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Nokia 3590 Review Part 2 – Unlock Nokia Mobile

Nokia 3590 Review Part 2

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VOICE TAGGING

I thought this would be my favorite feature, sadly it’s not. Voice tagging allows you to use voice commands to make calls—sound great, right! Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that well. First, the phone has a hard time recognizing the tag. Things like background noise or a how you recorded the tag affect it (straight to the phone’s microphone or using an earpiece/mic). I recorded several entries while using the ear piece—none of those were recognized by the phone when I tried to use them without it. I ended up recording all of them twice—once each way, since I use the phone frequently with and without the earpiece/microphone. Secondly, if you don’t speak EXACTLY as you did the day you recorded it you may end up calling a wrong party—this happened over 50% of the time. Also, the button you need to hold for 3-seconds to let it know you’ll be speaking is in a difficult place to hold down while holding the phone with one hand—terribly not comfortable! The length of the recording is very short—“Judy’s Home” taxes the limits so you’re stuck shortening them which means more confusion and more miss-dialing. I’ve pretty much given up on this feature and have resorted to 1-dial calling.

BATTERY

Standard for Nokia phones: Powered by a rechargeable battery—you’ll need to completely charge and discharge (leave the phone on until it goes dead) it two or three times before it will work at its full performance. Fail to do this and you’ll suffer poor battery life. Temperature extremes can also affect the ability of your batter to charge—allow it to come to room temperature before charging. Also, never leave your battery in the charger for more than one week—overheating can occur and ruin the battery. The standard charger that comes with the phone takes 24 hours on the first charge and then approximately 5 hours for mid-charges. There are faster options—a quick-charge will do it in 2 hours.

TALK TIME/STANDBY

The amount of time is dependant on how you’ve cared for your battery (see above), how old it is (they can be charge thousands of times but they do wear out), the signal strength, and your accessories (all those blinking lights and web surfing are battery-burners!). Generally you’ll have 2-1/2 – 6-1/2 hours of talk time and 5-12-1/2 days of standby time. I run on about 10 days standby and average about 5 hours of talk time because I don’t use any of the extra features and have no add-ons.

WARRANTY

One Year Limited Warranty

SPECIFICATIONS

Operates on 1900MHz (North America) Frequency Dimensions: 11.8 x 5 x 2.28 cm (4.68 inches long x 1.97 inches wide x .9 inch thick) Weight: 111 g (3.92 oz)

FINAL THOUGHTS

This is a nice lightweight phone that has features to spare—many I’ll probably never use, but it’s nice to know that if I decide to use them they’re there. Charging and batter life are right within the advertised parameters and so far the reception has been excellent. I live near Seattle where reception is sketchy—I find I have service in a few more places than I did with my older non-Nokia phone. Still not perfect, I can’t get service from my home, but that’s a system fault, not the phone. I’d recommend it for people who like bells and whistles and future development that GPRS has to offer.