Comments on: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic kick-starts the year of the widget

By: Robin

Robin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:18:45 +0000

I’m very tempted by this phone. Can anyone say if you can connect your PC to the Net with it, using a built in data modem? You can do it on earlier Nokia models.

By: Nokia Announce 5730 | World Of Nokia

Nokia Announce 5730 | World Of Nokia — Fri, 15 May 2009 19:27:06 +0000

[...] 5730 XpressMusic via its new homescreen, which builds on the blueprint previously used by its 5800 and 5630 XpressMusic [...]

By: hasan

hasan — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:15:57 +0000

not bad

By: ARJWright

ARJWright — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:50:49 +0000

I personally like the idea of widgets, when they can be made simple and to the point. I think a lot of the simplicity of what widgets are is lost on users and in the marketing of them.

For devices like the 5800, having a widget for the weather, or searching one’s device, is a no brainer. These are instinctive interactions one has with their mobile device and should not need much explanation.

Widgets should also be reactive, that is, they should modify themselves to our context. A weather widget should be able to use GPS and cellID to place the device and show the relevant weather/traffic. A screensaver widget should never allow for the entire device to be awaken for a notification, but should fiter it thru the screensaver.

I think therefore that widgets have these two parts they play. One, in being simple enough to keep relevant, but another part towards making more immersive the world around us.

By: Rajeev

Rajeev — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:29:04 +0000

Its perfect