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Nokia N810 Internet Tablet Review

June 8, 2009 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews, Uncategorized by admin | 10 comments

This is a belated followup to my previous post about the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet. I hadn’t received the tablet when I first wrote about it. I listed some of its features that made it attractive to me, and promised a review once I had the device in hand.

~~Here are some photos of the device next to my Creative Zen Vision M (approximately the same size and shape as an iPod Classic) and my Toshiba e330 Pocket PC.~~

Sorry, the photos were lost in transition.

Here is a list of features I mentioned in my previous post, and my impressions of them in actual use:

Tags: cell phone, device, gps, internet tablet, mobile internet device, nokia, Nokia n810, PDA, skype, wifi

Save money by using VOIP to make phone calls

December 16, 2008 in Gadget Reviews, Product Reviews by admin | No comments

What is VOIP?

“VOIP” stands for “Voice Over Internet Protocol.” Simply put, with VOIP, your phone conversations go over the internet rather than through landlines.

Okay, why does that matter?

The advantage to VOIP is that it is far less expensive. For example, the first phone service I ever had was absolute bare bones. No Call Waiting, no Caller ID, no Voice Mail – just plain old telephone service. Including taxes, I paid about $28 per month. The cost only goes up from there. I just did a quick internet search and discovered that in my area, Verizon charges $40 per month before taxes for unlimited calling to the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico. If I want voicemail, caller ID and call waiting, I would pay $45 per month before taxes.

I have all that and more for about $17 per month through VOIP.com.

Tags: Canada, Germany, internet tablet, phone service, Review, skype, US, verizon, voice over internet, VOIP, voip.com

Nokia N810 – It’s what’s for Christmas!

December 14, 2008 in Gadget Reviews by admin | 4 comments

School is out, finals are over, and Christmas is just a couple of weeks away, and I’m drooling with anticipation over my soon-to-be latest toy. Recently, I started thinking about buying a new Pocket PC to replace my 6 year old Toshiba e330. The Toshiba still works great- I use it to take notes in class with a portable keyboard, but it has neither Bluetooth nor WiFi, and I’d really like to be able to surf the net and check my email on the go.

The Nokia N810

The Nokia N810 is what’s called an internet tablet. It is not a phone, but it has Bluetooth and WiFi. It’s about the size of a large cell phone, and is intended, as its name suggests, as a portable internet device. You can use it to access the internet at a WiFi hotspot, or tether it to your cell phone if you have a data plan. Although it is not a phone, you can use Skype with it. Additionally, it has a built-in GPS and mapping software.

Tags: device, google docs, gps, internet tablet, n810, nokia, skype

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