Improvements?
Don’t get me wrong. I love my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. It took me five years to upgrade my phone simply because I have not found a phone suitable for my requirements. That is, until I saw theNokia 5800 on a blog post. I read it and it was quite unbelievable.
But just like any product, there are good things and shortcomings.
So we have developed a wish list of features that could still be part of an upcoming firmware update (fingers crossed) not only forNokia 5800 but also for other Nokia Phones. Here are some of the major cravings that I want to have in my Nokia 5800 phone.
Kinetic Scrolling
When Apple introduced the iPhone, the phone industry went crazy. When they debut this new piece of technology, we all salivated when we saw Steve Jobs swiped the touch screen and the display scrolled up with such fluid motion. I still remember the people cheering with astonishment. Folks, we have been introduced to the kinetic scrolling.
Kinetic scrolling is a phone feature where you flick the screen in the direction of choice and it will scroll continuously in a fluid motion. Image the “Price is Right” roulette moving up or down. Traditionally, we need to either press an “Up” or “Down” key and move one section at a time. Quite time consuming. Kinetic scrolling helps making things faster as you access your contacts or messages.
The Nokia 5800 has a touch screen similar to the iPhone. But it still uses the traditional section scrolling. Phone owners are hoping this will be part of a major upgrade soon. Why the folks in Nokia cannot include this in the update is still a mystery since they have been able to do it in the upcoming Nokia N900 phone.
Improved Camera
When I found out that this unit has a 3.2 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, I said that it would be a great camera phone. This is the same lens used in video cameras. However, I was deeply disappointed at the picture quality of the Nokia 5800 phone. It was grainy and had problems in dim places. The photos have so much noise that it would be a sin to take them. The flash does help but not much. You can still see the imperfections.
Now, I do not know if a firmware upgrade will address this concern. Mostly, this is a hardware issue. Yet Nokia should also do something about it. Improve the camera software or tweak something inside that can influence better looking pictures.
Memory
Now, 81MB is not enough to run a lot of applications. Of course, a firmware update will not make the hardware memory increase in capacity. But could a firmware upgrade help in juggling the memory needs of the Nokia 5800 applications?
These are just some improvements I want to see in my Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone. With the highly anticipated debut of the Nokia N900, there is so much buzz on how it has improved hardware wise. But don’t leave the Nokia 5800 behind. It still has plenty to offer to those who bought the unit. I will also need to select from mobile phone deals a new one as mine is just finishing.
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