Well, lets start. I bought the 5100, from the e-shop, nice price 158 pounds, offline. (themobileprepublic.com) As a resent, this was a perfect gift, because the person it was bought for was a mechanic. I thought buying more stylish and sleek business style phone would be highly inappropriate. Imagine, itd lie in the car of somewhere safe instead of being used, in case it scratches. Mechanics, what else to say.
Well, back to the phone. Nice price, and decent specs. Listen: FM RADIO, GPRS enabled wap ( you only pay for what you download , and no more per-minute fees while you are surfing wap. Check with your phones settings and service provider maybe very cheap. If you are an intensive NET user and have accounts with MSN and/or Yahoo, there are some messengers you can download for your phones, like QSM messenger anyhow check the midlets.net website.
For yahoo, well, its is really smart it allows users to log onto the WAP MESSENGER, best one is the US version (time is wrong, if used here, in UK) try www.wap.yahoo.com or other way round, in any case, post here, and I will paste the exact addresses if necessary.
So, ah! As I said, back to the phone. Resolution is quite good, like 6610 or 7210/7250, the phone is apparently the 4th series. So you get 4096 colours. Its enough for a good pic/photo of anyone to be set as wallpaper. Trust me on this. You dont need 16-bit screens on phones to do this. I have also had this phone as a replacement of mine for few months. It is very durable, the cover is really truly, shock/dust and water resistant. When you slide covers off the phone, youll reveal the metal inside of the phone, this phone is carefully thought through. Hard case, I dropped it, on pavement, asphalt, carpet, from stairs, not on purpose of course. It withstands it perfectly, nothing even creeks, ok. But, however, because it is so protected I found it hard using its keyboard to text or chat on yahoo messenger (on wap). You need to press like 2 times harder than say 6610. But I used it quite a lot. With the O2 car, where you get 300 free sms messages a month when you charge the 10, - wow there was a great test. Its a good phone, however you should not be getting it, unless youre like a builder or mechanic or something, or someone who worries about the phone and dont want to be buying a new phone every year, because old one breaks. Nokia- reliable. But this phone is quiet, builders dont have time to chat using the number pad, well, if they are, they have strong fingerslol
Anyhow, Screen is great, Phones safe. Now, Polyphonic ring tones. The 4th series, these phone, including 6610, 6100, 7210, 7250. There is only 4-notes it can play. Not 16 like some Samsungs, not mp3s. It plays specific midi formatted files with 4 note compositions. Its enough there are a lot of websites on WAP, where you get them free, 1000s, trust me loads. Ok. This is mine http://www.tagtag.com/yarowap - still has ring tones, and wallpaper, etc. Not updated, maybe later.
Ok, I have said what I wanted, but for more advanced users, her are the specs:
*** Standard Features Dimensions (mm) 109 x 50 x 22 Weight (g) 104 Screen 4096 colours LCD, 128 x 128 pixels Frequency Triband (GSM900, GSM1800 & GSM1900) Quoted Talk Time (hr) Up to 5 Quoted Standby (hr) Up to 300 Phonebook 300+SIM SAR 0.48W/kg Vibrating Alert Yes Alarm Clock Yes Voice Dialling Yes Games Yes, Embedded & downloadable
*** Java games Exchangeable Covers Yes, Xpress-on Data Information Messaging SMS & MMS Predictive Text T9 Browser WAP 1.2.1 GPRS Yes HSCSD Yes EDGE No Java Yes (there are plenty of games online (WAP) including Splinter Cell 1/2 and many, many more like 500?!..yes something like that good support as its a popular Nokia.
*** Connectivity Bluetooth No Infrared Yes
*** Ringtone Information Ringtone Composer No Polyphonic Ringtones Yes Downloadable Ringtones Yes Recorded Ringtones No Link Ringtones to Callers Yes Extra Ringtone Spare 20 spaces
Camera Information Digtal Camera Optional HS-1C digital camera accessory Resolution Night Mode Zoom
Extras Music FM Radio Voice Recorder No Loudspeaker Yes Others Screensaver, wallpapers, logo editor, calorie counter, sound meter, flashlight & thermometer
And yes, another thing, the pack comes with hands-free (for radio, and hands free), clipping strap, manual, charger, manual, and the cd-rom for infra red connection to the laptop thats what I did, to upload pics (you can also upload them onto your WAP site, and then download them onto the phone.
Tha flashlight was very useful during winter. And i dont even dont have to go about the battery life, come on its nokia - holds for ages, i charged it only few times a week (3 time -4 times depends on usage)
Thank you (jamelia, kiddin lol)
Hope it was helpful.
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Advantages: Almost waterproof, "droppable", a tough simple phone, nice battery life Disadvantages: Thermometer not accurate, expensive exterior covers that become less effective with age
andrewwarren 19.02.2004 (20.02.2004)
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