Nokia 700 software review
The Nokia 700 is a striking looking smartphone with a 3.2-inch touchscreen display that turns up the ‘must have’ factor by being the first handset in the UK to rock the Symbian Belle operating system. But what does it come with on the inside? Join us as we check it out with our Nokia 700 software review.
Symbian Belle pretty must takes what we knew about the Symbian^3 operating system squishes it into a ball and moves on with a whole new fresh look and a different way of accessing apps and our media stuff.
Read our Nokia 700 hardware review
The first to notice about the Nokia 700 interface is that everything now feels a lot easier to get to. For example, you can now have up to six homescreens, which can be personalised to your hearts’ content. Then there is a re-working of the Menu system, no nothing is more than a tap a way, which helps speed use the Nokia 700 up.
The thinking behind this new approach is one of moving the user away from always having to look at your device. With Symbian Belle and the Nokia 700 the idea is that you do what you need to do on the device and then get on with your life, which we’ve found is pretty true as the easier-than-ever interface really cuts down the interaction time.
Part of this change in Symbian Belle is the new navigation system that sits at the bottom of the screen of the Nokia 700. On the home page you’ll find that lefthand corner opens the Menu page, centre if for Calls, while the three stripes in the right-hand corner opens an options dialogue box, offering to add widgets, shortcuts, wallpapers, new homescreens and even the user guide.
The new icons in Symbian Belle are simple to get to grips with too. For example, when you’re in an app the lefthand corner arrow signifies you can go back, while the three stripes in the right-hand corner continues to offer app specific user options.
Another great example of this approach on the Nokia 700 is the new slide-down Menu. Sure, it’s been seen on rival handsets but this is the first time Nokia has introduced it and it works really well. By pulling at the top of the screen you can pull down menu controls that grant you to see your connections, from Mobile data and Wi-Fi to Bluetooth and even your Profile Status.
You’ll find that each connection is now based around a massive button icon that grants you to see whether it’s active or not. Flick the button and you can instantly change mode from on to off and back again, which feels nicely intuitive and grants you to fine tune your Nokia 700 with ease.
Nokia has done away with multiple Menu pages, so you’ll now find everything on one giant list that is simple to scroll down. You can still create specific folders, simply tap the menu button in the right-hand corner and select from the list that pops up. That said, we found the menu system great to use, after all most of your apps will now be on homescreens, but you can define the Menu page further by arranging the icons in any way you choose. This means you can group similar apps together, or simply move your most commonly used to the top of the list.
When it comes to apps that have been installed with the Nokia 700 you’ll find a wide arrange of apps pre-installed, from Traveller, Zip, Adobe Reader and QuickOffice, to stuff such as Dictionary, Notes, Recorder and FM Radio, the latter of which needs headphones dropping into the 3.5mm audi jack on the top of the phone.
There are the standard media apps we’ve come to expect, just as National Geographic, CNN Video and E! Entertainment, but there are new additions too, such as Orkut and TopApps
If you’re looking for games then you’ll find that Angry Birds Magic, Fruit Ninja and even Nokia’s own Climate Mission has been bundled with the Nokia 700. Don’t forget the Nokia Store, which comes as the new Nokia Store 3.16.036 update, so you’ll be able to get ahold of all the games and apps you’ll ever need.
The Nokia 700 is such a step forward in terms if usability that even long term Nokia fans, like ourselves, will be amazed at how much more intuitive and fluid Symbian Belle is. Add to this some cracking hardware in way of 1GHz processor and a slim and stylish handset and Nokia is clearly onto a winning formula with the Nokia 700.
Tempted by the Nokia 700? Why not let us know which phone you’re using right now and why you think the Nokia 700 is right for you?
source : www.noknok.tv
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