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

[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.

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."