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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[ The anti-finger print coating is a load of sham. The slide is very slippy unlike the first 8800 . The screen is very dim. Over-all the phone is heavy and you need to carry a box of wipes to keep it clean. Even 8800 Saphire with constant use will have the leather peeling off...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hasnain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Feb 1st 2008 5:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[this is THE phone!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[andrea]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 5:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yeah but do they play Doom!.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[emailtabs]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 5:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[<br>Nokia has lost the reality completely. U<br>SD price with taxes for these uglies will be around 2.000$ ;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BFish]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 5:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[There is a market for these, so why blame Nokia for wanting to earn more money?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 5:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA["Nokia has lost the reality completely."<br><br>Because you, and I, and probably any Engadget commenter, aren't the market for these babies. Unless, of course, you earn a lot of grands a month, in this case Nokia will be sad that you thought they "lost the reality".<br><br>Yes, rich's realities are different than normal people's.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cesar Cardoso]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 5:53AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[39% overall market share, profits up 85%, over 50% market share of smartphones...<br><br>You're right, Nokia has lost the plot completely.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rich]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 7:48AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA["which should help to minimize the "new money" whispers from behind your back."<br><br>Best thing i've read this morning..<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Compton77]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 6:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[the prices are enormous.. but they DO look great and stylish]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vylune]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 7:07AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well for that price i can buy 5 or 6 iphones. I guessif u have the money you can spen it on a $2000 phone that u couls spend $300 to $500 on and get the same function]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[taoprophet420]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 7:15AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[But this can send MMS.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 7:26AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[iPhone could never be as sexy as these..]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[holycow]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 12:01PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Any new ringtones this time around ? The first 8800 had ringtones made by Sakamoto, maybe this time it's John Lennon himself who did them. ;-)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Didou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 8:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[I love those Sakamoto ringtones. I have carried them on every phone I've had from the N73 & N95 to my K850 (which is so good I doubt I'll go back to Nokia any time soon- even the N82 looks crummy in comparison).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Anthony]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 11:04AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Those ringtones were indeed something else. I was hoping the iPhone would bring something worth replacing them with but I was disappointed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Didou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 11:33AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[They are beautiful and appear well-made. But can anything without a touchscreen really compete? Most of the people I know who have high end phone lust are going for a smartphone or an iPhone.<br><br>This could just be my natural anti-Nokia bias, tho :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Esther]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 8:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[I bet 90% are gonna be sold in Russia to the stupid nouveau riche...<br><br>And I don't think they are interested in the specs or whether it has a touch screen or not. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[blarvh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 9:09AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Lol @ previous comment.... what do you mean it wasn't meant to be a joke?  Anyway - there is a huge market for these... yes Russians and Eastern Europeans and Middle Easterns love them (in my experience of selling these) and have they done anything to rectify the 8800s 5minute-long battery life?  And I don't mean bundling a THIRD battery with it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 2:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[So when does the spambot get banned/deleted ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Didou]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 11:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ehh, I had the original 8801/8800 ($1,000 US), thing was buggy as heck.  Now I have the 8600 Luna (about $800) and it fine so far, but battery life sucks. I don't use my phone for anything but calling and txt messaging, no other features I use at all.  And for me, form over function.  Buddy owns a huge cell phone shop in my city, I get my phones free (he buys up Vertu's like they're going out of style)<br><br>These look nice though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jdang]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 2:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Nokia's 8800 Arte and Sapphire Arte for the nouveau riche]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/13/nokias-8800-arte-and-sapphire-arte-for-the-nouveau-riche/</guid><description><![CDATA[This "Arte" can go up som1 else's "Arte"<br><br>i came on here jus to say that :)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jack]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Nov 13th 2007 3:11PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
