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Nokia 5100 Reviewed
An anonymous reader writes "Just read a review of Nokia's 5100 mobile phone. This phone has an integrated flashlight, FM tuner, a calorie burn application, sound meter and thermometer. And yet there is no Bluetooth capabilites. Is the cell phone market getting so desperate that companies are adding everything including the kitchen sink to sell these phones? Why would you want a sound meter or a calorie tracking application in a cell phone?" Looks like a good phone for people who like phones to look gaudy. Bells and whistles aside, the flashlight feature sounds pretty practical. A sound meter though?
This phone has an integrated flashlight, FM tuner, a calorie burn application, sound meter and thermometer.
Nokia 5200 has a built in microwave
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I guess it beats using my old nokia green blacklit screen to find my missing contact when it falls out at the movies...
"You had this look that of an angel, it was such a bad disguise" --Dishwalla
Clearly the calorie burn meter is to find out how much energy you waste playing snake...
So I don't have to suffer taping a mini mag-light to my handset now? Phew.
"It's not your information. It's information about you" - John Ford, Vice President, Equifax
The use for the sound meter is obvious.
:-)
Often, when I am sitting in a movie talking loudly on my cell phone, I want to know how loud the movie is so I can put protective ear plugs in to save my hearing. Right now, I just start the movie with them in, but it makes it hard to hear my phone ring.
Just tomorrow I've been on night party in the middle of forrest. When we were going back, nobody had a flashlight. But anyone had a cellphone and we were able to light up our path. In complete darkness, three cellphone display are sufficent to look around.
I was grateful for Netmonitor functionality my Nokia has. It allowed me to turn on display backlight on constantly.
BTW, my nokia is 5110 model (few years old). Netmonitor includes also a temperature meter. It's in fact sensor in then battery.
:wq
I'm not quite sure about the Calorie Burn meter, that might just be to throw off the CIA or FBI, but the rest of the functionality is obvious:
Flashlight - So the Finnish spies can see where they're going and crack safes.
FM Tuner - To receive secret messages coded as Finnish boy-band songs.
Sound Meter - So they know when they're about to go over the threshold of security systems based on sound volume.
Thermometer - Same thing, but temperature based.
It pretty much looks like a bunch of devices from Sneakers rolled into one without the thermal suit. Good thinking on the Calorie burn meter, that'd throw anyone off.
Karma: Not Particularly Funny.
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I'm friends with Howard, and got to see it then. It's a decent phone, and the white LED flashlight is really handy at times (much like the Photons). As for the sound meter and themometer, I guess you can use it when reviewing the latest PC =)
With the sound meter you can measure how loud that dude has to say "Can you hear me now?" to be hear over the static.
An application that actually burns calories?!!
Jesus!!! Has someone ported this to Linux yet?!!
I planned on inserting something witty here but never got around to it.
The phone is designed for "active" people who like to work out. Just looking at the design, and noting the fact that it is water-resistant and hardened should clue anyone in that it's made for people to use while they're exercising. As such, the calorie tracking application is something I'd find useful. I don't like to carry a bunch of crap to the gym when I workout, but I usually take my cell phone with me. This one I can use as a walkman (listen to FM radio), record my calories (takes the place of similar PDA apps, or a pen & paper), and also handle any phone calls or whatever. And BTW it has other PIM features like address book, calendar, and to-do list which are the only features I really use on my PDA.
So far as the sound meter is concerned, I'm not really sure what that's for. I guess so that instead of saying "Speak up! It's really noisy here!" you can say "Speak up! It's the ambient sound level is 125dB here!"
The StarTak phone was built by people who grew up with classic Trek, and wanted communicators.
To the next gen, communicators are passe, so they've given us the tricorder.
I'm just hoping the next generation after this phone gives us phasers.
What were you expecting?
"I view US Cellphones as disposable"
Sounds like you've been watching The Matrix again. Remember, in real life, phones don't just appear out of nowhere.
You may not agree with what I'm saying but I'll kill you for my right to say it
I have a friend who is a real cheap bastard. He bought a new phone and he is ranting and raving about all the new features it has like games, a world map and a tip calculator. I said, now that you have a tip calculator, are you going to start leaving tips, and he simply responds no.
Where's the piano wire or the snakebite kit?
Couple of years ago, me and some friends were going snowboarding. We were going to a cabin belonging to the parents of one of us. It was a long drive and when we finally got there it was quite dark.
Problem was, the cabin were in the woods, some distance from any road, and the one who were supposed to know where it was, hadn't been there in about ten years. So.. we ended up stranded in a dark forest, with no idea where we were or where the cars were, with snow up to our thighs. When we finally found a cabin, we found ten of them.
Since it was pitch dark and extremely cold, fiddling with a key trying to find a keyhole in ten cabins were almost hopeless. Until we remembered that we had mobile phones. With the light from the panel of five Nokia phones, we finally managed to find and open the right cabin. So, yeah. Americans suck.
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
I think it'd be a bit hard to fit this thing under your tounge. Let's not go to the other place you can take your temperature.