Horse Dung, horse dung, horse dung. (Nokia 7650)

Member Name: Pyrotrope

Product:	Nokia 7650
Date:	01/06/03 (283 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good reception, Good call quality, nice screen

Disadvantages: no BT headset support, awful desktop sync software, tech support useless

For those of you who don't know what horse dung is: it's the dung from a horse ;)

Okay, okay. Here we go:

BAD:

Okay, so the phone's a pda which you can't synchronise with a palm(tm) or with windows address book, or even export records to a comma delimited text file. You have to buy MS Outlook or Lotus Notes (ugh). You can't edit the records on screen with your PC like a normal PDA

Bluetooth is great, if you can actually do something with it: with the nokia, you can only export single records to a mobile device, can't use a bluetooth headset, and Nokia haven't released a satisfactory driver to collect sms from a palm. BTW the current standard for bluetooth is 1.1, the 7650 is BT1.0

The loudspeaker is terrible, I have to sit so close to hear it, I might as well use the handset, which I end up doing because if you get too close, the proximity sensor switches the speaker off.

The ringer is so quiet I don't hear it in my pocket.

Nokia Tech Support is a misnomer: No e-mail or postal support, an 0870 number for club nokia members, otherwise premium rate (I hate it that they make money out of keeping me on hold for 20 minutes at £1/min to sort out *their* failings)

GOOD:

I get a signal in places my friends get battery drain, it has never dropped a call, battery life is satisfactory. it's cute, the screen and camera are great.



OVERALL:

I'm going to sell this phone, less than a month after I bought it. I am very sorry I ever bothered.

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