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As much as the kind, loving side of me (it’s only a minor part, don’t fret) is tempted to feel sorry for Oliver over at MobileCrunch, who was prevented by NDA from spilling all on the Nokia N800 prior to its official launch, the knowledge that he’s been using it every day for the past month or so means I’m just not able to be sympathetic. Still, I’ll happily link to his most excellent review.
Of interest both to those new to web-tablets and owners of Nokia’s first attempt at the niche, the 770, Oliver gives a balanced view that makes obvious the time he’s spent with the N800. And while I’m still jealous as hell, phrases like this do make me feel a little better:
“And hopefully, [when I'm testing the next N-Series device], Nokia won’t keep me gagged behind an NDA while someone that has a buddy at CompUSA gets the scoop on a device that hasn’t even been charged while I read that blog post from my hard used prototype”
Next time, Oliver, next time!
MobileCrunch [via John Tokash]
2 Responses to “MobileCrunch review the N800 web-tablet”
Karel Jansens January 29, 2007
At first I found it a good review, with only a few mistakes. However, upon re-reading, it appears the author has swiftly glossed over the many deficiencies of the N800.
Just one example: He mentions the media player, and how one can use it to woo friends and family with video playback. Meanwhile, in the real world, it turns out that the Media Player in the N800 is completely incapable of playing a video at even half the resolution of the “magnificent screen” and at 15fps without stuttering, dropping frames and getting the audio out of sync. And that is assuming you manage to find a video file that the N800’s pathetic collection of garb^H^H^H^Hcodecs can recognize as such. The N800’s processor has hardware video playing features onboard, but Nokia “chose” not to use them.
Oh, and Youtube videos play at 1fps. Apparently that’s more than enough for a full Internet experience (which is still how Nokia chooses to advertize the N800 as).
The N800 is a good device, let down by a bunch of idiots at Nokia who think they are software developers.
NeutralVincent Nguyen January 30, 2007
I got word today that the N800 should arrive in the office tomorrow. I’ll do a quick unboxing video as well as a video rundown. Then go through a more in depth review.
Neutral