Circuit City has Nokia N800 on after-Christmas sale for $199.99. You get free shipping for buying an item over $24.
Boingo Wireless, which provides access to the world’s largest network of Wi-Fi hotspots, announced that Boingo Mobile software is now available for Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. It is also available on the new Nokia OS2008 user site. The company released similar software for select Nokia S60 handsets last month and for Windows Mobile devices in February. Boingo Mobile automatically authenticates Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices to Boingo’s network of tens of thousands of hotspots across the globe for only $7.95, €5.95, or £3.95 per month.
Boingo’s release of the Boingo Mobile software and service optimized for Nokia Internet Tablets coincides with Nokia’s launch of the N810 Internet Tablet, a pocket-sized Wi-Fi device that was announced Oct. 17 and ships this month. Boingo is offering one free month of Boingo Mobile service for Nokia users who download and install Boingo Mobile. Boingo Mobile service and software is compatible with select Nokia S60-based Nseries and Eseries smartphones (e.g., Nokia N95, Nokia N93, Nokia N80, Nokia E61, and Nokia E65) and Linux-based Internet Tablets (Nokia N800, Nokia N810).
To Download Boingo Mobile: Install Boingo Mobile via the Nokia OS2008 user site on N8001 and N810 tablets; and via the Download! application on select Nseries and Eseries smartphones. Boingo Mobile for both Nokia Internet Tablets and S60-based devices is also available for free at https://mobile.boingo.com/nokia/. It can be downloaded to a PC and transferred to a Nokia handset via the Nokia PC Suite application (S60 devices) or the included USB cable on Internet Tablets.
To Sign Up for Boingo Mobile: Sign up for a Boingo account by opening the Boingo Mobile application on your Nokia device, selecting “Sign Up Now!” and following the prompts. You can also create an account on your laptop at http://mobile.boingo.com/nokia/signup/ and then sign in on your Nokia handset by selecting the existing user login option within the Boingo Mobile application.
News.com is reporting on this thread on Internet Tablet Talk, where someone found a link to an OS update for Nokia 800/810:
While the N800 and new N810 device share the same software, recent reports indicated that the update for the N800 was to be held back for a couple weeks to give the N810 time to shine. Fans had been told to expect the N800 update sometime in December.
EnGadget is reporting on Palm OS being available for Nokia 770 and other N-series tablets. The actual credit goes to IntoMobile, which spotted some press noise generated by Access:
ACCESS CO., LTD., a global provider of advanced software technologies to the mobile and beyond-PC markets, today announced that it will make available a beta version of a Garnet(TM) VM software for Nokia N770, N800 and N810 Internet Tablets. Garnet VM will make it possible for users of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 to enjoy thousands of off-the-shelf Garnet(TM) OS (formerly Palm OS(R))-based applications immediately available to enhance their productivity, connectivity and play. Garnet VM is expected to be available by the end of the year free of charge as a download from the ACCESS website.Garnet VM is a “virtual machine” software application for running Garnet OS-based applications in a Linux(R) environment, and supports over 30,000 software applications, including some of the most popular mobile applications on the market, such as Google Maps(TM), Snappermail(R), DateBk5 and perennially favorite games like Bejeweled(R), PacMan and Sudoku.
The Nokia N770, N800 and N810 Internet Tablets are part of the Nokia Nseries(TM) range of high performance multimedia computers that deliver unparalleled mobile multimedia experiences. Running a Linux-based operating system, Nokia Internet Tablets offer easy wireless connections, high resolution display and support for a wide variety of Internet applications, such as Internet calling, instant messaging and email. “ACCESS is leveraging our work on the ACCESS Linux Platform(TM) which includes Garnet VM as one of three runtime environments along with Java(TM) and native Linux,” said Didier Diaz, senior vice president product strategy management, ACCESS Systems Americas, Inc. “This reinforces the value of Garnet OS-based applications to consumers and creates an all-around win: it will allow Nokia users to access the thousands of great applications running under Garnet OS; it will give our loyal developers a larger installed base of devices; and it will enable ACCESS to fine-tune Garnet VM based on customer feedback.”
“The ability to run ACCESS’ Garnet VM on a Nokia Linux-based platform demonstrates the growing importance of open source mobile operating systems,” said Ari Virtanen, vice president, Convergence Products, Multimedia, Nokia. “Users of the Nokia N770, N800 and N810 will be able to take advantage of thousands of Garnet OS applications available today.”
Nokia N800 is currently on sale at OnSale.com for $240. Free shipping via UPS, since the order is above $99. A few weeks ago Buy.com ran a similar promotion on Nokia N800, selling it for $243, which seems to be the going price for the keyboardless unit right now.
Buy.com is running a sale on Nokia N800 for $243 with free shipping. The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet exemplifies the epitome of technology, style and portability. The N800 easily connects to the Internet via Wi-Fi or compatible cellular phone. Enjoy the Internet on a portable size tablet with a high-resolution widescreen display in the palm of your hand. Effortlessly make Internet Phone calls, check & send e-mail, instant message and so much more with the Nokia N800. You can also access Internet media at home or on-the-go with the Nokia N800s high quality stereo audio.
Prominent technology news site ArsTechnica reviews Nokia N800:
In contrast to the frustration I often felt when using the 770, the N800 was a joy to use. The expanded memory, support for SD cards, and most importantly, the beefed-up CPU eliminated the endless delays I experienced switching between applications on the 770. The N800 handles multitasking like a pro. I was able to have two or three web pages open along with a couple of other applications and performance was very smooth—even with an Internet radio stream playing. The menu system is much more intuitive, and within 15 minutes I was comfortable enough with it to navigate the menus without having to think about them.
OS News wrote an extensive review with many pictures of Nokia N800.
The device is really nice to hold in the hand, it feels steady, well-manufactured. It looks sexy too with this modern metal that it’s made of. However, there are two things I dislike in the design. First, the retractable/rotate-able video-call camera: It is so far away from the screen, that only 2/3s of myself appears in the picture when I hold the N800 directly in front of me. This is a problem if you are in a video chat session with someone because you have to constantly adjust yourself in an uncomfortable position so you are in the visible viewing field in your friend’s screen. Instead, the camera should have been placed directly above the joypad, and be rotate-able the same way some cellphones have it (e.g. the LG U8500 and the Samsung D820). Additionally, the camera can only be used with other N800 GTalk users for video-conferencing and no other application can use it so far.
MobileCrunch reviews Nokia N800 after one month of real-world use:
All in all I love this device. I love the convenience, I love the size, I love the instant on/off capability. I think it does many things well and the excitement that I feel when engaged with the development community that has gravitated to this platform has convinced me that the best is certainly yet to come and dramatic innovations in software are on the horizon.
The New York Times reviews Nokia 800:
You can’t put the world in your pocket, but you can put the Web there, with Nokia’s N800 Internet tablet, which is about the size of a paperback (3 by 6 by ½ inch). Like the earlier N770, it lets you browse the Internet, send and receive e-mail and instant messages, download audio and video and get R.S.S. feeds. The N800 adds a Web cam for videoconferencing and a microphone for Internet phone calls.