Nokia 5300 Black Review - Messaging, Internet & Connectivity



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Noah Kravitz
Posted on Saturday, April 21, 2007
by Noah Kravitz, Senior Editor, Consumer Products and Services
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Messaging, Internet & Connectivity

 
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Nokia 5300Messaging on the 5300 includes SMS and MMS as well as IM support for AOL, ICQ, Windows Messenger, and Yahoo!; Email is not supported by a dedicated client, though T-Mobile's T-Zones service does provide a very rudimentary email service accessible via WAP browser.  As such, the 5300 is just fine for occasional messaging, but certainly not the device for anyone who needs mobile Email on a regular basis.  Text entry is made easier by Nokia's predictive text input system, which I found to work pretty well.  Photos and Videos can be attached to MMS messages with relative ease, as can short audio clips.  Message composition was a snap on the handset's rich, clear display.

Mobile Internet access is T-Mobile's glaring weak spot right now, and it's not a strong suit of the 5300, either.  Data rates are limited by the carrier's EDGE network (3G is coming from T-Mobile, but it ain't here yet), and your browsing experience is limited by the handset's WAP-only browser.  T-Mobile's optional $5.99/month T-MobileWeb plan brings News, Weather, Sports, and Entertainment updates to the phone, as well as clunky Email access. As previously mentioned, T-Mobile has blocked the installation of unauthorized applications on the 5300.  Consequently, I was unable to install the Opera Mini browser on the phone (even though I was able to download it from Opera's WAP site).

A tri-band GSM phone, Sync supports the 850/1800/1900 bands as well as EDGE data transfer.  The phone is locked and so may only be used on T-Mobile's wireless network. Bluetooth is supported on the 5300, including file transfer and contact/calendar sync with a PC.  The phone also paired easily with mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets and worked well for voice calling and stereo music playback. The 5300 also features a microSD slot for expansion via removable memory cards.  A 1gb microSD card is included in the retail package.  Note that the microSD slot is "hidden" beneath the rear panel of the phone, making it difficult (if not impossible) to swap memory cards without turning the phone off.
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