New Nokia N810 - First Experiences
Hmm, away from blogging for a while. Just got my brand new Nokia N810 last Friday. Waiting to get developing on the gadget. The first impressions are that THIS IS THE PRODUCT. The gadget arrived with very nice packaging. Pulling the nicely finished aluminum chassis out from the leather pocket gave luxurious feeling. The user interface was superb. All-in-all, the first impression is that this is the travel replacement for your laptop. In addition, the N810 makes the older N800 look like a prototype, including the protecting pocket which has changed from the cheap fabric to nice leather. And the maps are Terrific!
The evolution from N770 to N810 via N800 illustrates nicely how to make a consumer product.
However, the manufacturer has still something to improve. Trying to start the Skype application resulted in information which leas to firmware update (some Hildon framework libs are not anymore compatible with the latest Skype.). This kind of “need to do some hacking” stuff should not appear when you pull out your new shiny device from the nicely finished box.
And final notes: My PSU (thermaltake 420W) blew up during the Christmas holiday, and I am waiting for the replacement to arrive. After, the benchmarks on Flash performance will be published. This time I used real *nix kin of methods (/usr/bin/time, /dd, and like) to do the measurements. Let’s get back…