S60 Open to new features

Guys! You're lagging about 4 years. It is an interesting historical reference to compare anything to Nokia 7650 but you really should compare that anything to, say, Nokia 6270 (3-band GSM, available since last year), 6280 (3-band GSM + WCDMA, available since last year as well - I think) or rather more N80 (4-band GSM + WCDMA + wifi + almost anything else, will be available in a few months).

I mean really! What point is there to compare any laptop to a Commodore 64?

Get your act together.

I think it's still valid to compare this Samsung model to Nokia 7650 on the context of S60 phones. N80 is not on sale yet, making this Samsung the second S60 slider.

I definitely agree that there is no point in comparing the Nokia 7650 and Samsung SGH-D720 on a feature level. Like said, they have so many years and software releases between them that it's only natural for features to evolve.

The point I wanted to make was the size of the SGH-D720. Highlighting that S60 goodies do come in small packages as well ;-) Otherwise the comparison had only historical value. (Read Teppo's earlier post on SGH-D730 for more details on features for the D720 as well).

Interestingly enough the Commodore 64 is still used by some musicians; see for example (C64Music). There must be something good in old things despite the size ;-)

I think it's understandable the comparison. Even if the "couple of years" are 4.

However I have the opinion that N80 should be included in this coparison too.

I'll make a note of this and get back if and when I get my hands on a Nokia N80.

i must be nostalgic. i love my 7650 so much i even still have it (it doesnt turn on anymore sadly).

it was the first phone where i could finally start to imagine what was possible. i managed everything with that phone! email camera video for my modeling career and it had the BEST LIGHTMETER of all the nokia phones to take photos. i made my first video with it called METRO MODELING--because models take a lot of metros on their jobs.

you can download it from my wap site. micro.anina.net

even nick knight, famous fashion photographer from london, said that the 7650 lightmeter was amazing. i wish i could still take photos with my 7650 and turn it on to take a photo. i wish at nokia there were a way to revive dead phones.

so i guess that samsung did it before they could. :-)

yeah, it could be n80 for sure. i cant wait for that phone!

but no nokia phone was a music making machine yet.

i would love to try this phone (but i suck at making midi ringtones) but i know dj's who can!-)

best,
anina
www.anina.net

Nice video from Paris - given your small camera crew ;-)

Not worry about your skills as a ringtone composer. With a little practice you can show a trick or two to the DJs you know. Here's how. As S60 is open to new features, you can turn your current S60 phone (be it Nokia, Panasonic, Lenovo of Samsung) to a music machine just as well. Just get yourself a Magix Mobile Music Maker application and start making your own ringtones. Give it a little time and surprise your DJ friends ;-)

S60 devices in the hands of DJs is not a new thing. In the recent MIDEM exhibition in Cannes, DJ Slow entertained guests with a very small setup:

" SLOW is the first MobileJockey in the world to perform with just two NOKIA N91 mobile phones and a XP10 digital audio stream controller. He carries his 2,000 track library and equipment in a slim briefcase specially designed for this purpose. James Bond, eat your shaken Martini."

Times are surely changing. A DJ could be sending SMSs or reading email from his gear while playing to a full house of clubbers :-)