Nokia 5230 user interface

i purchased nok 5230 last month, i feel my self downgraded my mobile experience .with my previous phone i can add more apps in shortcut ,there is GO TO shortcut, active standby, these helped for easy usability of phone.but in nok 5230 the above said things missing i feel my self selected wrong phone .i might have selected some other better brand.any one tell me is there any updates for adding more apps in shortcut bar, GO TO shortcut and similar shortcut.user interface of nok 5230 very harrashing. nokia are you listening?do not make people like me, very ordinary person with limited tech knowledge ,to feel cheated and wasted our hard earned money

there is no open office which would come pre installed is it a smart phone or some s40 series handset.... Hope Nokia should see to it......
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(hope this is in the right section, here goes)
I got my E63 about a month ago. I thought it only fair to list my grievances with the phone so far, because I am really close to selling it and buying something else, and I think Nokia deserves to know the reasons why, and will hopefully improve in the future.
I will start off with what I love about the phone, because I do in fact, really like it. The slim size, excellent keyboard, great connectivity like 3G and Wi-fi, and the reasonable battery life, make it a great phone, but its in the user interface, and actual usage of the phone, where things really start to fall flat.
The user interface is very disorganized and difficult.
Why is everything so hard to find and use? For example, if I want to change the applications that appear on my home screen, I need to navigate the following directory tree:
Menu > Tools > Settings > General > Personalisation > Mode Settings > Home Screen Applications > Application Shortcuts > Shortcut 1
and then, when I finally get to the list, the items arent even in any order!
You must be joking, what a horrible menu! Its insane. As a user, I feel like its a terrible experience.
But thats not all. Why are there 2 notes applications on my phone? There's notes, and active notes. Why does Nokia OVI store exist twice, once in the main menu, and once under installations? Why do I have Contacts, and OVI contacts on my phone? Why can't my phone have just one app that works well, instead of 2 that differ slightly.
Why is email setup in the installations menu? Why isn't it under email, where mailboxes get set up? Its just sitting there cluttering up Installations, when its something you only use once or twice.
Not to mention the fact that the configuration settings are all over the place, i.e. there is an Email Key setting in Menu > Tools > Settings > General. Its all on its own, not near anything. Why isn't it in the same menu where the other shortcut keys get set? Or even in the email app settings?
I am not naive, I know that the E63 is on the cheaper end of the scale, so I can't expect it to be the fastest phone in the world, but scrolling through my email in HTML mode is so horribly slow, and the view tends to jump from left to right on some emails, I hardly even use the phone to check my email anymore, which is sad because that is the reason I chose the E63.( for the nice keypad and email syncing)
These are just SOME of the things that I have noticed. So please Nokia, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE! Spend some of your R&D money on user interface and user experience!
If there is anything you take away from this letter, let it be this:
Doing anything on the phone just feels like hard work, it makes me not want to use the phone.
Your phones should be simple and easy to use, even without the mass of Help files that appear in a lot of the menus.
I know, some people may say that if I want a better experience, I should be willing to buy a more expensive phone. Well, I can say that if I do spend more money on a phone, the chance is very slim that it will be a Nokia.
Really, I am not being nasty, just trying to be honest. I know that Nokia is run by human beings like myself, so I tried to be polite, and I dont intend to hurt anyones feelings.
I am quite willing to answer any questions you may have. Its a bit of a pipe dream, but I would love to see Nokia release an entirely new version of the phone software, with everything re-organized and re-done. The sad truth is that will probably never happen, and I will end up swopping my E63 for something that is easy and pleasant to use.
So please, let me know if there is anything I can do to change the situation, or help you guys in making this better for everyone.

"If your not used to symbian you'll learn it quick enough, compared to android it's childsplay."
On the contrary, Ive been using Nokia phones for the last 8 years, and for the last 2 years Nokia exclusively, and the UI has just got worse.
The fact that "you'll learn it" is of no comfort. Why should I have to spend hours learning how to use a cellphone? Whenever I want to do something I havent done before, I have to spend time digging through obscure menu options. That is absurd.
"What phone do you have in mind to replace the E63, that would help us users alot more then telling us what is wrong with your phone. Although over all I like my e63."
I don't have any specific phone in mind, Im just going to ask and look around until I find something with an operating system that is organised in a logical manner, and that allows me to access and read my email quickly and easily.
I put this here hoping that other users would come forward with UI related things that they were unhappy about, and then Nokia would take notice. I could easily have just gone out and changed phones, but I chose to do something different.

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Well, personally speaking, I am really happy with my N97. I bought a SIM-free handset from Carphone Warehouse and am running it on O2 with a Simplicity tariff.
The majority of people on this forum (and others) have problems with their handset and that's the whole point of them posting here. The silent majority have no problems and as a result you don't hear from them.
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On a final point, at Nokia World on the 2nd of September, Nokia confirmed they had sold 2 million N97s and that it was outselling the N95 on a like-for-like basis which is great news. More sales means continued support from Nokia in terms of firmware updates.
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@manonbarry
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Availability of updates depend on Product Code and Region.. also if the phone is Network locked. the update is possible only after an approval from the Operator...
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Nokia 5230 would have more functions!

Hello Nokia, I want to give you some ideas. Don`t you think, that would be better, if:
Nokia 5230 have Flash Lite 4, faster CPU speed, like 500 Mhz, better support with Symbian^3 programs, MPEG-4 codecs and .avi support. If you do that, the phone would be more popular and more handy than NOW!
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