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mr_lou
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Posted: 2006-08-11 18:38
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Girlfriend needs a new phone. It’ll be either the SE K800 or the Nokia N70, because we can get those two cheap.

Now, the N70 looks nice because it has Symbian = she can run C64 emulator (Frodo) and play the good old games. That is a huge plus. We have also learned that the N70 can record video in high quality, but video-recording isn’t so high on the wish-list. Taking normal pictures is higher.

The SE K800 takes very nice pictures, and I know from experience with the K700 and W800 that the K800 is a superb phone, BUT it is not a smartphone so playing C64 games emulated is out of the question.

The N70 is therefore preferred right now, because of Symbian…. But we’re in doubt if it runs fast enough. We’ve seen several users complain about it being slow, which gets us thinking if it will run a C64 emulator like Frodo fast enough. That question brought us here. Can someone answer these questions for us?

1: Can the Nokia N70 run Frodo without problems? How many FPS can it give?
2: Is the Nokia N70 slow otherwise? (We know that the K800 can’t possible be slow. SE rules).
3: What would YOU prefer and why?

Thanks.
BobaFett
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Posted: 2006-08-11 19:00
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i would go for the n70, the symbian system is really impressive, except the crap keypad of it, i do liked it. k800 didnt impressed me that much. but it also depends on your own taste. did u gave a try for both fones already?
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dancingfate
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Posted: 2006-08-11 19:47
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SE K800 : descent 3.2MP Kamera with a bunch of nice features.
N70 is crap.
mr_lou
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Posted: 2006-08-11 19:59
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Thanks for the replies.

We have just read somewhere that the N70 can play SID files too (Commodore64 music). That is also a big plus.

Rifqi_Aziz: Why do you think the N70 is crap? What's your experience with it?
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:05
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@mr godaften did u gave atry for n70 already? thesymbian is really good, plenty of applications are for it, very fast on umts system, next to keypad the crap display resolution was disturbing for me. if it counts, the cam is accepteable aswell. i do liked the "mtv edition" of it, i saw it in copenhagen lately.
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mr_lou
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:10
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BobaFett: No, we haven't tried any of the phones. If we could try them out for a week before buying we wouldn't have to ask questions.
dancingfate
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:12
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@BobaFett
Who's "godaften"? Is it me or someone else?
@mr_lou
I don't have Nokia N70 but have had a little try of it. Its sound is really bad compare to W800. W800 also better in its 2 MP camera.
K800 is 3.2MP so it will definetely beats camera of N70.
The advantage of N70 over K800 may be for its Symbian OS only.
But if you do need a Symbian phone, why don't you consider Nokia N73? I think it's better than N70 and got a 3.2MP camera also.
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BobaFett
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:15
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@rifqi godaften means "good evening" on danish

@mr i get your point, but its really important to hold a fone in your hands and get so impressions, how does it feel at usage, how do u like the menu system etc
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Aware
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:20
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Had an N70(sim-free), media key stopped working(at all) after 2 days; it couldn't understand my contacts .vcf file and only added the first one(leaving some 483 'missing'); couldn't remember when it was supposed to be playing music(i.e: before AND after a call); the 220hz processor should have been left in a 6630; oh, and I had it flashed to v.5 firmware by Nokia, and only the media key was actually fixed! No change in operating speed, and music player started giving me spanish(? 'a processar' displayed when scanning for music) output!
Sold it 2 days later, got my P900 flashed to P910 f/w, and used that until I got my K800(which amazingly, has only one slight bug, and thats not any of those listed on here!)...............
BobaFett
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Posted: 2006-08-11 20:22
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i had ca 3 times n70, never had any problem with any of them. i upgraded it usually at nokia service center.
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maestro4
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Posted: 2006-08-11 21:12
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I've gone back to using my d750i after having my n70 for just one month it's an excellent phone by and large but very frustrating to use so now selling it:-(

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Dogmann
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Posted: 2006-08-11 21:51
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Hi all,
since my P910i stopped synching with outlook i have returned to Nokia first a N70 running the latest FW and have had no crashes or freezes but the menus and apps are slow to open plus if you have a Yahoo e-mail account you have push e-mail that works faultlessly. I now have a N73 (less than 48hrs) huge bright screen and all the menus and apps open really fast music player and stereo speakers are very good and the camera is awesome IMO.

Marc

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brix25
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Posted: 2006-08-11 23:57
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I was going to get a K800i but like my sig says I couldn't wait and instead went for an N70...nice phone to look at but the menus are slow. Otherwise the camera is reasonable, not quite as good as a K750 but still reasonable- actually quite better then my K700.
I love S60 and it's huge software library.
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voda_jon
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Posted: 2006-08-12 08:42
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yeh the N70 would have to be my choice if i hadnt picked up a Nokia N73 before lol...

Dont go for an N73 if u want loads of software as it runs Series 60 3rd Edition and there is hardly anything exciting software wise for it at the moment!!!

If u want software stick to the N70 or earlier...

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Posted: 2006-08-12 10:08
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If you really want Symbian, then by all means go for the N70, but the K800 beats it in everything else.
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