Nokia’s attempt at an iPhone & Treo killer

Posted on November 10th, 2007 by John Reno

Nokia recently released a high resolution multimedia device with impressive specifications: GPS, WiFi, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, VGA camera, Bluetooth 2.0 and 4.13 inch WVGA display. The product has a 400Mhz processor and is available with up to 10GB of memory (2GB internal and support for an 8GB card), meaning it can hold more documents, movies and music than any Palm, Apple, i-mate or RIM smartphone on the market.

So what’s the catch? Fortunately for Nokia’s competition there is one. The Linux enabled N810 can only be used to make calls over WiFi with Skype. It does not have a mobile phone antenna.

We were curious to see Nokia’s N810 in action. Check out these specifications and our exclusive video!

Size

Weight: 7.97 oz
Length: 2.83 in
Width: 5.04 in
Thickness: 0.55 in

Display

High-resolution 4.13” WVGA display (800 x 480 pixels) with up to 65,000 colors

Processor

TI OMAP 2420, 400Mhz

Memory

DDR RAM 128MB
Flash 256MB
Up to 2GB internal storage
Support for compatible miniSD and microSD memory cards (with extender). Supports cards up to 8GB.

Operating Times (according to Nokia)

Continuous usage (display on, wireless LAN active): up to 4 hours
Music playback: up to 10 hours
Always online time: up to 5 days
Standby time: up to 14 days

Other characteristics

Smooth slide with integrated QWERTY keyboard
Built-in GPS receiver
High quality stereo speakers and sensitive microphone
High-resolution widescreen display
Integrated desk stand
Integrated VGA web camera
HW key to lock touch screen and keys
Ambient light sensor

Connectivity

WLAN standard: IEEE 802.11b/g
Bluetooth specification v.2.0 . +EDR (profiles supported: HID, FTP, DUN, GAP, SPP, HSP, SAP and OPP)
USB high speed for PC connectivity
3.5 mm stereo headphone plug

Operating System

maemo Linux based OS2008

Web Browsing & Media

Browser based on Mozilla technology with state-of-the-art web standard support including AJAX
Page navigation with scrolling, panning or using hardware buttons, zooming in and out of web sites.
Full desktop Adobe Flash 9 plugin, including video and audio streaming
Built-in media player for viewing and listening to downloaded, transfered or streamed media content and easy-on-device management of media library
Direct access to shared media over Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
Supported video formats: 3GP, AVI, WMV, MP4, H263, H.264, MPEG-1, MPEG-4, RV (RealVideo)
Supported audio formats: MP3, WMA, AAC, AMR, AWB, M4A, MP2, RA (RealAudio), WAV
Supported playlist formats: M3U, PLS, ASX, WAX, WVX, WPL
Full-screen image viewing and slideshow functionality
Supported Image formats: BMP, GIF, ICI, JPE, JPEG, PNG, TIF/TIFF, SVG, Tiny, WBMP

Map

Map application with pre-loaded maps including points of interest
Premium services available on purchase including Wayfinder navigation

E-mail

Browser access to familiar webmail services
E-mail application for personal e-mail usage with IMAP4, SMTP, and POP3 support

RSS Reader

Reader for subscribing, managing and keeping up-to date with web feeds
Support for RSS 1.0/2.0 and Atom 1.0

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Nokia Website: N810

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Victorv613, on November 10th, 2007 at 11:18 pm Said:

i think it looks ok, kinda a bummer with no mobile antenna, but pretty nice specs so far

Joad, on November 11th, 2007 at 2:39 am Said:

Nothing will “kill” the Treo but Palm themselves.

So far, right on track.

ricegf, on November 13th, 2007 at 12:18 pm Said:

Nokia has publicly stated that the 810 is step 3 of 5 toward their “ultimate portable”. I used step 1 (770) until I cracked the screen - even with an underpowered CPU and too little memory, it was a joy to use. I’m using my wife’s older Treo until Christmas, when I’m hoping to receive step 3 (810).

Step 4 will add direct Internet connection via cell networks. Step 5 adds the remaining communication modes.

The Centro was a smart move by Palm, IMHO, to attract the mass market to a Palm platform. But where is Palm’s 5 Step Program equivalent to build a high-end device to keep those new users on the next-gen Palm platform?

Derek Edison, on November 13th, 2007 at 1:42 pm Said:

Hey, a foleo…
Looks like somebody ate your lunch again palm.

nardoman, on November 13th, 2007 at 5:03 pm Said:

“with up to 10GB of memory . . . it can hold more documents, movies and music than any Palm, Apple, i-mate or RIM smartphone on the market” — isn’t there a 16GB iphone?