collecting repo, settings, config...OMG, thank you Fanoush, Milhouse for the cloning script.

Well, the message: pay attention to the Buy and Sell, there is usually one unload per day with a going price like $150 + any niceties.

good to see you back, Neil

bun

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Thanks Bun for the kind words.

I had some good luck. I found a lightly used N800 in the local Seattle craigslist.org. This was just a lot easier than it would have been to fix the various things that need repair on my old N800.

So, I got it for $150. I'm thinking that sort of seems high for an obsolete electonic devise. These things seem to be really holding their value.

After a reflash and an evening spent putting my faves on it I'm back in business.

Neil

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Hardware problems? Seems you are able to take care of software problems. Want to tell us your story? Poke a hole on the screen instead of a buggy program :)?


bun

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

Ya Bun,

Hardware problems. Several months ago I booted my tablet to the floor while I was charging it by tripping on the power cord.

The only damage that was immediately apparent was that the kick stand had broken. I was really missing the kickstand, but of course I could get along without it.

Then gradually over time the power jack failed until I couldn't charge my tablet while in use or just charge a battery using the devise at all. Fortunately I had one of those desk top chargers and was getting by with using that.

The other thing going on is that my battery assortment kind of sucks. I either have old Nokia brand batteries or those cheap ebay batteries that don't hold a charge very long. Fortunately this lightly used Tablet I picked up has a decent Nokia battery in it.

Anyway, I dropped my Tablet and ultimately that ended up costing me. I saw that you got a good deal in the Buy and Sell section. I think you have to just about be camping out in that forum to be fast enough to buy from there.


Neil

Re: What is the hurry...........in unloading a N800?
 

hey sungrove keep that old one for parts...you may be able to sell it jus for that...