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Nokia N810 Vs N800
By jbc on October 31,
 2007 at 00:00,

Nokia’s N810 has crash-landed into our sweaty, trembling palms. But is the GPS-toting super tablet really reason enough to ditch the trusty N800? In one predictable word? YES! Don’t believe us? Then check out this list of five reasons to upgrade to Nokia’s latest touch-screen sexpot. You’ll have your credit card out by the end of it, we promise.

Satnav smackdown

The N810 packs something special inside that’s missing from the N800 – GPS. It means its built in maps can be accurate to within a couple of metres and it’ll guide you to your destination with gorgeous big-screen directions. For a little extra, you can even buy voice prompts for it, and with a car-charger, it’ll look great on your dashboard too.

Stat clash!

N810: GPS and Nokia maps built in. - WINNER!

N800: No GPS. No maps. Boo!

Stacks of storage

The N810 smashes the N800 in the storage stakes. Inside that slinky shell you’ll find 2-gigs of built in memory. There’re also slots for miniSD or microSD and it’ll support silicon sliver up to 8-gig in capacity. Its maximum possible capacity is a staggering 18-gig.

Stat clash!

N810: 2-gig built in. Up to 18-gig max. – BIG WINNER!

N800: 256-meg built in. Up to 4-gig in additional cards.

Kick-ass keyboard

The N800 suffered thanks to its touchscreen keyboard, which could be tricky to use for more than just web addresses. The N810 betters its brethren with a new slide-out keyboard which works like a charm.

Stat clash!

N810: Hardware keyboard, software keyboard, handwriting recognition. – BIG WINNER!

N800: Software keyboard, handwriting recognition.

Buff battery

The N810 improves on the N800’s battery, albeit not by much for continuous use. The new tablet will keep kicking for 30 minutes more than its predecessor using the screen on full brightness and with Wi-Fi turned on. In standby it’ll last an extra two days.

Stat clash!

N810: Up to 4 hours continuous browsing and 14 days standby. - WINNER

N800: 3.5 hours use, or 12 days on standby.

Mouth-watering minimalism

The screen’s the same size, but the N810 is slightly smaller than its predecessor overall, despite packing a slde-away keyboard. Up front Nokia have trimmed down the buttons, making better use of the touchscreen for a sleek, minimalist finish. In a word, it’s beautiful.

Stat clash!

N810: 4.13-inch (800 x 480) screen, two hardware buttons, 128cc volume. - WINNER!

N800: 4.13-inch (800 x 480) screen, three hardware buttons and D-pad, 137cc volume.

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  • JM

    Nokia pays your bills.

  • http://???? hoovsie

    normally I don’t reply to these types of articles, but this time I HAD to set a few facts straight. first of all, I hate to have to tell you this, but almost everything you asserted in this article is in error, almost point by point. it’s true that the N800 doesn’t have GPS built in. but the point about the N800 not having maps (boo!) is erroneous. because both tablets run the open source linux operating system distribution called maemo, there are many free third party applications available for installation with just a few simple clicks, including the stunning mapping program Maemo Mapper. as for your point about SD memory storage, the N800 has the N810 beat on that score because the N800 has TWO SD slots (full sized SD) to the N810′s single mini SD slot. my N800 is presently running with 24 GB’s of storage. 8 GB in the internal slot and 16 in the external slot. in the future i could upgrade the internal card to 16 GB for a total of a whopping 32 GB of storage! true the N800 lacks a hardware keyboard, but the virtual keyboard works really well, and i think makes the N800 a more elegant machine, like the iphone. and you didn’t mention perhaps the most important difference – that the N810 has a daylight readable transreflective screen lacking in the N800. got to love ‘em both; each is awesome in their own way, but don’t you DARE run down my N800! it has to be the greatest geek device in the history of geek devices, in my humble opinion.

  • JBC

    Can we just point out that this article was written almost 14 months ago, and as such, what we wrote then was true then – even though some of it might not be right now. Thanks for pointing out the updates.

  • JBC

    @JM – Read the About Us page. This is a site all about Nokias.

  • PRS

    Even 14 months ago the N800′s dual SDHC-capable expansion slots beat the N810 in storage potential, An inexpensive Bluetooth GPS, much better than the N810 built-in, was available. Maemo-mapper provided free GPS maps/navigation (and has greatly improved since). The functionality of a Bluetooth keyboard trumped the N810′s slide-out. One can now easily use USB peripherals including keyboards and external storage on the N800 with a more standard port than the N810′s. Just bought a used N800 on eBay when my original died – because I still prefer it to the N810 on both features and price/performance, just as I did when I looked at both and made the same decision at about the time of your review.

  • JBC

    @PRS – All very fair points and well made, but we still prefer built in keyboard and GPS rather than having to nab additional accessories (not to mention the battery drain from heavy Bluetooth usage). For us that means the N810′s features still make it a better proposition than the N800.

    That said, given the two are capable of matching each other on features (one with additional accessories) it kinda comes down to personal preference as to which you go for. Grabbing one off eBay seems like a smart idea if you can get it cheap – and after having a quick look, you can grab an N800 for about half the price of an N810.

  • PRS

    @JBC – To each his own, takes all kinds, etc. :-)

    Thanks for the nice site and Happy New Year!

  • JBC

    You Too PRS! And thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate it. I guess that makes it time to take down the xmas decorations too, huh!

  • Kevin

    Two other features the n800 beats the n810 at:
    n800: Integrated FM radio chip
    n810: None

    n800: Swivel camera
    n810: Only front facing

    I know a slide-out keyboard would be really nice to have, but with the n800 having 2 full sized sd slots (the most popular and cheapest memory card, times 2) for up to 64 gb of memory, the 2 devices are really quite equal.