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Because of the hardware
Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Daniel
Because of the hardware. OS2008 isn’t that much of an imporovement over OS2006 (on my 770). Sure, it’s nice, and it’s pretty, but it’s not that much of an improvement.
The reasons are:
- Keyboard. Makes it actually useful as a tablet (it wasn’t before)
- Daylight-visible screen. Makes it useful outside (it wasn’t before)
GPS is nice, but not a killer feature. But those two are killer. Worth every penny of full price. No amount of software updates can make the n800 significantly more useful than the 770. The n810 already is.
Dang, thanks for the reply.
I generally agree. OS2008 is not a breakthrough, it is just a bit of nice improvements here and there. Real keyboard is a huge factor, but I am not confident it justifies the difference in price. Especially if you consider the price of cheap folding bluetooth keyboards.