So, to pass. Talking about the new Nokia models based on Symbian OS no longer just talking about the beautiful future, and to the public was presented the first model of the family of Series 60 - Nokia 7650 imaging phone. By the classification of Symbian this device is likely to category Pearl (Pearl) - smartphones. Smartphones for some reason are traditionally called all the devices that combine PDA and phone functions, but in reality it's not quite true. For example, keyboard devices such as Nokia 9210 are for a PDA, while smartphones - it is rather a device such as SonyEricsson P800. Nokia 7650, Nokia itself is not called a smartphone, and "imaging phone", ie the phone with photo and video functions.
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But be that as it may, I am holding a fundamentally new device, which analogs have not been. Appearance of new items a few unusual for the phone - it resembles a smaller PDA-type pretty Palm. Looks extremely stylish Nokia 7650 - silver-colored middle part of the body, front and rear (sliding) black panel - made soundly, and not only pleasant to look at, but very good in the hand. The rear half of the device moves relative to the main part of the body and opens the gaze rather elegant form the keyboard. Button on the keyboard is very flat, with little progress, and at first it appears that it will be difficult to press - but it is not. Even I, with his thin fingers did not, no problem got the keys. In addition to the sliding keypad 7650 is equipped with a joystick, which is also, and another button. In general, this joystick deserves a separate discussion - a piece extremely comfortable. Two more familiar to users of Nokia phones buttons are located below the screen, and a little sideways - it is the menu button.
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| Nokia 7650 in the folded state: the keyboard is not visible ... |
Director of the Moscow office of Nokia, Mr. Raimo Niukkanen sly smiles and offers me the most to find a compartment for SIM-card. I routinely take off the battery and put it back ... because there is nothing under it. Further searches reveal that on the back of the unit there is one remove the cover under which there is an antenna and proper slot for SIM-cards (with closed keyboard is not visible). On the new device, the cover is sitting in general "as poured" on who visited the same in the hands of many journalists' phone it has a small gap, making it, and you can find. Here are suffering SIMka inserted, the power button is pressed - go ahead! Logo appears on the screen Nokia, then there are the traditional handshake two hands (one more, a second smaller one), and a few seconds appears the main screen. The download speed is definitely happy! Also encouraged and the screen itself - its perfectly visible even in bright sunlight (unlike, for example, the screen Nokia 9210). And, curiously, is better seen when the sun shines directly on the screen. By the way, your phone has a sensor light - and in bright light, the phone does not include the backlight, if a sensor is activated. From the perspective of the current realities of the phone "packed" more than adequately: GPRS, HSCSD, infrared, Bluetooth, 12-bit color screen, polyphonic ring tones - all these are nothing new today, everything is taken for granted - the progress does not stand still . But the main highlight is, of course, the camera. The lens is located on the back of the phone, and in the folded position the keyboard is closed, so that shooting is only possible with the extended keyboard. Permission is small - 640x480 pixels (dots of the matrix is unknown to me, but apparently it is not too large), but it is enough to perform the basic function - take a picture and send it to someone else.For use as a professional digital camera, the Nokia 7650 is, of course, does not apply.
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The camera has three modes - normal, portrait (which simply "cut" part of the image, as if creating a sort of "frame") and a night mode, in which the camera shoots pretty well in low light conditions. The process of shooting is simple utterly: have guided the lens to the desired object by clicking on the button joystick - and the picture is ready! In this case, the phone plays a sound similar to shutter the old camera - very nice detail that adds a certain charm to the process of shooting ;-). And as applications such harvester can find a lot! Ranging from the simple exchange of funky favorite photos of themselves to send pictures to someone astray location (eg home), where he was to come. And the opportunity to capture a unique moment without a single camera is expensive. Let the quality of so-so, but there is a picture to remember! Special enthusiasm for the camera showing representatives of the weaker sex - is the machine into the hands of someone of them are beginning to click everything, men are somehow more reserved ...) Now a little about the user interface device. When you create a Series 60 Platform Specialists Nokia aims to make the interface as a convenient, intuitive, and instead of the maximum functionality in a tiny phone screen. And, oddly enough, the developers have succeeded. Even people who have never held in their hands the phone Nokia, note the simplicity and ease of use. Phone's screen (the main "menu", which is activated by a button) is a set of icons, moving between them by using the joystick. Start (choice) by pressing the joystick - like I said, he still works part-time and a button. Two additional buttons on the body below the screen are familiar to users from Nokia, although perform several other functions. Left button invokes a context menu, which can vary depending on the application and workflow. The right usually does the "Cancel". By the way, to me, the user phones Nokia «with the experience, it is initially somewhat hurt - usually when entering text, this button performs the function of erasing a symbol, and a couple of times I had to start re-enter data, because instead of erasing letters or other applications to close the dialogue (of course without saving already entered text). Then I found on the keyboard «C» (deletion), and all at once it became easier.
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| Slight movement of the hands of Nokia 7650 turns into a keyboard device ... |
The icons can be grouped into separate "folders" (eg "Tools", "Messages", etc.) You can create your own folders and places the desired icon. In contrast to the more professional communicators families Nokia 92XX, Nokia 7650 provides the user with a few less freedom in terms of various file manipulations - a file system is completely hidden from the user. This eliminates the numerous problems caused by an inquisitive mind and "skillful" hands Users often ask questions like "why should I not delete the folder System, all the same it just takes up too much space ..." pleased that the phone comes fully Russified, indicating that serious for Nokia to Russian users. Although I was told that in the instance that I tested, is not installed the final version of the firmware, however, specific complaints about the work of software has not caused - it worked perfectly. True, I could not resist the temptation of a professional and very carefully looked at all for any blunders. To the credit of translators Nokia, they appeared not too much.Most of my disagreements with them - the question of individual terms. Another problem in a small (for me compared to the Nokia 9210) screen - a long Russian phrases simply do not fit, and must be strongly reduced. Managed by the Nokia 7650 operating system, Symbian OS, version 6.1. About this system is said and written a lot, so I will not repeat. I can only say that this system developed a joint venture of the leading manufacturers of mobile phones and a very serious claim to be a standard in this market. One unique feature of this OS is that it can be "adapted" absolutely any user interface that gives manufacturers a truly unlimited freedom of action than that and is very active in Nokia. The standard set of applications, "stitched" into the phone ROM includes:
- The program works with the camera
- E-mail client that works with SMS, E-mail, MMS and fax
- Contacts database
- Calendar
- Two toys - familiar to many "snake" and an extended version of "pyatnashek" remarkable fact that the order should not numbers, and pieces of the picture, and as the playing field can be any image file. Photographed the beautiful scenery - and collect it at your leisure from the pieces.
- WAP-browser
Also on the Nokia 7650 is possible to install additional applications, of which more recently there is increasing with the growth of this platform. As the Nokia 7650 also proved to be good. The reception was very confident - even in the basement of an indicator showing the maximum level. When the conversation is no gripes with the sound quality does not arise. The only "but": when the illumination is clearly audible in the dynamics of the "background", but since the lights off after a few seconds of conversation, the background also disappears. The device is equipped and feature "hands-free" - for its inclusion is a button on the left side of the phone. Polyphonic synthesizer tone is very loud and very pleasant to the ear. Pleased that as a ringtone, you can use any MIDI-file (and they are on the Internet you can find thousands, for every taste) - the device will automatically recognize it when you receive and put into the correct directory, and it will immediately appear in the list of available ring tones for. Another useful feature is that the smartphone is borrowed from a Nokia 7110 - when closing the keypad, the phone automatically offers a key lock to protect against accidental pressing. When you open the keypad lock is automatically removed. Phone equipped with e-mail client, able to work with POP3 and IMAP4. I did not raise any problems with the configuration and access to my mailbox. Also, there were no problems with reading messages - the phone supports the main Russian-language coding. Lack of Web-browser does not seem a particular problem: in any case, browse Web-pages on a tiny screen - not a pleasant occupation. Current theme today - GPRS. No problems were found (Beeline). The access point is configured according to the instructions on the website operator, after which everything works smoothly. Also failed to send (but myself, because none of his acquaintances no phones supporting MMS), a message MMS - picture with a little sound. Everything went perfectly (after studying the instructions on the site BeeLine), which I admit, even a little surprised.
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By the way, Nokia 7650 can be used as a modem in conjunction with a handheld computer or laptop - using the infrared port or Bluetooth. Now a few words about how to connect to a desktop PC. Here, perhaps, waiting for the main surprise. The Nokia 7650 is no serial (RS-232) port! It seems that this slow (although very reliable and simple) user interface, serving faithfully for many (probably already more than 15 (!)) Years, finally beginning to leave in the past. True, there is no USB - only infrared and Bluetooth. Software PC Suite for Nokia 7650 also has undergone significant changes.Company-developer of the operating system Symbian, which is often criticized for being weak in an exchange with a desktop PC, has decided not to develop it more independently, and held a tender to develop among the third party. Now, instead of developed in the early 90-s protocol Psion Link Protocol (which is even used in Nokia 9210) used the so-called "middleware» (middleware) m-Network from a company IntuWave, built on the basis of IP. Thus, through a special program-m-Router router device and a desktop PC communicate using standard Internet protocols! In this case, absolutely no matter what transport is used - whether it's infrared port adapter Bluetooth, GPRS, 802.11, or USB. All this greatly simplifies the connection of mobile devices, such as corporate networks. In fact, the mobile device is no longer just a complement to the desktop, but it becomes a full-fledged network device. In this case, two devices can communicate with each other without any centralized server. Protection issues are also addressed on a distributed basis, and because of the lack of intermediate servers, such a system is highly reliable. As a universal and highly scalable, the system m-Network can be used in networks of any complexity and configuration. Hurrah! ;-) By the way, to pass on the desktop just take a picture, PC Suite does not need - enough built-in Windows. I quietly posted a photo on a computer running Windows 2000. Any conflicts and problems have arisen in this case! In fact, Nokia 7650 acts as a digital camera with an infrared port. After some dithyrambs new device, let's talk about the shortcomings - alas, to do without them. Perhaps most significant is the absence of any expansion slots. 4 megabytes of internal memory - it's not very much, especially if you install all the applications running and using the camera without interruption. Incidentally, the new model 3650, this shortcoming is absent. Frankly, I do not understand the solution developers, are not supplied the apparatus higher price range expansion slot. True, I still can not find them an excuse - each of the halves of the sliding casing is thin enough, and quite possibly, for the connector is simply not enough room. Another, less important, disadvantage is the inability to record video using the built-in camera, but has already appeared a program that allows it to do. On the other hand, 4MB of memory too much video does not burn. Still did not really like that to access the numbers on the SIM-card, call the main menu and open the folder «SIM». In conventional phones was enough to simply press an arrow key, and the list soon appear on the screen. And, of course, price. It seems that Nokia 7650 is positioned as a phone for the advanced youth (in fact, that's really where the camera will appeal to the court), but I'm not sure that the Cost of the order of 700-800 euros youth tumble down the shaft of a novelty - the price bites. But this, of course, the costs of progress - first high-tech innovations are expensive. Eventually, of course, the price will fall. Yes, and a new model just around the corner. So far, 7650 - in many ways more of a symbol of prestige and "advancement" host.
Results
Well, it's time to summarize. The first pancake of the illustrious family of Series 60, represented by the Nokia 7650, yet did not become lumpy. Phone turned out exceptionally comfortable, functional and easy to use. Nokia has once again confirmed his status of a leader and trendsetter among manufacturers of mobile devices. Incidentally, the Series 60 platform has been so successful that it has licensed some of the major mobile phone manufacturers - in particular, Siemens, Panasonic and literally just Samsung. So that soon we can expect exciting new devices.In conclusion, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Russian representative Nokia Mr. Raimo Niukkanenu for kindly providing the opportunity to test this very interesting device. Hopefully, Nokia will continue to please us with new products at this level. The authors, translation:
