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  • mJd
  • 01 Jun 2010

Tom, I'm so buying the N8...tell me again how lame is the CPU...and, please, don't forget the about the lousy battery.

I sent an email to T.Dickson requesting he uses the X10 next time with the iblend function. :)

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    • minjo
    • mJq
    • 01 Jun 2010

    guys... this thing have become a crazy circus...
    leave ur fight aside... or get the hell out of here...

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      • Tom-Helge
      • Srd
      • 01 Jun 2010

      Dev, 01 Jun 2010You are clueless about the performance of application based... moreI know what i'm talking about. With a CPU from stoneage with 680 MHz and with a poor RAM that only have 256 MB, you can't expect much out of the Nokia N8 in comparsion to what you can get out of a device with a 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU and 512 MB RAM.

      Those phones with the Snapdragon CPU and 512 MB RAM can run extremely big programs and games that require a butt load out of your device.

      And on top of that, it's future proof for programs that comes out in the future that require alot more out of your device.

      Doesn't help what you say. The CPU Nokia N8 use is going to prevent it from being future proof and it will only work with Symbian ^3 after what some sites have said so far.

      So i rather have a phone that will be as good in 2 years as it is today.

      Now, imagine if Symbian ^3 is the only OS the Nokia N8 can run, then imagine how damn poor the Nokia N8 is in 2 years while the devices i use for example that is an XPERIA X10 will still be doing very good in 2 years because it can run on OS'es that comes out that time that are totally new and have a crap ton of awesome features that Nokia N8 users only can dream to have.

      And not only that, but most application / game developers use to move on to newer OS'es so they will only support newer OS'es on their programs and so on.

      So what are you gonna do with the Nokia N8 in 2 years that can't do nothing compared to the phones / OS'es that comes out in 2 years?.

      And not only that, devices with this CPU might come out right after Nokia N8 is released: http://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-1703.php

      And how badly do you think the Nokia N8 is going to look / be for the future then?.

      I hope you see now why i'm so against Nokia N8 in this case.

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        • Dev
        • upe
        • 01 Jun 2010

        [deleted post]You are clueless about the performance of application based no same SDK as that of OS. Once the OS is well optimized to CPU, a native application or game for the matter should deliver same performance without any lags or sort of stuff unless its poorly built without keeping attention to optimization of it with resourses and OS. I agree that Nokia Symbian^1 devices are quite laggy while playing HD games but lag is wholly due to insufficient RAM. Now N8 have got double the RAM, powerfull enough processor, HW acceleration, huge NAND flash etc, so with all this it would be very premature to say device will lag while playing/running heavy stuff. Take efforts to see reviews about gaming on N8. You can see Need for Speed (shift) playing flawlessly on device. Game developers pointed out that it was mainly possible because of optimization with Symbian^3 and its resourses. Hope you get what I am trying to point out.

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          • Rajesh
          • tA$
          • 01 Jun 2010

          As I have been saying 1 Ghz to 1.5 Ghz processor with loads of new technology on the way and above that 4G will be the story of early 2011 and rest will be history.

          Nokia 600 or 680 mhz processors will be seen in sub 200$ handsets. Agree or not agree, my crystal ball will keep updating you all.

          You can read about new Qualcomm processors on front page of GSM Arena

          Cheers....

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            • Tom-Helge
            • Srd
            • 01 Jun 2010

            Rajesh, 01 Jun 2010Hi Tom, how are you doing...let me tell you something...the... moreHeh, good answer. Yeah i agree.

            And to you again Dev.

            Well, when someone is trying extremely hard to prove me wrong without giving facts or proofs of what they are saying, then what do you expect?. Ofc i will come back to tell them to shut up instead of lying so they can give us some facts and proofs instead.

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              • Anis
              • 3EV
              • 01 Jun 2010

              [deleted post]Sony erricson is a great company with great powerful devices ..

              just don't expect everyone to like Sony erricson dude!

              for me, ill go with any device that have all my needs in it, i didnt like android :S or i phone lol i know it looks stupid but they are not working for me, i feel symbian are more likely me!

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                • Rajesh
                • tA$
                • 01 Jun 2010

                As I have been saying 1 Ghz to 1.5 Ghz processor with loads of new technology on the way and above that 4G will be the story of early 2011 and rest will be history.

                Nokia 600 or 680 mhz processors will be seen in sub 200$ handsets. Agree or not agree, my crystal ball will keep updating you all. Here is a link you should visit

                http://www.gsmarena.com/qualcomm_starts_shipping_12ghz_dualcore_snapdragons-news-1703.php

                Cheers....

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PFx
                  • 01 Jun 2010

                  KID, 01 Jun 2010hahaha, that's what I meant... not just your friend, a lot... moreMine N81 8GB was USD 400, what a rip off, I can buy N8 if I'm not buy N81, now I must trying hard to persuade my mom to buy me an N8 XD
                  Have a good night KID, let's have some talk tomorrow =)

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                    • tomas
                    • jZ{
                    • 01 Jun 2010

                    shape of the phone is ugly

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                      • Dev
                      • upe
                      • 01 Jun 2010

                      [deleted post]Ya, its pretty outdated but unfortunately its that only few can think so even before using it. And its been discussed & proved thousand times that 1Ghz is not a requirement of Symbian & you seems to be trolling again but with the same old agenda(?)! I still didn't get what you want to prove. I remember once you said I would stop commenting about x10 all the time when people get my point. Come on, we know what you want to point out, we got it though all may not agree with your thoughts, your comparison between N8 & X10 or between Nokia & SE but why do you start same sort discussion again & again? Is there anything new to discuss, I will appreciate.

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                        • Rajesh
                        • tA$
                        • 01 Jun 2010

                        [deleted post]Hi Tom, how are you doing...let me tell you something...these people on this site are living with N8...you will notice that most of them have been here working hard to boast N8 to everyone who visit this site. I mean N8 is everything they have got to be in touch with modern day technology. Its an emotional attachment. You give them double or triple speed processor it does not matter. We must respect their love with N8 and must support them in their work. You see we say WORK IS WORSHIP...so we must not disturb their work but you must tell them if they make some mistake or try to mislead others. Let them live with N8...they are all good people. After all we are all tech lovers and we definitely want to be updated with daily news and outcomes...dont you agree Tom...

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                          • Angry
                          • Lag
                          • 01 Jun 2010

                          Dev, 01 Jun 2010They are absent out of the box to be specific but you have ... moreОК, but SmartMovie runs with lags on i8910 (which has almost the same CPU as N8), despite the fact that the native i8910 videoplayer runs without any lags!

                          N8 only 50-100 Mhz faster than i8910, and non-native players such as SmartMovie, will be also lacks...

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                            • Dev
                            • upe
                            • 01 Jun 2010

                            sukrsa, 01 Jun 2010I donot know about symbian 3. Is it possible to install Sym... moreSymbian^3 is a backward compatible. It will not only able to run s60v5 applications but it can also run some s60v3 applications, those were supported by s60v5 as well.
                            Plus it also support applications based on Qt framework which shall be fully implemented in Symbian^4 with whole new UI based on it. But Symbian^3 shall be able to run Qt based applications as said.
                            In short, compatibility of Symbian^3 is like supported applications by S^1 plus Qt based (pronounced as cute).

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                              • Dev
                              • upe
                              • 01 Jun 2010

                              T, 01 Jun 2010Can the hd videos play on the n8 its self or we always need... moreYes it can with its nHD resolution but full potential can only be seen on true HD or HD ready displays.

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                                • sukrsa
                                • pui
                                • 01 Jun 2010

                                I donot know about symbian 3. Is it possible to install Symbian OS v9.4 Series 60 rel. 5 application like game etc.? Or we have to wait until thrid party develop them.
                                Thanks.

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                                  • Dev
                                  • upe
                                  • 01 Jun 2010

                                  Angry, 01 Jun 2010No DivX, Xvid, MKV?? Shame for you, Nokia! WMV ?? That bul... moreThey are absent out of the box to be specific but you have choice of players native to symbian who can play any missing format out of the box and good is that most of them are free.

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                                    • KID
                                    • wrk
                                    • 01 Jun 2010

                                    [deleted post]hahaha, that's what I meant...
                                    not just your friend, a lot of people out there not using the full feature of BB, they use it just for a prestige or a status...

                                    that's why I said that if you only use BB for chat and update your status in facebook or whatever, a lot of other phone out there is also capable of doing that...

                                    I'm using 5800 right now, quite an old phone already but still a good phone with the latest firmware. And I bought it when the price is still high, around 460 USD I think, grrrr.....

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PFx
                                      • 01 Jun 2010

                                      KID, 01 Jun 2010hiya, I live in east java too, and also the same as you, I ... moreWoah, what a coincidence that we live in the same province XD
                                      Are u college students? 100% agree with u, but the reasons I hate BB are a lot of my friend (well, I am a senior high school student) is using it, and they use it only for BBM and Facebook, what a waste of office feature that BB has. Yeah, E72 is far better, it's even a lot cheaper than Onyx but with better specs. What phone do u use? Mine is the good old, but too overpriced at it's time, N81 :D

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                                        • KID
                                        • wrk
                                        • 01 Jun 2010

                                        Anonymous, 01 Jun 2010Hi KID, it's nice to see some people from my country hangin... morehiya, I live in east java too, and also the same as you, I dont like Blackberry too much. It's not that I against it, but it's just like the people here, in my opinion, just using Blackberry for a prestige or status...

                                        it's a different story if you're a businessman who needs to be online and stay in touch 24/7. Like my friend, he really feel the advantage of using BB to support his work, not just for some prestige or stupid status...

                                        The other things that makes a lot of people here use BB is because, well, a lot people uses it...
                                        if only they new that many other phone is also capable to do what a blackberry can do, just minus the BBM, but looks like they've been blinded by the trend....

                                        you can see from the spec that BB is actually designed to support business, just like the E series nokia, hell, I pretty much prefer E72 than any other Blackberry, hahahahaha