(keitai-l) Re: Usability on Japanese phones

From: Johan Bengtsson <johan_at_doberman.se>
Date: 06/14/03
Message-ID: <00e501c33292$92d6a3a0$5a04010a@LILLAJOHAN>
When I said that the 7650 was a joy to SMS on I was only comparing to
the equivalents out there with 9 keys. And I didn't compare to the
old-school phones that didn't have any capabilities beyond speach and
SMS.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net] On Behalf Of Jonas Petersson
> Sent: den 14 juni 2003 18:13
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: Usability on Japanese phones
> 
> 
> 
> Johan Bengtsson wrote:
> > > For instance, new Nokia's with Symbian are so difficult to 
> > > understand that it takes lot's of time to even send a single SMS, 
> > > not to speak of MMS.
> > =
> 
> > Interesting. The Nokia 7650 with Symbian 60 is the best phone I've 
> > ever=
> 
> > had for SMS. MMSing is also a joy on that handset (with the 
> exception 
> > that it does not support SMIL).
> 
> I would tend to mostly disagree. Although I prefer Nokias, I 
> can't really say that Symbian is making them more usesable. 
> In my case, I've used the Nokia 9110 (GEOS) ever since it 
> came out, I had great hopes for the 9210 (Symbian), but when 
> it was brand new the stability was just horrible, so I kept 
> my 9110 for over a year anyway. When they refused to repair 
> my 9110 I got the 9210 upgraded and it was OKish - I now only 
> need to reboot it about once a week (the 9110 would go in for 
> months). Still, the 9210 with LOTS more memory and a 
> magnitude quicker CPU still runs a LOT slower (searching from 
> users, calendar etc etc) and will only run about 2-4 apps 
> while the 9110 virtually had ALL installed apps running!
> 
> Can you say "Symbian is bloated"? A lot of people claim the 
> Symbian is the "Windows of the Phones" and in the 
> size/speed/crash respect I'm afraid they are 100% correct.
> 
> I've had a 7650 for a while now as I need the BT, MMS and 
> camera for projects, but for SMS, email, phonebook and 
> calendar, the 9210 is still my "real" phone (and I'd 
> "downgrade" it to a 9110 any day given the option).
> 
> > IMHO, Nokia have been the best manufacturer when it comes to text 
> > input=
> ,
> > T9 implementation and super quick process from wanting to 
> send an SMS 
> > t=
> o
> > having it done.
> 
> Agreed, but the 9x10 mini-full keyboard is *WAY* faster still!
> 
> 				/ Jonas
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Received on Sat Jun 14 19:34:01 2003