How 5800XM changed the way I use mobile phone

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desiibond

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It's been a 6 weeks since I started using Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. And in a span of one month, the way that I use my mobile has changed a lot.
Just a month ago,

Never wanted to use a mobile phone as PMP, had Cowon D2 for that purpose
Rarely used mobile to access internet
Never been active in social networking sites
Taking pictures was just out of question
Never wrote a blog using a mobile phone
Here is a brief list of phones that I had used in the past decade:

Sony Ericsson T100
LG 3100
Motorola L6
Nokia 6300
Motorokr E6
It was Motorola L6 that gave brief taste of internet on mobile phone but I hardly accessed internet from that phone. Nokia 6300 was the worst phone amont these, thanks to it's bad battery life, I never used it for anything other than calling and texting. Motorola E6 took me another step backward with its pathetic onscreen keypad using which even texting was difficult, not to forget the touch screen inaccuracy.

I used Motorokr for following purpose:

Calling
texting
internet when absolutely necessary
radio playback when at home
morning alarm

Finally I thought enough is enough and purchased Nokia 5800 XM.

Week 1:

First week, I spent time in getting used to symbian interface. The first relief for me was due to the onscreen keypad of 5800XM which as a thousand times better than E6's. This week I didn't search for applications as the default apps like browser, music player etc were more than enough for me.Tried to access the internet but it was dead slow and most of the time, pages just won't load.

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thanks guys. yes. it's a superb phone and i was a bit slow but now am totally addicted to this phone. Thank god I didn't buy this after marriage :)
 
cbotadra said:
Use iPhone for sometime and then see the real power of intelligent smartphone.

thanks. I am intelligent enough to use a good smartphone and I don't need my phone to be INTELLIGENT :)

yes. iphone 3GS is a great smartphone but it's nowhere in my budget.
 
Good post mate. Me too got my 5800 for about 2 weeks now and I'm enjoying the phone. Fully loaded and awesome VFM package. A good data plan is a must to utilise the full potential of the phone, which I'm still missing in Tata docomo, but hoping that plans will improve in a couple months once 3G is out. :)
 
arun687 said:
Good post mate. Me too got my 5800 for about 2 weeks now and I'm enjoying the phone. Fully loaded and awesome VFM package. A good data plan is a must to utilise the full potential of the phone, which I'm still missing in Tata docomo, but hoping that plans will improve in a couple months once 3G is out. :)
Thanks arun. yes. a good data plan is very much necessary for this phone. Else it only a part of this phone will be utilized.
 
Sorry , but listening to my friends 5800 , the audio quality is nowhere near good dedicated audio players , maybe it was the earphones or the equalizer settings , but the sound was muddy and unclear .
 
desiibond said:
of course, its not as good as the audio quality of PMPs. They are in a whole different level.

yeah, but its lot convenient to carry 1 single device for music + phone + navigation needs, then carrying separate devices.
 
Gaurish said:
yeah, but its lot convenient to carry 1 single device for music + phone + navigation needs, then carrying separate devices.

That's the reason why I sold off my Cowon D2 and been using 5800XM for everything.
 
but 5800xm has the best audio quality when compared to all other nokia phones !!

@jags1987 :

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Hey guys can some one post a list of important and useful applications that one should install in his/her 5800XM. And plus even some good games too. I have just installed X-plore, Resco-Photo viewer, Nimbuzz, Fring, Opera Mobile & Smart movie.
 
I stil feel Nokias touch screen capabilities are quite amateur. I was using iphone 2G previously but currently I am using iPhone 3GS. Even iphone 2G is a lot better when it comes to using touch interface of phone i.e email,sms, games and navigation through the phone.
I am not anti Nokia guy but frankly not only 5800 even the latest nokia N97 is nowhere closer to iPhones touch technology.
5800 is good VFM but I would stil prefer iphone 2G over it any day.
:)
 
it's the resistive touch that is the downside. nokia x6 with capacitive touch, kinetic scroll and 32gig onboard will work out much better.
 
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