The Symbian Phone of the Decade

What Nokia REALLY need this year is to release a device that, like the N95, is just so far out there in terms of how much it can do that the iPhones slick UI becomes irellevant. Just like 2 years ago when a real argument could be made that the N95 was better than the iPhone, just because it had soooo many features.

Can anyone tell me if i can set up push email on my e71 nokia messaging? I mean real push email not some kind of set up where the phone checks every 5mins if there's a new email!

BrendanDonegan wrote:What Nokia REALLY need this year is to release a device that, like the N95, is just so far out there in terms of how much it can do that the iPhones slick UI becomes irellevant.

Maybe. Unlikely to happen this year, though. 😉

Can anyone tell me if i can set up push email on my e71 nokia messaging? I mean real push email not some kind of set up where the phone checks every 5mins if there's a new email!

There's no such thing as the real push email. Even blackberry works the same way. Its just that they are good at marketing.

I vote N82 over N95.

bigdon wrote:Can anyone tell me if i can set up push email on my e71 nokia messaging? I mean real push email not some kind of set up where the phone checks every 5mins if there's a new email!

Hardeep1singh wrote:I vote N82 over N95.

N82 came after the N95 so I think the N95 deserves the credit abit more for integrating the current "standard" specs into mobiles. I thought the decade ends in 2010 as it starts from xxx1?? 😛

Hardeep1singh wrote:There's no such thing as the real push email. Even blackberry works the same way. Its just that they are good at marketing.

Umm....yes it does. One example that explains it: http://www.techatplay.com/?p=32 With either BIS or BES you are permanently connected to the service, with your handset simply waiting for data.

BES is pure "push" the moment the email comes into your Exchange server, and quite often before it even hits the actual mailbox, BES sends it to your handset. I'm often hearing my BB alert me then a few seconds later seeing it pop up in Outlook.

BIS on the other hand, has to poll your various mail providers for email, I think it's around 15min, but still, once it has your mail, they are all instantly "pushed" to your handset.

I also vote N82:icon14:

Man.. cant you N82 users give it up about the god-damn Xenon flash? BTW.. N82 IS an N95 - but on a single circuit board in a candy bar factor..

bchliu wrote:Man.. cant you N82 users give it up about the god-damn Xenon flash? BTW.. N82 IS an N95 - but on a single circuit board in a candy bar factor..

No exactly; N82 have 128 RAM and N95 only 64. The main thing for me, it�s that N82 just "works", and all work well. GPS (10-15s to lock signal), Photos, Wi-Fi... even battery it�s good. It just work, and work well😊

Nokia N95. Unquestionably the Symbian phone of the Decade; a true pocket computer. I never had one though.

I use the N82, but yes my vote goes to the N95, coz it came out first, and it was groundbreaking.
The N82 is better, but the N95 started the ball rolling.

"I thought the decade ends in 2010 as it starts from xxx1?? 😛 "

That is correct, year 2010 is in the old decade, and 2011 is in the new one. But that works only if we measure time in discrete increments of one year. As even 2010.000000001 is already a tiny fraction of the new decade, just as a child born a few minutes ago has already lived a few minutes of its first year.

So, there is no reason to expect the list to change, unless someone starts distributing a killer phone in the next 36 hours.

Yeah N-95 was the original converged device that set the standard for all other smartphones. I've got the n82, and there's absolutely no reason for me to "upgrade" as yet. Perfect form factor for me.

Unregistered wrote:"I thought the decade ends in 2010 as it starts from xxx1?? 😛 "

That is correct, year 2010 is in the old decade, and 2011 is in the new one. But that works only if we measure time in discrete increments of one year. As even 2010.000000001 is already a tiny fraction of the new decade, just as a child born a few minutes ago has already lived a few minutes of its first year.

So, there is no reason to expect the list to change, unless someone starts distributing a killer phone in the next 36 hours.

Although technically correct, next year 2010 is the same decade as 2009, generally speaking as people it's not. I understand both sides this time unlike the simple fact that 2000 was not the start of the new millennium.

I think the problem is made worse this time that no-one agrees what to call the years 2000 - 2009 and even 2010 - 2019, so we have a decade name. Previously the title could have said 70s 80s 90s, but 00s or 10s reads and sounds wrong.

I can wholeheartedly agree with this. I bought an N95-3 two years ago, and still can't let it go. Even after tweaking my N97 as best I could, I can't get myself to sell the best phone I ever bought. I'm currently debating on whether I should sell my N97 and just wait until the next game changer comes into market, as I can't convince myself to pay the ridiculous iPhone tax for an intentionally crippled phone.

There have been very fewgame-changing handsets around, they come along once in a while and are game-changing for different reasons.
If I look at the past decade I've spent working in the industry, the devices which really jump out to me personally are....

Nokia 6300 - still used by some people today, was the ultimate business phone for so long.
Nokia 7650 - first European phone available to the masses with a camera built in, I still remeber people saying that putting a camera in a phone was pointless and it wouldn't catch on.
Motorola RAZR - first mass market phone that alerted people to the fact that your handset could also be a style statement. On a global scale, it's a very strong candidate for phone of the decade
Nokia N95 - the first truly convergent phone with mass appeal. it completely raised the bar and redefined what a smartphone is all about.
iPhone - redefined the UI and UE space completely. Ironically I had sat in many meetings with various manufacturers years prior to the iPhone fantasising about protoypes doing this sort of thing but Apple got there first and they did a brilliant job.

It's a testament to Nokia/Symbian brilliance that they have 2 smartphones in this list and one feature phone too.
Knowing what Nokia has in store for roughly the next 18 months, I do not think Nokia will release any game-changers for a while - if at all.

Can't find fault with this article, the N95 should be on the podium.

For me the 9210 . More than 6 years ( 6/10 of a decade) daily use , then it died : the screenconnectorcable got worn out . E90 is now +2 years on the way to its retirement .

😊 Regards jApi NL

Nokia9500 for me as it is the first WiFi phone of Nokia... Packs the wonderful Seies80 UI, Nice keyboard, Nice screen, excellent battery life...

Nokia released the N95 an then the N95 8gb which i both liked,the N95 8gb was my Best until i got hold of the N82 an this as been Nokias best phone because they did the correct thing with the N82 put the xenon flash for images,but since then they have let us down,i had i hopes of the N86 but the speakers an the weight of the N86 really let this phone down an all Nokia did was improve the N85 body,the cheap way out,just hope in 2010 Nokia do seem more bothered in the camera market not just the Touch Screen market

n82 was late and i dnt care! if it was not a groundbreaking, i just luv it even i dnt have it! End!

bchliu wrote:Man.. cant you N82 users give it up about the god-damn Xenon flash? BTW.. N82 IS an N95 - but on a single circuit board in a candy bar factor..

Bar the camera resolution, could almost be a current phone with the spec:

3G, triband GSM
bluetooth headset, mono mp3 audio, OBEX, DUN, sync
320x200 2.8" touchscreen
handwriting recognition / fingertouch keyboard (seethru) / pen input keyboard
dpad and gamekeys for landscape gaming
AGPS
stereo speakers, 2.5 stereo headset jack
usb sync
1600mAh battery
microSD slot
POP/IMAP/exchange email
SYNCML
Sync to outlook
configurable homescreen (program launcher, emails/ cals/ todos/ text message previews, web shortcuts)
mp3, divx playback, 3gp video streaming (youtube mobile site), landscape/portrait video playback
pdf, ppt and ebook readers (landscape/portrait)
word and excel editors
opera mobile web browser with flash 7 playback (in landscape or portrait)
3D games (doom, global race etc)
social networking apps (fring)
google maps / TOMTOM satnav
front and rear cameras
complete one handed usage
Python environment for development

The Sendo X and still born X2 was way ahead of its time, and had they not been murdered by Microsoft, Sendo would have kicked ass big time.

I think the real phone is the least known Symbian phone, the Nokia 7710 could have been the phone of the decade. This touch screen phone could have led to Nokia's iPhone beater 2 years ago but Nokia stopped development.

The phones Ive owned through the past 10 years the only phone that did what I wanted at its time really well was the Nokia E50. Then I would say the N82, im not sure why but I still feel that for its time the E50 was better than the N82, it did not have a fancy camera, great video recording, 3G or GPS BUT I just remember being extremely happy with it, I had no complaints, it just worked, I think it might be because it was a smartphone without bugs, It just worked, always.

For a phone that did everything I could want goes to the N82, seriously it doesnt get better. Everything the 95 does but smaller, headphone jack in the right place, better GPS, XENON. I loveed the fact of how unpopular it was because it made it cheaper for me!! cheers! The N95 was still more expensive when I got it. I have not met another person with that phone in daily life, except I got a glimpse of a white one randomly saw someone on their phone.

In terms of the popularity yes the N95 wins out, going furthur back 2.N73

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