New Nokia Phone 248
John writes: "infoSync has posted the official information about the two new Nokia phones which is going to be unveiled today. Quote: 'The Nokia 7650 will be the world's first 2.5G Symbian OS mobile phone with advanced messaging and imaging capabilities ...' It looks like ICQ on the mobile phone is closer than ever!" Includes a built-in camera and various comments about this not coming to North America anytime soon.
ICQ -- not new (Score:5, Insightful)
I've been able to ICQ to/from my GSM handset (as SMS) for ~1 year now.
More info here [icq.com].
Apparently, one of our local CDMA carriers (Tellus) is offering AIM on their phones, as well..
Re:Very slick (Score:2, Insightful)
Sigh... (Score:4, Insightful)
Arghhhhh! (Score:3, Insightful)
How long before phones start getting hacked or spread MS LookOut worms? How long before phone spamming becomes the norm?
*Sigh* I want the web for convenience. I want to web to make my life easier. I don't need the "cool" factor of every internet-capable device. I don't need my refrigerator ordering food for me, and I certainly don't need IRC on my phone. Frankly, I find it easier to CALL someone rather than attempt to type on a frickin' phone (or follow an IRC session with 50 people on one of those little phone LCDs). But I digress...
Am I the *only* person who feels this way?
Re:Arghhhhh! (Score:5, Insightful)
You can actually buy a completely different phone if you want to, you know that right?
People have different usage-patterns, and thus there are lots and lots of different phones on the market. If you feel you belong to a group that are not covered, I suggest you write a letter to the phone-makers and argue why you think it would be benificial to both you and them to create "your dream phone".
ya but. (Score:3, Insightful)
Currently the system is to type each letter by pressing cycling through the number keys, i.e. press '1' for 'A', 'B', 'C' etc.. Nokia does feature a auto-complete feature which might be handy, but I haven't had the motivation to make any use out of it.
-Jon
You can write your own programmes (Score:5, Insightful)
(Bias: I work for Symbian)
Re:one more step towards total integration (Score:2, Insightful)
No, I'd rather not live in such a world, thank you.
Re:ya but. (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:Sigh... (Score:1, Insightful)
I love it here.
Did I mention that even the middle school students in Japan have cell phones?
ICQ on a mobile phone????? (Score:2, Insightful)
Why would anyone want this? Why would I ICQ when I can talk to someone?
Re:Why all the stupid features ? (Score:2, Insightful)
Because sometimes SMS is better. Sometimes you can't call someone. Sending a SMS is discreet and quiet.
Sometimes you have to send someone a small piece of information (address, shopping-list etc.). It's easy to send SMS, than to call. And the person receiving the info doesn't need pen&paper because the info is stored on the phone.
Why do people use pagers? SMS does everything a pager does and more.