21st
nokia S60 fest
So I had a play with an N85 yesterday at ‘an evening with S60’ in the regent street nokia store. Its a nice bit of kit - but seriously lacking the wow factor of the N96 - yes I know most people think the N96 is missing it two - but playing with the N85 after the N96 left me cold - though I think its got a good chance in the market - its going to be easily confused by consumers with the navigator and 6600 slide. Where love or hate it - the N96 will be sold as king of the mobiles.
I also had a brief play with a 5800 - and it’s very nice. Pitched perfectly at the low end mass market - with added comes with music - it makes an attractive PAYG purchase for lots of younger users. Yes comes with music is riddled with DRM - but you are paying next to nothing for it, and for alot of people music purchase is very low volume anyway - or they download it illegally. So there’s nots of pluses, to outweigh the DRM - which in time will probably go.
