The new cell phone to walk into the smartphone universe, Nokia’s Lumia 710, is not appearing like it will be all it is cracked up to be. In many ways, it is being advertised as a different option to a pricey, hi tech Android phone or iPhone. This sounds all nice for those moving toward that initial leap toward the smartphone community, but the phone could be even more complicated than its competitors. As described on Msnbc’s Gadgetbox, Athima Chansanchai clues us in on her time with the cell phone, “On this Lumia, the first Nokia Windows Phone to debut in the U.S. as of Jan. 11, navigation is the foundation of the device’s problems, but it is also cumbersome to share (pics, comments, etc.) with it, which is one of the biggest selling points of jumping on the smartphone bandwagon. It was like a maze, the first time I started dabbling with this Windows Phone, and I was the little mouse that only found the cheese after many, many wrong turns and dead ends.” Nokia and T-mobile have sincere views, but they probably would have done well to figure out a way to put the Lumia 800 in the United States, similar to in Europe. It is a more shiny, state of the art body, and could have more of a chance in the American smartphone market.

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