Heres a valid question. Where in the offline retail world in the UK can I go to see a Nokia N800?
I've consumed an enormous amount of online material on the product, but I rarely buy something until i've seen it for real.
Today I took a stroll around Leicester, figuring there'd be one on show somewhere. I tried Currys Digital (Dixons), Phones 4U, Currys, Comet and PC World.
It goes almost without saying that this product suffers an identity crisis. One way or another it can amongst other things be a phone, a GPS device and an internet device, but nobody sells it alongside phones, rightly so as won't take a SIM card. It would be misleading to sell it alongside GPS devices, as it requires an add-on to unlock that function, and as yet, none of these shops curtain off "Internet devices".
I can't afford to buy one right now either way - need to pay off the car first, but it's disappointing that I can't find one to take a look at. Any ideas?
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"I was in Micro Anvika in Selfridges today (the closest to my office). They have the n800 for £279. I presume the price is the same at any Micro Anvika shop."
Thanks! This proves they can be found I suppose but it seems a long way to go just to have a look. Perhaps a quick look next time i'm in Birmingham..
I've had the same experience here in Bristol - I've failed to find one in the shops. I have managed to play with a colleague's N770 though, seems pretty nice physically.
I guess Nokia aren't pushing too hard in the UK. That might also explain why the N800 seems to be so expensive here compared to the USA. See my blog about this http://bloggershepherd.blogspot.com/2007/04/n800-rip-off-in-uk.html
i`m from Latvia. My frend buy nokia n800 in Norway - (335 euro) for me.
best buy in europe :)
my blog around n800 - dikiy.com
I wonder if they're scared of pushing it because of its current lack of viability as a phone. Once Skype lands maybe that'll change.
Personally I don't want to use it as a phone. It just seems like a great solution for carrying around podcasts, reading feeds without sitting in a darkened bedroom and perhaps helping me find my way around. On that topic, does the built in mapping functionality cover the UK?
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