Ken just rubs it in, he really does like his Nokia N93
By Stefan Constantinescu on Saturday, December 9th, 2006 at 8:05 PM PST In Ideas and rants
I’m attempting to find someone who will lend me a N93 so I could live blog CES but I’ve fallen short of finding any success. I don’t blame anyone I’ve asked either, I’ve had this blog for less than 30 days. That’s a lot of trust to instill an expensive device with a blogging amature. Enough of that, let’s see a few of the things Ken is saying about his Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N93:
The camera is, like the N73, stellar for a phone cam. This one is really oriented to be used as a digital video camera, but it does a great job with stills too. The zoom can be set up to maximize either picture quality or zoom range. The user interface is easy to deal with and it’s really quite simple to get up and running with the camera functionality.
The native “office†applications are a shortfall in comparision to a Windows Mobile device, but that could easiyl change wtih enhancement. I find reading and reviewing documents and spreadsheets doable, but I honestly create a lot of new document drafts on my Treo, so for me, this feels like a step back. I can’t create new documents.
Source: Digital Common Sense
I don’t mean to rub it in. Truly.
Well, ok, I do suppose it seems that way. But honestly I just feel I owe it to Nokia as part of the Blogger Relations Program to do a really thorough job of testing the limits of the phones. And they are indeed some really cool phones. If there’s a factor that could make me leave Verizon’s CDMA/EVDO network and abandon my Treo700W, it’s not the other carriers. T-Mobile and Cingular aren’t any better really. In fact, I still find far better coverage and throughput with Verizon. But one of these Nokia phones could sway me to the GSM SIM carriers pretty easily. I with Verizon was a GSM network.
I was just kidding with you Ken! I’m glad you’re blogging about these phones, that is the entire purpose of the Nokia Blogger Relations program. You’re doing a fantastic job and I hope you keep it up.
You bring up a great point however, why pick a network based on the phones that the carrier chooses to subsidize?! Makes no sense but it happens in America all the time.
I’m not going to debate you on weather or not your carrier indeed offers you better coverage, everyone is different honestly, America is so big that a carrier might kick butt in one state but stink in another.
I don’t wish Verizon was a GSM network because they are making GSM carriers innovate and adopt the latest technologies to compete. Right now EVDO Rev C is pushing 280 megabits per second! HSDPA can’t even imagine that in a wet dream.
When companies compete, consumers win!
Keep up the blogging! A little personal request of mine, start uploading videos more often. People who buy the N93 buy it to do videos, not stills.
Good point Stefan. I haven’t done much with the video stuff and you’re absolutely right about why people for for the N93. I’ll work on that and do more video. Thanks
Hey Stefan, it sounds like you’ll be going to CES this year, and us folks at the Blog Business Summit are hosting a party exclusively for the attending bloggers on January 9th.
You can find more information about the party on our site (cesbloggers.com) if you click through to the “Blogger Party” page.
If you’re interested in attending just send an e-mail to Teresa (e-mail address left with the comment) and we’ll get you lined up.
Thanks Jason, I’ve emailed her.