Nokia 5800 questions

[DanceLikeAMon...]

Hi guys. I know some of you own the Nokia 5800 and I'm thinking of getting one, but have a couple of questions.

Firstly - and most importantly as it's the reason I'm getting rid of the iPhone - if you have the headphones plugged in, do you still get phone and message alerts out of the speaker and not just through the headset?

Secondly, how do you get music onto the phone? I'm not a big fan of iTunes (especially since my mate borrowed my laptop and synched his phone to it meaning that I couldn't use it on my iPod until I had removed and rebuilt my library), and would like a drag and drop system if possible where I can put any MP3s onto it.

I'm not massively interested in using it for GPS or internet, so will probably just use it as a phone / MP3 player I take it is more than capable in those departments?

Ta.

[chris-red]

I have the N97 which is the same phone, but better .


You can just copy and paste the music onto the phone then run a refresh on the phone to index them or you can sync them using WMP or use nokias own software (Which is shite)

I don't know about my N97 but on my N95 if you are listening to music and the phone goes it will go through both the earphones and the handset.
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[DanceLikeAMon...]

Thanks for that. I am going for the 5800 because it's cheap(ish) and as I only need a phone, MP3 player and wifi it's a bit pointless paying for extra functionality.

I've ordered one off eBay for £140 so fingers crossed on the ringer being the same as the N95 then.

Ta.

[Drew]

Yep texts play out the speakers as well as the headphones.

As above, just open the phones memory on pc like an extra harddrive and copy and paste songs onto it.

I also went from an iphone to the 5800

[DanceLikeAMon...]

Cool, ta. I didn't hate the iPhone, but there were too many things that annoyed me about it when I can get the 5800 for half the price.

[neatbik]

The 5800 is a decent phone.
It does all i need it to - the camera aint bad and it plays music, and its useful to have sat nav on it, i use Amaze - https://www.amazegps.com/welcome.php

Its free (unlike the crappy nokia maps)

[DanceLikeAMon...]

Excellent, thanks for that link. I'd done a search and read about people hacking the phone and using maps on it, but I wanted to avoid that if I could.

I'm just throwing a PAYG sim into the phone, does it work like a normal GPS (ie no need for internet access to constantly download maps like the iphone did until recently)?

Edit: D'oh. Just read a review and apparently it streams the maps down the same way the iPod did. Ah well, just have to hack it then I guess.

[neatbik]

You can also put google maps on it, but i think you need an internet connection for that too.

[Drew]

[DanceLikeAMon...]

Isn't Nokia maps the one you pay for though after your 2 months trial?

[Drew]

No, using Nokia Maps like a sat nav is what you pay for. Using the maps are free.

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