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Nokia 3650 Symbian Imaging-phone
Ch_Omega writes "Nokia have announced a new cameraphone in the, traditionally low-cost, 3xxx-series. Surprisingly enough, it seems to have the same functionality as the Nokia 7650, as well as tri-band, MMC-expansion slot, and abillity to capture video as well as still images. The new smartphone has been given the name Nokia 3650, which, according to this article indicates that it will be much cheaper than the 7650, while actually being superior feature-wise!"
Low-quality products become so popular (at least in tech stuff) because consumers still haven't realized that you actually get what you pay for. If you buy I cheap phone, PDA, or digital camera it's just not going to last like something of better quality that is a little more expensive, and the consumer will have to replace it 1 month after the warranty expires. Yet still things like this sell like hot cakes.
I don't know about you, but I've droped my cell phone into lakes too often to want an expensive one. (it was in my pocket when I fell overboard last time) Sure I recover it, but I haven't had success getting them to work after than.
Combine that with new features coming out all the time, and I'm not sure I want an expensive one. As others have noted, this cheap phone looks better feature wise than a more expensive older model.
Or to put it a different way: why spend money on an expensive phone when I can get a cheap one, and the next model will be better?
Nokia makes the best phones on the market. Period. I've owned Siemens, Motorola and four Nokias - I've tried the Sony Ericsson T68i, Ericsson (old ones) and a few others (like Bosch etc) - NONE of them are as good as the Nokia - they simply have the best user interface - menu system - of them all. On advanced phones the menu system is very important - And none beats the nokias.
The only thing that I regret about the new phones, is that they no longer have the "IntelliKey" - that was a good!
Any technology distinguishable from magic, is insufficiently advanced.
numbers when in someone's pocket or bag. Sometimes this occurs
during incriminating or embarrassing situations, and typically
the number on the other end will be a friend or relative since
they are going to be the last dialed number, or someone on a
speed dial entry.
Now pause for a moment, and imagine the implications of a
video-cellphone accidently dialing your parents at a bad
time...
On a more serious note, I've also read about cell phones being
used intentionally for this sort of spying. Ones that can
auto-answer calls silently are inconspicuously left in a board
room or someone's office, and then later, can be called in order
to eavesdrop.
They typcially dont raise any concerns because, hey "Its just a
cell phone, someone probably forgot it, and will come back to get
it".
Now... adding video to the technique may prove to be interesting
or problematic (depending on which side you are on).
How about a cellphone on a pcmcia card. Maybe with an optional bluetooth interface for the head set. Then I could plug it into a PDA, a laptop, or mabe a plain phone chassis.
I just got a 3410, and to my grief, I shortly figured the only way to transfer apps to the 3xxx series is through WAP. Unlike the 7xxx series or even the 6xxx series. That is a real drawback for us midlet java programmers :(.