[ale] eee in Atlanta

Brian Pitts brian at polibyte.com
Tue Jul 15 18:29:26 EDT 2008


Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Heh. I just dropped $350 on a Nokia N810 (
> http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n810 ) and am pretty happy with
> it so far. It's running Maemo ( http://maemo.org/ ) on a 400 mhz TI "OMAP"
> processor in 2 gb of mass storage and 128 mb of RAM.  Other  hardware
> features include a mini-SD slot, sound through speakers or 'phones, a pretty
> sensitive touch-screen and integrated stylus, a slide-out keyboard, a
> microphone, a camera, and an on-board GPS receiver. The whole package is
> about 8 ounces and maybe 5x3x1/4 inches. Battery life is good if you turn
> off the networking, so-so if you're connected or searching for a connection.

You can find the N800 less than $200. It lacks built-in GPS and a
physical keypad. Instead of built-in storage and a miniSDHC slot it has
two full-size SDHC slots. It's a pretty cool piece of hardware which
I've been tempted to buy many times. If the Android phones keep being
delayed...

-Brian


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