I bought a Nokia 5500 to replace my 5140i and in doing to felt I had jumped a decade in technology. The phone is packed with features, is robust and splashproof as well as being quite petite.
The bright LED torch is very useful and the phone is also fitted with some form of accelerometer which measures the g forces acting on the phone - this is obviously to make the pedometer work in the sports mode, but also has a game called Groove Labyrinth where you roll a ball around a track simply by tilting the phone - very clever!
It uses S60 software which makes it as adaptable as a PDA, you can download all sorts of applications for it, plus link to your computer to use it as a mobile memory chip.
As far as I can find out, you can't unlock them if they're tied to a network.
Now I've got to buy another one for my wife.
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General 2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900. Size Dimensions 107 x 45 x 18 mm, 77 cc. more
Weight 103 g. Display Type TFT, 256K colors, Size 208 x 208 pixels, 1.7 inches, 31 x 31 mm. - Downloadable themes Sound Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones Speakerphone Yes Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Detailed, max 30 days Internal 8 MB storage, 64 MB RAM Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 2GB Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 Infrared port Yes USB Yes, v2.0, Pop-Port Camera Primary 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels Video Yes, QCIF Features OS Symbian OS v9.1, Series 60 rel. 3.0 CPU ARM 9 235 MHz CPU Messaging SMS, MMS, Email Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML Radio Stereo FM radio; Visual radio Games Snakes, Groovy Labyrinth + Java downloadable Colors Black and gray Java Yes, MIDP 2.0 - Dust and splash resistant - Sports tracking (stopwatch, steps calculator, calories burned) - Text to speech capabilities - 3D motion sensor - Push to talk - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player - Flashlight - T9 - Voice command/memo - Organizer Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 860 mAh (BL-5B) Stand-by Up to 270 h Talk time Up to 4 h
Advantages: Sturdy, easy to use,sport option available, Nice games available for the phone. Disadvantages: Small screen, not very good for videos, no support for 3g
zentrix 27.10.2007 (27.10.2007)
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Review of Nokia 5500 Sport
Advantages: sports facilities, 4 hours talk time, 270 hours worth of standby time. Disadvantages: Keypad drops off! Slow access to features, keeps features running in the background.
shazzy1967 09.11.2007 (09.11.2007)
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Review of Nokia 5500 Sport
Advantages: sports facilities, 4 hours talk time, 270 hours worth of standby time. Disadvantages: Keypad drops off! Slow access to features, keeps features running in the background.
shazzy1967 09.11.2007 (09.11.2007)
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Review of Nokia 5500 Sport
Advantages: Sturdy, easy to use,sport option available, Nice games available for the phone. Disadvantages: Small screen, not very good for videos, no support for 3g
zentrix 27.10.2007 (27.10.2007)
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