If the iPhone didn’t exist, we’d think the Nokia N810 pretty good. As things stand, it’s hard to get terribly excited about -- get the cheaper N800 instead.
Funny. Just earlier today on ultramobilegeek.com, I wrote a post called "I am going to buy an iPhone." Read that.
Remember: Not every mobile device is made for every consumer. No device can do everything and do it well.
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These kinds of misplaced comparisons are extremely common whenever there's a fashionable device, no matter how illogical they are when you actually examine them.
When the public first became aware of rocketry, there were people who suggested rockets could be used for delivering mail (and there are stories of actual attempts too).
More recently, when the PSP came out there were some professional experienced journalists on major technology websites who got caught up in the hype and seriously suggested it might replace the mobile phone, based entirely on the fact that it had wifi compatibility so it might theoretically do VOIP.
They ignored a few key facts though:
-PSP has no microphone
-PSP has no private earpiece, just loudspeakers
-PSP has no cellular connection, nor can it form one through a separate Bluetooth phone
-PSP has no keypad or touchscreen so texting and dialling would be very painful
-PSP is way way way too big to be a phone
this week i picked up a magazine here in norway that had the N810 on the cover, and inside? a comparison between it and the ipod touch (iphone isnt available in norway yet, even if there are people that have unlocked ones that they wave around).
and in a way, thats more appropriate, as if apple had stuffed bluetooth into the touch, and if the iphone sdk also means a touch sdk, then they would be more or less on par in terms of features.
funny thing about that comparison is that the touch only win with a single point margin.
if i was a conspiracy nut i would say that they "had" to give it a better overall score...
But the Slim PSP got Skype, and I think even the fat one had a headset for online games like SOCOM. There's also a homebrew touchscreen interface in the works which should interesting if it meets its $50 price point.
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