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Originally Posted by Clive Long ...every time I manipulate its little nipple (official term) I have to "re-navigate" two , even three, times ...
And those silly, silly keys. Small??? Thinking about navigating on a standard size handset, let alone trying to read any content seems perverse to the point of geekiness |
Before I got the N70 I would have tended to agree with you.
Navigating web pages using the 4 way pad, middle of pad button and the two option buttons below the screen is really quite quick, and I haven't noticed any problem with incorrect navigation. I do have to look and take quite a bit of care to hit any of the other buttons though.
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Originally Posted by Clive Long Aha! Mobile friendly sites  Ever tried to retireve Yahoo mail through a device with the screen the size of an XDA? Painful. What must be like on the screen of a standard sized handset  |
I don't know about Yahoo, but didn't have a problem with my smaller web mail provider.
FWIW I've noticed the viability of using a small screen for a task can depend heavily on the software being used as well as the degree of smallness.
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Originally Posted by Frodo The N70 isn't that much less converged in any case. You're trading 3G, a radio, and 35g, for an embedded keyboard, bigger screen and touch screen. You can view PDF's / Office Documents and use a Bluetooth keyboard on the N70. | But the screen size  |
To be fair I think the PDF / Office stuff is too compromised by the screen size to be of much use for viewing content except in an emergency. For reading web content and emails it seems quite a bit of use, despite the screen size though.
My comment was really to say in terms of number of functions there isn't too much difference, I'd agree that providing the software makes reasonable use of the bigger / touch screen the quality of those functions should be very much better on the Vario.