Nokia 6820 Wireless Messaging Handset Reviewed

Brainsur writes "The Nokia 6820 is an ergonomically pleasing handheld device that integrates short text, multimedia and instant messaging capabilities with all of the features and functions that one normally would expect to find in a dedicated GSM/GPRS cellular phone."

Comments

WTF?

[powerline22]

Sounds kinda like someone paid Slashdot to put this on. Looks too much like a press release for my taste

Re:WTF?

[Westech]

If I pay for a /. subscription will I still see stories like these?

Phone Quality

[Icarus1919]

When are phone companies going to actually ask the public what they need and use their phones for? There are gadgets out there that already do what these features, and do them better than the cell phones could ever hope to achieve at a reasonable price.

What the public wants now is quality, better reception, and higher reliability.

Re:Phone Quality

[nkh]

The public needs to read books, stop watching TV and practice sports. Companies tell the public what it needs: more expensive phones (and more TV watching all day long).

Re:Phone Quality

[Koyaanisqatsi]

What the public wants now is quality, better reception, and higher reliability

And who provides that are carriers, not phone manufacturers like Nokia ...

But I understand your point.

Re:Phone Quality

[Anonvmous Coward]

"What the public wants now is quality, better reception, and higher reliability."

Quality? Nope, the quality is 'good enough'. That's not because consumers are stupid, it's because a phone isn't worth $600 just because it can last 20 years.

Better reception? The phone manufacturers have little to do with that. More towers need to be placed.

Reliability? I'll give you partial credit for that. Better battery life is okay. There's a point of diminishing returns, though. People actually do want cameras on their phones. People actually do want to play games on their phone. People actually do want MP3 ringtones on their phones. People actually want their phones to be cool, not just functional. Don't believe me? Go sit down at a Cingular store for half an hour. Reliability is a distant 3rd compared to "What am I getting with my $200 purchase?"

It's really cool to complain about cell phones lately. For some reason, though, nobody seems to understand that people actually have to buy these phones to make them popular. Otherwise, the units without the nifty features at much cheaper prices would be far more popular. They're not. Why? Because a cellular phone has become an entertainment device as well as a communications device. Who cares if the games aren't Game Boy quality? Who carries their Game Boy around 24/7? Who cares if the digital camera is only 640 by 480? Who carries their $500 camera around 24/7? Who cares if the appointment book is a bit difficult to enter new memos into? Who carries their $500 PDA around 24/7? Who carries ALL this stuff 24/7?

I can't believe that the self proclaimed 'nerds' don't understand the value. It's like we're all minimalists all the sudden. Funny what earning karma can turn ppl into.

Re:Phone Quality

[10Ghz]

There are lots and lots of phones that offer just the basics when it comes to features. If you don't want all these features, then go ahead and buy something like Nokia 1100 (I bought my non-technological mother that one. Really solid construction, works very well, good reception and it cheap as well!)

Me? I have a Nokia 6600 with just about all the imaginable features. And I do use those features (yes, that includes the web-browser!).

Seriously: It's pointless to whine "But I just want to make phone-calls! I don't need all these features!". In that case: just buy a basic phone! There are lots of those available! just because there are phones that are packed with features, does not mean that you are forced to buy one.

What the?

[LilMikey]

So SlashDot is now turfing for cell phone reviewers? There's nothing especially exciting or geeky about this device. They've been making the flip-open messaging handsets for a while now. Hell, even the reviewer in underwhelmed (3.75/5). It's not exceptional in any way.

The title of this article should read "Nokia comes out with new version of same old crap... like they do a dozen times every year."

Re:A quick question

[gl4ss]

* I'd rather they spend the manufacturing dollars on a phone with clearer signals and better durability. I'd pay good money for something like that.*

would you? would you really pay more to get less?

then do so and buy some of the high-end business models they like to put out as well with reduced functionality and added impression of being rugged(8xxx)

anyways.. most of the people that complain how they would just like to have clearer signal seem to come from the same areas.. particulary areas where a better phone even couldn't cover up for the SHITTY NETWORK. I honestly can't see any difference in different manufacturers receptions around here unless I go underground(in a cave) and even then they all just drop dead.

anyways, these flip-out a full alphabet pad phones from nokia have a very solid feel into them.

urgh.. well.. back to porting infones to s60!

Re:El Reg got here ages ago

[Anonymous Coward]

The Register reviewed this phone THREE MONTHS AGO and that was an actual review.
So why is this being posted now? Hmm?

Because /. editors are crap these days. Probably several reviews were submitted as stories several months ago, and got rejected. Finally an old press release gets submitted as a story, and gets accepted. This is nothing unusual in today's Slashdot. We need some competition - a site more or less like /. but with competent editors.