First Glance: The Nokia N810 Linux Internet Tablet Doesn't Make Sense | Linux Today

First Glance: The Nokia N810 Linux Internet Tablet Doesn’t Make Sense

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 19, 2007

“I had an opportunity to play with the new Nokia N810 Internet
Tablet for about five minutes last night, and came away confused.
It seems pretty darn expensive for a machine with limited
usefulness. Even the name is misleading–a ‘tablet’ should be a
device the size of a notebook computer; the Nokia N810 is a
pocket-sized computer.

“Before I go into a bit more detail, I want to emphasize here:
This is a first impression. I played with the device for about five
minutes, at a Nokia-sponsored reception at the Web 2.0 Summit in
San Francisco. It was noisy at the reception, and I was tired. So
you should read this post very skeptically…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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