Hi all! Andrew here. Bringing you a review of the Nokia N810 tablet in case you were ever in the market for such a gadget. Having owned the N800, I can tell you that the N810 is no sidegrade, and definitely takes it a step up.

The first thing I noticed about the N800 when I first bought it was the beautiful touch screen. The N810 follows suit with an even brighter screen. Physically, the N810 is actually small enough to be pocket sized, it is smaller than its predecessor the n800 and now dons a full qwerty keyboard. This already takes away the Nokia N800’s greatest downfall (also making the Nokia N810 a great blogging tool).

Nokia N810 flat on a desk.

In terms of functionality, the Nokia N810 definitely delivers. The tablet being a device an internet communication device improves on the formula by adding a number of new additions. Like the previous tablets, it has an RSS reader can save all your favorite feeds. However, what one will first notice the first time they launch the browser is that we now have a Mozilla powered browser. Armed with the newest flash plugin and a fast wireless or bluetooth tethered connection, you can view just about any webpage, play java games, and more importantly, watch videos from Youtube and other embedded videos. All of this, in large widescreen glory.

Where the Nokia tablets really shine are with the software that the open source platform supports. Everything from PIM, messaging, to even emulators can be installed on the tablet, making it powerful multipurpose gadget. The keyboard also adds another dimension to the device, as now email, blog posts, instant messaging are no longer a chore as it is on full touchscreen devices (read : N800, iPhone, HTC Touch etc). The keyboard is satisfactory, the keys are wide apart, most people should be able to type with relative ease, however the keys are too soft in my opinion, and seem to not offer enough feedback. Also the top row of keys seem to be too close to the to the edge of the screen making it slightly annoying to type at times.

Like the previous versions of the Nseries internet tablets, this supports internet calls, webcam like video conferencing (the camera is now on the front face!), and GPS/Maps. The media player gets the job done and the speaker is clear and relatively loud. Wifi is a necessity with the N810 unless you wish to bluetooth tether it to your cell phone, which I have done in the past to fill in the gaps between where I had wifi.

All in all, if you are looking for a device that is compact, media rich and has an excellent browser (without being a phone or laptop) you owe it to yourself to check out the Nokia N810.