Nokia N8

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Nuwan
tev
07 Aug 2010

Xeon, 07 Aug 2010Two important Questions : 1. Is the Menu Button made of ... moreDear Xeon,

Answers for your 'important' questions.

1) I recall that I read something like N8 consists of 'embedded Aluminum made button' but I can't confirm this...

2) Yes.. It does support DivX videos...

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Anonymous
9xH
07 Aug 2010

Nokia N8
Entertains you when the world doesn't...........

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Xeon
nbE
07 Aug 2010

Two important Questions :

1. Is the Menu Button made of Aluminium or Plastics ?

2.Will be there divx support ?

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Niraj
YT8
07 Aug 2010

Anonymous, 07 Aug 2010N8 is blind buy for me if usb printer could be attached. I ... moreHi, Follow this link and ask it to Damian Dinning. I am pretty sure he will try to help you.. http://twitter.com/phonedaz

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Anonymous
wu4
07 Aug 2010

Sunil, 07 Aug 2010Please provide more coloursrainbow

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Anonymous
3Ir
07 Aug 2010

is the price really 370 euro?
if someone know that,tell me

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Anonymous
2@B
07 Aug 2010

Nuwan, 07 Aug 2010Dear friend, As I said brother, I'm pretty sure if the s... moreN8 is blind buy for me if usb printer could be attached. I use desktop for printing purpose only. Otherwise i use mobiles for email/surfing etc.

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Adam
IWb
07 Aug 2010

Nokia Ovi maps story http://blog.ovi.com/2010/08/05/ovi-maps-for-visually-impaired-users-meet-carsten-from-germany/

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arvind sukhija
vG1
07 Aug 2010

i am waiting n 8

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Nuwan
tev
07 Aug 2010

Anonymous, 07 Aug 2010Yes, thats what i wanted to know whether i can attach only ... moreDear friend,

As I said brother, I'm pretty sure if the supporting drivers are provided we can install mice and key boards etc... This has nothing to do with Nokia... If the hardware manufactures provides 'Symbian 3' device drivers to their mice and key boards, then of course we can connect them and work with them.. Why not...?

But it would have been great if Nokia could include some universal drivers to achieve this task... (without letting us rely upon some hardware vendors help..)

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Anonymous
2@B
07 Aug 2010

Nuwan, 07 Aug 2010Dear friend, USB On the Go is an amazing feature which t... moreYes, thats what i wanted to know whether i can attach only hard drives to n8 usb port or mouse/ kbds/etc also. So its still not clear other peripherals can also be attached or not.. Nokia shud clarify this

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Nuwan
tev
07 Aug 2010

Anonymous, 07 Aug 2010Can anyone tell me what all i can do with uab otg. Can i ON... moreDear friend,

USB On the Go is an amazing feature which turns your mobile in to a mobile computer...

OK.. Let me describe what it is.. The conventional USB connectors in mobiles are only capable of 'BEING CONNECTED' to a computer as a peripheral... They don't have the capability to act as a USB host... (in other words, they can't identify other peripherals... They only can act itself as a peripheral... That's all..)

But with 'USB On the Go' features, Nokia N8 can act as Both USB peripheral and USB Host...

In other words,
If you connect your mobile phone to your computer, it'll act as a peripheral just like other mobiles do...
If you connect another USB device (such as your pen drive, your portable hard drive or another mobile phone) to your Nokia N8 (using the particular cable for 'USB on the go') then it'll act as a host... (It act as a computer...)

I think everybody could understand what I'm saying.. and Can you imaging the potential of this wonderful feature...?

** You can connect your USB Pen Drive directly to the Nokia N8 and explore the contents.. (You no longer need a computer to exchange files...)

** You can extend the capacity of your mobile by just connecting it to a USB pen drive (let's say with 32 GB capacity) and you can listen to the songs in pen drive directly from your phone as long as two devices are connected... (That means you can extend your Music library up to any capacity...!)

** You can connect your Portable hard drive (let's say 1 TB) with huge lot of Divx movies, to your mobile and can connect your mobile to your HDMI TV and watch movies without the help of your computer... (How does it sound...?)

** If you have another mobile, then you can connect that mobile to your Nokia N8 and exchange files just like you do with your computer...

** Not only above... How about other USB Devices...! Such as USB Mouse, USB Key Boards etc... Though it's not yet declared by Nokia, I'm pretty sure, by the help of 3rd party applications, support for the above devices will also be available with the release of Nokia N8...

Now you see... It's a mobile computer... Nothing else... I don't know why still some people want to compare this unit with Samsung galaxy S or Samsung wave or iphone 4g or what ever it is... This is a Smart Mobile Computer... and above those are just mobile phones... END OF THE STORY...!

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Nuwan
tev
07 Aug 2010

TP, 07 Aug 2010QT doesnt guarantee lots of apps, theres hardly any develop... moreDear TP,

I agree with you most of your arguments brother... For an example, I'm pretty sure, the real android should feel much better than the Symbian 3rd party application SPB shell.. (which is kind of laggy...) I really don't know much about android and it's very nice to know that it has lots of customizations in built... But let me tell you... You were talking about default browser, default Music player etc can be changed in android and we can't do it in Symbian...

But of course we can do it in Symbian too... Only thing is, we don't get it default.. we have to install 3rd party application to achieve it.. or else we have to hack the phone and get the thing done via ROM pather pathes... (Regarding changing fonts also, same rule applies... we can do it via a 3rd party application...)

So, after all, the customization of Android is not an amazing thing to shout about... Because Symbian is the first which had that.. It's good that Android got it default while we still have to rely upon third party applications in symbian... But I don't compare these two OS on the same basis because of following matters...

** Symbian has been developed nearly thorough out a decade... while Android is only just 3 years old.

** Symbian has millions of 3rd party software & developers while Android has thousands of them... (I guess you know the difference between millions vs thousands... Right...?)

** Symbian still is the most popular smart phone OS regardless your arguments and there is no sign it's loosing its demand... (Symbian: 40%, Android: 6%)

So it's very clear why I would go for Symbian over Android...!

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Anonymous
PS@
07 Aug 2010

Nuwan, 07 Aug 2010Dear Friend, I think you can add these three phones as w... moreCan anyone tell me what all i can do with uab otg. Can i ONLY connect usb flash drive only?

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Nuwan
tev
07 Aug 2010

Anonymous, 06 Aug 2010I was checking some of the older nokias and I was wondering... moreDear Friend,

I think you can add these three phones as well... (I mean to your list...)

5530
5233
N 86

All above have the same processor, same RAM etc...

As you said, it's bit strange why they do so... I'm using a 5530 right now, and it's serving me perfectly... So I can say, that processor has nothing wrong.. (though a higher clock rate would have been always better...)

I'm glad to see this time, with Nokia N8, they have moved to a new processor with 680 MHz clock rate.. I'm not really happy with the processor but I'll definitely buy the phone by considering other facts like,

* USB on the Go
* HDMI
* Wifi b/g/n
* Symbian 3 (I always loved the flexibility of Symbian OS, we can customize it as anything...!)
* 12 MB extraordinary camera
* Xenon Flash
* 3.5 mm audio jack with dedicated music chip
* Dedicated 3D graphics
* AMOLED touch screen
* 512 MB ROM which supports paging (AMAZING...!)
* FM Transmitter
* DivX support out of the box

I don't think there is any mobile out there which provides all above... and there will not be one for a while I'm sure...! for that reason, I'm definitely go for Nokia N8 regardless of slow processor and less RAM...

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r 3 b 3 l
QHL
07 Aug 2010

This is the last time i would post as regards hardware specs so i'll try to break the logic down so even the dumbest of hateful retards can understand.

When infrared technology was mastered and began appearing on portable devices, it was groundbreaking. A technological milestone. Today, infrared has found its way to virtually every electronic device. From tvs to laptops. Infrared was also used on mobile phones. Them bluetooth came along. Today, bluetooth has almost totally taken over as far as mobile phones are concerned but still, why don't we see bluetooth remote controls? There is one simple answer. Its not necessary. Are you then going to say that remote controls use outdated hardware?

When you go to a shop to buy say an alarm clock do you ask for hardware specifications? 'em, what type of processor does this one use? Whats the screen resolution?' what you're concerned with is 'how well does it perform? Whats the battery life. What options does it offer?'

When specsheets for mobile phones are published they are meant to give you an idea of how the device would perform. HOWEVER, IT IS COMPLETELY ILLOGICAL AND IRRATIONAL TO ESTIMATE PERFORMANCE OF A DEVICE USING A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT GADGET AS CONTROL. The nokia 5730 has a 600mhz cpu while the nokia n73 has 368mhz. They both run the same os, have the same screen size and resolution. If and only if i were to assume that the 600mhz processor in the 5730 processes data faster than the n73 processor(which is not always the case. Higher frequency does not mean higher processing speed) would it then be rational for me to assume that the 5730 would perform better. However, since it is always true that higher processor frequencies mean higher power consumption, the 5730 would most definitely have a shorter battery life so long they use the same battery and no other counter measures have been undertaken. This is how to think. This is logic. This is common sense.

On the argument that a faster processor would make symbian faster or even more stable. I own a pc with a 3.2ghz processor and a laptop with a 2ghz processor. I installer pro evolution soccer 10 on both. The game doesn't play any faster on my pc than on my pc than on the laptop. Lionel messi cannot kick the ball any faster on my pc than on my laptop. Where then is the extra 1.2ghz? In the trash can! Burning away. Wasting power. Why do you thing laptop manufacturers don't put 3.2ghz processors in mainstream products? Because they don't need them! That symbian lags is not a problem of underpowering but rather one of the os itself. SYMBIAN AS I KNOW IT WASN'T ORIGINALLY BUILT FOR SPEED BUT FOR FUNCTIONALITY. Its like your pc. How many seconds does it take the average windows pc to start up microsoft word? 10? 20? How about the gallery? Yahoo messenger? In symbian, os components like gallery, phonebook and messages are simply applications. When needed, they have to be started up hence the 1-2 second delay and the less hardware requirements.

My nokia n95 8gb has 128mb ram. At bootup, i have about 85mb free. After surfing for about an hour with 6 windows open, one of which is on the tariff unfriendly full featured youtube, and 4 other less ram hungry apps in the background, i have 66mb of ram left. I go on the open 27 more apps including nokia maps, ngage and lifeblog before the phone hangs and restarts itself. I'm still unsuccessful till date in my quest to encounter a memory full error. Thats 128mb of ram without ram cacheing, application suspend or hibernate. What more 256 with ram cacheing?

That nokia won't be using symbian on anymore nseries devices doesn't mean symbian is incapable or bad. The reason is simple. The times have changed! Gone are the days when only business men and rational individuals with real needs buy expensive phones. Nowadays, even the dumbest of people spend huge amounts of money to buy worthless pieces of crap. The iphone, ipad and other ishit are living testimony. Nseries devices are meant to be the devices from which nokia earns its highest returns. Built for the stupidly rich a majority of whom are unconcerned about functionality hence the need for meego. I, for one can't imagine myself buying a meego device. Ask why? Because it majors on looks rather than functionality. Symbian would be bearing the flag for nokia on their eseries devices. The series for right minded rational thinkers.

If i were to switch from symbian today (which is completely impossible) guess what platform it would be to? Not android. Not meego. Not bada and definitely not ios. Windows mobile. Why? Because its the only other platform that has its priorities straight(blackberry os doesn't qualify. Its too narrow). Functionality over form.

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Rick
LxG
07 Aug 2010

James, 07 Aug 2010It's not just about pure MHz/GHz numbers. The newer process... moreAgreed

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Anonymous
4TH
07 Aug 2010

I found this interesting statement on

http://www.theexpressusa.com/2010/08/06/nokia-latest-news-nokia-n8-coming-on-august/

"Nokia has officially made a statement that their new product, the Nokia N8, will be officially launched on the market on August 24 this year. According to Nokia N8 few details and improvements, which causes the release of this phone instead of the previous list."

Can anyone clarify this?

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James
TIG
07 Aug 2010

Naveed, 06 Aug 2010Those who are complaining about the low processor in *N8*. ... moreIt's not just about pure MHz/GHz numbers. The newer processors are more energy efficient, and that means a lot for prolonging battery life.

Anyway, besides the untested (i.e tested in daily usage by actual buyers) Symbian^3, I'm more worried about the amount of RAM on the phone. The N8 has only 256Mb RAM. With features such as HDMI output, 12MP camera, support for multitasking etc, I expect no less than 512Mb to be satisfactory. Nokia should be more generous with RAM in future flagship phones.

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Sunil
qwR
07 Aug 2010

Please provide more colours

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