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P900 beaten by... N-Gage |
Super G
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/68/34371.html
Or said otherwise: UIQ beaten by S60 (is that a surprise really  )
I like that part of the article:
"As a smartphone, we enjoyed using the N-Gage more than we did Sony Ericsson's new P900. Much as we liked the P900's hardware, we didn't get on so well with its UIQ user interface. We weren't keen on its look and feel, and found it slow and unresponsive to use. The N-Gage's shares the P900's Symbian OS foundation, but uses Nokia's own Series 60 UI. It's not only more aesthetically pleasing than UIQ, but felt quicker to use.
We ran Apple's iSync to transfer nearly 300 contacts to the N-Gage via Bluetooth. The software detected the device immediately, and the sync was fast and free of the 'will it work this time or not' uncertainty we experienced with the P900.
Scrolling through the list of names was reasonably quick, but jumping to a letter made tracking down the right individual even fast. Select them, and up come their details. Scroll down to phone numbers - highlighted with telephone or mobile icons - or email address, and initiating a call or sending a message is a click away.
Calendar entries are similarly easy to read, cramming in not only appointment details, but day, week and month views that are pleasant to read. There's no need to squint. On the basis of the P900's UI, we decided we couldn't move from our trusty PalmOne Tungsten to a smartphone. Having tried Series 60 on the N-Gage, we're no longer so sure."
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JohnM
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From: Burton-on-Trent , UK
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You can't compare a handset like the Ngage (which is essentially a gaming device) with a P900 which is still a phone but manages to incorporate PDA functionality. A better comparison would be between a P900 and 6600.
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Krubach
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@Super G
Isn't that an advertising page? It sure looks like one...
@The guy who made the article:
...as previously stated before:
NOT COMPARABLE!
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mmsman
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From: slovenia
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lol that's one heck of a dumb article 
lol it's just like saying series 40 is faster than s60
ah what the heck i'm not going to go into this again....
@super g: i guess you don't have a p900 eh?
edit: actually i had a look at the two revies p900 and n-gage and as far as i can see they think p900 is better except for the ui which they think it isn't good.....
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Krubach
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This isn't about Super G.
He just posted an article written by someone else.
I'm sure he is laughing as much as we are. 
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mmsman
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well actually i have read the p900 review and he is actually very fond of the device so....
and well he isn't really comparing the two phones he just pointed out the s60 is still an excellent ui, he just mentioned that uiq isn't in his opinion that good because it doesn't have a "real" today view etc.
and about the sync he only mentioned that nokia has better sync with macs than se...
so i don't get the point of this thread 
@krubach: ok i think we all know that super g is a nokia die hard fan and he IS luaghing but not because of the artivle itself but because they say nokia is better than se......
which they btw don't say....
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andrew99
Joined: Nov 29, 2001
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From: london
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Here's a few more comments on the n-gage...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/35955.html
just to stir things up! 
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JohnM
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Flying Finn
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From: Finland
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On 2004-03-02 13:05:00, JohnM wrote:
A better comparison would be between a P900 and 6600.
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As what comes to the features theregister tested, the N-Gage is pretty much identical with the 6600 (both being Series 60). If you compare the N-Gage to the 3650 respectively, the only difference is the lack of camera and the addition of stereo sound for the mp3 player and FM radio (the N-Gage also has more RAM to run the games but that's a hardware thing).
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Super G
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From: France
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Absolutely no point in this thread at all... or...
I just thought it was funny that for once a news website acknowledged some good points of N-Gage vs other device, here P900.
At the end it goes down to Series 60 vs UIQ. Not very comparable in term of UI itself as they use two different approaches, but still the comparison in terms of responsiveness, intuitiveness and clarity still holds for these smart phones, as for a smart phone (obviously not a Smartphone (r)), the UI and OS are very important. |
ac
Joined: Feb 09, 2003
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From: India
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IMHO, the N-Gage and the P900 are too different to be compared. The P900 in any case is superior. But if the N-Gage was a little smaller and without the moronic side-talking problem things would have been VERY different.
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tom_riddle
Joined: Sep 24, 2002
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i dont think nokia n-gage is comparable to a p9.
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mmsman
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From: slovenia
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actually i think we are not comparing p9 to a n-g but uiq to s60...... |
BobaFett
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This comparing thing is a joke by my opinion. Of course u can compare everything with everything, but only if there is a certain kind of logic.
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Red_Five
Joined: Jan 19, 2004
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From: UK
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At the end of the day, they are just 2 differnt phones doing different things.
If you want a phone which can double up as a PDS, get a P900.
If you want a doner kebab which makes phone calls and plays games, get an N-Gage.
If you just want to debate which is better, go away and find a N*kia forum. |
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