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zahir
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 Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:36 am Post subject: What's your choice of phone? |
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I am willing to use HTC X7501
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pharmer4
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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hmm, interesting
I don't own a phone (well, not mobile), specifically because working in a rural town in the health professional, you don't want people to be able to contact you that easily - they ring for reasons that are far from emergencies.
When i become a proprietor, though, that will change. I'll definately look for a phone that can supercede my palm, and I prefer a full keyboard, so perhaps i'll check that thing out.
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Kovacs
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Well I use a Sony Ericsson K850i now. It's great because it has a 5MP camera so I actually use the camera on my phone now 
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Celvaeti
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I guess I'm an exception to the usual, here?
I can't stand those phones that have a billion features on them. Too confusing. My phone has precisely zero games on it, does not support web browsing, has no built-in camera, and in general can do very little besides making and receiving calls. That's how I like it, really--if I needed the functionality, I would get a laptop or something. =) I'm not a very mobile person, so phones and I don't get along much anyway. |
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Jacky
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:36 am Post subject: |
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| Kovacs wrote: | Well I use a Sony Ericsson K850i now. It's great because it has a 5MP camera so I actually use the camera on my phone now
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Unfortunately Sony Ericsson lags behind when it comes to features.
The Nokia N95 has the 5 megapixel camera for quite a long time already.
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LP-SolidRaven
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| Jacky wrote: | Unfortunately Sony Ericsson lags behind when it comes to features.
The Nokia N95 has the 5 megapixel camera for quite a long time already. |
I don't really agree on that, you need to buy an expensive nokia to even get close to the features of a regular sony ericsson.
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Kovacs
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| I've had 3 Nokia phones previous to my current phone and to be honest I have become sick of them. I think the OS of Sony Ericsson is much better than that of Nokia. |
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The Grinch
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| Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not really into cell phones or anything, so i just voted for basic phone, such as a home phone.
When im gone doing something i don't want to be reached period. Only if its an emergency and they can write a post card or send someone out if something bad happen.
it always annoys me when people are on their phones all the time and texting stuff, especially when im in the car with them and they are attempting to drive.
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Jacky
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| SolidRaven wrote: | | Jacky wrote: | Unfortunately Sony Ericsson lags behind when it comes to features.
The Nokia N95 has the 5 megapixel camera for quite a long time already. |
I don't really agree on that, you need to buy an expensive nokia to even get close to the features of a regular sony ericsson. |
Not really.
If you look at the market, especially at the models available, the number of models for Nokia is more than that of Sony Ericsson.
Nokia is good at software whereas Sony Ericsson is good at hardware.
You will always see people with Nokia having hardware problems and people with Sony Ericsson having problems with software. When I say this, I don't mean you. Go look at the mobiles forums and you will know.
| Kovacs wrote: | | I've had 3 Nokia phones previous to my current phone and to be honest I have become sick of them. I think the OS of Sony Ericsson is much better than that of Nokia. |
Nokia uses 3 operating systems to be exact.
The first, Nokia Series 40, is for standard phones, or what you call opposite of a smartphone.
The second, Nokia Series 60 (it's based on Symbian), which comes features-packed, is for smartphones. Nokia Nseries phones will have them, and some normal index phones (6120, for example) will also use it.
The third, which may be Symbian but another version different from the Series 60, is for Communicator phones, or lately the Eseries phones. These phones come with QWERTY keyboards and is designed for the business people.
And till now only a few phones of Sony Ericsson are using the Symbian OS.
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Rashy
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My phone is currently being held together by duct tape and paper clips. Its just a pretty basic cell phone made by Sanyo. No blue tooth, no web, no games. I just use it for calling and text messaging and I like it that way. I break things too easily to have an expensive phone
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desertray
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I don't really know the name of my mobile. <.< I do know it's Samsung and it's one of the new thin ones. I'm not really into phones so I don't use it that often, but I do have some music on it and use the camera a few times.
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LP-SolidRaven
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| Jacky wrote: | | I don't really agree on that, you need to buy an expensive nokia to even get close to the features of a regular sony ericsson. |
Not really.
If you look at the market, especially at the models available, the number of models for Nokia is more than that of Sony Ericsson.[/quote]
Yes, and most of the Nokia's don't exactly have that much features.
| Quote: | | Nokia is good at software whereas Sony Ericsson is good at hardware. |
I'd say Sony Ericsson is good at both. I actually had to install drivers the last time I tried to connect a nokia phone to my computer. My sony ericsson phone plugs in as a regular memory stick.
| Quote: | | You will always see people with Nokia having hardware problems and people with Sony Ericsson having problems with software. When I say this, I don't mean you. Go look at the mobiles forums and you will know. |
Nokia's are made fool proof, not that much options. Unless if you buy one of the really expensive ones (what almost nobody does).
| Quote: | Nokia uses 3 operating systems to be exact.
The first, Nokia Series 40, is for standard phones, or what you call opposite of a smartphone. |
Had a couple of those, almost zero features, the only one of those phones with enough features compared to the time it was released in was the 5510, but that one broke down.
| Quote: | | The second, Nokia Series 60 (it's based on Symbian), which comes features-packed, is for smartphones. Nokia Nseries phones will have them, and some normal index phones (6120, for example) will also use it. |
Used one for a really short while (long story I don't want to start about), not really worth it's price.
| Quote: | | The third, which may be Symbian but another version different from the Series 60, is for Communicator phones, or lately the Eseries phones. These phones come with QWERTY keyboards and is designed for the business people. |
Now those are really expensive and you're better of buying a palm treo instead (or something similar).
| Quote: | | And till now only a few phones of Sony Ericsson are using the Symbian OS. |
Symbian isn't the only OS for smart phones.
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Jacky
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| SolidRaven wrote: | | Jacky wrote: | I don't really agree on that, you need to buy an expensive nokia to even get close to the features of a regular sony ericsson.
Not really.
If you look at the market, especially at the models available, the number of models for Nokia is more than that of Sony Ericsson. |
Yes, and most of the Nokia's don't exactly have that much features.
| Quote: | | Nokia is good at software whereas Sony Ericsson is good at hardware. |
I'd say Sony Ericsson is good at both. I actually had to install drivers the last time I tried to connect a nokia phone to my computer. My sony ericsson phone plugs in as a regular memory stick.
| Quote: | | You will always see people with Nokia having hardware problems and people with Sony Ericsson having problems with software. When I say this, I don't mean you. Go look at the mobiles forums and you will know. |
Nokia's are made fool proof, not that much options. Unless if you buy one of the really expensive ones (what almost nobody does).
| Quote: | Nokia uses 3 operating systems to be exact.
The first, Nokia Series 40, is for standard phones, or what you call opposite of a smartphone. |
Had a couple of those, almost zero features, the only one of those phones with enough features compared to the time it was released in was the 5510, but that one broke down.
| Quote: | | The second, Nokia Series 60 (it's based on Symbian), which comes features-packed, is for smartphones. Nokia Nseries phones will have them, and some normal index phones (6120, for example) will also use it. |
Used one for a really short while (long story I don't want to start about), not really worth it's price.
| Quote: | | The third, which may be Symbian but another version different from the Series 60, is for Communicator phones, or lately the Eseries phones. These phones come with QWERTY keyboards and is designed for the business people. |
Now those are really expensive and you're better of buying a palm treo instead (or something similar).
| Quote: | | And till now only a few phones of Sony Ericsson are using the Symbian OS. |
Symbian isn't the only OS for smart phones. |
Nokia phones have features, but it's only for specific models.
It used to have lesser features, but over the years they have improved a lot, especially with the N95 where they abandoned Pop-Port in favour of 3mm earphone jack.
You don't need to install any drivers when you connect your phone to your computer. Using Nokia PC Suite (which you will find handy if you connect your phone to your computer regularly), you can use either Bluetooth, Infrared and cable.
When I mean software and hardware, I mean it as in the phone itself. I am not biased. My Nokia 6280 had so many hardware problems that I made more than 5 trips to the service centre for a warranty repair. But software-wise hardly anyone has problems with it.
Try browsing a few mobiles talk forums. It's always Nokia with its hardware problems and Sony Ericsson with its software problems.
I am not making a biased comment. More than once I see people having problems with Nokia's hardwares, especially its slider, and more than once I also seen people having problem with Sony Ericsson's software.
And Nokia some praise for its software (especially Series 60) and Sony Ericsson for its superb speakers.
Nokia Series 40 is made to be simple for economic phones. Even when they updated it, only a few features were added, and some are just upgrade of versions.
The early XpressMusic phones used the Series 40 OS, and later ones should be using the Series 60 already.
I have both a Series 40 and Series 60 phone. The Series 60 is feature-packed. It may not have as many features as Sony Ericsson or other manufacturers, but what matters is that the OS is enough for a smartphone.
Yes, maybe a palmtop might be more suitable if regular typing and checking of emails are needed, but you can't expect popular companies like them not coming up with one. Choosing a suitable one is for consumers. For the company they just have to come up with an idea or they will lose to other companies.
Yes, Symbian is not the only OS, but it's the most common OS used for phones, especially smartphones, with 6 companies including Nokia and Sony Ericsson having stakes in it and a 67% market share. Microsoft have a 15% market share and the remaining 18% by other competitors.
After some looking up, Nokia Series 40 is also based on Symbian but it has lesser features than the higher-end ones.
And I am not criticising Sony Ericsson. It's also good that they used Symbian for their smartphones.
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LP-SolidRaven
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| Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2008 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| Jacky wrote: | | Nokia phones have features, but it's only for specific models. |
Several other brands have a lot more features for less money as I said before.
| Quote: | | It used to have lesser features, but over the years they have improved a lot, especially with the N95 where they abandoned Pop-Port in favour of 3mm earphone jack. |
Ironically my 5510 already had a regular earphone jack.
| Quote: | | You don't need to install any drivers when you connect your phone to your computer. Using Nokia PC Suite (which you will find handy if you connect your phone to your computer regularly), you can use either Bluetooth, Infrared and cable. |
The Nokia PC Suite contains the drivers...
| Quote: | | When I mean software and hardware, I mean it as in the phone itself. I am not biased. My Nokia 6280 had so many hardware problems that I made more than 5 trips to the service centre for a warranty repair. But software-wise hardly anyone has problems with it. |
There are worse brands, from my experience siemens is the worst one of all.
| Quote: | | Try browsing a few mobiles talk forums. It's always Nokia with its hardware problems and Sony Ericsson with its software problems. |
I don't go to forums like that cause they're always hide outs for one group of people.
| Quote: | | I am not making a biased comment. More than once I see people having problems with Nokia's hardwares, especially its slider, and more than once I also seen people having problem with Sony Ericsson's software. |
Repeating yourself, are you?
| Quote: | And Nokia some praise for its software (especially Series 60) and Sony Ericsson for its superb speakers.
Nokia Series 40 is made to be simple for economic phones. Even when they updated it, only a few features were added, and some are just upgrade of versions. |
Unless you're willing to pay a lot of money you won't get a lot of features on nokia phones. You're better of buying a PDA with phone support.
| Quote: | The early XpressMusic phones used the Series 40 OS, and later ones should be using the Series 60 already.
I have both a Series 40 and Series 60 phone. The Series 60 is feature-packed. It may not have as many features as Sony Ericsson or other manufacturers, but what matters is that the OS is enough for a smartphone. |
The only real smart phones in my eyes are PDA's that have phone support. Everything else doesn't really belong to the category smartphone. They always lack something.
| Quote: | | Yes, maybe a palmtop might be more suitable if regular typing and checking of emails are needed, but you can't expect popular companies like them not coming up with one. Choosing a suitable one is for consumers. For the company they just have to come up with an idea or they will lose to other companies. |
Almost nobody knows about the Palm Treo's and PDA's with phone support. They're a lot cheaper than most of the current "smartphones".
| Quote: | | Yes, Symbian is not the only OS, but it's the most common OS used for phones, especially smartphones, with 6 companies including Nokia and Sony Ericsson having stakes in it and a 67% market share. Microsoft have a 15% market share and the remaining 18% by other competitors. |
Market share can never be compared with quality.
| Quote: | After some looking up, Nokia Series 40 is also based on Symbian but it has lesser features than the higher-end ones.
And I am not criticising Sony Ericsson. It's also good that they used Symbian for their smartphones. |
In the end the only real smartphones are PDA's. And I don't see a lot of PDA's that run symbian. The PDA market is pretty much shared between Windows CE/Mobile, Palm and Linux based operating systems.
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Jacky
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According to what I know the Nokia 5510 was released in 2001. They were using the regular earphone jack then, and switched to Pop-Port upon colour-screens.
I don't know how many Nokia phones you have owned before, but if that's the last Nokia phone that you had, then you are way behind time.
Nokia phones back then don't have much features. They released another model with MP3 player back then, but because of the technology then and its bulkiness, it was poor in sales and they stopped creating MP3-dedicated phones until after they had slider phones.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | Several other brands have a lot more features for less money as I said before. |
Same for lower-end Sony Ericsson phones.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | The Nokia PC Suite contains the drivers... |
Sure, they do.
The Memory Stick is a flash memory card. You can't use that to compare to a phone plugged into your computer with a cable.
If you take out the mini/microSD card, plug it into a SD adapter and into your computer, no drivers are needed too.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | The only real smart phones in my eyes are PDA's that have phone support. Everything else doesn't really belong to the category smartphone. They always lack something. |
A smartphone is not a PDA with phone support. Smartphones are smartphones. PDAs are PDAs. Smartphones are phones that provide advanced capabilities beyond that of a typical mobile phone. There's no standard definition for it.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | Almost nobody knows about the Palm Treo's and PDA's with phone support. They're a lot cheaper than most of the current "smartphones". |
Because they are more of a PDA than a phone. People seeking a phone may not know of it.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | Market share can never be compared with quality. |
True, but it's still popular than the others.
As for quality, it depends on the features. Phone manufacturers are provided with parts of its source code and they can introduce additional features themselves.
And coming back to popularity, Symbian has a 72% market share in the smartphone market, Windows Mobile having a mere 6% and Linux having 13%, both not even half of Symbian's.
And a simple poll in a mobile phone talks forum will tell you that Symbian is the most preferred OS, even if you provide Linux and Windows Mobile.
| SolidRaven wrote: | | I don't go to forums like that cause they're always hide outs for one group of people. |
What I have said may not be based on anything. I have never seen people in those forums "towards one manufacturer only". Even if you believe so, do it on multiple forums.
It's up to you whether to visit those forums a bit or "avoid forums that is for a particular group of people".
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