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Hello friends!
After a long time of recherche, searching information, reading test reports and opinions in forums and testing lots of mobiles, I finally came to the result, that my e52 is the best solution in my case although it is not perfect - with its calender (s40-calender was much better, with better items and simpler parameters) and its T9 (typing on my s40-3120c is double time quicker than on the e52).
The c3-01 for sure is a brilliant phone, also the x3-02 - the concept of Touch-and-Type is top, combined with the quick s40-operating-system. The combination of Touchscreen with 12-keys-keyboard was very interesting for me. The first test with this phone was also great - top feeling, easy understanding, quick system, good browser, great WLAN functionality, the good "old" calender and T9 behaviour.
BUT:
Then I read, that this phone doesn't support Google Maps or any other navigation tool, because the navigation buttons are now solved as touch behaviour.
Then I searched for apps for this phone, but barely found some.Only themes, sounds etc. - everything, which is compatible to these phones.
The problem is in the end, that Nokia forgot to implement a possibility to simulate cursor keys with the touch pad, e.g. "left" is pressing left area or moving from right to left. Tapping in the middle would be th Nav button.
With such a adapter/converter it would be possible to use every tool for S40 and QVGA screen on the c3-01 and x3-02.
So actually those mobiles are great ones - but without apps and without maps But IMHO it is not that important e.g. for pedestrians to know the own position, but it is important, WHERE somebody can find WHAT, e.g. where is that restaurant? With a browser you can find out the adress, but then again one has to hask somebody for the way to that adress.
I used a normal simple s40-phone before, but it hat Google Maps, and only today I looked for a watch service, and I could find the place and the way to that service. With a c3-01 there would have been NO WAY.
Maybe somebody at Nokia reads this proposal - Touch-and-Type is a brilliant idea, but something very essential is still missing.
Best regards,
Schlaumy
"Two beer or not two beer?"

Answer 1

Sorry to hear about the lack of navigation on the C3-01. I was looking at this phone to replace my E51, but I do not want to give up navigation (which works OK on the E51 with the not-approved-by-Nokia version of Ovi Maps posted on this forum, coupled with Maps Booster, only available for purchase outside the USA!). The E52 does sound like the best, but there is no North American version.
Isn't it incredible how Nokia willfully conspires to not quite make the candy-bar phone everyone would want? They so cleverly avoid the obvious home run that I suspect they are afraid it would cannibalize sales from higher end models.
Is Nokia so distracted by the iPhone that they have failed to notice that they are the only contenders for a small, unlocked, international, one-handed phone with long battery life that can nevertheless do Internet, Email, navigate and play music--all without incurring expensive network-connection charges (ie. able to use WLAN)?
Here's what I want, and I am sure many others would too:
unlocked
all international frequencies, voice and data
long battery life
one handed operation: nice T9 keyboard with T9 Nav built in
all frequencies of WLAN
bluetooth
Ovi Maps
Maps Booster built in
SmartConnect built in
sturdy candy-bar form
screen as large as C3-01
sunlight readable display (as E51)
USB charging
USB data access
MicroSD card
3.5 mm stereo
Internet browser as good as E51
IMAP email as good as E51
Come on, Nokia, we know you can make it!
For goodness sake, you're already making the iPhone Nano--now do you understand?