I have had my Nokia N800 now for 10 days, so I thought it was time to do a quick mini review of the unit.Since I got the N800, I’ve bought x 2gb SD cards (one internal – next to the battery and one external – under the stand on the front) and the Proporta case.
I decide to get the 2gb SD cards and not the 4gb SDHC cards, because for what I can find, the SDHC cards (i.e. the higher capacity and higher speed ?) cards are not nativly supported on the unit (you only seem to be able for format them to 2gb). There does appear to be some type of firmware hack to fix this, but I’m not brave enough to try this on my new machine.
The Proporta case is a nice well built and handmade peice of kit. Its got a aluminium inset in the front cover which should stop most damage to the screen. It’s also got a stand (which is linked to the back of the case by Velcro) built into the case, but I don’t really find it that sturdy. I tend to just place the unit on the bottom of my monitor stand at work, and that seems to work OK. When I actually use the machine, I tend to use it in my hand. The N800 is held in place by 2 ‘C’ clips which hold the N800 on each side of the unit. Thetop third of the back cover also bends back slightly so that you can get the stylus out easier. The C clips seem to hold the N800 very well, but I haven’t really drop tested it yet 
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There are two minor disapointments with the case (which I guess I new about from the Proporta site. The first is that there isn’t any credit card slots or SD card holders on the inside of the front cover. I personally think this would have made the unit more useful. The second, it that there isn’t a belt clip option, which I understand is availible on most of the other Proporta cases.
Overall all though, the case is well worth the £24 I paid.
Link: Proporta Nokia N800 Case
Posted by Nik 
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