Yeesh. Anyways, I think its a little late in the game for a $600 S60 phone even though it was ahead of it's time when it was released. Unless their new OS really kicks it into gear and their phones get onto US carriers with subsidized pricing Nokia is gonna struggle breaking into the hi-end US market.
It's basically the same OS and UI (S60v3 FP2) that went on the N85. Generally, the OS and software are stellar - perhaps the most userfriendly non-touch OS. (It did not transition so well into touch screens, i.e. the 5800 and the N97, but that's another story).
The N86 is also, quite possibly, the single most capable phone on the market (perhaps along with the N85 and N97). I'm not talking about the user interface (given that it only has a numeric keypad and a 2.6" OLED screen - though it is gorgeous!) - but about actual capabilities. For instance: - With the included TV-out cable, a Bluetooth keyboard and a nearby WiFi access point or a cellular data plan, you can use it as a TV set-top-box to do light computing tasks (web browsing, e-mail, office documents, even access remote UNIX hosts via SSH) from your living room. - Get a device cradle/mount for your car (e.g. from ProClipUSA.com), and use it as your GPS navigation system. Directions can be heard over your car stereo via Bluetooth or a 3.5mm auxillary input. Some advantages over standalone navigation systems are: (a) choose destination from your phone contacts, (b) live traffic updates and map corrections. - In addition to thousands of Symbian-specific applications, you can also run from an even larger set of general J2ME mobile applications (e.g. the excellent and super-fast Opera Mini web browser, ) - If you have a data plan, connect your laptop via USB or Bluetooth, and access the internet using your cell phone data plan (tethering). It is also possible over WiFi (e.g. with JoikuSpot), but this will use more battery. - The camera is quite possibly the best that's seen in a mobile phone yet (the rival would be the Nokia N82). And as a first, the LED (normally used as flash) can stay on during video recording for illumination.
While most smartphone data plans cost $30/month on AT&T (including the iPhone plan, which by the way is mandatory, to offset the $400 subsidy that AT&T provide), the data plan for the N86 would be $15 per month (or $10 if you also have unlimited messaging). That's a difference of $360 or $480 over the 2-year contract term for such a smartphone - except that, of course, you don't need to renew a contract with the N86.
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Yeesh. Anyways, I think its a little late in the game for a $600 S60 phone even though it was ahead of it's time when it was released. Unless their new OS really kicks it into gear and their phones get onto US carriers with subsidized pricing Nokia is gonna struggle breaking into the hi-end US market.
It's basically the same OS and UI (S60v3 FP2) that went on the N85. Generally, the OS and software are stellar - perhaps the most userfriendly non-touch OS. (It did not transition so well into touch screens, i.e. the 5800 and the N97, but that's another story).
The N86 is also, quite possibly, the single most capable phone on the market (perhaps along with the N85 and N97). I'm not talking about the user interface (given that it only has a numeric keypad and a 2.6" OLED screen - though it is gorgeous!) - but about actual capabilities. For instance:
- With the included TV-out cable, a Bluetooth keyboard and a nearby WiFi access point or a cellular data plan, you can use it as a TV set-top-box to do light computing tasks (web browsing, e-mail, office documents, even access remote UNIX hosts via SSH) from your living room.
- Get a device cradle/mount for your car (e.g. from ProClipUSA.com), and use it as your GPS navigation system. Directions can be heard over your car stereo via Bluetooth or a 3.5mm auxillary input. Some advantages over standalone navigation systems are: (a) choose destination from your phone contacts, (b) live traffic updates and map corrections.
- In addition to thousands of Symbian-specific applications, you can also run from an even larger set of general J2ME mobile applications (e.g. the excellent and super-fast Opera Mini web browser, )
- If you have a data plan, connect your laptop via USB or Bluetooth, and access the internet using your cell phone data plan (tethering). It is also possible over WiFi (e.g. with JoikuSpot), but this will use more battery.
- The camera is quite possibly the best that's seen in a mobile phone yet (the rival would be the Nokia N82). And as a first, the LED (normally used as flash) can stay on during video recording for illumination.
While most smartphone data plans cost $30/month on AT&T (including the iPhone plan, which by the way is mandatory, to offset the $400 subsidy that AT&T provide), the data plan for the N86 would be $15 per month (or $10 if you also have unlimited messaging). That's a difference of $360 or $480 over the 2-year contract term for such a smartphone - except that, of course, you don't need to renew a contract with the N86.
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