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NOKIA 8801

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Nokia 8801 Review

Nokia 8801 Review - Released last 2006, the Nokia 8801 was clearly marketed to target conspicuous customers. Designed to look stylish and luxurious, the Nokia 8801 is manufactured using stainless steel. It weigh about 4.8 ounces, making it heavy enough for users to feel comfortable. The 1.7-inch screen is covered by a glass but still manages to display rich colors even under direct light. When a button located at the bottom center is pressed, the keypad is snapped out of the casing. The stainless steel and glass material naturally attracts fingerprints and users would find themselves wiping the handset more frequently. Marketing this handset as must-have among stylish mobile phone lovers has been effective. The Nokia 8801 cuts a nice minimalist appeal. The keypad, although a bit small, is very handsome. 

The Nokia 8801 comes with an internal memory of 64MB to support the variety of multimedia applications including a media player that could stream music via Bluetooth. To activate the FM radio, the user must attach a wired handset. The media player supports MP3 and AAC files and comes with repeat and shuffle options. Surprisingly, the unit has a five-band equalizer which includes pop, jazz, rock, flat and classical plus two user-defined presets. 

The Nokia 8801 also comes with an SVGA camera for capturing images and videos and a main screen that features 262,000 colors. The camera includes several features including self-timer, night mode and 4x digital zoom. The video recorder, on the other hand, is capable of capturing about 60 minutes of video clips but that depends on the amount of memory available.

Measuring 107 x 45 x 16 mm and weighing just 137 grams, this handset can easily fit in pockets. Connectivity is provided by Bluetooth wireless technology which makes synchronization with the Nokia PC Suite and SyncML possible. The handset also features EDGE technology as well as the WAP 2.0 browser making high-speed data transmission possible. Users will be delighted with the ease of transferring images and downloading music as well as doing back ups. 

The messaging functions of this handset allows POP/IMAP email although there are some units, usually those unlocked versions, do not have the same features. At best, the Nokia 8801 will allow users to perform MMA and SMS messaging. Calling features allows five-way conference calls, voice dialing and hands-free calls. The Nokia 8801 works with GSM 850, 1800, 1900 networks and delivers excellent quality sound. Standby time lasts for as long as three days and talk time is for three hours.

To summarize, the Nokia 8801 is one gorgeous handset, fully-equipped with excellent synchronization and connectivity. The music player also stands out among its many other features. On the other hand, the handset might be a heavy for some people and the lack of volume rocker and expansion slot for additional memory might be a deterrent. Its price is also a bit at the high end and users usually think twice before purchasing this mobile phone considering the not-so-great camera and short standby time.

Nokia E65 Review - Nokia seems to have brought out the E-series branded mobile phones for the use of the business classes. Nokia E65 is a slider phone, having a dimension of 105mmx49mmx15.5mm, weighing only 105 grams with its battery, and is one of the smallest of its series. It has rounded edges, and soft material has been used in its construction, providing a small feeling in hand. It is smaller in size than the E60 model, which is a little larger than many standard phones, but a nice one to possess. The E65 Nokia mobile phone is easy to grip, with the sides having a rubbery feeling plastic. The front of the phone has a plastic housing for the controls and the screen. The battery cover of the phone gives a leather-like feeling, being made with the same kind of material as the front.

Nokia E65 is a slider phone, having a sturdy slider mechanism, and it provides a chunky feeling as you slide it up and down. The slider appears to be a definite improvement over the previous N80 or N95 models. The keys on the phone are made from hard plastic, and have the surrounds and the slider runner in metal, providing mechanical reliability to its sliding mechanism. The keys have ridges providing a good hold, though it looks horizontally cramped. As far as texting is concerned, the Nokia E65 features predictive texting, providing the advantage of fast text entry.

Nokia E65 mobile phone has 4 keys on the right hand side, featuring the record key for recording voice and voice commands, the pencil key, and the volume control. These controls are well positioned for left or right hand operation. The pop-port of the device is located at the bottom. The phone features USB port, Infra Red, Bluetooth, Email (POP, IMAP, SMTP & IMAP4), and Emailing with attachment.

The phone has quite a large screen, which provides 16 million colours. E65 comes integrated with a 2 megapixel camera, along with easy-to-use camera features. The features allow the user to take snap shots or record video using the camera. The high quality imaging feature of the phone, allows the user to capture, store, edit and share their photos, and recordings with others. The video recording feature allows playback, editing, sharing and stream video footage.

Nokia E65 has WiFi capabilities and is also a VOIP device. With this the phone has a internet capability, providing the facility to manage multiple SIP services, and allows to set up a VOIP call, when the SIP service has been successfully registered. The Nokia E65 supports “push” email services from Nokia, Microsoft (Exchange), Blackberry (Blackberry Connect), Good (Mobile Messaging) Visto, and more.

Besides the multimedia messaging system, Nokia E65 features impressive software suits, ranging from the standard PDM applications, to Word, Excel, PowerPoint (Quickoffice) and PDF (Adobe) documents, and others, which are available as standards in an E series mobile phone. E65 is a Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900), and WCDMA 2100 network phone, and has 50 Mbytes Memory plus MicroSD™ Card. The battery of the Nokia E65 has 6 Hours Talk Time,  and 265 Hours Standby time. It has Music Player (MP3 and AAC), Audio Streaming, MP3 and MIDI Ringtones, and Talking Ringtones. It is ready to play Java games, and supports downloading of music and games.