Nokia 2.0

You all know, Nokia invented mobile phone… Or, we get that feeling from time to time, seeing Nokia models popup every few weeks. Yes, Nokia is the best selling mobile phone brand in the world today. So they can play with some stuff that is characteristic for other manufactures (like HTC, HP…).
This can be a prologue to a new Nokia style – touchscreen symbian 5800 Xpress music and future model N97. First model, I’ll get this week to test, and I expect that N97 will be mine around end of April or in first weeks of May.
First immpressions about 5800 is that from behind looks like N73, but it has very big screen with good graphic possibility. But, more stuff when I get my hands on it…
See u…

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So, I’m back with more intel about Nokia Xpress Music 5800 Tube:

Available in blue colour at Telenor Serbia...

• phone is made for younger population, with very good multimedia platform – you can play almost any media format, open virtualy any web page.
• conectivity is great also: from basic GPRS to HSDPA (dual band) and WiFi, of course.
• In the package you’ll get a spare stylis(very rare on the market) + 8 GB microSDHC card. Superb!
• colours are Black, Red, Blue
• camera is mediocore for todays standards- only 3.2 Mpixels but it will do the job
• In Serbia, Tube is avaliable exclusive at Telenor Serbia and price is no more than in rest of the Europe – with 2 year contract it can be yours for 1/3 of its full price.
• For now, application support is too small and young so I will wait for some time to make my final decisio

While we are waiting N97 to show up, I would suggest to look some of the HTC models (you can use “The Stolen Roadmap”) and maybe you can find something for you.

I have a “qwerty” device. So I slide it…

Xperia X1

8 days past, since I got a Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 to do a test. And I have some interesting things to say about it. My feelings are mixed. On one side, we have a stylish phone, running Windows Mobile 6.1 Proffesional with all good and some of its bad things. On other side, I’m not sure that SE had to go on market with it just to make commpetition to Nokia (5800 Xpress music). They could go with cheeper stuff…

First, we’ll go with some unique stuff that came with it:

• slider mechanism is one of the best I have ever seen and used and for that I give SE a credit, but I taken that back because the buttons on keyboard is very anoying and my fingers are in pain (no more long sms for me)
• screen is VGA 480×800 and have a crystal clear picture, ideal for watching movies and with ambient light sensor to automatically change brightness of screen 
• it’s a very heavy device, compare it to its size (something that would be + and – for many users)
• “X-panel” is very good application, even it’s just a desktop changer (it is only way to start radio app) and give to X1 a much needed style
• and slider mechanism is the best! (I know, I said it before)

In package, you’ll get a aGPS, 3.2 Mpixel camera (standard and wide settings for pics and videos), HSDPA/HSUPA, WiFi, BT 2.0… Standard for todays devices on the market. About WM 6.1 I’ll not write anything because I want to make short review. Ok, it is standard Pro version, with no modification (except “X-panel”).

It is a very good device from SE but in my opinion, they got late with it. On same thing I can give and take credit – and we get a little more then mediocore phone (compare it to the ad and other WM phones). On market you can also find Samsung i900 Omnia and new HTC Touch HD (which is far more exclusive for same money). If they give us a X2 soon, they might be on right course (UIQ is dead, so generic OS isn’t something that is appeling anymore).

I’ll be watching…