The only real advantage to running the Nokia in Japan is that it has
Bluetooth and will iSync calendar and to-do with a Mac. It also
allows neat little tricks like sending an SMS from one's desktop
rather than having to key it in through the keypad, and having caller-
id driven message show up on your desktop screen saying who is
calling the keitai. Being able to SSH into a server is cute too, as
is the using it as a remote control... (Can someone in England
confirm - if one sends an SMS to a UK landline, is it "read out" by
computer? I owe the suggestion to a Boothby Graffoe sketch - not the
most reliable source.)
But since Voda crippled unsigned 3rd party installation of files
without a lot of messing around, any advantage is lost for "ordinary"
people. (Manual installation onto the RSMMC card is a pain - manual
installation onto internal memory - which some things require - is a
royal pain... Thanks the gods for FExplorer)
It is also not really "marketed" as such - Voda seem to have no clue
what to do with it. So useless are they that - AFAIK - it is not
possible to buy the RSMMC cards at Voda shops - despite them being
unavailable at most retailers and the base unit coming with a meagre
32meg . One has to hit the net.
So Voda JP have screwed up with the 702NK (6630) - as they have
screwed up on lots of things of late. 72000 subscribers down on the
last quarter - and hardly surprising given the DIRE commercials they
are currently running.
My biggest gripe with the 702NK - apart from general speed - is that
one cannot bluetooth a file larger than the size of the remaining
internal memory. So using it as a Music/Video device is limited to
smallish files (5 or 6 meg) without pulling the card. THAT was an
"i286" decision by someone....
But that's enough bleating about the 702 for today.... And after all
- it is/was available for 1yen.
Nick
Received on Tue Jul 26 06:53:38 2005