N81 8GB Review Part 3 - Navi wheel doesn't work well

Submitted by Roland on Sun, 2008-01-20 21:22

N81 8GB Navi wheel - not as intuitive as the iPod's

Why? Because it doesn't click or move as smoothly as my 2G iPod and it requires you to press hard. Luckily it is set to off by default. I experimented with it on but finally turned it off because it was more annoying than useful.

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mayank (not verified)

Wed, 2008-02-27 02:54

well same is happening with my n81... but when i tried my freinds n81, which he bought 2 months ago it was as smooth as an ipod..

Roland

Sun, 2008-03-02 21:16

very interesting, glad to hear i may just have a lemon navi-wheel

Sinton (not verified)

Mon, 2008-03-17 06:26

Took my N81 back 2 weeks ago because the Navi Wheel was no longer responding (used to work like and ipod when I first got it) came back after repair still did not work. Replaced the phone, new one did not work another 3 phones later have not been able to get one to work. Some have been very slow response others had no response. Nokia really need to sort this out as I am seeing lots of discussions coming up with the same problem. If you check with Nokia they suggest updating the firmware, this seems to work for some phones but not others

Sunil (not verified)

Sat, 2008-08-23 01:08

High

I think there is something wrong with te firmware it worked perfectly till i updated the phone firmware please let me know if there are any other solutions

grtzz

Anonymous (not verified)

Sun, 2009-02-01 21:23

I just got an N85 and was curious what the Navi Wheel was like as it's disabled by default, so I decided to enable it. I definitely had problems using it in the beginning, but there's a certain pressure you have to use for it to work well (I use mainly my thumb, but sometimes my index finger). A light touch and a completely circular motion is required for the best results (which is odd because the button is a rounded rectangle).

Perhaps they worked on it a bit after the N81, but after a few days of getting the hang of it, it actually works quite well for me, and I use it far more than the click buttons when its functionality is available. I just wish Nokia would've incorporated its use in more ways. For instance, it's not available in the settings application and many other applications that make use of vertical lists. Also, I can't understand why they didn't make use of the Navi Wheel on the web browser for scrolling up and down.

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