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new Nokia 9300 is a masterpiece. No other smart phone comes closer to
this power-packed phone. It??€�s sleek, weighs 167 gms, runs on Symbian
OS7 and is easy to use with a large QWERTY keyboard. The phone is aptly
targeted for those on the move??€�the moving manager and businessman. Call
it a mini-laptop, if you may, as this clamshell phone is bundled with
loads and loads of features, including office applications such as
spreadsheets, word, Acrobat viewer, presentations and also email
support, conference calling, EDGE, web browser, real player, USB
connectivity, and a million other things. The retail sales kit includes
one hands-free device, a smart looking charger stand and 128MB
multimedia card (MMC).
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There
are, however, four shortcomings in the 9300??€�all marginal and easily
adapted to. First, it does not have a vibrator mode. Second, it is
uneven on the desk when you flip it open. Thus, the phone keeps falling
back when you flip, at the nearly perfect eye angle, to type long
texts. When in your hands, the phone is a delight to type as compared
to other phones available on QWERTY keyboard. Third, there is no T9
dictionary to write quick texts from the front panel. And fourthly, the
scroll is uncontrollable sometimes while browsing the internet and you
need to close the web page and restart the browser.
Nokia 9300 is one of those advanced phones that support normal usage when the mobile reception is switched off.
So, you can still play your stored programmes such as music, movies or
check your existing mails, reply to them and send it later, update
contacts, schedule your appointments for the day, set reminders and all
other things that a normal PDA would do??€�even when the mobile is
switched off. The phone display is 65k colours only for both the
external and the internal screens. The latest comparable advanced smart
phones come with a display of 262k colours. As such, clarity in
graphics and moving images take a hit to that extent. But, it??€�s not all
that bad. In addition, the phone does not have a built-in camera.
High-end office users might find this a relief, as offices are already
banning use of camera phones in sensitive areas. Nokia, however, is
working on the accessories for the phone and an attachable camera might
be available in the near future.
The
browsing experience on the Nokia 9300 is fantastic and comparable to
surfing the internet from your PC or laptop. It features EDGE (enhanced
data for global evolution) ??€� basically, an advanced version of GPRS and
2-3 times faster. The phone supports browsing on most websites with
basic GPRS provided by service providers. Apart from a few secured
sites, where access was not allowed, we found that connectivity was
easy and sufficiently faster than your landline connection.
The retail sales kit includes a Symantec Client Security 3.0 30-day
trial that protects your phone while you??€�re working remotely. The phone
has a built-in memory of 80 MB, sufficient enough to store large amount
of mails and important data.
The MMC slot can further increase available memory to that extent. The
best part is that Nokia 9300 supports a few other Nokia MMC cards.
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