Read-only archive of the All About Symbian forum (2001–2013) · About this archive

Where is all about symbian's review of the Nokia 5530?

4 replies · 2,790 views · Started 11 August 2009

Where is all about symbian's review of the Nokia 5530?

It's now on sale and I want to know if I should get one or not.

it does not have GPS or 3G. i wouldnt get it if nokia paid me to take it. i'm waiting to see if the 5530 kinetic menus get passed along to the n97 and/or 5800. either that or the 5900 will have them. what a mess, nokia!

It's coming soon. The review I mean.

The cost os the big deal, but you do sacrafice some hardware features. Still a very competent / functional device and a bit more pocket friendly that some touch devices.

3G and GPS are the two big missing items from the 5800, but there's some other stuff too, including smaller screen, smaller out of the box memory card... On the plus side the headset is betters, it is small in size and has some extra software shiny bits.

RogerPodacter wrote:it does not have GPS or 3G. i wouldnt get it if nokia paid me to take it. i'm waiting to see if the 5530 kinetic menus get passed along to the n97 and/or 5800. either that or the 5900 will have them. what a mess, nokia!

I'm sure I read somewhere that the 5800 will be getting kinetic scrolling shortly after the release on the 5530... Not sure how legit it was though.

DriftNismo wrote:I'm sure I read somewhere that the 5800 will be getting kinetic scrolling shortly after the release on the 5530... Not sure how legit it was though.

that rumor was debunked by nokia themselves pretty much. it most likely will not happen.