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-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [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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