Ah yes, I was wondering where my Nokia E90 had got to. Krisse has been using it in Finland, comparing it head-to-head with the N810 'Internet tablet'. Here's the first part of this report, covering the physical form factors and all the various communications possibilities. There's no real overall winner, but plenty of food for thought if you've been wavering as to which to get.

"Perhaps by pure coincidence, Nokia has recently released two devices with superficially similar specifications, the Nokia E90 and Nokia N810. They both run multitasking operating systems, they both have PC-style web browsers, they both have large bright screens, they both have large built-in QWERTY keyboards and they both have built-in GPS.

However, this isn't the most obvious comparison to make, as the N810 is an "internet tablet" without direct access to the mobile phone network, while the E90 is a smartphone that can connect to just about anything. They've been developed by utterly separate units at Nokia, with completely different design principles, interfaces and operating systems. But that contrast is what makes the comparison potentially very interesting, and that's why we're doing these articles.

To start this series, let's have a very quick look at how they shape up physically, and then look at their communications abilities in a bit more depth." 

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