Nokia N8

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sushmads
2@s
23 Oct 2011

where can i get CALL RECORDER software for my Nokia N8? Recently a Nokia care guy told that there is no call recorder for SYMBIAN ANNA.

Also it has to be beep free like in samung wave.

kindly assist me if any one Is using it in N8 currently.

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midhu
Xu4
23 Oct 2011

I use the model n8,I think the speed of net is slow, but after all, this phone is better than all,.

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Ray Hipkiss
3GK
23 Oct 2011

AnonD-22457, 23 Oct 2011hey guys were can i downoad hd quality videos for my n8? p... more@ Jimish

I like to download some of my favourite TV shows from http://eztv.it/

Just type the name of your favourite show into the search field. Many shows will have HD quality (720p) download links.

Ray

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Anonymous
v{Q
23 Oct 2011

hey guys does the n8 will have the symbian belle update??????????????????

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AnonD-22457
v{Q
23 Oct 2011

hey guys were can i downoad hd quality videos for my n8? pls reply...

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Ray Hipkiss
3GK
23 Oct 2011

AnonD-4340, 23 Oct 2011SGS cannot be used to judge android or google maps. Since S... more@ th3d

Are you having a laugh? Of course I know that the SGS has a defective GPS, that's why I wrote what I wrote. Unbelievable!

Also, I criticised the X10 only, not all Sony Ericsson phones. If you wish to enter into discussions with me I'd suggest you read and understand the things I actually write, instead of making things up.

Ray

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AnonD-4340
m7E
23 Oct 2011

Ray Hipkiss, 23 Oct 2011 @ mnayem Out of all the Android phones available you... moreSony ericsson doesnt have the most fancy fones or the newest widgets, but they are among the Android fones that actually work as intended, unlike the asian brands. For sure LG is the worst, samsung and HTC on second place, dont expect things to work on these brands, they are not doing good jobs in making their fones reliable.

(sony is not an asian brand, the ppl of asia differentiate between ASIA and JAPAN, not the same market, not the same anything)

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AnonD-4340
m7E
23 Oct 2011

Ray Hipkiss, 23 Oct 2011 @ symbian fan. I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy ... moreSGS cannot be used to judge android or google maps. Since SGS came out it was a known fact that the GPS was defective. I have this confirmed by using google maps on a HTC and a SGS side by side in the car while driving on city expressways. The HTC was 100% reliable and the SGS had no clue and was clearly confused.

Im surprised you didnt know SGS has defective GPS, since you own one.

Again, defective models from samsungs doesnt make N8 a good phone. =)

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Ray Hipkiss
3GK
23 Oct 2011

AnonD-616, 23 Oct 2011@@@ ray good evening ray ! ray you used both symbian an... more
@ symbian fan.

I'm currently using a Samsung Galaxy S running the latest version of Gingerbread 2.3.5. My N8 is running the latest version of Symbian, Anna.

My opinion of Android is not a good one. I find it to be less developed than Symbian with a cheap Fisher Price feel to it. However, it is faster than Symbian thanks to the 1 GHz CPU, 512 MB RAM and SGX 540 GPU. Internet browsing is a better experience on the SGS than on the N8 but the N8 has far better GPS capabilities. Google maps and navigation is just horrible and barely works half the time. Nokia maps on the other hand is brilliant.

There are many other things about the Galaxy S that I find frustrating such as the file manager, the lack of any notification lights or lock screen screen savers (there are some available from the Android market but they just eat your battery, and are nowhere near as good as Nokia Sleeping Screen).

We will have to see what the final release of Belle is like on the N8 before I can pass judgment on it. But, because it looks like a copy of Android it's sort of put me off a bit due to my experience of owning an Android device.

Pre-Anna, I would have said Symbian was the better OS, but now I'm not so sure. Symbian is still more advanced than Android but after the Anna update it has developed a whole new set of bugs.

All the best.

Ray

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AnonD-616
iD5
23 Oct 2011

Ray Hipkiss, 23 Oct 2011 @ mnayem Out of all the Android phones available you... more@@@ ray
good evening ray !
ray you used both symbian and android :-) . what you like to use symbian or android ! and what symbian os need to be better than befor . how about symbian belle !

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helopilot
qWe
23 Oct 2011

Natty ak, 22 Oct 2011How much it wil cost me to upgrade my nokia n80 to symbian ... moreboth anna and belle are free upgdrades check both ovi and ota on your phone if they are available in your country downlaod nd your set to go

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sameh
fvK
23 Oct 2011

Can anyone Help solving this problem?
When using GPS Navigation option, there is no ANY sound commong out. I can see the route on the map, read the instructions, but do not here these instructions. I hope someone can help.
thanks in advance

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AnonD-616
gx4
23 Oct 2011

Suhanoo, 23 Oct 2011Thank you for your approval. I am greatful that you liked m... morethank you so much dear friend , really again i like your reviews :-) you know ! you said the true :-) and i like your reviews , but you missed something ! :( the gps ? nokia maps vs google maps , i am sure nokia maps is better because we can use it offline :-) . thank for answered me :-) . what you think about symbian belle ! and new nokia store

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OMR
p@I
23 Oct 2011

Hi Guys ,,, i Wanna buy a new Phone and i confused between galaxy sl I9003 and Nokia N8 , i see that Galaxy sl is more powerful, but i Nokia sports a Wonderful camera ,this is the reason why i am confused , only the camera i miss in Nokia ,,so what you advise me to Buy ???

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Ray Hipkiss
3GK
23 Oct 2011

AnonD-14151, 23 Oct 2011Ya...I was a blind Nokia lover and used minimum 13 Nokia(Al... more
@ mnayem

Out of all the Android phones available you picked one of the worst! Then you had the nerve to compare it with the N8.
I haven't laughed so much in ages. You're a funny guy.

All the best.

Ray

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AnonD-14151
K2E
23 Oct 2011

Ya...I was a blind Nokia lover and used minimum 13 Nokia(All were Symbian). Bt my last 3 phones were Android,sad to say I felt beter in Android than Symbian. I have used Xperia X10 mini & mini pro, Galaxy mini. And right now using Xperia X10i. And damn sure its 10 times better thn N8. 1st thing Symbian is slower thn Android. My X10i got 1GHz speed and N8 got 600+
And gaming xperience is awesm in android thn Symbian. I got a 4" capacitive display in 480 X 854 resulotion, other hand N8 got 3.5".And a lot of lacking like low RAM in N8. Jst 1 thing better thn X10i is 12MP camera in N8 and 16GB built in memory. I was going to buy N8, bt sm frnds & N8 users told me nt to buy tht, its jst sucks according to their opinion.Thn I bought this Xperia X10i. Even I saw some N8 owner offering me xchange with their brand new N8!! So wht does it prove?Even I've heard a N8 user told "Dnt throw ur money in water by purchasing N8"
So according to price and features my X10i is better thn N8.

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N8 and me
vG4
23 Oct 2011

Suhanoo, 23 Oct 2011Thank you for your approval. I am greatful that you liked m... moreU r right. I used a N73 previously n was fade up with "MEMORY FULL CLOSE SOME APPLICATION".
When I bought N8, One thing I wished not to see that MSG again in my N8. BUT N8's RAM is such low, that in normal standby mode with some background apps running it shows 140 Mb used leaving 90 MB for others.
I used OPERA MOBILE & tried to open around 10 tabs in it & the result is as it crossed its limit, it simply closed Opera Mobile automatically. So i Just got a sneek-peek I SHOULD NT DRAG my N8 other wise I may get the same msg "MEMORYFULL".
I love N8 but angry on NOKIA for giving such a redundant RAM to this GREATest symbian phone of all times.
Keep N8ing...

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Anonymous
PGx
23 Oct 2011

Natty ak, 22 Oct 2011How much it wil cost me to upgrade my nokia n80 to symbian ... moreJust update ur device software and also update ur recommended software.

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Ray Hipkiss
3GK
23 Oct 2011

Suhanoo, 23 Oct 2011Thank you for your approval. I am greatful that you liked m... more@ Suhanoo

Rooting in Android allows the user to have "root" access to the operating system. This is necessary if you want to be able to perform certain tasks, like backing up your applications and installing certain apps from the market like Adblocker.

Once you've read and understood the instructions the whole process of rooting will take literally 30 seconds to complete.

All the best.

Ray

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Suhanoo
vFH
23 Oct 2011

AnonD-616, 22 Oct 2011hey men you rocks :-) . great reviews , but you forget some... moreThank you for your approval. I am greatful that you liked my review, it was worth the time spend. Now, back to your questions. I don't know what "rooting" is in Android. I am not a computer geek. But I consider myself as moderately advance level user. I know at least those things which I need to know to smoothly explore and grab out as much as possible from my gadgets. I played NFS Shift, Golf 2011 HD, Angry Birds, Galaxy On Fire etc in N8, played Angry Birds, Angry Birds Season in S2. To tell you the truth, I didn't like the concept of Angry Birds. It is a "touch centric" game, not a "gyro-centric" game like Galaxy On Fire. I stopped playing my half way done NFS Shift after I started playing Galaxy On Fire. The concepts of Nokia games are better than Android's (my opinion). But I heard that "creed" is one game in Android that you'll fall in love to (never had the chance to play though). Symbian is known for it's multitasking from late 90's. Android became a semi-multitasker from 2.2 (Froyo) & full multitasker from 2.3 (Gingerbread). Having a powerful processor & great amount of RAM does have its benefits as it helps S2 to run smoothly no matter how much you put into it. My S2 shows 837MB of RAM & uses around 450MB of RAM used from the above (by the widgets & OS). When I run some heavy applications (mozilla, Gallery - full of pics & videos in 32GB SDcard, Polaris Office, Google Maps, Vlingo, Market etc) simultaneously, my S2 doesn't show any sign of being tired (except for the battery, I guess). But I can assure you that N8 will not run a lot of applications while running GMaps only. To get the performance from N8, you'll need to always close heavy applications from your Task Manager. Though multitasker, N8's greatest drawback is it's RAM. I think it's processor is fast enough for all the trouble it takes, but the RAM killed everything appealing in N8. By no means N8 is a heavy multitasker. I don't use VOIP as it needs unlimited internet connection (which I don't have), so I can't tell you about that. But one thing I can say, in N8, the sound from the other end in voice calls are louder than in S2, so is the same in loud speaker (N8's ringer is louder & could make me wake up from sleep, but S2's can't). I hope these will help with your queries. Please feel free if I failed make you understand any point(s).
Take care.
Suhanoo

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