Nokia 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. It 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.

The Nokia N810 presents a direct challenge to HTC, which produces similar devices in the Advantage and Shift. Fortunately for HTC and Nokia's other competitors, there are two drawbacks to the N810. It can only be used to make calls over WiFi with Skype-- it doesn't have a mobile phone antenna. Also, Nokia opted to write their own platform (based on Linux) rather than implement Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system.

Curious to see Nokia's N810 in action, we met with the company and recorded a video demonstration. Check out this msmobiles.com exclusive!

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

Related Links

Nokia Website: N810

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