Thursday, May 26, 2005
MobileBurn Review Nokia 7710 (Apparently Not for Everybody, but Good)
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:00 PM
"Back in late 2003, Nokia introduced the 7700, the first Series 90 device. Series 90 is meant to be a multimedia device platform, and to that end the 7700 had a very large TFT touch screen display, a camera, RealPlayer and music support, a MMC card slot, and a DVB-H digital TV receiver - just to name a few things. But it also had what most of the world considered a major design flaw: side-talking, something it shared with the original Ngage.. . . . The new device, which we are reviewing in this story, shares much with the original 7700, but gets a boost to internal storage (90MB), a new megapixel digital camera, and it loses the side-talking and taco shaped form factor. The question is, can the 7710 make it in the current market? I think we can all safely say that it will never be a huge seller, but will its abilities outweigh its quirks and awkwardness - not to mention its size."
Michael Oryl from MobileBurn has certainly done a thorough job of going over the Nokia 7710. He seems to quite like the half VGA screen, though he finds the 300Mhz processors to be sluggish. Quel surprise there then. ;-) I would quibble with his assertion that a weight of 195g means that it is a 'massive' device though. If you want a decent display then simple physics dictates that the device needs to have a suitable sized screen. Personally I think that mobile TV and better mobile games will help change the perception of a 'correct' screen size and that people will be comfortable with larger sizes in the future. What about you guys? What's your ideal mobile screen size and why?
Michael Oryl from MobileBurn has certainly done a thorough job of going over the Nokia 7710. He seems to quite like the half VGA screen, though he finds the 300Mhz processors to be sluggish. Quel surprise there then. ;-) I would quibble with his assertion that a weight of 195g means that it is a 'massive' device though. If you want a decent display then simple physics dictates that the device needs to have a suitable sized screen. Personally I think that mobile TV and better mobile games will help change the perception of a 'correct' screen size and that people will be comfortable with larger sizes in the future. What about you guys? What's your ideal mobile screen size and why?
