Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet
Nokia N810 Internet Tablet RX-44 - Works with ATandT and T Mobile service only. WiFi Internet Tablet with Linux Internet Tablet OS, Integrated slide Qwerty keypad, GPS, ALS to control back light, micro USB OTG, 2GB internal flash memory, single mini SC card reader (up to 32GB support), preloaded maps. 802.11b/g, BT 2.0, 3.5mm audio out, stereo speakers, OMAP 2420 (330MHz), RSS feed reader, Internet calling with Web cam, Instant Messaging, email
Updating the popular N800, Nokia has made significant improvements on its predecessor with the N810 Internet Tablet while retaining much of what made the N800 such an easy-to-use mobile multimedia/communications device. The N810 augments the onscreen keyboard with a backlit, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and it also adds a front-facing webcam, 2 GB of internal storage (expandable via memory cards up to 8 GB), and integrated GPS. Built to be constantly in use, you'll easily stay in touch with business associates, friends, and family thanks to its VoIP calling, instant messaging and email connectivity. And with stereo audio, multimedia support and a new ergonomic design, the Nokia N800 morphs into a portable Internet entertainment device, enabling playback of streamed and downloaded content wherever you roam. 
The Nokia N810 adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard that makes it easy to compose email and quickly chat with your online buddies. | 
In addition to Internet access and GPS, the N810 also offers wide compatibility for digital audio and video playback. |
The 4.1-inch touchscreen has an 800 x 400-pixel resolution with up to 65K colors. You can access controls and an onscreen keyboard, or slide-out the physical QWERTY keyboard at the bottom for even easier typing. The N810 provides 2 GB of onboard flash memory and 128 MB of RAM. It also offers a single expansion slot that is compatible with Secure Digital (SD), MultiMedia, miniSD, and microSD memory cards with a size limit of 2 GB. (Adapter required for miniSD and microSD.) You can add up to 8 GB of memory when using Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) cards. You can also connect the N810 to a PC using the included USB cable to update software and transfer files from the PC to the a memory card. For multimedia playback, the N800 is compatible with MP3 and WMA digital audio files, Real Audio streams, and video files encoded as AVI or MPEG4 (see specifications below for full compatibility list). The N810 has two integrated speakers as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack for personal listening. The main form of connectivity is Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), and hooking up to a network is as simple as connecting with a laptop. You can also use the integrated Bluetooth wireless connectivity to hook up with a cell phone that is compatible with online data services. When connected to either a WLAN network or to a cell phone, you can make calls using the built-in Internet telephony application as well as conduct video conferencing with the built-in Web cam. The Nokia N810 is powered by maemo Linux-based OS2008, which offers a highly customizable user interface and contains various features such as a Mozilla based browser with Ajax, Adobe Flash 9 and RSS feed reader, Bluetooth headset support as well as enhanced video and audio features. The refreshed Video Gizmo, Skype and Rhapsody applications highlight some of the most popular downloads available while Boingo Wireless, Earthlink and The Cloud enable Wi-Fi connectivity across thousands of different locations globally. Perfect for use on the go, the N810 includes an integrated GPS receiver and comes with preloaded maps that enable you to browse detailed locations, search for street addresses, find various points of interest (POI) as well as nearby Wi-Fi hotspots. You can also purchase an optional subscription to the Wayfinder Maps application for enhanced mobile navigation. Other features include - Integrated VGA web camera
- Support for IMAP4, SMTP, and POP3 email
- Games: chess, blocks, mahjong and marbles
- Integrated desk stand
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) technology means that the Nokia N810 will discover, interact with, and control other compatible home electronic devices. This includes PCs, media centers, home entertainment systems, new smart appliances, home automation systems, networked peripherals, and Web-based services. With compatible equipment, you can stream video from your Nokia device directly to your TV, or hear music tracks stored on your PC through your living room's sound system. Specifications
- Internal memory: 2 GB
- Memory expansion: SD memory cards up to 2 GB, MiniSD and MicroSD cards (used with extender), and SDHC cards up to 8 GB
- Battery life: Up to 4 hours of continuous usage with wireless LAN on; up to 10 hours of music playback (Wi-Fi turned off)
- Wi-Fi: 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth: Version 2.0 + EDR (profiles supported: HID, FTP, DUN, GAP, SPP, HSP, SAP and OPP)
- Video formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, MP4, H263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (RealVideo)
- Audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, RA (RealAudio), WAV
- Playlist formats: M3U, PLS, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL
- Keyboard language support: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish-Portuguese, Scandinavian and Russian
- Dimensions: 2.83 x 5.04 x 0.55 inches (LxWxD)
- Weight: 7.97 ounces
What's in the Box
Nokia N810, rechargeable battery (BP-4L), travel charger (AC-4), stereo headset (HS-48), car holder (CR-89), connectivity cable (CA-101), pouch, QuickStart guide.
Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet Accessories
 SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card CLASS 2 (SDSDQ-8192, Bulk Package)
6GB MicroSDHC Card with Adapter & Micromate USB 2.0 Reader / Writer
Sandisk MicroSD to MiniSD Adapter (Bulk Package)
Nokia N810 Designio Leather Case (Horizontal Flip Cover)
Transcend TS8GSDHC6 8GB SDHC card (SD 2.0 SPD Class 6)
Nokia N810 ClearTouch Crystal Screen Protector (Single Pack)
iGo Stowaway Ultra-Slim Bluetooth Keyboard for Blackberry and other PDA/ Handhelds
Nokia N810 Armor Case - The Metal Case (Black)
Kingston 4GB Mini SDHC Class 4 Card (SDM4/4GB)
Nokia DC-4 Mobile Charger
Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet Reviews
Don't buy it - you will regret if you do - trust me. N810 is slow and it is not as easy to use it's browser as it is advertised. N810 has bigger screen with a nice resolution but it is painful to use it in U.S. The commercially available quality software such as Office 2007 tools are not available.
Hope this proves useful. When there is smartphone devices such as E71 available as of today (Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is coming to U.S. soon as another alternative) and when Acer Aspire ONE is selling around 400$ with a 6 cell battery, stay away from N810. The GPS is very slow to sync with satellites (even with the A-GPS software Nokia Beta Labs recently released) - E71 syncs with satellites almost immediately and there are many GPS software alternatives available. If you do love Linux, install your favorite flavor of Linux on Aspire One. There are bunch of software that is available from Maemo Garage, and some of them are nice - but you can not find everything you need - besides most of the same or similar applications are already available for smartphones such as E71. I recently purchased Nokia E71 - a smartphone - it has everything N810 has to offer except a much smaller screen.
given that you almost all the time need to pair with a web-enabled phone - it is hard to find free hotspots. Regards. Folks, as of today (Nov 2008) - you have much better alternatives to N810 - I own one and I am recommending not to purchase N810. Zafer . I have not used my N810 since I bought E71 - I am going to sell N810 soon.
Which OS do I need to make it work. but wait. get your name engraved on it before you send it in for repair so that nokia cant give it to some other luser. [2]buy a new N810 but dont even think of installing anything on it. so, my snarky advice is -. forget about all those great 3rd-party freeware, games, and utilities.
Diabolo. click through and install anyway. the unit comes with a small, basic set of utilities. then you get your N810, start to install things, and warnings pop up. [1]buy a used N810 with a scratched-up screen for less. geek candy. Then the free stuff doesnt work, wont install, or installs + doesnt work + wont un-install.
the last owner must have used a nail instead of the plastic stylus. review the owner's manual, which you can download from nokia's website. Where is my Linux admin manual. if i wanted a beat-up unit, i could have gotten one on ebay for half of what i paid for my new one. i sent it in, under warranty, and Nokia replaced it with an old "refurbished" beater with a scratched screen and back.
nokia advertises hundreds of great 3rd-party freeware, games, and utilities. or. this is a clever game. a web browser, email reader, and media player with no bells or whistles.
WTF is "sudo gainroot". if you are out of warranty, then you will pay for it too. after you brick it and return it to Nokia, that's what you will end up with anyway. Chinook. Eventually you WILL brick your N810 and you WILL need to send it back to Nokia for repair. WTF is "red pill mode". Like - "this software is NOT supported by Nokia and may damage your unit.".
screw the warning. Which version. nokia sells you an N810 because you want to personalize your N810 with great stuff. my unit was 2 months old and in perfect physical condition when it bricked. nokia even provides links to them on the N810 browser's default home page. convince yourself that you will be happy with the "factory default" utilities and nothing else.
For those who are interested, Maemo is a derivative of Debian Linux, which is the basis for the currently popular desktop Ubuntu Linux. It takes quite a while to sync up with enough satellites to know where it's at, and can frequently lose track of those satellites. I purchased this after seeing it at a Linux user's group meeting I went to. Although this conserves valuable space in the design of the device, MicroUSB cables are currently pretty rare. The terminal shell is ash in BusyBox, and the paths aren't set right. For USB connectivity, it uses a MicroUSB connecter, with a provided USB-to-MicroUSB adapter. To minimize the cables I carry with me, I found a MiniUSB-to-MicroUSB adapter at my local technology retailer in their mobile phones section.
It runs on Maemo Linux, rebranded as Internet Tablet 2008, and the maemo.org website provides plenty of help and easy to use installers. There are ways to fix all these little problems, which I know can be found from maemo.org and related sites; I just haven't dived into it so far. Installing the OpenSSH server package from maemo.org creates a root account, so you can log in remotely with administrator privileges, but I can't use su on the device itself without root privileges, which the user account doesn't have. If you're using maemo.org to acquire and install software packages, I've found that some of them, particularly the ones I'm most interested in, are broken in one way or another.
There's no proper, graphical text editor in a proper package yet, but vi is there, which is more important for the command line junkies anyway. This is more due to the web's unpreparedness for mobile devices, though, so I don't fault the Nokia. It doesn't come with a to-do list application and some other minor things out of the box, but it was trivial to install them. The following is for above average users or those that want to tinker with the inner workings of the software: For those who know Debian-based distributions, the command line package tool, apt, is available, but the root account is disabled and there's no documentation on the sudo password for the user account, rendering it pretty much useless.
I'm a little annoyed, however, that it doesn't include my metropolitan city (Phoenix) in the time zone list. On that note, cell phones are starting to use this as their standard, so you might be able to find cables in those sections. I love that I can tinker with it and customize the software packages to those that I want, but you need a little more technical knowledge than average to really get the most out of it. Some of this is due to poor packaging, though. The web browser is great for the limited space, but it occasionally fails to show some pages. All in all, it's a great little device for people who want mobile Internet but don't want an Eee PC.
The GPS functionality suffers from a poor receiver. A standard WiFi connection can get you to the Internet just about anywhere nowadays. I don't have data on my cell phone plan, but it can also use Bluetooth to connect to a cell phone and use it for an even more mobile Internet experience. Although I don't have one, it can connect to an external GPS receiver through Bluetooth, if available, and use it to get satellite information instead. This was annoying when I found ifconfig "didn't exist", but discovered I had to run it with the entire path, /sbin/ifconfig. I've been needing a PDA, particularly something that would keep track of my to-do lists for work and home.
I leave it on all the time, and the battery lasts 2-3 days without needing to be re-charged, and it's easy to carry around (much easier than a laptop) and always handy when I need it. This is a very nice product for quick Internet access when you're away from a computer.
well that about it its a great gizmo. its preloaded with lots of google apps so anyone with a gmail account i highly recemend the product. just to give you an idea on how awesome the nokia n810 im writing the review from it. may people complained about the keys on the keyboard but after i got it i didnt get why, my cell phones keys are way smaller.
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