Using The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet in 2021

The market for devices that allowed you to surf the internet from the comfort of your own couch. The Nokia 800 is a relic from that time, a not-quite-smartphone device that is surprisingly similar to the iPhones and Android devices we still use to this day.
Join me as we take a retrospective of what the Nokia N800 could do, and look at what it still can do 14 years later.
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[@kayleenamanda]

12 year old Print N Play would have crushed every one of those games, regardless of how choppy they were 🤣🥰

[@PNPRetro]

I might be able to beat Mario 1... Not being able to run and jump will definitely be inconvenient, though.

[@datagod]

Great video! In a weird coincidence, I just discovered 68K news the other day.

[@Penguinchubb0]

Wow thanks so much for making this video. I just got ahold of one and had no idea what it is, so I’m looking up videos on YT and yours is definitely helpful for being newer and relevant!

[@ChrisHeatonbigears5000]

That is what I call "feature packed" especially for 2007. I had a Nokia n900 with maemo 5 when it came out. I still have it. What a device that was as well. Nokia were king.

[@PNPRetro]

I miss Nokia.

[@meoweplayer]

A device that has 2 SD card slots is amazing 🤩

[@KOSMOS1701A]

I got one of these, but no power brick so i haven't been able to test it. Its really neat seeing how it works.

[@PNPRetro]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Do you need info from the power brick to get a replacement or anything?

[@KOSMOS1701A]

​@@PNPRetro yeah the video was good, as for info, that's not really necessary as I found some replacements on amazon, thanks for the offer though.

[@JessicaFEREM]

I remember wanting one of these so badly back in the day. such nostalgia. I ultimately didn't get one because I had an Acer Aspire One notebook which was a double handmedown from my grandma, then to my mother, and then to me. I loved that thing until the copy of windows XP got corrupted and I had to move on. I think I used a kindle fire first gen and the family desktop after that

[@PNPRetro]

I recently did a video on my original EeePC. That's what I had instead of this at the time, and I loved it, too! I still bust out the EeePC from time to time just to get a bit of nostalgia.

[@yannisgk]

@@PNPRetro the first and the best netbook of all time!!!

[@austinsworld8936]

I used this when I was traveling. Did not have a cell phone too expensive to communicate. Used skype at the airports. Paid for itself many times over. Paid $200 for it.

[@CasioMaker]

I always wanted one of those, specially since they were so skinnable that I wanted one to transform it into a Star Trek PADD

[@PNPRetro]

I... I need to do that.

[@yannisgk]

i had forgotten it could be skinned!!!thanks!!!

[@nasabear]

I still have mine. I also bought the bluetooth connected GPS module and used it in my car for navigation, until I got my first smart phone that served that purpose.

[@whatevs8208]

I still have this device

[@PNPRetro]

Do you still use it at all?

[@dennisshyu6797]

i loved this back in the day, wish i didn't sell it for nostalgic reasons

[@Wright.B.Hindya]

I had one back in 2008, was a fun device. Also had the previous version which I used a lot until the dreaded charging bug killed it permanently :(

[@zeldascarlet]

Nokia does not deserved to die like this... this is such a nice device

[@PNPRetro]

I agree with your. My first 3 cell phones were Nokia. Very solid devices.

[@adambrassard9268]

I wanted one of those so bad back in the day!

[@PNPRetro]

Need to find yourself a Charles to be friends with!

[@Riteshkrpanda]

Damn this device's design was wayyy ahead of it's time ,

[@PNPRetro]

It is pretty cool! I've got a couple more devices coming to the channel. If you are interested, definitely keep an eye out!

[@speedsrj]

I used it a lot while traveling, it simply had one of the best wifi in range I ever saw, Skype and CIP Internet phones were very easy to use wherever you got wifi abroad you were a phone call from family.

[@PNPRetro]

I did notice it had great wifi reception, and the previous owner had said he used Skype on it quite heavily. Looks like it was the perfect device to keep in touch.

[@speedsrj]

@@PNPRetro I made an error it had native SIP Telephone support

[@yannisgk]

i still have this , along with the 770 one. i was planning to buy the 900 also, but i waited for a while and i bought an ipod touch. the purpose of having them both, was to lying in my bed, using the internet!!! ;) (nice times!!!)

[@jgreg95]

I had the version before the and the range it could pick up WiFi was really good for that time.

[@macedonianlad]

i have a n900, it definetly is very nice to have a physical keyboard but a d pad would be very nice

[@DayVeeBoi]

I use mine for SIP phone (VoIP) and browsing bbs with syncterm.

[@yeety1208]

if some of the games were in portrait (yes some of the were designed to be landscape), the controls might be slightly better

[@PNPRetro]

Yeah, I could definitely see that.

[@ericbenalcazar]

por favor... tengo el mio bloqueado por código.. como puedo hacer un hard reset de este nokia n800 tab???

[@daydreamer3609]

Everyone praising this Nokia device... it's choppy.

[@ChillingCrowley]

I had one of these, have no good memories of using it! I used to use nokia Symbian phones,communicators 9210,9300 and 9500 and thought this would be much the same and it was not. I think the n810 or n900 were supposed to be better devices bit never used them as switched to Android around that time

[@PNPRetro]

Yeah, I can definitely understand why Android devices blew these guys out of the water. It's neat to see how different companies tried to handle smart devices, but a unified os lead to far more software and features.

[@Pasi123]

I used to play Duke Nukem 3D, LxDoom and few other games a lot on my N810 back in 2011. Sadly the N800 and N810 didn't have drivers for the PowerVR MBX GPU so it wasn't possible to run games like Quake III Arena even though other devices with the same OMAP 2420 SoC could (for example Nokia E90)

[@PNPRetro]

Thanks for sharing your history with the n810. I had read gpu acceleration was never implemented and it's really too bad. All that extra power just waiting to be used.

[@geraldmcmullon2465]

When I first got this for my daughter I hoped she could use it at school and loaded several dictionaries on to it for Spanish, French, German as well as English and Wikipedia (text only). It also had language learning audio, music and videos (recoded for the limits) and the camera could be used to capture from the board or books for later use. Unfortunately the school banned the use of electronic devices. The two 32Gb memory cards were expensive at the time. It also worked with the N95 mobile phone for access to GPS and so the map and routing where better than on the N95. These do not work anymore - no map service. It still works but is too slow to be useable. The FM radio and playback of audio via the stereo speakers or to powered desktop speakers.

[@djblackshadow22]

How is the speakers are they loud

[@ericbenalcazar]

Pls... hard reset for nokia tablet n800

[@kayleenamanda]

Charles might want this back now, loaded with movies for the wee one 😜

[@PNPRetro]

No, I called dibs.

[@TheBeenu98]

came here from reddit! Love your vidoes!!! :)

[@PNPRetro]

Thanks for swinging by! Lots more coming in the future, so feel free to stick around!

[@yadwindersinghsandhufarm3817]

Sir I need this games !!