October 28, 2005
Nokia 8800
Pocket-lint reviews the Nokia 8800, and has this to say about the camera: "The camera too lacks punch and while manufacturers rush to get bigger and better cameras in their phone’s Nokia has opted for a lowly 0.5 megapixels for the 8800. This, although disappointing is probably due to the phone only featuring 64mb on-board memory with no expansion slots for MMC or SD."
Overall verdict? "Those who are convergence driven should steer well clear, this is the Ferrari F40 of phones, built beautifully but with little inside."
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EngadgetMobile reports that the luxury Nokia 8800 is now available in black stainless steel ... and it's the most expensive version yet.
"Sleekly shaped out of stainless steel, the black Nokia 8800 has been designed to be an object of pure luxury. Open the state-of-the-art slide mechanism to reveal perfectly placed keys beneath a crystal clear, high resolution and scratch resistant screen."
MobileWhack reports that the Nokia 8800 is now also available in a gold edition. The gold stands for 24K gold. You also get a special edition box and a charging dock. All for only $2700.
Features are the same as for the standard Nokia 8800:
* 0.5 megapixel SVGA camera
* 262k color TFT (208 x 208 pixels) display
* 64MB internal memory
* 64 polyphonic
* FM Radio
* Mp3 Player
* Video Recording
* 180 mins talktime
* EDGE
* Bluetooth
* infrared
* Java
* MMS
* SMS
* USB
* WAP
OSNews reviews the Nokia 8800/8801 and writes, "The slickest feature of this phone is not its camera, not its memory card slots, not its reception, not its ease-of-use, not its whatever-feature-they've-come-up-with-now, no; this phone's best feature is its all-steel casing. Except for a patch at the top, which is made out of plastic (probably because of the antenna), the entire phone is made out of steel (from the marketing-speak booklet: "The touch of steel. Sleek. Intense. Instinctive."). The flat surfaces are brushed, while the curved surfaces are smooth, non-brushed, steel. This makes the phone remarkably heavy (134 grams), but also gives the phone an extremely solid appeal, as if you are holding something that will not fall apart."
ElectricNews.net reviews the Nokia 8800 Sirocco and writes, "This handset has all the usual Nokia features, and in terms of quality the 8800 is only concerned with functioning as a telephone. (And being beautiful.) For example, the headset only has one earplug so you won't be able to cocoon yourself with sound if you want to use the phone as a music player. The camera is only adequate, and the video function -- while passable -- suffers from mediocre picture quality."
Unbeatable.co.uk reviews the Nokia 8800 and writes, "Nokia’s 8800 has been designed for the mobile phone strokers amongst us. Apart from the gorgeously contemporaneous design, there is absolutely no reason for charging £600 for it. It has all the mod cons in terms of phone applications and it provides good FM radio reception, a music player and internet browsing. Nokia has no excuse for charging £600 for a phone that provides bad call volumes, and solo earbud- type earphones, however all applications react quickly and as with everything Nokia – they are all easy-to-use. The average battery life is a major let down, but the spare battery overcomes this problem. If you’ve got a spare £600 knocking about at home and you want a good looking mobile phone, the Nokia 8800 is a great contender for the shortlist."
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