New phone: Nokia N70
So my mobile phone contract was to expire in less than two months, which means that I was given the option to extend my contrect, and getting a new phone in the process. As Nokia (S60) obsessed as I am, I chose the N70, which was delivered last Thursday. As I've played with it a couple of days now, I thought it'd be time to give some of my thoughts. Bear in mind that my previous phone was also a Nokia, the 7610.
In general, I'd say that the N70 is a beefed up version of the phone I had -- nothing spectacular, just an upgrade to bring in some of the state of the art features. The most obvious change is the keypad. The 7610 had a less traditional one, which I've grown used to, but I can say that I'm glad to be back at a more traditional layout. Another big plus is that the keypad is much more light touch than the 7610. The N70 has a 2MP camera at the back, and a 0.3MP camera at the front. Didn't get to shoot too many pictures with it yet, but the 2MP's look good. Last thing is that it's got a built in FM radio. It's a bit of a pity that the extension piece is required to use it, which unfortunately means that I can't use my own headphones. But I like having a radio in my phone, comes in handy when my MP3 player's battery dies or if I'm travelling on a Sunday afternoon :).
Software-wise there are a couple of changes. First of all, the N70 has a so-called 'active' stand-by screen, which means that it'll show you your agenda, and you have your most used apps on the desktop. Obvious, but very handy feature. Secondly, I'm glad that Nokia has decided to remove the positioning and presence and whatever interactive-capable-but-never-was-able-to-actually-use-it software that was present in the 7610. It has been replaced with a single chatting app -- which I think I still can't use becuase I don't know what chat server I would need to use. But I'm glad that Nokia is realizing that sometimes less is more.
Of coure, in addition to the standard apps, I directly installed some third party apps on it. I didn't like Nokia's new standard theme, so I installed the simple theme, as described in item no. 9 here. Contacts Transfer (which I've written about before) was used to copy the contacts from my old phone to the new one. AutoLock automatically locks the keypad after a specified number of seconds of interactivity. FExplorer is a very handy file manager. To upload photo's to Flickr I use Shozu. Furthermore, I installed the mobile apps from Plazes, and the Bemused client, which I use to control my media player.
In general, I'd say that the N70 is a beefed up version of the phone I had -- nothing spectacular, just an upgrade to bring in some of the state of the art features. The most obvious change is the keypad. The 7610 had a less traditional one, which I've grown used to, but I can say that I'm glad to be back at a more traditional layout. Another big plus is that the keypad is much more light touch than the 7610. The N70 has a 2MP camera at the back, and a 0.3MP camera at the front. Didn't get to shoot too many pictures with it yet, but the 2MP's look good. Last thing is that it's got a built in FM radio. It's a bit of a pity that the extension piece is required to use it, which unfortunately means that I can't use my own headphones. But I like having a radio in my phone, comes in handy when my MP3 player's battery dies or if I'm travelling on a Sunday afternoon :).
Software-wise there are a couple of changes. First of all, the N70 has a so-called 'active' stand-by screen, which means that it'll show you your agenda, and you have your most used apps on the desktop. Obvious, but very handy feature. Secondly, I'm glad that Nokia has decided to remove the positioning and presence and whatever interactive-capable-but-never-was-able-to-actually-use-it software that was present in the 7610. It has been replaced with a single chatting app -- which I think I still can't use becuase I don't know what chat server I would need to use. But I'm glad that Nokia is realizing that sometimes less is more.
Of coure, in addition to the standard apps, I directly installed some third party apps on it. I didn't like Nokia's new standard theme, so I installed the simple theme, as described in item no. 9 here. Contacts Transfer (which I've written about before) was used to copy the contacts from my old phone to the new one. AutoLock automatically locks the keypad after a specified number of seconds of interactivity. FExplorer is a very handy file manager. To upload photo's to Flickr I use Shozu. Furthermore, I installed the mobile apps from Plazes, and the Bemused client, which I use to control my media player.