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Nokia 8800 review

2008-01-28 15:32:23

8800 is a new sliding phone from Nokia. It has the dimensions of 107x45x16.5 mm and it weights 134 grams.The device has an interesting external design. The body is made of stainless steel, with the flat surfaces brushed, and the rounded surfaces polished. The surface of the phone is easily soiled and fingerprints stick to it. The glass on the phone is made out of sapphire, which is very solid and doesn't get scratched.


Nokia 8800

KEYBOARD

Nokia 8800 The sliding mechanism of the phone is very smooth, and it snaps into place making a click sound. It reveals a keyboard with plastic and small keys. The keys are black and silver,andand they have white backgroung lighting. There is also a four way navigation key with an OK button in the middle. The phone doesn't have a volume button on the side - the regulation of the volume is done using the navigation key.



SCREEN, CAMERA

8800 has a 1.7 inch diagonal, TFT screen, that has the resolution of 208x208 pixels and it shows 262 thousand colors. The display is bright, the picture is smooth and the screen behaves excellently on sunlight.

The camera is located on the back side of the slider and it has the SVGA resolution of 0.5 megapixels. It doesn't have a mirror for self portraiting or a flash. The pictures can be taken in two sizes, it has a zoom, night mode and self timer.

The quality of the photos taken is average in daylight and very bad at night. The only thing that in some way improves the quality of the pictures is an excellent screen. This kind of an advanced mobile phone should really have a better camera. It can also record videos.

Nokia 8800
APPLICATIONS

This mobile phone contains a number of applications like: calendar, to do list, calculator, countdown, stopwatch, translator, Mobile Wallet 2.0... The phonebook capacity depends on the amount of memory that is available on the card, and it is possible to add images, ring tones, e-mail addresses and home addresses to contacts.

The phone works on a tri band network (900, 1800, 1900), it uses GPRS, EDGE, and Bluetooth for connecting, and has WAP 2.0 wireless Web browser.

It has a media player, FM tuner with the capacity of storing up to 20 station presets, and for the entertainment there are three games with excellent graphics.

MEMORY, BATTERY

The phone has 64 MB of flash memory, and a Li-lon battery of 600mAh of capacity.

According to specifications, it should last for 3 hours of talk time and 192 hours in standby, but practice shows different. It is very weak and it burns out very fast.

The phone comes with a wired headset, desk charger, pouch, and a travel charger.

ADVANTAGES: Bluetooth, screen
SHORTCOMINGS: battery, keys