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Hobbs
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And also from gsmarena a offering from sony ericsson called Aspen.what do you think? me,nothing i'm afraid.
looks nice,runs windows,but doesnt do it for me.maybe i'm just over phones and nothing can get me salivating like i used to.not even maemo.
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@HOBBS: That new Aspen is like Jacob Zuma only neutered by a small screen, which takes a way from the touchscreen. Another vanilla phone for corporate types who stubbornly refuse the amorous advances of both RIM and Nokia.
Today I took my E66 into Vodacare @ Century City for repairs to the built-in memory card reader...hopefully I get it back in no time.
Wanted to get a new (cheap) phone but RICA regulations have made buying a phone without an ID and proof of address virtually impossible. So now I'm without a phone coz Vodacare don't have any crappy loan phones.
Comes to think, I should've taken up that offer from Cell C.
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Taken from The Register:
'Nokia slashes prices to up market share ante
Rolls up sleeves for imminent manufacturer slugfest
After a year almost in the shadows, Nokia is back in the cellphone limelight and is showing its aggressive face to those seeking its crown.
It has already thrown down the gauntlet to Google with its free mapping and navigation promise, a move that is already shaking up the personal navigation space. In the first weeks of this year, it has also cut prices on its mass market phones and plans heavy advertising behind key media devices like the latest X6 music handset.
With its eyes on Samsung's leap in market share in the last quarter, Nokia seems to be gearing up for a price war, having reportedly addressed some of the rare inefficiencies that were creeping into its mighty supply chain in mid-2009. It cut prices across its portfolio last week, making its 5230 the cheapest Symbian device on the market and going head-to-head with Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson in the midrange.
Nokia generally reduces prices across its range a few times a year as it introduces new models and adjusts to changes in demand, but this was particularly stringent. Reuters news agency reports that prices were slashed by as much as 10% on a broad basis.
The 5230 is now retailing for 170 ($239) unlocked, or as little as $110 on pay-as-you-go, and its wholesale price is below 120. This makes it hugely competitive in developing economies and in the expected boom area for early 2010 - the affordable open OS handset. This rises in importance as first-time smartphone users and the youth market shift away from featurephones.
The 5230 is typical of the breed of phones targeting this space. It has the same 3.2-inch touchscreen as the popular 5800 music smartphone, and many of the same features, but skimps on a few areas, such as memory, to keep the cost down. It incorporates GPS and Ovi Maps, including turn-by-turn navigation and 3D landmarks, and Symbian S60 5th Edition.
Nokia needs to leverage its huge economies of scale to ensure that pushing smartphone capabilities into the mainstream does not impact its margins disastrously. In the fourth quarter of last year, the average wholesale price of its smartphones dipped from 190 in Q309 to 186.
This will mean keeping its higher margin models desirable, which may entail higher advertising spend in the short term, one executive agreed last week. For instance, Nokia plans to spend "multiple millions of euros" in several key European markets, including the UK, to support the new 16Gb iteration of its X6 phone, and pitch the handset far more directly against the iPhone.
The new device will ship on February 24 and boasts the biggest marketing budget ever for a single product Nokia release, according to Marketing Week.'
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For instance, Nokia plans to spend "multiple millions of euros" in several key European markets, including the UK, to support the new 16Gb iteration of its X6 phone, and pitch the handset far more directly against the iPhone.
ROLMAO!!! The X6 is an over-priced, slightly updated version of the 5800XM...which is only selling like hot cakes because Nokia have dramatically reduced prices and the networks are giving them away to whoever feels like wearing a two year ball-and-chain around their ankles.
But even with all that negativity, I have to concede that Nokia still make good phones even when they were rushed intoi releasing S60v5 to compete against the iPhone. That battle has been lost and like the article says, Nokia will have to cut prices on the mid to lower-end to justify some of the vanity priojects like Maemo. Nokia's newest platform won't find immediate traction amongst consumers and networks but could become a real threat to the likes of the iPhone when leveraged against available apps in the Ovi Store, speaking of which is still very disappointing. But Ovi Maps rock!!
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gola
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That Aspen lokks like a Nokia, lol, no wonder someone asked if a Sony Ericsson was a nokia the other day on Esato, to think, he was ridiculed...
Wanqs & GUCCI
So what do you guys think of Jay Z's on to the next music video 
You gotta love the Young Money "Bed Rock" song though...
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Hobbs
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@Brix Hope you get your E66 back in good time.
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Gola
Lol! That video is uhmm interesting, the track itself is dope,been pumpin both it and Venus vs. Mars.
Bed Rock is too fresh,and the video is just too good man, Young Money are killin it.
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Got myself a new LCD monitor.A LG 21.5" Full HD 1980x1080 resolution.Dits baie lekker.Watched Star Trek,Serenity and Iron Man last night on it.Its pretty cool.Also played Need For Speed Underground and its fantastic.My graphics card handles the game with all the settings on and at full configuration.Loving my new PC setup.Screw phones.I think Im going to be spending my bucks on PC goodies in the future.
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OVI Maps in OVI store.This is what I get....
Sorry, this item is not available for the Nokia E90 Communicator.
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amawanqa
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@ gola:
I've been so out of touch with the music scenes lately, no thanks to little spare time due to mounting work pressures. Will check it later on Yhu-Tjoeb if I remember.
In other news today, (care of GSMArena):
'LG fourth quarter results are out: another record broken
03 February, 2010
LG have just published their financial results for the last three months of 2009 and they certainly have every right to be proud with them. The company has recorded their highest fourth quarter earnings ever, beating their previous best by about 7 percent. The sales of the conglomerate totaled 12.2 billion US dollars, while the operating profit rose to 382 million dollars.
The mobile division fared reasonably well, managing to sell 32 percent more mobile phones compared to Q4 of 2008. The 33.9 million units shipped give LG a global market share of about 11.3 percent, which is more than enough to reconfirm its status as the world's third largest phone manufacturer.
However the reported mobile phone sales totaled 3.3 billion US dollars, which is a 5 decrease compared to the last quarter of 2008. Its operating profit was 57 million dollars, resulting in a margin of merely 1.7 percent.
LG see their robust growth in North America, Europe and emerging markets (what's that - the whole world?) as the main reason for their market share increase and is targeting a further 19 percent increase in unit sales to 140 million in 2010. We are yet to see though if they will also be able to make more money out of it.'
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Tsepz_GP
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Lol Hobbs,ya NOKIA's support for S60v3 FP1 phones seems to be quickly coming to an end after 3years of great support, NOW that FP1 phones dont 'fit' into their future plans. The support for S60v3 FP1 AND S60v5 is like day and night,even the quality of apps etc. . . I thought i'd enjoy having both S60v3 and S60v5 side by side, but going back to V3 on my n81 or e75 is just weird and unbearable. Used a friends n96 yesterday and it felt like a big step back. Ovi Store on v3 is appauling compared to v5.
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Howzit everybody,
How's everybody doing? Im doing alright, iv got 2 months left in college, busy sending my cv to a few dealerships so i can get a job. And im also at this moment busy with my n2. Once im done with that im going to do n3. Haven't done much else. Had a gr8 christmas and new years. The x1 is going good. Put a new rom on it. But it was a bad rom. So i put the old one back on. Now its good. I kinda dont like wm. Ui isn't the greatest. But with spb it makes it alright.
I hope all is good with everyone, will speak again.
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gola
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GUCCI
I wouldn't be surprised if that music video has nothing to do about Venus or Mars...
Hobbs
Talking about Iron man, the sequel is coming out in May 
It's got that guy from the Wrestler as the villian, but best of all, Scarlet Johansson is also there... 
Kyle
Nice one bro, wish you all the luck
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@GOLA Cool.Thought it was really good.I like Robert Downey Jnr.Glad he overcame all the shit he was getting himself into...drugs ect and is back.He's a really good actor.
Yeah GUCCI.I don't really use the E90 much anymore.Was just curious to check out the free OVI MAPS etc Wanted to see what all the fuss was about.Gotten a nice flow going with the iPhone at the moment and am really enjoying it.Once you get a rhythem going with this iPhones UI it is truly a wonderful phone.Forget about specs and multi-tasking and camera ect Doing the job at hand and just the job at hand it is smooth,fast and quite pleasurable.Put me up against any phone on the market in a speed typing contest (except the Nokia 3310 lol) and I'll whip their ass.Love my Facebook and Twitter app,messaging is spectacular,and once you get use to mastering the browser its kick ass.Also jthe iPod on it is top nothch with good speakers.My days of going app crazy loading every Tom,Dick and Harry is over.Im more sensible like RHINO and just load what I need and use on a daily basis.I havent had an opportunity to play on a 5800 or an Android phone at yet so I cant compare.Would love to see what the iPhone 3GS can do with it doubling everything performance wise.
No more upgrades for me until jthe iPhone and E90 die on me and that my friends should be in a verrrrrrryyyyy long time from now.
First contract coming up in July......TERMINATE!
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The free Maps is fantastic,even gives weather. In the early hours of saturday morning my mates and i were driving home when we got invited to a house party all the way in Orange Grove lol, there were 3 of us in the car, so it was my 5800xm, friends e71 and anothers e75. 5800 with the free Maps3 locked on to GPS in a second, a lot faster than the other 2, searched for the street we were trying to find as we had no clue where orange grove was lol, within seconds the 5800 had found the street and was giving us voice guidance in a Surfer Dude voice  some 20km later we arrived. I think by default these Maps were set to avoid traffic as it guided us through back roads and used main roads least as it could. Overall great stuff, NOKIA realy went all out with the Maps, the UI is totaly different from previous versions,and lock time to satelite is almost instant even indoors.
Glad you're enjoying your iPhone Hobbs. Ive compared the 3GS to 5800xm speaker wise, and the result was 5800 blew the 3GS out the water, i have no idea how NOKIA managed to fit such big and loudspeakers, i think the 5800 is the loudest phone out right now,it is almost unecessarily loud. Im definetly not terminating any contracts but i realy think i should just delay my upgrade,im so satisfied with the 5800, it takes me back to when i got the W800,5800 just fills every need and want,not the best out there but its got it all in one device that weighs under 110g. I see the iPhones, Satios, and HD2s but i just dont care for them anymore, only phone i like is N900, but that is a thick and heavy brick, 5800 just covers ALL that i want in a device, ergonomics is just tops on this thing.
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