DEBATE!! Nokia user friendly?

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Oh, ok.
Well then...
If that is a problem(or boring) you could hold the back button(clear button) for 2 seconds and the screen will get cleared.



Smart idea. Actually that's what I do. Give a missed call on the landline and due to human psychology the other party calls back.
But they should have CLIP else plan failure is bound to be.

And why don't yoooou like T9. It's really convenient and fast. On Nokia you can also add new words, which is a good thing.
Practice and you will become a T9 Master(e.g. Yoda, really he can type fast but he doesn't need to i.e. Telepathy)
 
ok, many of die-hard nokia users claimed that nokia is SUPER user friendly in terms of its s/w. I beg to differ. Comments welcome but not hostility.

i have used Nokia (3650, 3530, 6610), Motorola (T720i), Panasonic (GD88), Sony Ericsson (T610, T300/310), Samsung (V200, S200/300, T100, N620)

3 things about Nokia user menu which I find particularly non-user friendly.
1. SMS. after typing and sending, text does not disappear or return to SMS menu. either u "clear" all or "option->clear text". worse, some users not sure whether sms already sent or not, send 1 more time, resulting in receiving 2 same sms.

2. Menu. the menu (other than 60 series) does not show all available options, unlike Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Panasonic. U need to scroll 1 by 1 to find the item u need. = extra key press. like panasonic GD, once enter menu, juz scroll left/right, up/down and select.

3. shortcut key. in the menu, when a list of commands is available, nokia seems does not support using number shortcut keys. u need to scroll faithfully to the option and choose the option.
i would prefer "options->3", for example.
 
well, duh. ;)

still, sending one single message costs as much as 3 min. talking to someone i called myself, so even if they don't call me back, it's cheaper than SMS.



point is - i use SMS mostly to send binary code. you know, mono-ringtones, operator logos and such.
T9 doesn't know these codes, of course. it keeps getting in the way.
so i just switched it off, end of story! ;)


-EnigmaticAngel
 
well, you DID say comments were welcome, so...



you're right about the text not disappearing, however - you DO get a "message sent successfully" (or something like that; i get german text), or a loud, annoying "beep!" if it wasn't, so that's hardly an excuse for sending the same message twice.



you're right on that one. personally, i don't mind, though: see #3.



you're wrong here - my good old 3310 does support shortcut keys.
menu-5-4 will direct you straight to the ringtone editor; press menu-2-1, and start typing in the SMS-text; etc.

i don't know about the models you mentioned; i've had my phone for three years and i wouldn't dream of getting any other model.


the only personal experience i have with none-nokia-phones was with the "ancient" motorola cd930 i used before.

the stupid thing wouldn't even let you reply to a message, or type a message and send it to someone whose number you have in your phonebook.
no, you had to type in the number manually...

needless to say, i was glad to get rid of it! ;)



have a good one,

EnigmaticAngel
 
Ok, cooooooooooool. True that T9 comes in the way. But sending binary code(ie punching them), is very time consuming.
i mean ringtones need to start with something like:
//SCKL9901
1253409810981236509871235....

with some alphabets thrown in between.
You could rather use the Composer if you have a BW cell
 
you're welcome! :thumbsup:

that's pretty much the point of this whole little exercise, isn't it?
passing on information?

so, no big deal. ;)

have fun!

-EnigmaticAngel
 
//SCKL1581 and then some, yeah. :)
sometimes even two or three messages, depending on the tone you send.


my 3310 does have its own composer - but: it's limited to 50 notes per tone, 3 octaves, and a max. tempo of 225 bpm.

binary format isn't, plus, it also allows you to send Operator Logos, Picture Messages and such.


-EnigmaticAngel
 
Huh?
you can even send operator logos in binary?
Can you tell me how?, or any appropriate software etc...
 
Yes. that's true.
People should learn from you. I mean most newbies junk post. But, you're da man. I'm proud that CPF has good members also...
 
:blush:

heh. thanks, i guess! :laugh:
still, if at all, da girl! ;)


but that's probably because i moderate a german cellphone-oriented board myself.
i'm used to dealing with "stupid" people, and people who post loads of junk. and i find it to be WAY annoying - so i try to avoid doing the same someplace else. ;)


-EnigmaticAngel
 
Actually I got to admit the Nokia is userfriendly. I got a Samsung C100 and Nokia 6610. The C100 is onpar with features with the 6610 and even outmatches it(65k, 40poly). But my Nokia has an easy to use interface, which even my mom llikes. On the other hand, only I use the Samsung. The sms thingy was actually added as a feature. Suppose you are typing an sms and stop 1/2 way. You can continue later. That was the idea behind the sms autosaving thingy
 
Oh, that means you know German(quite obvious) here's a site that I "quite" didn't understand while I was trying to search for my C100 firmware.
http://5026.rapidforum.com/search

Oh, sorry about da man.
Ok, now:
You're da girl!(does that sound fine??)
 
sure!

i use Ringtone Tools for converting bmp's (or midi, RTTTL and others) to binary code.


to send an operator logo, you also need to know your MCC and MNC (mobile country code and mobile network code).
you can get them at http://www.csoft.co.uk/cgi-bin2/coverage_index.pl and calculate the hex values on this page: http://www.csoft.co.uk/sckl

the command line for converting a bmp to an operator logo in binary format would look something like this:

ringtonetools -l MCC MNC image.bmp image.sckl

you can then open the new image.sckl-file with Text-Editor (like a txt-file) to see the bin-code.


there's a quite detailed description on how it's done on the Ringtone Tools website. csoft.co.uk also offers some useful info; though i find the RingtoneTools-page to be more of help.


-EnigmaticAngel
 
did you find what you were looking for by now, or do you need some help with the german...? ;)

if so - seeing as this is the Nokia-board, we'd better move it out of here. wouldn't want to post off-topic, eh?




no problem! ;)
it happens more often than not.

it sure does sound better, yeah! :P


-EnigmaticAngel
 
After the countless models of cell phones that Nokia has produced they have managed to keep a consistent, straight-foward, and easily navigated menu throughout all the phones. If you have owned a Nokia cell phone before chances are that you'll feel very accustomed to using the newer models.
 
biggest deal with nokia is that all nokias use the same chargers. people seem to love that more than anything
 
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