![]() ![]() And nothing about the experience suggests I'm going to adapt to the device. I made even more mistakes on the new communicator than on its true predecessor, the Nokia 9500. I found I made more mistakes typing on the E90 than I do on an E70 or an E61, which really are optimized for minimizing thumb input errors, particularly the E61, with its widely spaced keys. So you're really obliged to use your thumbs. Alas, unless you have very small fingers indeed, you're going to be disappointed. With the Psion Series 5 and even the Psion Revo, it was possible to touch type two-handed. Echoing around the web yesterday were many comments proclaiming the phone as the first communicator worthy of the Psion legacy. In the photos, the E90 looks like it's a laptop replacement. The first of these is apparent when, having been primed with press photos or snaps from the gadget sites, you open it up for real work for the first time. After some time with the E90, it's hard to avoid two design decisions that cast the rest of the project in an unfairly harsh light. ![]() But like the iPhone too, it's all dressed up with nowhere to go. ![]() Like Apple's iPhone, the E90 a technical triumph. If it had been Nokia's intention to cram in every piece of state of the art mobile technology into one handset, then it certainly succeeded. It's not because it's underpowered, that's for sure. So why did the E90 leave us disappointed? The Motorizr Z8 takes a clever new design - Moto calls it a "kick slider" but I think "bendy phone" or "banana" is more descriptive and more likely to stick - to a thoughtful software user interface to create a very satisfying experience. And this is all the more surprising given the well-publicized difficulties Sony Ericsson has had getting its UIQ 3 devices to work. But it is the most impressive competition Nokia has faced at the high-end of the market for a very long time. This, Moto's first new Symbian phone for four years, isn't a touchscreen device, as every UIQ phone hs been to date. But rather like Apple's iPhone, it's somewhat less spectacular once the reality sinks in.įor your reporter, the E90 was all but eclipsed by a device that came completely out of the blue: Motorola's UIQ slider phone, the Motorizr Z8. Nokia's new communicator, the E90, was one of the most eagerly anticipated launches in a long time. First look The surprise of the 3GSM show so far has turned up in the Gadget Porn Department. ![]()
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