DISQUS

Matjaž · 1 year ago

iPhone doesn't support sending contacts via SMS, too. :-(

Bufo · 1 year ago

Hi Jure, tnx for the pingback! Well, I agree with you, the interface is horrible. My first post was mainly about the aproach the provider did, even though I forgot to mention why I'm pitching it in my blogpost ;) . I haven't jet posted a review of the usability but the user experience is really bad.

aquatix · 1 year ago

You might also want to consider the Nokia E71; it's almost the same form factor as the BlackBerry, but it looks to me as a way more decent (Symbian) device. I've heard some good stories about it too and am oggling it myself as replacement for my Sony Ericsson m600i. If only it had a touchscreen :)

UrbanSkudnik · 1 year ago

My advice would be that you either wait for N96 and see what Nokia has to offer or choose one of the E series (E71 is sweet). Those N95s that I saw weren't withstanding the test of time very well... And battery life was also in the range of 2 to 3, maybe (sometimes) 4 days.

Jure Cuhalev · 1 year ago

Actually I saw N96 now in London. It's all about mobile video watching, so not the direction for me :(

Jan · 1 year ago

hm, for SMS you just find contact in Compose press BB key and choose Send SMS? :) no copying of number :)

P.S. thanks for linking.

Jure Cuhalev · 1 year ago

The question is: how do you sms contact of user A to user B?

Alex · 1 year ago

I'll vouch for the N95. It does suffer some of the same problems though:

- Battery life is poor (3-4 days max). This is typical of most 'smartphones'. Solution: simply charge it every night. I bought a charger for in the car, for the holidays.

- You'd hate the interfaces. Yes, multiple, because you've got a mirad of ways to start any application. They all suck.

Then again, being a Euro-phone the N95 doesn't mind SMSing. It also includes Nokia maps, which isn't as hip as Google Maps it does work disconnected. I tend to use it every so often, it isn't bad. I've had a few forced reboots in the half year I have the N95, not enough to be bothered about.

The normal browser (Webkit-based) is OKish, but you can install Opera Mini which I've heard is much better. Email client supports POP and IMAP + encryption, which is good enough for me. In all the rest (HSDPA/UMTS, 5MP camera) it's a decent boring all-rounder. Plug in a 8G miniSD card, and you'll toss your ipod even, it's good on the music side as well.

Then again, you don't want to email much with the normal keypad. If you email a lot with your Crackberry and seriously want to switch to a N95/96, get a bluetooth keyboard (or don't switch).

Biggest plus for me is being able to code natively for my phone, or Java or Python. Geekgasm!

Karmen · 1 year ago

I have both - BB Curve and Nokia N95. Nokia's battery life is also very short and camera's activating time is too slow.

mihaip · 4 months ago

The problem of transmitting contacts over SMS is now solved .
The application that enables the functionality costs only $1.99 and is available here :
http://www.mobihand.com/product.asp?id=33446&n=...

You can see more details on my blog: http://mihai-pora.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-solut...

Jure Cuhalev · 4 months ago

That's broken by design. It should be part of the standard platform, not
something to pay for!

mihaip · 4 months ago

I don't think that it is a design flaw.
I worked with BB tools and I have the highest respect for the Blackberry engineers.

It seems to me that it is a design constraint dictated by a political decision from Blackberry.
Don't forget that there is a direct competition between BB and Nokia and recently Nokia announced their own competing email service while BB discontinued their support for Nokia business phones.