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Having my first serious look at the 5800 tonight before my son gets its, or my wife as there is now a bit of competition for it! and actually after the first hour I'm fairly impressed

its not as big as I imagined from the pics and its a good implementation.

Mind you I've only done some basics like the initial setup and configuring wifi and t-mob data and connected to the web to browse esato, viewed a video and checked out some pics, but so far I quite like it.

so far I also haven't had to use the stylus which is what I hoped.

strange sim card setup though... straight insert from the side but instead of being able to push and click it out the same way you have to open the back cover and remove the battery and use the stylus or a pen to slide the sim out. weird.

anyway... more to discover and if I like it more I may well be tempted by the N97, or... perhaps neither son or wife will get this
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Posted: 2009-03-25 20:11:22
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I personally think the 5800 is a cracking wee phone, its has a nice design and the menu system is really well implemented.

It has really made me think about getting the n97 in the summer.
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Posted: 2009-03-25 21:51:28
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hmmm, its the first device that doesn't seem to like my iphone headset

it initially offered the headset option but sound was muffled and since then it just says unsupported device.

my mdr's work fine though, sound is good!

I do dislike having to constantly choose the wifi connection, it really should be the default without prompting if I am in range

gps seems responsive, even sitting in the lounge with the curtains drawn

not convinced by the haptics, sometimes it makes it feel like the housing is loose but perhaps thats just something to get used to

also, I haven't quite figured out the taps yet. sometimes it seems a single tap is enough to select something and other times a double tap is required, if there is a rule for this I haven't sussed it yet

will spend tomorrow checking the rest out but so far still impressed by this offering
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Posted: 2009-03-25 23:56:40
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as my son claimed the first 5800 I got another one from ebay which had originated from O2.

It was locked and didn't appear to be branded but it had an O2 product code and so couldn't be updated to the latest V20 firmware.

It seems NSS which I used on the N95 to change product code doesn't work with the 5800 yet but I found a guide on the net and did it no problem and subsequently updated to V20

I have to say I really do like this phone
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Posted: 2009-04-09 13:33:31
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Yes, NSS gets automatically disabled by Nokia Update Service these days, the gits......

Do you have a link for your method, chap??


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Posted: 2009-04-09 15:52:50
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yeah, sorry, I should have posted that.

I got the instructions and downloads from here

and I got the product codes from here

my son got the blue 5800 but I have a red, but I do prefer the blue themed firmware so chose the euro1 blue product code
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Posted: 2009-04-09 16:01:46
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Interesting...thanks......

Looked at an all-black one myself the other day(mmm), but otherwise blue does seem a little more tasteful......


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Posted: 2009-04-09 19:22:28
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This phone is currently £199.95 @ CPW on pay as you go. Nice.
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Posted: 2009-04-12 04:02:00
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