Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Unlocked Cell Phone

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Unlocked Cell Phone with 2 MP Camera, MP3/Video Player, MicroSD Slot–U.S. Version with Warranty (Blue)

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Unlocked Cell Phone

Nokia 5310 Description
Nokia 5310 XpressMusic. Works with AT&T and T Mobile service only. Thin (0.39in.), classic design with aluminium side panels. 3 dedicated music keys, with diamond cut music key symbols. Crystal clear sound, enabled with a dedicated audio chip. Music playback up to 18 hours. 2 megapixel camera (1600 x 1200 pixel resolution). 4 x digital zoom. 2.0″ QVGA 240 x 320 pixels, 16 million color display. Ambient light sensor for improved readability and increased operation time.

Nokia 5310 Customer Reviews

Almost flawless cellphone, July 25, 2008
By D. Ho “Ginsumaster” (Hon., HI)

The best thing I like about this cellphone is its loudness: built-in speaker is loud and speakerphone is loud. This helps a lot if you’re in a noisy restraunt (reason I dumped my old cellphone).
Pluses:
1. Well designed music player UI and dedicated buttons.
2. Loud speaker for playing music.
3. Standard 1/8″ mini jack for headphones.
4. Solid buttons, crisp display
5. Very small, stylish
Minuses:
1. Short battery life — must charge almost every night.
2. Camera is fair in quality.
3. No 3G

Five stars and worth every one!, July 23, 2008
By C. R. Swanson “wilybadger.wordpress.com” (Phoenix)

The Nokia 5310, aka “The Music Xpress”, is one nifty little phone! Sure, it’s no iPhone, but if you want something that got just about as many bells and whistles for a little less money, you want this phone.

The 5130 is available in purple, orange, red and blue (I own the purple). It’s very thin and small, but fits easily in the palm of your hand and doesn’t give the impression it’s going to fall apart if you look at it cross-eyed.

The buttons are raised up just a bit. The display is bright and vibrant. If you have T-Mobile service with this phone, you’ll find it can handle the My Favorites plan just fine, with nice little icons and customizable options fo each person.

The phone has several nifty features, including a 2 megapixel camera that takes good-to-very-good quality pictures. It can also function as a video camera, doing both sound and image. There’s no flash or self-portrait mirror, but you can make do. The screen acts as a view finder, of course. There’s also four different levels of zoom and several different video effects (like black and white, negative, false color, etc). There’s a nifty little mini-USB port you can use to move your files to a computer (assuming you have a cable. Thankfully the phone comes with one).

There’s also the usual selection of programs, like a calculator, alarm clock, organizer, etc. The system also comes with a few game demos, none of which are particularly memorable.

Ah, but you want to know about the biggie, right? You want to know all about the music capability!

Well, this phone doesn’t disapoint. There’s external music controls and an external volume control. You can turn it up loud enough to annoy the people next door if you really try. There’s also a headphone jack that, thankfully, allows for normal headphones to be used. I have a neat little set I got on a Delta flight, and they work just fine.

When I bought the phone it came with the USB cable I mentioned earlier, as well as a stereo hands-free headset with a detachable mic, and, joy of joys, a 1 gigabyte memory card! That’s a really nice thing to have! I’ve got quite a bit of music on mine and it isn’t even close to being filled. Tiny card, too. About the size of a fingernail.

Overall there’s no real reason not to recommend this phone. It’s sleek and stylish, has a great price point, comes with plenty of goodies and plays music very, very well. It’s worth every penny I paid for it, and that’s not something I can often say!

Nokia 5310 Xpress Music Phone, July 25, 2008
By J. L. Doseff “ADarkAria” (Laguna Hills, CA USA)

Pros:
- Phone is compact
- For a small phone has decent MP3 quality
- Clean lines
- Sturdy casing
- Separate ports for charging, USB and earphones
- Call quality seems to be good
- Simple Bluetooth connectivity
- Easy menu interface
- Convenient music player controls
- All necessary accessories (except for a travel charger) are included in the package (along with 2GB Micro SD)
- Seems to retain its charge well (stand-by and talk time)
- Nokia technical support, phone features, and website access to options without nickle-and-diming you really stands out.

Cons:
- Speakerphone could be louder (however new FCC rulings place limitations on US Version phones with this capability so Nokia is simply abiding by the FCC).
- Voice dialing gets it right about 80% of the time.
- Using Nokia PC Sync software may still not allow you to Sync with the phone. Was unable to get this problem resolved.

For the most part am very pleased with the phone. My only serious disappointment is my inability to Sync, however that may be unique to myself. Am very pleased with the extent of service by Nokia technical support in providing guidance and support, and appreciate the Nokia website which offers various extras (software and other downloads) free of charge when other manufacturers expect you to purchase some of the same options to fully utilize the features of their phones.

I also commend Amazon.com customer and wireless services personnel for their attentiveness and dedication to true customer service!

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SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card CLASS 2 (SDSDQ-8192, Bulk Package)

SanDisk 8GB microSDHC Card CLASS 2 (SDSDQ-8192, Bulk Package)

SanDisk 8GB Description
SanDisk is proud to announce our newest format and capacity to the SD card family: microSD High Capacity (microSDHC) 8GB flash card. 

SanDisk 8GB Customer Reviews

Excellent choice for my Blackberry Curve, July 13, 2008
By L. T. Beasimer “LBphoto.net” (Dallas, TX)

I tested the possibility of using my BlackBerry 8310 Curve as my primary mp3 player with an inexpensive Kingston 2GB microSD card. I ran into several issues in the process, but learned how to overcome them.

The Curve limits the file size transfers when they are sent to the phone’s storage. This protects the phone from running out of memory. The trick is ensuring you are transferring files to the card instead. If you map drives on your computer, the first available drive is automatically used for the Curve’s memory card. At home this is my F drive while at work it is K. If any other device is mapped to that drive, the Curve’s memory card will not be recognized.

Additionally, there are settings that may need to be changed to allow music file transfers. Go to “Settings”, then “Options” to click on “Media Card.” Set “Mass Storage Mode Support” to ON. Also set the “Auto Enable Mass Storage Mode When Connected” to YES or PROMPT.

Initially to save music, I needed to remove the card from my Curve and transfer files directly from my computer. This is where the adapter, which converts the microSD card to full-sized SD card, comes in handy. After removing the Curve’s battery, I simply popped the microSD card into the adapter and used my computer’s SD drive. Do not format the card in the Curve, as it will only recognize half the storage space. If you must format, do so on your computer instead. Now that I have everything set up properly, this card does the job without worries.

PROS:
Good price
Reliable card

CONS:
None

Works great!, May 5, 2008
By Kalves (Massachusetts)

I bought this micro card for my AT&T 8925 Tilt (HTC TYTN) phone and it works perfectly. I took a chance that the phone would support that size and it does (the AT&T specs list the max capicity as 2GB). I recommend also purchasing an adapter so you can use it as an SD card if you have a digital camera that takes that format. It would have been nice to have that as a package deal as opposed to giving the thumb drive adapter – but it’s still a deal even with the few extra dollars for the adapter. If you have the Tilt and want plenty of storage space go ahead and buy this card.

Nice Micro SD Card for cell phones, May 10, 2008
By Bob Whitley “Bob” (San luis obispo, CA)

I have a Motorola Q9c Smartphone and was looking for a mini SD card with lots of room on it.This Micro SD card is exactly what i was looking for.All i did was purchase the Mini SD card adaptor so i could put this in my Moto Q9c and it works great.My Q9c recognises almost all 8GB!If you are looking for a mini SD card with plenty of room on it get this one.

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