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Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 15:18:52
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 15:48:44
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The biggest problem with 'tech journalist' is IMHO, they should have called the 'Nokia 3310' an overpriced low cost China phone, you better buy in the supermarket for half the price without the name sticker.
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Most did not even mention the built in WWW browser, because they thought they where not possible in mobiles without a touch screen.
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Import Export functions on Contacts, Mail or Calendars ... well this is for smart phones they have a touch screen and where invented by Apple. |
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 15:53:41
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Import Export functions on Contacts, Mail or Calendars ... well this is for smart phones they have a touch screen and where invented by Apple. |
I'm sensing you're being sarcastic so I'll let that one go
Yes, the 3310 is overpriced but it is fun and SIMPLE in 'day to day' use at least. It has a charm and will appeal to people that want old style 'no nonsense' phone + text only with additional web and games if required desperately or if bored. Last edited by BigD on 24-Jun-2017 at 03:54 PM.
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 16:55:43
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So it's got a a camera. Does it have WiFi? Given people seem to ignore that and are prefering to pay for data it seems WiFi may be out of date now.
But, given your issues, how does it compare to a top of line $1,000 or more Nokia phone from their prime? Surely they took the best phone they ever produced from that era and recreated it? Otherwise I don't see the point.
So there is at least USB support? Can it mount a drive? Do they provide any software at all downloadable or otherwise? |
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 17:03:36
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Most did not even mention the built in WWW browser, because they thought they where not possible in mobiles without a touch screen. |
Well that's a bit ignorant for a so called tech journalist. Do they know key phones supported Java before smart phones did? Or that they had mobile internet?
Browsers are old hat. I bought my first colour phone in about 2002. It had a browser. Motorola E360. I was a Motorola person and it had 4096 colours. It was like having a pocket Amiga.
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 17:18:38
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It's a shame Nokia pulled out of actually manufacturing phones the last proper Nokia handset I had the Nokia Lumia 925 was quite a good phone with a good operating system in Windows Phone. Such a shame it was let down by a complete lack of apps... _________________ Amigaone X5000/20 4GB Radeon RX 550 Polaris 12 AmigaOS4.1 Final Edition Update 1 Amiga 1200 Workbench 3.1.4 Amiga CD32 |
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 24-Jun-2017 18:18:29
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So it's got a a camera. Does it have WiFi? Given people seem to ignore that and are prefering to pay for data it seems WiFi may be out of date now.
But, given your issues, how does it compare to a top of line $1,000 or more Nokia phone from their prime? Surely they took the best phone they ever produced from that era and recreated it? Otherwise I don't see the point.
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1) No it hasn't got WiFi and the 'internet' functionality resembles WAP+++ rather than a 3G experience. It's fine for Googling or price checking or even opening web email. There's also a Facebook app which includes FaceBook messaging (no Whatsapp though which is a shame but not a deal breaker for people that JUST want a phone).
2) They recreated a feature phone with a few mod-cons. They didn't and cannot compete with Apple and Samsung and instead used this as a marketing stunt to raise awareness of their reasonably priced Android based phones; Models 3, 5 & 6. Demand for the basic 3310 model is roughly 7 times that expected indicating some people want a return to a more simple handset that just does the basics but has some retro stylings and interesting aesthetics.
3) Mass Storage support is there. No connectivity 'software' is provided on the computer side Bluetooth file transfer for MP3s and photos just works with the 3310 recognising what the files are! Although PNG photos don't seem to be compatible so maybe JPG is favoured?
4) So any thoughts on the Calendar problem? Will I have to carry my old 3220 around me as a personal organiser until all the old appointments run out? Progress?!Last edited by BigD on 24-Jun-2017 at 07:44 PM.
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 26-Jun-2017 8:44:36
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Import Export functions on Contacts, Mail or Calendars ... well this is for smart phones they have a touch screen and where invented by Apple. |
Apple didn't invent the smartphone. They took an existing niche product and mass-marketed it. Same as the ipod, the ipad, their smart watch, and that thing they announced the other week.
The only product they genuinely made from scratch was the home computer. It's a shame people forget that these day.
BTW, importing and exporting Contacts, Mail and Calendars has nothing to do with a touch screen. I have a PDA circa 1997 that does all those things without a touch screen._________________ --------------- AmigaOne X5000 P5020 2Ghz, OS 4.1 AmigaOne XE G4 800mhz, OS 4.1 A1200T 40Mhz 68040, OS 3.9 |
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 26-Jun-2017 10:44:12
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BTW, importing and exporting Contacts, Mail and Calendars has nothing to do with a touch screen. I have a PDA circa 1997 that does all those things without a touch screen. |
I couldn't quite blieve that he thought calendar functions were synonymous with touch screens and hence must have been invented by Apple! crazy I assumed he was being sarcastic. It's like the second re-write of tech history.
1) Commodore never existed, neither did Atari (Jack Tramiel version), etc only IBM and Apple!
2) Nokia, Motorola and Sony Ericsson never existed and the calendar and touch screen was not available until the iPhone in 2007!!!! Nokia represented a dark era where people still used paper diaries! :
To further demonstrate how moronically brainwashed people are to worship at the alter of Apple and the iPhone; I told my dad I'd got one of the new Nokia 3310s... "you know the relaunched version but with bluetooth and an mp3 player?"
At the end of my minute long explanation he said; "So you got a new iPhone then? So you've got WhatsApp now?"
What do we learn from this? 1) iPhone users can't envisage why anyone would buy anything else and are not quite sure there is anything else even in the past!
2) Apple use brainwashing marketing that has made the ownership of a £800+ gadget that is easily stolen or broken common place.
3) Life was simpler when computers were fun and we weren't addicted to Smart Phones!
4) I'm getting old and struggle to relate to 'Millenials' (or even my own Dad at times)
P.S. I've just managed to get charged £3 for a mobile game that is free and already installed on my 3310!! Trust me! I rang Gameloft and they will reimburse me but they couldn't give the game that I was trying to buy; Asphalt 6 because the lady thought it was uncompatible!!!!
Even though it is the most advertised game for the Nokia 3310 after Snake and is seen running on the screen shot at the top of this thread!!! Madness! I'll have to wait until 7/7/17 for a barcode by text message to take to a Post Office to get the refund!
Progress? I don't think so Last edited by BigD on 26-Jun-2017 at 10:56 AM. Last edited by BigD on 26-Jun-2017 at 10:45 AM.
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 27-Jun-2017 17:33:27
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 27-Jun-2017 18:02:29
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Well isn't the fact I've managed to get the data into iCal the equivalent of using a transport layer? How do I get the Nokia 3310 to talk to iCal? _________________ "Art challenges technology. Technology inspires the art." John Lasseter, Co-Founder of Pixar Animation Studios |
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Re: Why tech journalists are all hype monkeys and the real problem with the New Nokia 3310 Posted on 27-Jun-2017 21:07:33
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Hm, Bubble Bash 2, I was one of the programmers :) And I had to extend the level editor of the first game, it was made in Visual Basic 6 and had french variable names and comments... I have no idea about french :P |
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