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Comparison: Nokia 6600
(Symbian) to Orange SPV phones (MS Smartphone) |
| Nr |
feature |
Nokia 6600 |
Orange SPV
phones |
| 1. |
speed |
I was a little
disappointed by the speed of the 6600. The menus lag somewhat and
applications are not desperately fast to open. |
Overall 6600
is about as quick as the SPV e100, but nowhere near as fast as the e200
which is out shortly (uses MS 2003 OS with Bluetooth, camera etc). |
| 2. |
home screen |
It's a shame
the wasn’t some sort of Pocket PC type Today Screen implemented into the OS.
I find myself constantly looking at my phone to see what I am doing next and
the Today Screen shows me right there without having to fiddle around.
Unfortunately, the 2 Series 60 Today Screen apps I tried to install would
not work on the 6600. |
The
default screen on the SPV is fantastic - really useful. |
| 3. |
skins |
The
6600 supports Themes, which can be customised to an extent - change colour
etc. |
Again the SPV wins hands down here with their XML skins. The SPV can be
completely transformed if you know a little XML. Indeed there are already
thousands of fantastic skins available for the SPV. |
| 4. |
standard e-mail |
The worst
thing about the 6600 is the email software. It is basic to say the least.
There is no automatic polling to the email server and using a POP 3 email
account you have to download the entire message with associated attachments.
What a stupid idea. My first email connection yesterday resulted in 50
emails. Can you imagine how long it takes to download them? |
On the SPV it
is no problem. Just set the software to retrieve the first 5KB of each
message - perfect! |
| 5. |
deleting emails |
Then the next
problem...deleting the emails. No delete-all button. So one by one I have to
delete them, and it is several clicks to delete each email. |
A good feature
of the MS Smartphone OS is all the menus on the phone have numbers, so if
delete is the 5th option down you just press 5. No need to scroll down the
menu. |
| 6. |
URLs in e-mails |
URL's are not
converted into clickable links either - bad. |
They are on
the SPV. |
| 7. |
memory card slot |
The battery
cover is particularly flimsy, especially the 2 little clips on it. Under the
battery cover is the MMC slot, hidden under the battery. What a stupid place
to put it! |
The
SPV's SD card can be removed while the phone is still on. |
| 8. |
connectivity with PC |
Finally onto
the very very worst thing about the 6600. The Nokia PC Suite!! I have spent
about 20 hours non-stop trying to get the bloody thing to work. I have
invested in 2 different USB Bluetooth dongles and tried installation and
reinstallation on 3 separate Windows XP machines several times. On every
occasion the mRouter software just simply does not recognise the Virtual Com
ports and consequently you can not connect your phone to your PC. I called
Nokia and they said it's the Bluetooth manufacturers fault. I called them
and they said it's Nokias fault!! I work in an IT environment and I am very
computer literate, but neither I, nor anyone in my office can get this
software to work! It's pathetic really. |
If I want to
sync my SPV I place it in a docking cradle and that’s it. No buttons to
press, nothing to configure (e200 can also use Bluetooth). Sync is fast and
it allows more than one phone to sync with Outlook and it allows you to sync
only your contacts and not your partners for instance. I find this a very
usefull feature as we use one copy of Outlook in my office but only my
contacts get synched with my phone. Once the SPV is connected you can use
Windows explorer to browse to EVERY file on the phone - You can only browse
to a few folders using the data suite. |
| 9. |
Internet browser |
Opera Browser
If you go to a website that has a drop down menu with say 20 items in it,
Opera displays the menus and one long list. You then need to scroll down and
down the page just to get past the drop down menu (you can be scrolling for
ages).
Only about 80% of the sites I can open in Pocket IE will open in Opera.
|
Pocket
Internet Explorer
Pocket IE displays drop downs just like they should be. Clicking on the menu
opens them.
Pocket IE I can sync to my PC and then just drag all of my favourites into
Pocket IE\'s favourites folder. I can create hundreds of favourites in
seconds. |
| 10. |
improvement over previous
model / competition |
There is very
little the 6600 does in a better and more efficient way then the SPV. |
The new SPV
e200, out next week should have all of the misgivings fixed. It's faster,
has a built in camera, Bluetooth and has the new 2003 OS as well as
integrating .NET. |
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