I’ve had my new phone for a little over a week and even got to test drive the wi-fi capability in Hong Kong. So far it is a step up from my previous Palm Centro in that the phone functions are not wonky. My Palm Centro would not let me answer phone calls at times and it became really frustration for me when the OS would hang. Not so with the Nokia 5800. The only slowdown I notice is if it is changing from portrait to landscape mode.
Texting on a full touchscreen phone is quite a challenge. Although there is haptic feedback, sometimes your thumb will miss the designated key spot and end up touching a different key spot. But using the numerical keypad for texting like a normal phone allows quite a bit of area for your finger to touch. The full screen qwerty in landscape mode is also surprisingly easy to use. Just be a bit careful with how you text and you’ll end up composing messages quite fast.
Using the phone on wi-fi with the built in web browser can be frustrating at times when I try to navigate to buttons that are too small. You will need to use the guitar pick or increase the zoom so that the buttons are bigger. Going up or down the page was at first difficult because I was so used to the scroll bar on the right side of the screen but it turns out you can can just slide your finger anywhere on the screen. The bigger screen also makes it easier to read what you are viewing on the internet.
Pictures aren’t quite as nice as my old Sony Ericsson k750i. It may have auto-focus and flash but it isn’t that great a camera. I have yet to take video footage on this phone since my Flip HD does so quite nicely.
Playing music on my phone was quite enjoyable as it comes bundled with an 8 gig micro SD card. I haven’t even filled this up totally since my last IPod was the Mini and it only had a 4 gig capacity. The shuffle song function however seems a bit iffy.
Overall I am quite pleased with the phone especially since I got it as my retention phone with less cash out than usual.
