Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone 275
prostoalex writes "The new Nokia 7600, reviewed by people at MobileMag is a 3G/GSM phone with radically new design and built-in functionality of an MP3 player, multimedia browser and digital camera. The phone supports WCDMA as well as GSM 900/1800. Some pictures of the product are available at Nokia's site. This is perhaps Nokia's first attempt to marry mobile phone and PDA in a lightweight and thin formfactor."
PDA? (Score:2, Interesting)
What gives you the idea that this is supposed to be a foray into the PDA arena by Nokia? The tiny display doesn't make it seem like a PDA. The lack of a stylus input doesn't make it seem like a PDA.
It looks like a repackaged 7650, designed to sell to rich German kids with more money than sense.
Re:all in one? really? (Score:3, Interesting)
The 4kHz bandwidth of the phone system was designed in from year dot because it is the lowest figure which can practically be used. The perceived quality could be vastly improved by simply doubling this figure - it's not necessary to reproduce hi-fi quality. This would not cripple the phone system, because the take up of phones which supported this would be gradual. The phone companies could charge double the price to those who wished to use it as an added value service. As the profits of the phone companies are mostly derived from selling bandwidth, this would be a sound business move.
Ugly, not designed for human use... (Score:4, Interesting)
By far my favorite so far is the Samsung SPH-i500 (see it here [cnet.com]), and it's upcoming successor, the SGH-i500, which will be the GSM version, with Palm OS 5 and other goodies.
This is what I've been waiting for, for some time - a cell phone, with a Palm OS PDA built in, and complete integration between the two. You can manage one address book, click on your Palm address book and dial from there, search Zagat.com with a Palm web browser to find restaurants while walking the streets of New York, and pretty much do all the stuff I've always wanted to do with a PDA, but couldn't because it didn't have an internet connection, and getting one added on was too bulky/expensive, and browsing on your cell phone was waaaay too awkward for anything other than the simplest polling of your email to see any new subject lines, maybe reading a short email from a friend.
The CNET reviews are definitely mixed, but I spent an hour or two playing with my friend's SPH-i500 and I'm totally hooked. Now I just need to convince myself to spend 600 bucks on it, after my last large PDA expenditure on a Clie that I use once every month or two.
People have no clue when they say ALL IN ONE! (Score:4, Interesting)
For anyone who lives and dies by their palm, take a look at KeySuite. It blows everything else away. The sync NEVER fails and it can have as many cals, address books, and todo's as you want, even from public exchange folders! YES! MULTIPLE!
PS. I am no shill. I just LOVE that program. And every time I hear that "SomethingXYZ(TM) can replace your palm!" I fear my time is being wasted by a reviewer who is younger than than Palm OS itself.
Re:New Ugly Duckling (Score:5, Interesting)
The 3650 isnt really ugly...its shaped like a normal celly and really the only unorthodox thing is the keypad, which doesn't take much to get used to and is actually good for typing with t9.
Its larger than average cell phones but not larger than ones of the past. I went from a Mitsubishi t250 to the 3650 and the nokia was lighter.
And...the beauty of gsm is the sim card. just buy a smaller more compact 'normal' phone for the times you just need that.
Re:Ugly, not designed for human use... (Score:3, Interesting)
Anyways, the handspring has this fully integrated qwerty keyboard and I have had a chance to try it. Works much better then I expected. I managed to type someones address as they where giving it to me.
Re:what's the the numeric keypads ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:First attempt? (Score:3, Interesting)
Different form factor for different uses, this is the gadget that might make 3G seem a little cooler.