As soon as I got my Nokia N810 Internet Tablet, I set up the WLAN and configured the built-in chat application to use my Google Apps for Domains GTalk accounts. Chatting on the slide-out keyboard from the comfort of a TV chair or couch was immediately sweet, and the automatic conversation archiving still allows me to go back and look at transcripts.

I’m writing this post on my new N810 internet tablet, a Christmas gift from my parents and grandmother. The browser works great with nearly every site I throw at it, and the slide-out kbd is quite usable. I really love the open, Linux-based OS, and can’t wait to start hacking on it. I already have an ssh server and client on it, and use vncviewer to control my Linux boxes from it. Sweet. This is what PDA devices should be like!