The N810 and N800 will eventually use the exact same OS platform (OS2008). A beta of OS2008 is already available for the N800, there will be a later (presumably bugfixed) version somewhen in December. With OS2008 on both devices they should be similar in speed, as they both will run at 400MHz and having the same CPU, memory etc.
The resolution available on the paper map is phenomenal. It also works in the rain (wax coating), or when there's no battery power. With an ancient analog device called a "compass", you can even determine where you are on the map fairly easily. I'm with you 100% on this, although I'm a bit of a technophile luddite. I was reading an ebook last night that I also have in paperback format and wanting to hate it, but I just couldn't. I love having a physical book collection, but the ebook advantages are just so undeniable.
You won't hear any protest from me on the ebook issue: I now have new paper books that have been lying on my shelves for a year, just because it's too inconvenient to take them with me every time I leave the house. I do all my reading on my 770 and N800.
But not the e-comics: Those are on my big (Windoze) tablet. The Nokia screens are just a tad too small for these ageing eyeballs...
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Regarding the GPS, I stated this elsewhere, but if the options were N810 as is and N810 without GPS, I would absolutely go for the latter. Especially if the lack of the GPS hardware meant they could manage to make the second MMC card accessible.
I still don't get it: How is a N810 (even without the GPS and with 2 card sockets) better than a N800 with ITOS2008?
Now see that's actually a key point for me. I think one of the things putting me off the 810 is the fact that it is smaller. I know other people have said the 770 is too big but I really like the size of it - probably because I'm 6'4 so you can imagine how big my hands are.
I saw that video ThoughtFix did for the 810 overview and when he was handling it I was surprised how small it looked in his hands. Of course size is a weird thing because I have an E65 phone which is pretty dinky but it handles really well as everything is in the right place...
Again thanks for all the responses. I think I am pretty much sold on the N800 now as my upgrade and the extra £150 I'm saving will go towards the biggest memory card I can find and then the rest will be an extra xmas present for me... result - feels like being a kid again.
+ screen (I NEED THIS SCREEN FOR MY N800 )
+ keypad slider (having one)
- keypad slider (having d-pad moved onto it)
- kickstand (too small, no way that it can be used as hand-strap)
Size... well, IDK on that. I'm happy with N800 size. I might be happier with N810, or I might not.
Styling is way too subjective, but I think I like the N800 better. The most curvaceous tablet around, and the color scheme is nicer too.
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