2/02/2010

Where's the Nokia N70 in Smart's MySandbox List of Compatible Phones?

I was tad disappointed when I did not see my precious ever Nokia E63 in the list of compatible HSPA Handsets for Smart Philippines' MySandbox Mobile application. Though, I'm having a gut feeling, it will still work on my E63. It makes me think what are their bases on coming up what mobile handset units should their application be compatible to. Can it be they have a statistics of the mobile handset units using their GPRS/mobile internet, and based their decision from there?

So following are the HSPA units compatible to Smart's MySandbox mobile application:

From the Nokia Camp:

Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic
Nokia 5730 XpressMusic
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Nokia 6210 Navigator
Nokia 6220 Classic
Nokia 6710 Navigator
Nokia 6720 Classic
Nokia 6650
Nokia E52
Nokia E55
Nokia E66
Nokia E75
Nokia E71
Nokia E71x
Nokia E90 Communicator
Nokia N78
Nokia N79
Nokia N82
Nokia N85
Nokia N86 8MP
Nokia N95
Nokia N95-3 NAM
Nokia N95 8GB
Nokia N96
Nokia N96-3
Nokia N97


From the Samsung Camp:

Samsung SGH-G810
Samsung SGH-i450
Samsung SGH-i550
Samsung SGH-i560


The lone ranger from LG:

LG-KT610

I still revolt at the thought why my E63 is there -- it is the cheapest 3g/wifi compatible, I believe, from Nokia which is not yet phased out. On the other thought, I believe they should have read yugatech's 01/22/2010 article, 'Nokia N70 takes Most Connected Phone Crown.' Lifted from the article,
"According to the latest stats from Admob, the Nokia N70 still tops as the top handset used to connect to the web in the Philippines. This despite the fact that the model has already been discontinued for distribution."

The funnier thing is that the other mobile handset models listed as the top 10 in terms of usage internet browsing are also not listed in Smart's MySandbox application's compatible phones. Following are part of the top 10 list:

Nokia 6630
Nokia 6680
Nokia 6120c
Nokia 3110c
Nokia N73
Nokia 6300
Nokia 6600

Smart Philippines or the developer of MySandbox application must have their own reasons. But I cannot avoid to think, 'where is the common sense there?' It looks like someone forgot to do some basic research -- even just follow yugatech.

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