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Gizmodo verdict on dumbphones and the W995. |
ranzon
Joined: Nov 30, 2005
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From: western eu up
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whata relief, finally someones telling the truth, thats what ive been saying but always someones correcting with another embarrassing reason to get w995
nice phone with nothing new to a exorbitant price
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anonymuser
Joined: Dec 17, 2002
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On 2009-06-05 16:47:58, michka wrote:
Well, look at what happens to GM! 
Never a truer word. People will laugh at this, but I believe Nokia is going to be in serious trouble soon.
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kits
Joined: Oct 03, 2007
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I get confused when they compare smartphones and dumpphones. Really, what is lacking in W995 that smartphones have other than say nice email client that supports HTML? Not all smartphones OS support active standby screens. At least in case of SE phones there is a app that can show calendar events on standby screen. |
se_dude
Joined: Nov 07, 2007
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The gizmodo review was BS. It was just a way of promoting the iphone. Imagine clicking a picture with a 2mp iphone cam and with an 8mp w995 cam and displaying the pic in 600x400 pixels.
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Luci'sPower
Joined: Oct 29, 2006
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well i agree with you in the camera department..........but in rest i agree with gizmodo
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gola
Joined: Jul 17, 2007
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From: South Africa
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We all know that there is no way the iphone takes better pics than the w995... I smell a rotten apple 
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anonymuser
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On 2009-06-05 16:56:30, kits wrote:
I get confused when they compare smartphones and dumpphones. Really, what is lacking in W995 that smartphones have other than say nice email client that supports HTML? Not all smartphones OS support active standby screens. At least in case of SE phones there is a app that can show calendar events on standby screen.
It's all about the user interface. What's basically happening here is there's a new generation of smartphone (iPhone, Pre, Android) and they are killing both dumbphones and "traditional" smartphone OSs like S60 and WM on usability. The point of the article is why charge people for a long list of impressive features which, in practice, can't be easily used because the interface belongs in 2002.
In all honesty the same criticism is true of many older smartphones too, especially S60, and the article does touch on that.
The camera is a red herring, of course the W995's camera is better than the iPhone's (although perhaps not quite so good in low light going by that pic), but that has nothing to do with the point of the article.
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jack00
Joined: Feb 20, 2003
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thx Boinng
i'm glade that there are also people who can take off their pink glasses and look at this topic in a neutral way |
Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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i partly agree with the article, why get a java phone worth $600 when it cant even play my DivX movies, play my flv YouTube vids in its media player or allow me to install a decent web browser besides the resource hungry OperaMini. But at the same time the dude is praising the iPhone as if it is the best thing since sliced bread, personaly i like having sub menus, thats another thing i like about owning an S60 and even like WM for, i arrange the whole Menu system the way I LIKE IT, all the basics like Messaging, Call Log, Calender, Maps, Contacts, Music Player, Gallery, Camera, Settings and default web browser are in the Main Menu, then EVERYTHING else is placed in a sub menu folder called Applications and in there are a bunch of other sub menu folders each with a bunch of built-in apps and 3rd party apps that are related to the folder menu name and thats how i like it, the iPhone menu is WAY TOO basic for me, all though yes it is very pretty and flashy, whoopy twang !
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blerk
Joined: Jun 12, 2008
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From: London, UK
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It's not a review it's just a blog post, rant or column however you want to call it. But definitely not a review.
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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I get what he's trying to say but it comes across as a drunken rant.
One button press to activate the camera.
One to activate the media player.
What features is he referring to exactly? Did he not discover the shortcut menu? You can put a shortcut to any app there.
There are more expensive phones out there that do a lot less but if you have that much money to burn then its your money. Personally, I wouldn't pay that much for any phone.
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pt020
Joined: Aug 14, 2006
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From: Amsterdam NL
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my 4 years old W800i makes much better pictures ...one of the pictures of it
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se_dude
Joined: Nov 07, 2007
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I thought the W995 was available for a little over 500$s?? |
NightBlade
Joined: Jul 29, 2007
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From: Nessebar, Bulgaria
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The author was partly right about the feature phone thing, but still. Many people don't need app support. Many just want a nice feature-laden phone. And he didn't even write something remotely relevant to the phone itself (bar the suspicious camera performance test). Seriously, apple fanboi much?
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sambouka
Joined: Jan 04, 2006
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From: Mount Lebanon
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between 515 $ & 570 $
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Posted: 2009-06-05 16:49
