On 25/12/2007, Kevin T. Neely <ktneely at astroturfgarden.com> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 09:22:55PM +0000, Peter Flynn wrote: > > > Query: why do Nokia go to such lengths to hide the existence of the > > tablets? Is there some internal embarrassment that they aren't phones, > > or that they run Linux, or something? They aren't mentioned on any > > leaflets or product lists, and Nokia staff are amazed to see them. > > The last time I went to n-series.com (or whatever that site is) the N810 was featured pretty prominently, with the 800 somewhere off amongst the other N-series phones. > > In other news, I got an N75 phone for Christmas and am loving all the features of a decent phone. I paired it with my 770, and was instantly wow-ing my family with the pics and videos I'd taken on the phone and then displayed on the tablet. > > I was also amazed at how easy it was to setup SyncML on the phone to grab my Google Calendar via goodync.com. I did some cursory searching for a SyncML client on OS 2006 (or 2007, i need to upgrade to the hacker edition) but did not come up with anything simple. > > cheers and Merry Christmas! And to you. Nokia are much more up front about the n8xx than they were about the 770, I had to buy mine direct from Nokia since nobody (in the UK) appeared to be selling them at all, the n810 is available from a number of places. I got fed up with the "it's a Nokia but is not a phone..." comments which still seem to be around.... A Thew
