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<<<... PIM Is (Mostly) AWOL

Anyone thinking about switching to an Internet Tablet from a Palm or Pocket PC needs to be aware that there's an area where it's weak: Personal Information Management (PIM). It doesn't come with a suite of applications for keeping track of your calendar and address book in the same way a Palm TX or iPAQ 110 does. This is because Nokia has created the Internet Tablet series to be companion devices for smartphones, and a smartphone has its own calendar and address book. Duplicating this on a second device apparently was considered unnecessary. There's a small exception; this devices does have a Contact app, but it's focused on electronic communications. It automatically pulls in addresses and IM information from your emails and Google Talk accounts, and you can add phone numbers, but there's no way to add a mailing address. One option for some people is Microsoft Outlook Web Access, which works fine on the N810. You don't get audible notifications of meetings and such, but you have access to everything stored on your Exchange Server: email, tasks, address book, etc. And it's all immediately up to date. Still, if you're not planning on using the N810 in conjunction with a smartphone, and keeping track of PIM information is important to you, then you're probably going to have to turn to third-party options.

Let's Start the Show

There are few areas where I was a touch disappointed with this device, but one of them is multimedia. Don't get me wrong, it does audio and video fairly well, but some of the advertised features don't seem to work. more>>>