The Nokia N90, $900 Camera Phone Reviewed

The Nokia N90, $900 Camera Phone Reviewed: "This phone is a travesty.
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by generic-man (33649) * Alter Relationship on Wednesday October 26, @08:12AM (#13879875)
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I will absolutely not buy this so-called 'phone.' For $900 I can get:

1. A Nintendo DS on which to play games
2. A small 4-megapixel camera with which to take photos
3. An Archos PXF-78-MNpL-1 Personal Media Player Jukebox that will extract the photos, sew them into a DivX movie, synchronize with all seven of my Linux boxen, and perform many other tasks that an iPod cannot do
4. A free cellular phone from any carrier I wish
5. A portable DVD player on which I will watch movies
6. A large backpack to haul this around

As is common in these discussions, I believe I speak for everyone in this forum when I state that because I do not want this product, none of you should ever even consider purchasing it.

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Re:This phone is a travesty.
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by killmenow (184444) Alter Relationship on Wednesday October 26, @09:08AM (#13880214)
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I will absolutely not buy this so-called "phone." For $900 I can get:

1. Hookers
2. Blow

I already have a digital camera and a cellphone and if my digital camera's batteries die after I photograph myself with the hooker, I can still use my phone to call my dealer for blow.
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Japanese cell phones
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by Bueller_007 (535588) Alter Relationship < > on Wednesday October 26, @08:28AM (#13879993)
The "West" is so far behind in mobile phone technology. For only $200, I can get this phone in Japan:
http://www.vodafone.jp/english/products/model_3G/v 903t/index.html [vodafone.jp]

It's completely bilingual (although I don't think it has predictive text in English mode), has a 2 MB camera, global roaming (and global GPS navigation (although only five or six countries are available at the moment)), can take video calls, communicate via Bluetooth or IR, read QR codes (very convenient in Japan). The Nokia N90 can't even vibrate when it's in silent mode. WTF? That's pretty much par for the course over here. And the Nokia is $700 more? If you can switch this phone to work on a Verizon account back home, it's almost worthwhile to buy a ticket to Japan, buy the phone and then fly back.

Even the free phones you get with a new account over here have AT LEAST a 1 MB camera. Some have 2. Some of the newer Sharp phones even have built-in optical zoom.

Vodafone is generally looked down upon by the Japanese people. NTT Docomo probably have even better phones available.
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