Nokia 8800
Perhaps more than any other mobile phone maker, Nokia has been pushing the envelope in the form factor, with innovative designs, such as the Nokia N90 and the Nokia 7280. However, the image and fashion does not have much negative impact when the phone function, that is the case with the last company model, the Nokia 8800. While this slider phone is sleek and sexy on the outside, suffers from a narrow keyboard that is difficult to navigate, even for smaller hands. Furthermore, the battery life was disappointing we often unequal candidate for the nearest outlet after a long conversation. However, the Nokia 8800 has its high points: to 262,000 crisp color display, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and an SVGA camera. But around $ 900 for an unlocked version, you will pay a premium for these features, we suspect that the price will come down once a company takes the phone. With our money, we do not go with the Motorola Razr V3 and a phone that not only looks good but also works well.There 's no doubt the Nokia 8800 makes an initial striking impression with its striking silver chassis and complementary black and carbon gray accents. It is also thin and compact 4.2 by 1.7 by 0.6 inches, which is sufficient to fit in a pocket, but its stainless steel body, places it on the heavier side at 4.8 ounces. With its stylish look, not surprising that the 8800 making cameos aka TV or a movie of James Bond (who actually appears in Michael Bay's, The Island), in fact, were it not for the brand of Nokia on the screen, could not be sure it was a phone at all, since there is no visible keyboard or normal phone functions. The 1.7-inch diagonal screen is bright and beautiful, showing 262,000 vibrant colors and a resolution of 208×208 pixels. We had an easier time reading the 8800 screen to sunlight compared to other phones that have tested, but tends to keep a lot of smudges and fingerprints, like the phone as a whole.
Unfortunately, this slider phone stealth loses much of its charm and appeal once you open the phone. To reveal the keypad, use the notch means to promote screen up, mechanism of sliding is smooth and locks into place with a satisfying click. The keyboard maintains the same attractive combination of black and silver, but is too narrow and cryptic. There is a period four navigation switch with a center OK button below the screen, but the whole design is so flat that we had to play press attention and meticulously each directional key. However, most of the time, we just hit the wrong button. For example, we frequently hit the 2 button when actually trying to scroll through the menu. Flanking the control pad are the Talk and End buttons, but not marked as such and the keys are actually two films is case abroad. We could find out through this last playing with the phone and refers to the user guide, but our original intention was to attack the discussion and buttons to access these functions, we often hit the End button and left the entire menu when we had the intention hitting the right soft key only to withdraw from a submenu. The design of the buttons is a little better, but the bottom row of keys is problematic since so closely border the outer casing. Users with more digits should definitely take the 8800 for a test drive before buying.
As controls how the Nokia 8800 and other design features, not too many notes. The camera lens is on the upper back and is visible and active only when the phone is open. There is no flash or mirror for self portraits, and a dedicated camera key is urgently needed. We had to dig through multiple levels menu (Menu, Media, and the camera) just to activate the camera. You can, however, customize the right function key to be a shortcut to the camera or one of 26 other functions. There's a lone power button on the top of the phone, and two buttons to the right and spines on the left to access the battery and SIM card slot, but good luck prying the lid. The buttons are incredibly hard to press, especially to try to dispute the slide. We would also like to see dedicated volume buttons. On the upside, the Nokia 8800 comes with a nice set of accessories, including a wired headset, a holder / charger, a suede carrying case, and a travel charger. Other improvements are available for purchase, such as Bluetooth car kits for hands free cell phone use.
Although we are not happy with your design, the Nokia 8800 offers a good dose of features. The phone book size is limited by available memory (the SIM card has an additional 250 contacts) with room in each entry for five numbers, e-mail, Web, and postal addresses and notes. For caller ID purposes, you can pair a contact with an image, a group ID or one of 64 polyphonic ringtones, the phone also supports AAC and MP3 ringtones. For fans of messages, you can send text and multimedia messaging and instant messaging and email (SMTP, POP3 and IMAP4). The 8800 has a habit of PIM functions, such as a calendar, task list, a calculator, countdown timer, and a timer. The company also produces a couple of extras: a translator, and the Mobile Wallet 2.0 application that lets you store personal information – Like credit card numbers, receipts, and more – and can be password protected. Business users will be pleased to see the inclusion of the integration Bluetooth, a speakerphone, voice support pad, and PC synchronization with the Nokia PC Suite. There is also a WAP 2.0 wireless Web with support for EDGE speeds.
The Nokia 8800's SVGA (0.5 megapixels) camera is so disappointing for a high end phone, but that takes pictures in two sizes image (800×600 and 120×144) and three quality settings (High, Normal, and Basic). There is a 10-second self-timer, zoom and night mode available, but as far as the customization options, the only option you get is turn the camera on or off the sound – no fun frames, color tones, and so on. Once you add your photos, can save them on your 64 MB of internal memory, send them to others via multimedia message or Bluetooth, set an image as wallpaper or a protector screen, or upload to your computer. Vaccines photo quality was decent, but the night were mediocre, even with night mode. You can also use the Nokia 8800 camera to shoot 30-second video clips with sound or up to 74 minutes if you set the video clip in length. There is a convenient countdown timer at the top of the screen, and you also get the same options for image size and quality settings as it does in still camera mode, as well as a silent option. While the quality of the photos was fair videos were blurry and pixelated. The Nokia 8800 Carbon has a sophisticated multimedia player that can play AAC file formats and MP3, and video transmission, but perhaps most impressive is the that is one of the first phones to support the Advanced Audio Distribution Profile Bluetooth specification, which can stream music to Bluetooth headset or a Bluetooth headset. Worse, the 8800 also features an FM tuner, which does not require you to use the included wired headset, since it acts as a antenna and lets you save up to 20 presets. We plugged and in line with our favorite radio station, but did not quite get the full effect with a single handset.
You can personalize your phone with a variety of wallpapers, screensavers and themes, and more options are available for download from the Web. The Nokia 8800 also comes with ringtones for Sony Classical artist Ryuichi Sakamoto sounding strangely enough, in our opinion. For fun, you get three games – Chess, the Street Race and Golf Tour – which are enhanced by advanced 3D graphics and your excellent screen, but some of that fun is led by, of Again, the controls of overcrowding. We tested the triband (GSM 800/1800/1900, GPRS / EDGE) Nokia 8800 world phone in San Francisco area, and the quality of call was excellent. On our end, conversations sounded loud and clear, and our callers said the same about its end. Using the speakerphone diminished the quality of sound only slightly. With the call quality of the Nokia 8800 well, it's a shame the battery life was so uneven. After any telephone conversation some substance, the battery was reduced by a couple of bars, we have to run to the nearest store. By virtue of formal testing, however, the phone it was much better. We managed 4 hours, exceeding the rated talk time of 3 hours. In tests of waiting, the phone lasted for seven days compared with the promised time of eight days. According to the evidence of radiation from the FCC, the 8800 has a digital SAR rating of 0.46 watts per kilogram.
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