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Nokia N80 Internet Edition Unlocked Cell Phone with 3.2 MP Camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, MP3/Video Player, MiniSD Slot--U.S. Version with Warranty (Silver)
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Manufacturer: Nokia

List Price: $499.99
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Name: Kevin Hudson
Location: Lexington, KY USA
Date: 2006-11-15
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Stunning phone, well worth the money. Best screen on a phone ever.
Comment: This phone is stunning. I had a Sony Ericsson K790a when I got this phone in, and i promptly returned the Sony for this phone. The screen is the single best screen I've ever seen on a portable device. I have great vision and I can't see pixels, the resolution is so tight that images and the interface looks amazingly smooth and stunning, even. The screen is easily readable outdoors, and doesn't have a serious reflective problem like Sony's K780a. This phone is actually smaller than the K790a, and feels smaller in the pocket. The K790 has a big bulge where the camera is, while this one is more flat on the back, which makes it far more comfortable in the hand.

The controls take some getting used to, but once you get them down, it is pretty easy to navigate. Some might complain that it is slow, but the only place I really notice it is when viewing text messages, but it's not THAT slow, it's still rather zippy. Texting on the N80's keypad is a dream come true, the keys are responsive, and they feel well made. They are far enough apart to make texting and dialing very easy.

I have had the phone slightly slide up while in my pocket, but not enough so that the screen was turned on, it needs to latch in the closed position a little more securely, but the sliding mechanism feels very sturdy and well built, and it is balanced when holding it to your ear or texting.

The N80 won't give you fantastic battery life if you use it a lot for phone calls, but it should last a day or two without charging if you just mess with the interface, text, or make brief phone calls. After 2-4 hours of phone calls, the battery life will drop a few bars, but I've never had it die on me.

It's not the best looking phone on the market, but the silver version (which I got) looks fashionable and not chunky or bloated like other smart phones. The camera on this phone is OK, but nothing special. Every picture I've taken so far has been relatively fuzzy, and out of focus, but the colors are accurate and the photos are still far better than most phones. The camera on the front of the N80 is nifty, but I never have a use for it. It's nice to have it there anyway.

The expandable memory on this phone is important, because it can play tons of Flash games, music, and videos. Music sounds good on the speaker, and it is plenty loud. Callers sound crystal clear through the N80, and they say they can hear me much clearer than on my old mpx220 or my K790a. I had a terrible time hearing people on the K790a, the device just wasn't loud enough. It could have just been my phone though, I'll never know. It is more comfortable to talk to people with the device slid open, so you can hold it closer to your mouth and ear at the same time, but it works just fine without it open, and callers can hear me just as well.

If you like options, this is the phone for you. You can adjust just about anything on it, and it makes it so customizable that you can set it up exactly how you like it. I'm new to Symbian, but so far I love it. It looks better than Windows Mobile, and, again, it's very configurable. I suggest downloading some themes from the net (on your PC, then transfer to N80). There are some really cool ones out there, and I found one I really love.

The N80 doesn't sit flat on a surface, because of the switch on the back that switches the camera to macro mode. The top part of the phone rests on this tiny switch, which makes it kinda unstable and wobbly, but it doesn't bug me, I just wished it sat flat on a surface. The N80 has no volume rocker, which I am not used to being without. Instead, you use the directional pad to raise/lower volume. This works okay, but you have to take the phone from your face in order to change the volume, and this could have been easily solved with a simple volume rocker. In fact, only 2 buttons are on the sides of the unit, the power (on top) and the camera button (on the right). This can be a good thing, as you can pick the N80 up without pushing any buttons. On the K790a, there are so many buttons crammed onto the sides that every time i picked it up I pushed one, and it got annoying.

I wish I got the black version, but the silver is nice too. Fingerprints show on the silver version rather easily, though the screen generally stays clean, as it is recessed. The shiny area around the buttons shows prints, but it cleans off easily, and Nokia includes a very soft cloth for just this. I wish the N80 came with a case, but they do include the headphones, USB cable, and a 128 MB memory card.

In conclusion, buy this phone. It blows many other smartphones out of the water with integrated wifi, music over bluetooth, IR, and it's amazing screen. It may be pricey, but it's well worth it. I got mine from Nokia directly. Avoid TigerDirect, they sent me 2 Russian versions of the K790a in a row, and allow NO returns on cell phones.


Name: Jefferson Gutierrez
Location:
Date: 2006-11-03
Customer Rating: -

Summary: This phone rocks
Comment: I must say that I'm impressed with this phone. I bought it mainly for its WLAN functionality, and can tell you that works best than expected. Actually I'm writing this review using the phone, connected to my Home WLAN (with WPA2 Security activated).

I like to be online everywhere I go, but don't wanna pay expensive cellular data plans (using GPRS). So WLAN is for me and I can use dedicated apps for this phone like gmail, google maps, Yahoo Go! and Windows Live Messenger where I'm in a café or another free hotspots.

Preinstalled software for this phone includes: Quickoffice (for viewing Microsoft Office documents), Adobe Acrobat Lite, Music Player, Flash Player, Real Player, Voice Recorder, an excellent Web browser, Movie Director (for edit your videos), Kodak Mobile (so you can share your photos on Kodak web site o order online prints) and other useful utilities like a file manager and an application manager.

Need more apps, wanna change the phone look or carry with you your favorite mp3 songs? Ok, although the phone comes with a 128 MB miniSD card, you will notice that this is not enough. So buy a miniSD Card (at least 1GB) and then you can surf the web and download hundreds of free apps including the ones I mentioned earlier (Be careful!! some apps can harm your phone, download only from trusted sources) or buy specific apps from handango or other online buyers.

You can take some breath-taking photos with the 3 megapixel camera included with this phone. You can choose from 8 different shooting modes and manually adjust some features (shooting frequency, white balance, exposure, color tone, sharpness, brightness, contrast and color saturation) or use its self timer so you could be included on your pics. Video quality is very nice also. But if you want to have digital camera performance then you'd better buy a digital camera.

Battery life could be an issue, especially if you use all its features intensively (FM radio, Music player, Internet Browsing, or play games on it) so you should better have an additional charger with you. A tip that could help save some battery: go to Menu - Tools - Settings - Network and set the Network Mode on "GSM", so the phone won't look for UMTS networks.

Worried about your specific carrier MMS, SMS, E-mail or GPRS settings? Nokia has a Setting Wizard (installed on the phone) that will do the work for you, just choose your country and carrier and voilá! All settings will be configured.

A last comment... I prefer the Stainless Steel than the black one.


Name: Edward Brown
Location: USA
Date: 2007-10-20
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Let me tell you why, in no uncertain terms
Comment: FEATURES: In addition to the basics of a high-end unit, the N80 comes equipped w/ uPnP, WiFi, video calling & recording & streaming & editing, Adobe pdf, flash player, powepoint, Excel, Quickoffice, VoIP capability, 3 megapixel camera w/flash & zoom, 2nd front video & camera, 256mb removable memory card (NOT 128) can handle 2gb of removable memory which will hold about 500 songs, FM radio, 2 browsers - 1 robust 1 WAP & can download Opera or NetFront as well to make 3, equalizer, Symbian operating system allows you to endlessly customize unit w/ programs, USB cable, stereo bluetooth & headphones. You can download podcasts as well as Google maps. You can store an entire movie on the memory card w/ space left over & play it 'wirelessly' on another uPNP device (computer, tv). You can bluetooth your tunes to an auto w/ bluetooth like an iPod. Quad band 3G-WCDMA, bar code reader. Exceptionally bright, large, vivid screen. A ringer w/ an option to announce the name of the caller. Insanely loud ringer & speakerphone.

PERFORMANCE & USE: The 3rd edition of Symbian is MUCH faster than 2nd or UIQ. Lag time is greatly reduced. If you're used to smartphones, you'll 'get it'. If not, the N80 can be frustrating. This is not for the casual caller. It takes a lot of codes from Nokia to update the firmware. It takes a knowledge of access points relative to your carrier. It takes a lot of configuring, reading & a little trial & error. These are not flaws, but somewhat par for the course when you have a camera-quality phone w/ 2 browsers, full media player & WiFi. For simple callers, don't pay for something you won't use and will confuse you.

RELIABILITY: It's a fairly new phone & I've had it for a short time. However, my previous phone was a Nokia 6600 smartphone which I had for 3+ years. It was a workhorse. I've used the net in airports for hours at a time. I've downloaded tons of programs. To this date, she runs like a beauty. If that's any indication of Nokia's smartphones in general, I should be a happy camper. I've had ZERO problems w/ Nokia smartphones. The N80 is a solid, small, thick phone.

AESTHETICS: Well, that's subjective, but I find the silver is better looking, less typical, less safe and not as cheap-looking as the black unit. Sliders don't take to well to cases as the leather case must be adjusted to operate the unit and the crystal case will crack before the month is up.

CONS: Sending items via bluetooth isn't as reliable as w/ 6600. It receives files reliable, but sends files to my computer every other try. Not a big deal. Battery life, but what can you expect w/ a unit that does so much? Let's not be unreasonable. ...but it could be a little longer. Takes a while to configure all of the connections & download all of the updates which, again, should be expected for a packed media & business smartphone. The cursor makes navigation easy to misfire for those with large fingers.

COMPETITION: Then there's the iPhone and N95. The iPhone is the RAZR of high-end phones. It's stylish and has a great marketing campaign. For those who want more function, take note that the iPhone has one less megapixel, no video calling, no removable memory card, no MMS, no uPNP, no FM radio, etc... but costs more because of marketing. It's more showy but simply not in the same league. The N95 is not exactly competition due to the difference in price (+$200-300). For that extra, you get a couple more megapixels, GPS and a few more enhancements. I can't justify paying the amount of a 2nd laptop when the upgrades from the N80 aren't very significant. No other unit comes close and yet the sheer size of the N80 is quite small. As for the PDAs (Curve), none of them have the features of the N80, but they do have QWERTY keyboards which, with the N80s features, doesn't quite tip the scale in their favor, especially as PDAs will run you an addtl $20-30/mo for net access & none of them offer as much.

BEST PART: If you're an American using this phone on AT&T, you must pay by the kb for net usage. WiFi, however, can make this less of an issue. As you may use VoIP sevices, you needn't eat up your minutes, if that's an issue for you. I suggest, however, using this phone w/ T-Mobile. T-Mobile charges a flat fee for web usage so even w/o WiFi, you won't break the bank. T-Mobile also offers more minutes for the dollar than any other carrier. Notice no American carriers offer smartphones w/ service plans. They only offer QWERTY PDAs. They found that Americans are willing to pay an addtl $25 for a QWERTY keyboard. We 'smart'phone users know we needn't pay that extra to hop on the net.

Sorry for being so long-winded, but it's a testament to the exhaustive features of this small, flies-under-the-radar unit. If you want a Cadillac, get an iPhone, it's very blingy & less reliable. If you want a Benz, get an N80. That's really what it comes down to.


Name: Soumit Nandi
Location: Chicago, IL USA
Date: 2006-11-16
Customer Rating: -

Summary: If you cant wait for the N95...
Comment: ...then this is probably your best buy. I looked at the N93 - and the size put me off. By picking the N80, you miss the 30fps video recording (you get 15fps instead) - but you get one of the best phones out there in an appealing form factor. I upgraded from an overused 6600 to the N80 - and the improvements in the OS, form factor, performance and quality were all impressive.

Pluses:
- Wifi works great.
- The web browser shipped with the phone is one of the best Ive seen on mobile devices.
- Very intuitive user interface, what you'd expect from Nokia.
- Good camera, with fairly extensive settings (including white balance)
- Ships with a virus scanner.
- Supports TLS/SSL on IMAP email accounts. The 6600 didn't, and was a major issue for me.

Minuses:
- Lifeblog is proprietary and doesnt work out-of-the-box with blogger or wordpress.
- Battery life is anything but impressive. I use both voice and data pretty extensively (1500+ mins/month) and need to charge the phone everyday.[...]


Name: Julio A. Sierra Crespo
Location: Caracas, MI, VZLA
Date: 2007-02-09
Customer Rating: -

Summary: great!!
Comment: great phone, nice audio, the cam is awesome! nice aplications, anyway nothing to complain! really great phone.


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