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Nokia upgrades its Internet tablet
Oct 18, 2007 1 am
Nokia today rolled out a new Internet tablet, which has evolved into a portable entertainment platform that comes with a slide-out keyboard and a GPS receiver.
The new N810 is not quite what we would call a revolution, but it is a solid improvement over the preceding N770 and N800 tablet PCs and pretty much represents what Palm’s recently scrapped Foleo companion device should have been.
- Same 4.13-inch WVGA (800 x 480), 65k color display as the N800, brightness increased by ~20%
- GPS with particular focus on the “context sensitive web” via Ovi
- 2GB internal storage (not including memory cards), ships with maps for use with GPS
- Has WiFi (802.11b/g), does not have WiMAX
- Bluetooth (2.0+ EDR) DUNs to capable phones, totally Foleo-like
- 400MHz OMAP 2420 CPU, 128MB RAM, 256MB ROM
- Integrated frontal camera, ambient light sensor, mini USB 2.0, hardware lock switch
- Plays back video: 3GP, AVI, H.263, H.264, MP4, ASF, WMV, MPEG-1/4, Real video; audio: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, Real audio, WAV
- Battery life aimed at 4 hours of “typical use” (movies, music, internet access, etc.), 10 hours music only, and up to 2 weeks totally idle time, and 5 days active standby (”improved compared to previous generation devices”)
- Runs Nokia’s Linux Maemo interface
- 5 x 2.83 x 0.55-inches, 7.97 ounces
The N810 is expected to become available in November for a suggested retail price of $479.
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