October 2008
12 posts
5th edition contacts
At long last the contact application has been updated. joy of joys it used predictive text with the dictonary limited/based on your contacts. This is nothing new on phones (windows mobile smartphone has been doing it for 5/6 years) But its a massive check on the lists of nokia UI hates i have.
combined with the visual speed-dial on the home page - 5th edition is looking more and more wonderful -...
No 5800 til 2009?
According to this report the 5800 won’t be launching in the UK and most of europe until 2009. Due to the dreaded and universally hated operator mods. Though there’s no reason why sim free versions shouldn’t be available. DRM and operator customizations - two things we can all live without thank you.
the good, the good and the good.
Ok nokia - you’ve been a bit wide of the mark lately with competant products, but lacking that wow factor. Here’s some initial thoughts.
Bringing out 5th edition as a low priced music centric phone is good for many reasons.
1. Introduce a new OS via less demanding users. Most ‘normobs’ won’t want to install tons of apps, tweek the OS, use it for enterprise email...
It almost here........
…the first 5th edition symbian phone (theres no 4th edition as 4 is an unlucky number in asia - you’ll see no 4’s in any nokia products)
Personally much as I would love a feature packed, spec’d to the max N-series. This is the right product for market now. The Nseries flagship will come next year.
All the official stuff is here. And theres tons of launch event info over...
nokia announce the 5800 →
