Nokia 7600 All-in-One Phone

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Posted by michael on Friday September 26, 2003 @02:32AM from the no-kitchen-sink dept.

prostoalex writes "The new Nokia 7600, reviewed by people at MobileMag is a 3G/GSM phone with radically new design and built-in functionality of an MP3 player, multimedia browser and digital camera. The phone supports WCDMA as well as GSM 900/1800. Some pictures of the product are available at Nokia's site. This is perhaps Nokia's first attempt to marry mobile phone and PDA in a lightweight and thin formfactor."

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First attempt? by miodekk · 2003-09-26 02:36 · Score: 5, Informative

> This is perhaps Nokia's first attempt to marry mobile phone and PDA in a lightweight and thin formfactor.
AFAIR Nokia was the first cellular phone maker, who introduced combined phone and PDA (Nokia Communicator). It wasn't maybe "lightweight and thin", but the times were different.
Regards
I thought they had learned after the 3650, but.. by halo1982 · 2003-09-26 02:40 · Score: 5, Funny

Does anyone else thinks this looks like a $600 football?
Round and round we go.... by raygundan · 2003-09-26 02:51 · Score: 5, Insightful

Every time there's a converged device, we get comments like this. Likewise, every time we hear about a new gadget of some sort, we get comments suggesting it would be better if we tried cross-breeding it with a laptop.

Just stop for a second and realize that not everybody has the same tastes as you. Variety is good! People who want all that and a bag of chips can go buy a PDA/Phone/Camera/MP3/GPS, and people who just want a phone can get one of the simple no-nonsense Nokia models. People who like to have their pants stuffed with electronics can buy it all separately so they can practice juggling it all while simultaneously talking to clients on the phone.

In the end, we all benefit when there's choices. Quit complaining when a product isn't the same as the products you like-- and just go buy those instead.

And yes, I should probably heed my own advice.
Re:Hmm...but why? by ArmenTanzarian · 2003-09-26 02:56 · Score: 5, Funny

I'm reminded of a quote I heard on Dr. Katz once (I believe the guest was Jon Stewart), "Wow, a futon, great! During the day it's an uncomfortable couch and at night, it's an even more uncomfortable bed!" Why make things crappier, just to put them together?