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Nokia 8290 Cell Phone

Nokia 8290 Cell Phone

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Nokia 8290 - For the Spy Kid within

by psugrowler Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Apr 08 '01
Pros: small, light and loaded
Cons: may be too small for some
Accessibility is a very important concept. Access to people and information is a valuable commodity. This resource can lead to power and profit, but to what extent?

Nokia and other cell phone companies extol these virtues of connectivity....
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Nokia 8290 Cellular Phone

by dkozin dkozin is a Lead on Epinions in Electronics, Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 10, Mar 02 '01
Pros: Sleek design, color-changing covers, light and compact, impressive features, long battery life
Cons: Might be too small for you
With seven available colors and sleek design, the Nokia 8290 looks like a toy. There is no antenna sticking out (it is located internally, so you cannot see it), which would get in the way when you pull the phone out of your pocket.

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Product Rating:Product Rating: 2.0
 

All Style, Little Merit

by elmoebeesn Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Jan 05 '01
Pros: stylish, strong marketing
Cons: missed calls, not sturdy
I recently have been working for an electronics store in the area over my Christmas break from college so I have had the chance to use quite a few products in some depth recently. No, this job has nothing to do with my studies for graduate school;...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Phone to go

by jumperless Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Dec 31 '01
Pros: Size, battery life, features.
Cons: Easy to lose.
I first saw this phone in the movie Charlie’s Angels and was instantly intrigued with its size and sharp looks. So I decided to upgrade my phone with VoiceStream to the 8290. My fiancé and I both have had this phone for over a year now and actually...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Is the 8290 the Right Phone for You?

by magenta321 Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 500, Dec 30 '00
Pros: tiny size, customizable, mimics a PDA, still very "hip"
Cons: tiny size, expensive
I've had a few cell phones over the years -- the Motorolla Flip Phone, the original Startac, the Nokia 5180 and now the Nokia 8290. Each new phone seemed like the most wonderful invention in the universe at the time. Within a year, however, I always...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Well I Did It.

by walkguru , Jan 07 '01
Pros: Small, Did I Say Small? Like A Little 6190
Cons: What's That, Are There Any?

Introducing the newest in cool, a bold statement that fits your
own sense of life style, the Nokia 8290 mobile phone. A GSM phone for those who...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

Ahh, so cute! And powerful!

by Shane_B , Oct 27 '02
Pros: Small size, customization with faceplates.
Cons: Poor reception, placement of IR port.
I've always enjoyed having the latest and greatest in technology, and trying to keep up. But when you have credit card payments, and truck payments and other bills every month sometimes it can be hard to keep up. I do try though.

When I...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

The Nokia 8290 Is More Phone Than I Really Need

by parentalunit , May 19 '01
Pros: a reliable and sturdy phone with many advanced features
Cons: more features than I really need
Just before the birth of my son, my husband suggested that I get a mobile phone of my own. I would be leaving my job soon and have to turn in the company provided Erricson phone.

There were so many choices and I was really confused about...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Little phone, big value!

by urbanpagan , Apr 19 '01
Pros: Small, voice activation features, active infra-red port
Cons: does not use standard hands-free
Working for a wireless company has it's advantages like being one of the first people to try out a new phone. When the Nokia 8290 was released I was one of the first in our company to jump at trying the phone out. I had carried the Nokia 5190 and 6190...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

A true pocket phone.

by phrop , Mar 09 '01
Pros: Very small and light weight
Cons: Larger than a credit card
After lugging an Ericsson CF788 around for three years, I have now upgraded to the Nokia 8290.

Why?
The CF788 is a fine phone, if you read my epinion review of it you'll learn why I think so. But being the geek that I am, I had to...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

8290 - Durable communications companion.

by dsmeyer , Mar 15 '02
Pros: Goes anywhere. Nice battery life, and packed with powerful features.
Cons: Small size cuts both ways-- hard to handle and dial.
I have been a VoiceStream wireless customer for a couple years now. I started out with a Nokia 5190 handset which served me well for over a year. I then decided its increasing lack of features and bulky size would eventually prompt me to upgrade to a...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Nokia 8290: It Would Probably Work On The Moon

by flashfriday Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 1000, Oct 25 '00
Pros: Easy to use and hold, great new web features, long lasting battery, great sound quality
Cons: A little expensive and no WAP browser
If you are looking for perhaps the lightest and easiest to carry phone, the Nokia 8290 is for you. At only 2.8 ounces, its a far cry from the heavy phones of only a few years ago. Add in the zillions of features and this phone is a sure bet. The...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

the perfect size for people who hate carrying things

by marniejoyce , May 09 '01
Pros: perfectly portable
Cons: no WAP
I've been through a number of cell phones. The main problem is that I hate carrying a phone around, but I am required to by the nature of my job.

I also hate carrying bags or anything that doesn't fit into the pockets of a pair of jeans. The...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 5.0
 

Nokia 8290, just about perfect (also vs. 8260, 8890, T28w)

by bdwelle , Nov 24 '00
Pros: great UI, tiny size, nice design, internal antenna, infrared, vibrating alert, 2-way SMS/email
Cons: durability, flaky LCD connection, no WAP, can't store email addresses, not a world phone
With the 8290, Nokia's finally done it. This phone's design, form factor, and features define what cell phones have been trying to be for the last ten years. I suppose nothing's perfect, but this phone is damn near; it's small enough to carry anywhere...
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Product Rating:Product Rating: 4.0
 

It was trendy and cool

by Alifornia , Oct 25 '01
Pros: Small, lightweight, internal antenna, voice dialing
Cons: not durable, no web browser, cingular has pretty bad coverage, small buttons
I've had my nokia 8290 for about a year now and I must say that I like it. It was great for its time and has been very good to me no matter how many time I dropped it. The coverage by Cingular wireless is nowhere near perfect but it's not the phone's...
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