5800 XM vs E71 I am looking for a phone for my spouse for listening to music, Video recording, taking few photos, email (Hotmail) over WiFi and of course telephoning. I am using E71 and like it. I am intrigued by touch screen of 5800. I would appreciate if you could comment on suitability of 5800 for my needs. How does it compare with E71? Thanks 5800 XM vs E71 I am looking for a phone for my spouse for listening to music, Video recording, taking few photos, email (Hotmail) over WiFi and of course telephoning. I am using E71 and like it. I... » Read More 5800 XM vs E71 I am looking for a phone for my spouse for listening to music, Video recording, taking few photos, email (Hotmail) over WiFi and of course telephoning. I am using E71 and like it. I am intrigued by touch screen of 5800. I would appreciate if you could comment on suitability of 5800 for my needs. How does it compare with E71? Thanks « Show Less
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Thanks Roger. I take that both phones are equivalent and 5800 is as good as or better than E71.
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Well, i think that the nokia e71 is for a bussiness man, because you can modify office documents, but also you can do that with your nokia 5800. It´s rare, but both are like the same, including functions, the only three differents i discover on it are that the nokia 5800 have a 3.15 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens on its camera, also suports a maximum of 16GB microSDHC memory, an the stetic, but the E71, only have 3.15 megapixel camera, only supports a maximum of 8GB of microSDHC memory, and do not have a beatiful stetic that shall going to impresive yourself. I think 5800 is better than E71 cellphone. Well, i think that the nokia e71 is for a bussiness man, because you can modify office documents, but also you can do that with your nokia 5800. It´s rare, but both are like the same, including functions, the only three differents i discover on it are that the nokia 5800 have a 3.15 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens on its camera, also suports a maximum of 16GB microSDHC memory, an the stetic, but the E71, only have 3.15 megapixel camera, only supports a maximum of 8GB of microSDHC memory, and do not have a beatiful stetic that shall going to impresive yourself. I think 5800 is better than E71... » Read More Well, i think that the nokia e71 is for a bussiness man, because you can modify office documents, but also you can do that with your nokia 5800. It´s rare, but both are like the same, including functions, the only three differents i discover on it are that the nokia 5800 have a 3.15 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens on its camera, also suports a maximum of 16GB microSDHC memory, an the stetic, but the E71, only have 3.15 megapixel camera, only supports a maximum of 8GB of microSDHC memory, and do not have a beatiful stetic that shall going to impresive yourself. I think 5800 is better than E71 cellphone. « Show Less
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5800 has considerably poorer build quality, its all plastic and makes a lot of creaking and cracking sounds. Also defects are hit and miss with the 5800. My wife has one and it's great, but I got one from a different batch and the case is loose and the touch screen makes creaking sounds with the haptic feed back turned off. I went through two of them before giving up and getting a E71 instead.
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I think that is really unfortunate. The smartphones look good, but I think they are too big to be good cell phones and too small to be a good PDA. As far as I can determine, they do not have a graffiti type of entry only the tiny keyboard. I also don't like having everything on one device. I currently own a Palm m515, which has been absolutely great, but would like to upgrade to the T/X for the WIFI capability. Right now, I just can't justify the cost. My concern is that if Palm discontinues PDAs (again a big mistake in my estimation) they will withdraw support from the PDA market.
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There are some hardware differences such as camera, display, processor clock, build quality, etc.. You need to assess what each means to you, however for those of us who are on budget, they may not be that important. Q5 is a great option for the price and mine works well in US with T-Mobile
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I have the 620. My advice is to save your money. The extra features such as Recovery Manager or V02 Max don't justify the additional cost. I was also not impressed by the "color" screen. It is grayscale with some very minor color features so don't get your hopes up that you get some briliant color screen similar to a smart phone.
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Hi Gurjit, Considering buying this phone. Bot able to connect to ATT Internet you say (does that also incl. EDGE)? Please elaborate?I've read in other reviews that the Nokia 5800 has no problems using ATT Internet/ EDGE and people have even been able to configure and use their BES on this phone. So looking to get this info from you before I go forward with this purchase.Thank You, EBM aka SlimFady (360)
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also - a different phone, but I bought on amazon - had the touch screen stop working, it was still under warranty and Virgin Mobile sent me a new one to replace ( I sent malfunctioning one back) and it didn't cost anything. So it makes no difference really. If you are hooking up to VM they will provide great customer support, has been my experience anyway.
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I was going to buy the 570, but it looks like it is being replaced by the 580. Besides the obvious 3D, which I have no use for, are there any differences in wireless capability. Neve have bought LG before, but looks the best make available.
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Hi Amanda,I own the 530hs.Overall a very nice, small, portable camera. Video quality is good. However, I do think it picks up more background noise, wind, .etc compared to other devices when shooting video. The picture quality is really good as well. However I work in real estate marketing and would suggest a different camera, DSLR, with wide angle lense. The true selling point of this camera is the Wi-Fi feature, really cool feature. However the battery life is not that great in my opinion and the touch screen needs improving. Almost frustrating at times to use. Touch screen does not respond like a smart phone. Hope that helps. Hi Amanda,I own the 530hs.Overall a very nice, small, portable camera. Video quality is good. However, I do think it picks up more background noise, wind, .etc compared to other devices when shooting video. The picture quality is really good as well. However I work in real estate marketing and would suggest a different camera, DSLR, with wide angle lense. The true selling point of this camera is the Wi-Fi feature, really cool feature. However the battery life is not that great in my opinion and the touch screen needs improving. Almost frustrating at times to use. Touch screen... » Read More Hi Amanda,I own the 530hs.Overall a very nice, small, portable camera. Video quality is good. However, I do think it picks up more background noise, wind, .etc compared to other devices when shooting video. The picture quality is really good as well. However I work in real estate marketing and would suggest a different camera, DSLR, with wide angle lense. The true selling point of this camera is the Wi-Fi feature, really cool feature. However the battery life is not that great in my opinion and the touch screen needs improving. Almost frustrating at times to use. Touch screen does not respond like a smart phone. Hope that helps. « Show Less
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I was surprised at how clear the reception and transmission was. I guess it really depends on where you are. I use Verizon as my carrier and I live in the mountains near Tahoe and I get excellent quality sound. I hope this helped you. I love this phone because I wear it on my wrist so its always easy to access plus I have a lot of music on it so I can listen to tunes while I am working or jogging or whatever. It's also handy to take pictures with or video. I can even record conversation with it. It is so many tools wrapped up into one little watch. Oh yeah, it also has digital read out for time. Enjoy ! It makes me feel like a special agent. Hahahahahaa. I was surprised at how clear the reception and transmission was. I guess it really depends on where you are. I use Verizon as my carrier and I live in the mountains near Tahoe and I get excellent quality sound. I hope this helped you. I love this phone because I wear it on my wrist so its always easy to access plus I have a lot of music on it so I can listen to tunes while I am working or jogging or whatever. It's also handy to take pictures with or video. I can even record conversation with it. It is so many tools wrapped up into one little watch. Oh yeah, it also has digital read out for... » Read More I was surprised at how clear the reception and transmission was. I guess it really depends on where you are. I use Verizon as my carrier and I live in the mountains near Tahoe and I get excellent quality sound. I hope this helped you. I love this phone because I wear it on my wrist so its always easy to access plus I have a lot of music on it so I can listen to tunes while I am working or jogging or whatever. It's also handy to take pictures with or video. I can even record conversation with it. It is so many tools wrapped up into one little watch. Oh yeah, it also has digital read out for time. Enjoy ! It makes me feel like a special agent. Hahahahahaa. « Show Less
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I've seen the W3000 side by side with XBR. I don't like the XBR. It makes movies look like stage shows. Very disconcerting if you like movies. The "3D" effect they talk about makes movies look like video -- if you know the distinction. (If you watch sports more than movies, you will probably like the XBR more.) I almost bought an XBR because "MotionFlow" sounded good... I was stunned when I saw them side by side. Also happy, because I'll save almost a grand by buying a 52W3000 rather than XBR! Do yourself a favor and find them in a store so you can look. Some people like the XBR 3D effect. I really don't.
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I think this thread is now stale. Both of these phones can be obtained. Or I should say that when I looked on Sunday night, 12/6/09, the E72 was suddenly available for the cart (vs. Pre-order like before). After scouring the Internet for reviews, especially any that might warn me off, I decided to go for it and ordered one. That was very early 12/7. Amazon sent notice early today (12/8) to confirm that my new E72 had been shipped (via USPS). Strangely, 24 hours later Amazon's E72 availability status had reverted back to Pre-order. *However* just below, in More Buying Choices, alternate vendors are still shown that seemingly carry the E72 in stock. Even Nokia itself is selling these handsets, the same place where under two weeks ago NokiaUSA.com didn't even refer to the E72 as a product. At this point there's lots of ways to get an E72 or N97 - go look!
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Unless you're really going to watch a lot of video, the screen size shouldn't matter too much?.I have an e250 that survived 6months in Afghanistan (being banged around in my pocket) and an e260, (so I could give the e250 to the wife and 'upgrade' my own). Love them both.
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Honestly this really isn't a "smart" phone. It doesn't use android and there really aren't any possible upgrades for it, it's just a basic phone. We just use them for messaging and calls and really the basics. It does have a touch screen but it is pretty sensitive so you could make a lot of "pocket" calls. Really if I were you I would find something newer. We still have 6 months until our upgrade and we cannot wait. Good luck.
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I'm currently using T-Mobile prepaid, which works for me, since I don't use a lot of talk time. I was looking at the 5800, which I understand will work with the prepaid, with the option of getting the feature phone data plan ($10? $15?/mo). From what I've read, this phone is basically the 5800 with a few cosmetic and technology improvements. Does anyone know if it will work with the T-Mobile prepaid plan?
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hi i live in venezuela, and we use gsm quadband frecuency, also 3g in 850 and 1900, do you think i could have any problem buying this phone, i dont really see much difference between the us version and the international one (other than de 3g frecuency), and also this one its a lot cheaper off course!!!! please give me an answer, thanks!
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ELPH 530 added wi-fi over the 520 and it also shoots 1080p video. The 500 series also has greater zoom (12X optical) than some of the earlier series. They downsized the pixel count, but people are finding that 8 megapixels or so is enough, except perhaps when blowing up to 8-1/2"x11" after cropping. Does that help ?.
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I like the phone because its old school it doesnt have the technology that the others do. You can text and you can send pictures and fwd messages to your email. I like it because it is actually a phone not a computer phone. It doesn't do everything for you.