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Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

Manufacturer: Nokia Corp. Part number: 0276316

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Very good

7.0

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CNET Editor's rating: 7.0 out of 10
Reviewed by Bonnie Cha
Review date: 01/19/07

The good: The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet has integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity for accessing the Web on the go and comes with an outstanding browser. It also features a built-in Webcam, a sleeker design, a gorgeous screen, and improved performance. Other goodies include VoIP support, instant messaging, an RSS news reader, a media player, and dual expansion slots.

The bad: Unfortunately, the video playback on the N800 was subpar, and there is no PC synchronization. The N800 also relies solely on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for connectivity.

The bottom line: Though it won't appeal to the masses quite yet, the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a nice, portable device for on-the-go Web browsing, and it has some worthy upgrades.

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Editor's note: Ratings have been adjusted with respect to newer devices that have entered the market.

We received a fair amount of criticism when we gave the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet a mediocre 4.9 rating, as a lot of you found it to be a very useful and solid device. Perhaps we missed something or perhaps it was because we reviewed one of the early units sans software upgrade, but we just weren't that impressed. However, as Nokia unveiled its next-generation model, the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, at the Consumer Electronics Show 2007, we were pretty excited about what we saw and were ready to give it another try. We're glad we did. With the understanding that it's not meant to be a replacement for your PDA, smart phone, or laptop, the N800 is perfect for on-the-go Web browsing with its travel-friendly design and its excellent browser. It's perfect for reading the latest news at the local coffee shop, without having to fire up the ol' laptop or struggling with a cell phone's poky browser. The N800 also features some nice upgrades, including a sleeker design than its predecessor, a built-in Webcam, and improved performance. Will it appeal to a mass audience? Probably not. We think it's still a bit too geeky and relies on the presumption that you have Wi-Fi access. However, for gadget hounds and techies, the N800 is a fun and useful device for those who want to stay connected. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is available now, for around $399.

A slimmed-down design
The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet underwent a nice little makeover, lightening up its once all-black casing with a sleek silver face and shaving off a bit of thickness and weight (2.9x5.7x0.5 inches; 7.2 ounces). The device is slim enough to easily slip into your bag, but it's probably too big to comfortably fit it into a pants pocket. Holding it in your hand, you might notice it's a little top heavy for reasons we'll explain a bit later, but it has a solid construction. Also, if you get tired of holding it, Nokia has built in a convenient kickstand so you can prop it up on your desk. It's located on the bottom of the device, and all you have to do is pull it out toward the back.

With the new kickstand, you can display the Nokia N800 for all to envy.

On front of the Nokia N800, there is a gorgeous, wide-screen, 65,000-color display. It has a 800x480 resolution that produces vibrant colors and sharp text and images; it's also a touch screen so you can input information with your fingertips or the included stylus. We noticed it had a tendency to hold smudges, but it was readable in sunlight. And although Nokia got rid of the hard cover case found on the Nokia 770, the company does include a soft protective case to save the N800's screen from scratches. The home screen itself can be a bit confusing for first-time users of its various subsections and icons that aren't clearly identified. We recommend you give the user's guide a quick read before using the device. Once you get the lay of the land, you can edit the layout of the home screen to create a scheme that works best for you, and the background image and theme can be changed.

The Nokia N800 has an absolutely gorgeous screen. We were less in love with the cramped controls to its left.

If you want to forgo the touch screen navigation, you can defer to the Nokia N800's tactile controls. To the left of the screen, there is a four-way directional keypad with a center OK button, an Escape key, a Menu button, and a Swap key that lets you switch between different applications. The last three controls are hard to press: They're slippery, clumped close together, and set flush with the device's surface, so it takes a conscious effort to hit the right key. Also cramped are the keys on top, which include the buttons to zoom in and out, switch to full-screen mode, and power on and off. They're not only close to each other, they're tiny, so take care when pressing them.

On the left spine is one of the coolest features of the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet: a built-in Webcam for video calls. Just press in the circular section found in the upper edge (thus, the heavier feel up top) and the Webcam will pop out. You can also rotate it 180 degrees to capture different views. The right side holds the stylus, the power connector, and a 3.5mm stereo audio-out jack that accepts standard stereo headphones.

The Nokia N800 has two expansion slots: one on the bottom of the unit beneath the fold-out stand and one behind the battery cover. We were ecstatic with the dual slots and the fact that they can accept cards up to 2GB, but the locations of both are slightly inconvenient in that you have to move parts to access them. What's worse is that there is no spring mechanism to eject the card on the bottom of the device, so you better have some nails, otherwise your SD card might be in there for a long time.

Nokia got rid of the aluminum cover found on the Nokia 770, and they include a soft carrying case with the N800.

Nokia packages the N800 Internet Tablet with the aforementioned soft case, a USB cable, a travel charger, a wired stereo headset, a 128MB Mini SD card with extender, and reference material.

Feature-packed and fancy-free
The allure of the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet, of course, is the on-the-go Web access. True, you can do this with a smart phone, a PDA, or a laptop; however, we found the benefits of the N800 are its superior Web browser, speed, and portability. We'll go into these points more later on, but first, some technical logistics. To connect to the Internet you have two choices. You can use the device's integrated Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) to hop onto an access point, or you can pair the N800 with your Bluetooth-enabled phone and use your cellular network. We were able to do both without problems: Our review unit easily found our test access point, and we were also able to pair it with the Nokia N80ie using T-Mobile service.

The Nokia N800 employs the Opera 8 Web browser and supports plug-ins, JavaScript, and Flash 7, so right out of the box it lets you watch videos from such sites as YouTube and Google Video (see Performance for more). The browser itself is outstanding, as it keeps Web pages true to form while optimizing it for the device. You can zoom in or out on pages, and add and manage bookmarks. There's an RSS feed reader onboard that can pull the latest headlines from various news sources at user-defined intervals. As with the 770, adding new feeds is a bit tedious because you have to manually enter or copy and paste your desired URLs into the field. Still, the Web experience on the N800 is a great improvement over the likes of PDAs and smart phones.

To stay connected in other ways, the Nokia N800 has an e-mail client that supports POP3 and IMAP4 accounts. During initial setup, a wizard walks you through the steps for accessing your account. There are also advanced settings so that the device automatically retrieves your messages on a regular basis, plays a sound when new messages arrive, removes messages older than a specified number of days, and so on. For faster communication, the N800 does support instant messaging and comes with Google Talk and Jabber preloaded on the device. At this point, you might be wondering how you input text. Well, there's an onscreen keyboard that you can either peck away at with the stylus, or you can switch to the full-screen keyboard to stretch out your fingers. Alternatively, there's a handwriting recognition mode that lets you write text in a designated area. However, like most handwriting recognition technology, this is a bit awkward and requires a slight learning curve. If you're writing long e-mails, we think your best bet is to invest a Bluetooth accessory keyboard, such as the Nokia Wireless Keyboard or the Think Outside Stowaway Universal Bluetooth keyboard.

Make no mistake, the Nokia N800 is not a cell phone but you can make phone calls using Voice over IP. Again, Google Talk and Jabber are onboard to handle those needs, but Nokia also announced at CES 2007 that it is working with Skype to develop a new mobile Skype experience just for the N800. In addition to all that, the company is beta testing an application called Nokia Internet Call Invitation that allows you to invite contacts to VoIP and video calls via e-mail and IM. Nokia gave, well, we should say they tried to give us a working demo of the feature at CES but never got it to work right, so looks like they have a few bugs to work out.

How cool is this? The N800 has a built-in Webcam!

One of our gripes about the Nokia 770 was the lack of PC synchronization and PIM tools, and it seems this trend mostly continues with the N800. Though it's not meant to be a PDA or smart phone, this additional functionality would have been nice. That said, the beauty of the Nokia N800's open source platform is that it allows developers to create various software programs for the device. A visit to Maemo.org reveals a diverse catalog of downloadable applications, including PIM tools. We're also happy that Nokia added a contacts manager to the device itself. There's room in each entry for multiple phone numbers, e-mail and Web addresses, and a Jabber ID, and you can categorize them by group. Other utilities include a calculator, a clock, and a note and sketch pad. There is a PDF reader but no viewer for Office documents.

The Nokia N800 boasts two expansion slots, but removing the cards takes some effort.

The N800's media player is basic but functional. It supports a number of music and video formats, including AAC, MP3, WAV, AMR, RealAudio, AVI, 3GP, MPEG-4, and others. Unfortunately, there is still no love for WMV or WMA files, which is completely disappointing and may be a turn off for some. On the upside, transferring media to the device is a snap as it's a simple matter of drag and drop. You can also import playlists or create them on the fly, and there's a shuffle function. If you're looking for some fresh tunes, check out the Internet radio. Finally, the Nokia N800 comes with an image viewer and four preloaded games (Chess, Blocks, Mahjong, and Marbles), and you can always download more. All in all, there's 128MB of RAM and 256MB flash memory, boosted by the dual expansion slots, so you can have a vast library of multimedia goodness.

Browse away
Thankfully, the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet is a much better performer than its predecessor, the Nokia 770. Though there was a slight delay when launching the media player, the N800 had snappy performance. We had no problems opening up PDF files or images. As we noted earlier, the Web browsing experience was superior. Not only was there minimal scrolling when viewing entire Web pages, but they also loaded quickly.

Unfortunately, we weren't so keen on the multimedia performance. Music playback through the unit's speakers left much to be desired. Despite adequate volume, tracks sounded tinny and lacked bass, but sound quality was much improved when we plugged in a pair of Shure E3c headphones. Video playback on the N800 bordered on awful. We tried to watch some clips on YouTube, but the picture was jerky and never synchronized with the audio. We also transferred clips from our personal library, which performed better but still, the video was pixilated.

The Nokia N800 is rated for three hours of continuous Web browsing and up to 10 days of standby time. We found these numbers to be generally true, as we squeaked out about four hours of continuous use on a single charge.

(Originally posted on CNET Reviews)

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Product brief - Nokia N800 Internet Tablet

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Intro: The Nokia N800 is a proprietary, consumer-oriented handheld device.Compared to other consumer-oriented handhelds on the market, it is relatively inexpensive at around $235.Runs on internet tablet OS 2007.

Noteworthy Features: Has a 800x480 screen resolution, which is somewhat higher than some similarly priced handhelds.By way of comparison, the typical cost of a product with this high a screen resolution is $350.

Weaker Features: Weighs in at 7.3 ounces weight, which is considerably heavier than some similarly priced handhelds.For example, the Palm Tungsten E2, a Palm OS-based handheld at around $220, weighs just 4.7 ounces weight.Also, this handheld runs on the internet tablet OS 2007 operating system.Since this is a proprietary device, you will not benefit from the broad third-party application support of mainstream platforms such as Palm OS or Pocket PC.

Suitability: Suited for someone who wants basic PIM functions.You can use the Bluetooth capability of this device to connect to cell phones and other devices that are similarly enabled.You can also use this handheld to playback MP3 files stored in memory.The Wi-Fi (802.11b) capability of this PDA allows you to connect to wireless networks in offices, airports, and in hundreds of public areas (charges may apply).

Value: In view of its relatively inexpensive price, this handheld has great features for the money.

Suggestions: (1) If you plan to enter large amounts of data, consider getting an external portable keyboard for your PDA.(2) For news and reviews of the latest handhelds, visit the Handhelds Feature on CNET Reviews.

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Excellent

8.2

out of 10

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9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Awesome and Open
This is a great little Appliance/PDA/Internet Tablet. It's based off of Debian Linux which is all open ... Read more
by Jmiahman (see profile) - February 14, 2007

8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Perfect for me
I finally found exactly what I have been looking for. The wifi will pick up my neighbors link 2 houses ... Read more
by mbowell (see profile) - January 21, 2007

4 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
a vast improvement over the 770
overall a very good product. it is very nice that it's operating system is open source, so you can ... Read more
by nathan554 (see profile) - January 18, 2007

3 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.
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9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Portable, functional and wonderful
I love my N800. I had been longing for the device for a while but when I was able to ... Read more
by apw76006 (see profile) - October 29, 2007

2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Excellent and usefull device
Amazon is now shipping N800 with new OS (4.2007.26-8) pre-installed. (This is very nice for Mac people who ... Read more
by Ballbat (see profile) - September 28, 2007

2 out of 2 users found this user opinion helpful.

5 out of 10 - Average
Good for Internet not Multimedia
I have been looking for a small handheld to do a bunch of things while I'm away from my ... Read more
by Orbitalint (see profile) - February 5, 2007

2 out of 3 users found this user opinion helpful.

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
High Expectations Exceeded
In short, the N800 is awesome. The community is lively (for example, there is a nice forum over at Internet ... Read more
by Ninja-Jake (see profile) - December 27, 2007

1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Beyond the iPhone?
This is the most reasonable spot to put this that I can find, my question/comment is, "By the time ... Read more
by Wild Eep (see profile) - January 27, 2007

1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

8 out of 10 - Excellent
Awesome for the price
Now that the price has come down to $200 or so, the N800 is worth every cent. Checking email messages ... Read more
by jnarc (see profile) - June 13, 2008

9 out of 10 - Spectacular
Excellent Product!
I thought this was a waste of money in the beginning. But, I bought it to spoil myself. After using ... Read more
by phwuser (see profile) - May 5, 2008

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Manufacturer: Nokia Corp.
Part number: 0276316

General
Built-in devices	Display
Dimensions (W x D x H)	5.6 in x 0.7 in x 3 in
Weight	7.3 oz
Color	Silver
Features	802.11b/g wireless LAN, Bluetooth, Camera
Packaged contents	Carrying case, Stand, Stereo headset
Localization	German:, Finnish:, Dutch:, Portuguese:, Brazilian Portuguese:, Italian:, French:, Danish:, Spanish:, Swedish:, English:, Russian:, Norwegian:

Operating System / Software
OS provided	Internet Tablet OS 2007
Software included	Internet Radio, Media Player, Opera, Web Browser, AOL Instant Messenger

Memory
Installed RAM	128 MB
RAM technology	DDR SDRAM
Installed ROM	256 MB Flash
Flash memory form factor	MiniSD
Flash memory installed	128 MB

Input Device
Input device type	Stylus, Touch-screen

Audio
Digital audio standards supported	WMA, Real Audio, MP2, WAV, MP3, AMR, AAC
Audio output type	Speaker(s)

Telecom
Modem	None

Display
Display type	TFT active matrix
Color support	16-bit (64K colors)
Max resolution	800 x 480
Max resolution (external)	800 x 480

Expansion / Connectivity
Wireless connectivity	IEEE 802.11b, Bluetooth 2.0, IEEE 802.11g
Port / Connector Type:Interface	1Hi-Speed USB, USB 2.0, 1Headphones
Connector Provided	Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Expansion slot(s) total (free)	1 RS-MMC, 1 MultiMediaCard, 1 MiniSD, 1 MicroSD
Cable(s) included	1 x USB cable