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Nokia 6820 Wireless Messaging Handset Reviewed

Posted by michael on from the stuff-to-drop dept.

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."

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  1. WTF? by powerline22 · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    1. Re:WTF? by Erwos · · Score: 5, Interesting

      "Looks too much like a press release for my taste"

      That because it's probably taken straight from the media kit for the product.

      I'm doing tech support in a teaching theater for a PR class this summer. They barely ever require my help, so I sometimes listen in on what's going on.

      One of the most fascinating things they talked about was how important "ready-made" materials that could be presented as a "story" were. Basically, reporters are generally lazy. If you send them stuff they can mostly cut and paste that's informative and doesn't look _exactly_ like an ad, they'll use it almost verbatim.

      To be honest, I almost got the impression that the "reviewer" had not used the product at all.

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    2. Re:WTF? by Westech · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

  2. I have one... by cballowe · · Score: 5, Informative

    I like it... You can even get a slow but useable SSH client that runs on it from www.idokorro.com. The electrical connections between the keyboard portion that flips seem to be a little flimsy, and sometimes certain keys don't have the expected behavior. Other than that, it's a nice unit. I definitely like the fact that it has a normal phone form factor, unlike my previous phone... the Nokia 3300 mp3 phone.

  3. Phone Quality by Icarus1919 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  4. What the? by LilMikey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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."

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  5. My Best Phone Ever by TheScream · · Score: 5, Informative
    I've had a 6820 for about 4 months now and I can honestly say that it has reduced my phone bill as far as calls are concerned. The downside that my costs for messaging and data have skyrocketed because I'm sending heaps of text messages and spending heaps of time on IRC using WLirc. It certainly has the geek factor to be on the bus or train using IRC.

    As far as email goes, I havn't tried it because it seems that the IMAP4 client for the phone is broken. I'm still able to check my mail via IMAP4 on my Pocket PC when connected via the phone using Bluetooth.

    The keyboard is excellent for it's size but I fear about getting RSI in my thumbs. :)

    I certainly get a lot of looks when I whip it out and fold the keyboard open. It is highly common to get the "what on earth is that?!?" comment from some... ahhh back to the days when I had my first US Robotics Pilot 5000 and the continual praise heaped upon one for having such a unique device.

    I find that I'm almost never using my Pocket PC anymore because I can download all my calendar, contacts, etc into this one.

    I don't believe the US version has the Blackberry client but the Australian version sure does. I'm hesitent to get it activated because of the AU$50 (US$35) per month fee that Telstra charge.

    This is a massive leap ahead over the 6800 and when Nokia inevitably release a followup to this one I'm not hesitating in getting it.

    Things I'd love to see in the next iteration of this phone:
    • Series 60 OS (and the associated higher resolution screen)
    • 1.3 Megapixel or higher camera
    • Expandable memory
    • Better quality screen
    • Faster UI

    The low points of this phone are:
    • Very average screen
    • Poor quality camera
    • UI could be faster
    • Joystick could be better
    • No MP3 ringtone support
    • Not much memory (3.5MB)
  6. El Reg got here ages ago by SpooForBrains · · Score: 5, Informative

    OK, what the hell?? The Register reviewed this phone THREE MONTHS AGO and that was an actual review. You can read it here.

    So why is this being posted now? Hmm?

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