Saturday, April 18, 2009
Nokia 5800 Annoyances
Further to my recent post about Nokia's 5800 touch screen mobile that's their answer to the iPhone. I have found that when I'm using an application, such as the built in Sat Nav and the mobile rings, as soon as I've pressed the answer button I'm taken back to the application instead of staying on the call screen. This means that I have to switch applications back to the call screen to turn on the speaker, which I use when I am in my car. This is a really annoying feature, and one that I hope Nokia fix in a future firmware update.
I have seen pictures that purport to be the firmware from Nokia's N97 ported to the 5800. It appears to let 5800 users rotate the home screen, which we can't do at the moment, but could do on my Nokia N85. It appears to be a more refined version of the S60v5 operating system on the 5800. Hopefully more information will come to light about the hack that allows this soon.
Labels: 5800, iPhone, N85, N97, Nokia, S60v5
Monday, April 13, 2009
Nokia 5800 Mobile Phone
Not having O2 where I live, and not wanting to jailbreak an iPhone, I have opted for a Nokia 5800. Using mainly Macs myself, I have found that it syncs to a Mac very well. Nokia have done a good job with their Mac software, and they have iSync conduits for all their compatible phones available for download from their website.
The interface isn't quite there yet, but overall I am impressed by the S60 touch interface that Nokia have implemented on the 5800.
Having such a large screen is great. It is excellent for watching programmes from iPlayer, films etc. It is also good for showing more information than a smaller screen mobile, such as when viewing calendars.
So far, for such a cheap phone, I can highly recommend the Nokia 5800 if you have a Mac.
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