Given that most of the world won't see Nokia's
5800 XpressMusic until 2009, you may be better off just forcing yourself to overlook this here review until you can snag one without importing. If you're just too impatient for all that, however, you should know that an early critique of the affectionately dubbed
Tube deemed it mighty impressive. Call quality was solid, the OS was stable in
most areas, and the display was a joy to look at and interact with. In fact, reviewers had a difficult time finding anything exceptionally negative to say, noting that this is
the handset for anyone after a "well-rounded, do-it-all solution." It was also made clear that this phone and the iPhone were really two different animals not worth comparing (advantage, Tube), but that didn't stop critics from confessing that the 5800 packs an "unparalleled
price / quality ratio that changes the rules for all phone makers out there, including Nokia itself."
posted October 9th 2008 7:33AM
Is this a legitimate replacement for the Touch HD - what features does it have/lack over the HD? Is this business-class? The reviewers don't really comment on this phone's usefulness for business. Kinda "looks" like an entry level candy bar for touch-screen wannabes, but the reviewers seem to love it so I'm sure that is not the case.
u can buy three 5800 phones for the price of touch HD :)
and there is nothing preventing u this using as business phone it has all the required stuff IMO
this phone can use previous 3rd series applications, which can download totally free , so this will be a good business phone too
It's a features-packed (WiFi, GPS/aGPS, 3G, accelerometer, proximity sensor, TV-out, 360 x 640 3.2" screen, 3.2MP camera w/ AF/flash, Carl Zeiss lense, and ect) smartphone (Symbian S60v5) at a mid-range price (under $400 unlocked/unbranded).
Let me know if you could find a better phone at the same price.
I'm not worried about street price because I am not in contract and have no issue signing a 2 yr contract with either AT&T or Sprint. If this has a subsidized price of under $100, I'm sold. Otherwise, it needs to be on par with other "top-of-the-line phones" like the HD (even the DIamond).
I realize that WinMo has its haters. However, theoretically, what does WinMo+TouchFlo3D offer that this phone cannot?
Does this phone use an Opera browser?
Thanks.
PS. In case you can't tell, I'm devastated by the news of the HD not coming to America. I need a new phone, and fast, but really don't want to settle for something less.
I hope they release the "Comes with Music" in the US on their E-series devices; yeah wishful thinking.
The phone's software IS NOT FINAL yet. I wouldn't blame OS for anything at this point yet.
Engadget's earlier review stated "no copy/paste," otherwise known as "why I don't own an iPhone." I'm not too impressed by what I've read about Symbian either.
Come on, HTC, you're killing me here.
This device has copy and paste but like all symbian device you cant copy the text of a web page. You asked about PIM abilities. Well am not 100% sure as this is a new platform for symbian but there is the ability to sync contacts, canlender, etc and symbian has support for exchange.
http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-5800-2-en.shtml
Thats a more detailed review of the device (thats the read link)
and for info on function read this google translation
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-s60-5th-edition.shtml&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-s60-5th-edition.shtml%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7DKUS
The review at mobile-review.com is very interesting. I'm no apple hater, but I specially liked this "(The iPhone) does have smoother and more eye-candy menus, similar video capabilities, but that's about it - in fact the iPhone packs in around a tenth of what the Nokia 5800 has to offer in terms of functionality." :-)