Does Nokia even employ an R&D department anymore?

Question

Last time I owned a Nokia was over two years ago and recently I decided to go back to the make of mobile that I had been used to most of my mobile-life.
I just bought a Nokia 5300 (slidy, music phone) and I am appalled that Nokia have not change or improved their user interface in two years!
Here's a few examples:
1. When unlocking the mobile (either by using the slide or buttons) a warning pops-up stating the mobile is now unlocked rendering it useless for a second.
##(Now, this and all of these little gripes will sound very trivial but when all on one mobile; they are demoralising!)##
I personally would like to be able to slide the phone and immediately be able to begin pushing buttons.
2. When turning the music player on, I am informed that the multimedia keys now control the media player. This is fine; for the first time but not every time you turn it on. (ie, turn on media player then either switch mobile off or change to radio and then switch it back on again). And I bought a mobile with dedicated multimedia buttons; I KNOW WHAT THEY DO!!!
3. The send and the spell soft keys are the same! Example: writing a text message (using T9), mobile doesn't have the word I would like to say, so I scroll through with the * key
until I believe I have reached the end of the list, push the middle button to add my new word to the dictionary and... oh sh#t I've just sent the text message half finished and with the last word being something like "inof"! Very poor decision that one!
4. Spelling a word in T9 and accidentally enter the word wrong and just as I've noticed my brain has already told my thumb to push ok. Now I'm stuck with a word in my dictionary that makes absolutely no sdnse (I mean sense). Can I delete that word? oh no, a list with all the words you've manually added? what a preposterous idea! (Sony Ericsson: "My Words").
5. Just like clam phones, it would be nice if when I slide my mobile shut it automatically goes to the main screen and locks itself instantly. Mainly to look suave but it would be nice that you could, without looking; close the phone and put it in your pocket without worrying: "did I push lock?"
6. Ever noticed that in all the shortcut customization you can't have messaging? You may have write message, write mms, inbox, e-mail, IM but not the menu: messaging. This would be useful, because you could have one of either the right or left selection keys linked straight to the messaging menu.
7. This has probably been mentioned thousands of times: On the 5300, the camera, volume and multimedia buttons are relatively hard to push so DON'T LOCK THEM!!! What's the worst that could happen? Oh no, I skipped a track in my pocket, if only I wasn't touching the skip button when the train stopped and I fell forward, last time this happened was '72: I may cry.
8. The help tips. Now, I would say I know how to use a mobile but if there's a function that I am not familiar with then it is nice to know that all I have to do is highlight it and wait a few seconds to find out it's purpose.
Menu -> Settings -> Display Settings -> Power Saver
"Lets you choose whether the power saver option is switched on or off. The power saver allows you to save some battery power."
I never would of guessed, so...what does it do? Using the good-old-fashioned way: trial and error; found that when the mobile is in standby the screen will just display the time and date. THAT'S ALL IT HAD TO SAY!
9. My friend's just sent me a message from his new mobile. Use detail, number, save. Now I have to type his name exactly to replace the original, why not just have an option to find and replace?
I probably could whine about this mobile for a bit longer but I'm getting bored! :-)
All my suggestions may not be liked by everyone but a choice should be available.
All this could be solved by a tiny little phone update but sadly, we all know that Nokia won't bother!
They haven't put any time or money into consumer research in the past two years, why start now?

Answer 1

04-Oct-200712:40 PM
mccbleue wrote:
The 5300 was launched October 2006 and has the Series 40 3rd Edition operating system which dates back to approximately mid-2005.
The latest version of the Series 40 (called 5th Edition, not sure where 4th went...) is available now in the 5310 Xpress Music and the 7500 Prism, and several other models that have been lanched in the press which are not yet in the shops.
If you want the latest phone, you have to buy from the latest range.
Well said!
S40v5 is a nice improvement to a good stable operating system.
I've never had any trouble using any S40 devices over the years. I find them to be very intuitive and user friendly.
.Message Edited by psychomania on 04-Oct-200712:49 PM