Nokia Announces 7710 PDA/GPS/Internet Phone

Tufriast writes "The Register has an interesting article on Nokia's internet ready/GPS/PDA ultra phone. It boasts music playing capabilities and features the Series 90 Software. Its attractiveness, and 'No side-talking' (NGage) capacity alone makes it a handy utensil."

Comments

"Europe, Middle East, Africa"

[xNoLaNx]

Figures it's not something we'll see here anytime soon...

Lets go back to the days of HUGE cell phones

[lNxUnDeRdOg]

I'm all for cool gear, but let's face it. A cell phone that can make you a mixed drink is cool, but not if it is the size of two-three average cell phones. just my two pesos...

How many of you..

[MisanthropicProgram]

saw the headline and thought "I don't care. I just want a basic cell phone." ?

My phone is getting outdated and I cannot get a basic cellphone anymore. It sucks! No, I don't want to take pictures, movies, or jack-off with my phone.

Re:How many of you..

[drinkypoo]

I want to take pictures and make movies with my phone, manage contacts, handle appointments, listen to music... Because it is most convenient to have all that stuff in one device if you'd like to be able to do it all the time. Otherwise, just buy a normal phone and stop bitching about convergence devices :P

Re:How many of you..

[gl4ss]

***My phone is getting outdated and I cannot get a basic cellphone anymore.***

that argument is getting tired.. been hearing that for 2 years.

and during that whole time, just phone phones have been available and still are. fine, just buy a normal _lowest of low_ end phone.

or wouldn't you consider something like 1100 basic? vote with your wallet if you want.

Re:How many of you..

[RealAlaskan]

One of the big reasons that I still don't have a cell phone is that most cell phones aren't a phone, they're a package. They're a contract, with minutes and special terms and cameras and side-talking and I-don't-know-what-all. I want a phone that's nothing but a phone, free local calls, and I want a simple, no-surprises monthly bill that's not too high. Right now, the only way I can get that seems to be via land line.

When the phone companies start offering just plain phone service that I can use with a cheap, basic just-plain-phone wireless phone, I'll think about going wireless. When I can buy a wireless phone at a garage sale, punch in my number or my card and get a wireless dial tone, just like I can do with a landline phone, it'll be a no-brainer. Until then, I just don't need the hassle.

My first degree is in electrical engineering, and I don't think I'm a technophobe, but I want my phone to be a phone, and gadgetry isn't for me.

You would think that the phone companies would eventually realize that they've already gotten all the gearheads and early adopters signed up. If they want to get the rest of us, they'll have to start offering services and phones that the rest of us want, and that starts with simple and no hassle.

Re:How many of you..

[dykofone]

I completely agree with you, and the typical answer is "well just get the bottom line phone, ya know, the one they give away for free with service. All it does is make calls."

But I don't want necessarily the cheapest, because from my experience it means crap ass signal, horrible color LCD screen, small buttons, and a pain in the ass interface.

I was extremely excited when Motorola came out with this the i530. Built to military spec, simple screen, strong signal. The only problem is they don't have a GSM version out yet. I have seriously thought about going to Nextel just to get a decent phone like that.

Re:How many of you..

[tepples]

I think MisanthropicProgram's point is that nobody seems to sell "normal phones" anymore.

Re:How many of you..

[drinkypoo]

I'd be happy if the thing responded slowly but was very stable (as in, separate functions had a very hard time trampling one another) but I think most people wouldn't be, and that's why we get buggy shit that crashes. Obviously technologies exist that would allow us to perform all of these functions in a single reliable unit even if we had to create virtual machines to run in. Small computing devices are now easily capable of providing the amount of memory and processing power necessary to do something like that. It would be nice if we could just make stuff that didn't crash but the point is that I would like a single device that does all this stuff. I'm pretty sure I'm not buying this one.

Using it as a PHONE

[craigtay]

I like how one of the last things it mentions anywhere on the page is how to actually use it at a phone. It was buried in the bottom of the FAQ!!

QWERTY

[DeepFried]

I have a Treo 600 and cant imagine trying to "power-use" the device without QWERTY input. Email, IM, URLs, and even the ocasional Terminal via Tussh.
If I didn't have my usable thumboard I would want to blow my brains out.
I am open to other input methods. I just haven't seen anything that comes close.

Re:Teleport

[RangerRick98]

I'd rather that it be able to teleport me. Imagine the gas savings.