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Review Samsung Wave II S8530

Audun M. Solheim — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:10:49 +0000

I have written a review of Samsung Wave II (S8530). This is a nice phone with an excellent screen, good flow in the menus and also some nice perks in the Bada menus. Unfortunately the data connection does not seem to be completely stable.

Otherwise, this is a great phone for not so much money.

Read the review (in Norwegian) in VG.

Read the complete review (in Norwegian) in Amobil.

Review Nokia C3

Audun M. Solheim — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:53:29 +0000

I have written a review of Nokia C3. This is a cheap-cheap QWERTY-phone. The battery is great and the keyboard is OK, but the phone is too slow. S40 menus aren’t exactly state-of-the-art either. I’d rather buy the Nokia E5, which is almost as cheap and better to use.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) here.

Review HTC Desire Z

Audun M. Solheim — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:50:09 +0000

I have written a review of HTC Desire Z. The Desire Z is a feature-packed phone running Android 2.2 (Froyo), and also sports a QWERTY keyboard. In short Desire Z is almost all you can want from a phone, except the keyboard is not as good as it should have been, the sound quality is not great, and the Sense/Android interface is cluttered and unfortunately not so easy to navigate in for unexperienced users.

Read the full review at Amobil (in Norwegian) here.

Review HTC Trophy

Audun M. Solheim — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:46:58 +0000

I have written a review of HTC Trophy. Trophy is the first Windows Phone 7 from HTC. As other WP7-phones, the menus are simplistic but extremely responsive and easy to use. Compared to the Optimus 7 the Trophy is more compact and has better audio quality. The build quality and sound quality during music placback is however not as good.

HTC Trophy is another example that Microsoft got much right in the first version of WP7. For Norwegian users the main drawback is lack of support for downloading apps with a Norwegian Live-account.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) here.

Read the short version at VG (in Norwegian) here.

Review of LG Optimus 7 – Windows Phone 7

Audun M. Solheim — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 08:22:30 +0000

I have written a review of LG Optimus 7 (E900). This is the first Windows Phone 7 on review. Windows Phone 7 turns out to be a surprisingly good mobile operating system. WP7 is easy to use and has excellent response in the menus. Because of the minimum hardware requirements, all WP7 phones are well equipped with technology. Unfortunately, Marketplace is not available in Norway yet, and not being able to download any applications to your Windows Phone is a major drawback. Windows Phone 7 also has some other minor flaws, like lack of copy/paste.

LG has done a good joob with Optimus 7, and provide you with som extra software perks as DNLA. Not so good are the physical buttons and some background noise during a call. All in all, I am sure Windows Phone 7 will get a fair share of supporters. Fortunately it’s nothing like Windows Mobile (6.5).

Read the full review (in Norwegian) at Amobil.no

Review on Sony Ericsson Xperia X8

Audun M. Solheim — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:34:50 +0000

I have written a review of Sony Ericsson Xperia X8. X8 is the medium sized fellow in the Xperia family. this should make X8 for the right choice for most people. Unfortunately X8 lacks the responsiveness that it’s bigger and smaller siblings have. Battery life is also poor. X8 is still a cheap Android phone, but it didn’t live up to our perhaps high expectations.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) at Amobil.no

Read the short version (in Norwegian) at VG.no

Review of Nokia E5

Audun M. Solheim — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:29:02 +0000

I have written a review of nokia E5. This is a non-touch, full qwerty phone. The keyboard is directly below the screen, and makes this a fairly compact phone. Meny is S60, which isn’t exactly new, but on this phone it works well. E5 is nice if you type a lot of messages and want this to happen fast. E5 also has excellent battery life.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) at Amobil.no

Read the short version (in Norwegian) at VG.no

Review of Nokia C6

Audun M. Solheim — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 07:24:49 +0000

I have written a review of Nokia C6. C6 is a touch-screen phone with full QWERTY keyboard. Unfortunately it sports the aging Symbian S60 operating system, which I really can’t recommend on a new touch phone any more. Aside from that, C6 is a decent phone.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) at Amobil.no

Read the short version (in norwegian) in VG.no

Review of LG GD880 Mini (No chocolate)

Audun M. Solheim — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:28:34 +0000

I have written a review of LG’s GD880 Mini. This is a nice looking LG without the Chocolate name. Although it’s not as extreme as BL40, I wouldn’t say it justifies the “Mini” name. However, it’s still a very elegant phone both in looks, screen and menus. Also, it’s also a bit cumbersome and has flaws in some areas.

Read the review (in Norwegian) in VG here.

Read the full review (in Norwegian) here.

Review of Samsung B7722 dual-SIM

Audun M. Solheim — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:50:00 +0000

I have written a review of the touch phone Samsung B7722. This is a twin-SIM phone – you can in other words be available with two different SIM cards simultaneously. The twin SIM-functionality works like a charm and the battery is good. The phone is however somewhat expensive without giving full business functionality.

Read the review (in Norwegian) on VG here.

Full version (in Norwegian) on Amobil.no here.