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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: $449.99
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Name: Josue A. Ramirez Morales
Location:
Date: 2007-05-12
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Excelent Phone
Comment: It's a realy great phone. The menu is simple and intuitive, the configuration is realy simple. The sound is loud an clear, and have a very good reception. The lcd display is really great, bright colours and great image quality. The funcionability is the best, the wifi is realy easy to use and the navigation is realy simple. The camera gets good pictures if the light is good, the same for the video. The voice commands are realy great and simple.

In the other hand, the battery life using all the functions is realy short, for just talking it's fine (2 or 3 days) but if you use the music player or the wifi (especially last one) and extra battery is need or have close to you the charger.



Name: Fred Clancey
Location: Boulder Colorado
Date: 2007-11-28
Customer Rating: -

Summary: VoIP on a GSM handheld
Comment: The N80ie is a dual mode phone -- calls can be made/received over GSM cellular
signals or over WiFi signals. Calls through a home or other WiFi hotspot (known as
VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol) are the first step towards genuinely mobile
VoIP. With VoIP on a handheld one no longer needs to know when a call via the
internet is suppose to arrive nor have a laptop (in sleep mode) always near you.
Other major features of the N80ie (as well as the original N80) are the 3.2MP camera
and music playback supported by the opportunity to add 2Gb mini-SD flash memory.

Nokia has a well-deserved reputation for quality radios, mics and loudspeaker and
a stable OS and that reputation is evident in this particular handheld unit.
The three major features (VoIP, camera and music) that come in addition to the
excellent GSM cell phone, are mixed. I find the VoIP service a treasure but the
photography and music features are, in my opinion, below Nokia's reputation.

Two VoIP carriers, Gizmo and Truphone, have service and softwares for the N80ie.
Since the Gizmo service is less expensive and the client software was already
onboard, I chose Gizmo. Gizmo (unlike Truphone) has a CallIn service comparable
to Skype's. Imagine a US expat living in Latin America with WiFi in their home
and being able to receive calls, 24/7, for a flat rate of $36/yr from friends
and relatives in the US dialing a US number. The international use of VoIP could
easily pay for a N80ie (or for Nokia's N95 which also accepts Gizmo) over a
modest time period. Will carriers be able to fully respond to this competitive
threat with their 4th generation technologies which is itself VoIP? I doubt it
because home WiFi networks have mostly been fully paid for and subscriptions to
newly installed 4G cell signals that extend for miles will have to cover costs
-- just look at Sprint's massive (WiMax) losses to see the costs of implementing
4G over large urban areas. I.e., Gizmo (IF this ambitious firm with imaginations
of being the "Skype killer" can stay in the VoIP business ;-) on this N80ie
handheld can serve users for years to come. I expect Nokia to cease offering
Gizmo on their handhelds if they want their products sponsored by carriers and
that will leave Gizmo competing with Skype on Skype's turf, viz., computer-VoIP
rather than mobile-VoIP.

But the photography and music features on this handheld were disappointing.
On the posiive side I admit to being impressed with the onboard photo-editing
software. And I'm attracted to the idea of a resident software that allows
one to directly upload photos through WiFi to an online service. But for
those who are not already paying subscribers to Yahoo's Flickr, just know
that, once you upload your photos to Flickr, you can not retrieve the
originals unless you pay Flickr $25/yr. If you want to avoid that charge,
then it's attractive to keep one's originals on a computer and, if one is
going to store the originals on a computer, why not do the editing on a
computer since the need to see-to-edit 2048x1536 pixels (= 3.2Mp)
is severely limited on a screen 1 3/8" wide.

There are other features of the N80ie that undermine its value as a camera
phone, viz., the absence of autofocus, serious shutter-speed delay and the
absence of a lens cover. The best part of the camera phone was the ease with
which I could transfer photos to my MacBook via bluetooth. I've decided to
keep my photo albums on my computer and online with Google's WebPicasa
service. But I would occasionally like to share photos w/o having to use a
computer and the small screen of the N80 largely undercuts that wish.

It does not take a large screen to store and play music and, to help matters,
Nokia's loudspeaker has excellent sound quality. But you might like to use a
headphone or headset: The first problem is Nokia's proprietary "pop-port" that
elminates usage of any of your headphones with a standard 3.5mm audio jack.
But Nokia's bluetooth is easy to use and it supports the A2DP stereo protocol,
so why not use a wireless bluetooth headset, especially since it allows for
hands free driving. But alas, there is no support for remote control, the AVRCP
protocol. Once you've gone cordless for sound, it's surprisingly natural to
want to reach for stop/go and fast-forward buttons on the earphones (where the
sound is emerging) rather than fumbling for the phone-in-your-pocket, but the
latter is where you've got to go w/o AVRCP. But a bigger problem than
protocols and non-standard proprietary audio jack is that the software for
organizing one's music is primitive for anyone who has used an iPod and iTunes.

The camera is fine for photos of the unexpected when you didn't bring your
"real" camera with you, but for plenty of photos that one can organize and share
with others as well as reasonably organized selections of music to frequently
play, both were major disappointments for me after many hours of tinkering
because I had hoped for an iPod-like library of music and photos rolled into the
same gadget with my cell.

The only other N-series Nokia for which Gizmo's VoIP service is available is the
N95. That popular handheld overcomes several of my issues: the screen is
much larger, a 3.5mm audio jack is present and its bluetooth 2.0 includes the
remote control protocol. Both, however, have imposed software limits of one
measly minute on their voice recorder just in case someone has the idea that
podcast files can be developed on either of these VoIP enabled handhelds.

Had I not spent so many hours dinking with my hoped-for emerging photo library
and trying get the unit to work well as a music device, I would gladly allocate
10 stars to this outstanding dual mode VoIP/GSM phone with Gizmo on board.
But I've subtracted a half-dozen points for the time I squandered on false hopes.




Name: Middle adopter
Location: Los Angeles
Date: 2006-11-21
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Great phone probably still a little overpriced
Comment: I was between the k790a and this phone and finally decided I was willing to pay $200 extra for WLAN, the WLAN is not as useful as I expected. It works great with a strong signal that is pre-configured, but if you expect to be able to wander around and use free WLANs as you are walking around you will be disappointed. It takes some time to set up each network and the phone lists no network in places where my laptop has a solid connection. But when it does work the screen is large enough to look at almost any website.

The Camera is great in a bright environment with photos worth saving, but in the dark still takes photos that are fun but not worth keeping, (dark and grainy). I also noticed the slider is a little loose and even though it is a slider phone you still need to lock it which I find annoying.
It fits comfortably in any pocket and my only worry is the camera lens seems like it will be easily scratched given there is no cover.

Overall I am happy but if I had to do it again I might choose the k790a and use the extra $200 to upgrade a little sooner.



Name: Teaser
Location: Downey, CA
Date: 2008-07-18
Customer Rating: -

Summary: VERY GOOD PHONE IS TOO BAD IT ONLY LASTED A YEAR
Comment: Is been a whole year since i bought this phone. It was great. Unfortunately it finally gave up on me. The screen went white and that was the end of it. But while the phone worked it was great. The picture were above average. I loved that. The internet was faster than other phones.The colors were great, the ability to download themes to it and screen savers too. Over all a great phone.


Name: Andrew Siew
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Date: 2006-09-15
Customer Rating: -

Summary: Falls Short Somewhat...
Comment: The Nokia N80 is a 5-band phone with WLAN that boasts a 3.0MP camera. Sounds great? maybe. But is it really worth upgrading from your N90 or N70? not so much.

The Nokia N80 is shorter yet thicker than the N70 and generally smaller than the N90, but aside from the higher resolution screen and camera and a more intelligent S60 software, it doesn't appear to be much of a worthy upgrade over its two predecessors.

The 3MP camera lacks auto focus, and the flimsy manual macro switch next to the camera lens has not much use because the macro mode has an extremely narrow depth of field, making it very difficult for the camera to focus on the subject when taking close up photographs. The resulting picture quality however is better than the N70 (it is a 3.0 MP camera after all), but cannot quite match the quality of the N90. The N90 offers better contrast and definition even at a lower resolution of 2MP.

The N80's screen resolution is amazing for surfing the net and taking photos, but because most S60 softwares like Adobe Acrobat LE 1.0, Quickword (for viewing microsoft word docs) (both usable on N70 and N90) run under a 208 x 176 pixel screen environment, they are actually incompatible with the N80. So, upgrading to N80 means you'll lose all these features and most games that are designed to work on N70 and N90 cannot be installed on your N80 as well.

The WLAN feature is however a blessing, as you can walk into a wifi hotspot and start surfing away for free. The N80 also has a slightly better response time than the N70. The built-in music player has a 5 band equalizer, and the supplied headset comes with a remote volume control and skip button for your MP3s. The N80 uses MiniSDs, which the last time i check has just had its highest capacity increased to 4GB. However, Nokia did not guarantee that any MiniSD cards over 1GB will work on the N80.

An interesting call feature of the N80 to note is that the phone can actually say the caller's name (assuming it can be pronounced) when the person is calling you. I find this very useful as i do not have to run to check the phone screen to know who's calling.

The bundled battery is BL-5B, which has a smaller capacity than the N70 and N90. Therefore, with all the added features, the N80 cannot last long on its bundled battery. If you are going to buy this puppy, be prepared to have a portable charger with you at all times or carry a charged spare battery with you.




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