Nokia N8
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- sheyn
- vj1
- 22 Apr 2011
okia’s choice of using an aged ARM 11 implementation, down-clocked to 680 Mhz (instead of the spec’d 772 Mhz) for its CPU may draw criticism in this day and age of gigahertz-capable, multi-core mobile SoC’s. But digging a little deeper seems to show that there may be some method to this madness. You see, pretty much everything in the N8 runs around the BCM2727 media processor. I would hazard a calculated guess that apart from lightweight low-level OS functions and interfacing with the baseband and other radio’s, there isn’t much else for the CPU to do on the N8. Plus, Symbian’s inherently efficient use of available resources helps too.
So what was needed in this case was a low-power, package efficient CPU design that could just about get the job done while sipping as little power and occupying as little space as possible. And this is almost exactly what Nokia found in the Samsung K5WXXXXXXX series of Fusion Memory MCP’s. This MCP (Multi Chip Package) allows Samsung to stack different memory types (DDR, NAND etc.) along with non-memory logic in the same low-power package. So for basically the same footprint as a single memory chip, Samsung is able to integrate the DDR memory (256MB), NAND (512MB) and a CPU (TI ARM11 applications processor).
Most of the heavy lifting in the N8 is done by the BCM2727, as it renders the Symbian^3 UI and games alike, works with the camera module to capture and process 12MP stills and 720p videos, encodes/decodes those videos, drives the HDMI output (upto 720p) and even decodes the audio. So in case of the N8 and Symbian^3, it made sense for Nokia to have a low-power ARM11 CPU coupled with a reasonably powerful and competent multimedia processor. Using an A8 Cortex-based 1Ghz+ part here to run Symbian^3 would have been overkill and power-inefficient. And this decision is quite obvious when you use the N8. The UI is very fluid and responsive with crisp transitions and swift app switching. Furthermore, the N8 posted very competitive battery life numbers to further substantiate Nokia’s decision here.
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- AnonD-1782
- veQ
- 22 Apr 2011
[deleted post]Hmmm...i bet you don't this phone. Your comment is just too general. ..
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- AnonD-2665
- Hkr
- 22 Apr 2011
I am facing the problem while watchng tron legacy,size 2gb,720x304 resolution ! It stop playin after 1 hour,pause automatically nt playing ! Whatz d solution ? Plz help !
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- steve
- St{
- 22 Apr 2011
Hi boys and girls. after the last update i made to the phone 014.002 on the profile bar at the home screen i get (GDC0112 OR GDC0083). those codes are replacing the name of the profile every few seconds they stay for a few seconds and the story goes on.
any idea what they mean? thanks in advance
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- Anonymous
- 2FY
- 22 Apr 2011
IS the purple tint problem increasing day by day....pls ans..mine also has the problem..but one needs to very careful to find that though...:D
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- MrX
- Lbc
- 22 Apr 2011
The touch screen is very bad respond and the system is very old
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- faz
- v@H
- 22 Apr 2011
i bought a new n8 but it is stuck often while i am using please if someone can tell me to solve this problem??
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- zacharia kassim
- bJf
- 22 Apr 2011
all nokia phone no use the nokia idiot dont have adobe flash player 10. silverlight, and tvu player for watching the internet tv from wwitv.com only windos phone have all this feature.
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- kartik
- vwe
- 22 Apr 2011
Pick to pich feature is very attractive function in this mobile but it price is so much high so try to do price low as possible as...
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- rahul
- Mfx
- 22 Apr 2011
Gr8 phone I m loving it....
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- AnonD-1118
- vGi
- 22 Apr 2011
Is there an app available for audio extraction??
Any help would be much appreciated.
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- jad
- 3IK
- 22 Apr 2011
look guys, how can i stop my phone from connecting to WLAN when i am home?? i have defined the access point and now it is connecting to it all the time, even when it is doing nothing..... any help please???
thanks
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- AnonD-2869
- Ui{
- 22 Apr 2011
Amit, 22 Apr 2011I want to buy nokia n8 is this phone good.it as any faults ... moreWhere are you from dude? from india, I am from singapore,it's a cool,powerful phone go for it :) you will love its new features+12mp camera(Carl Zeiss Optics)+HD recording with Dolby digital+HD games+many apps+read many video files(it means throw anything you want,it can read'em smoothly).which colour will you choose?
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- Amit
- uCr
- 22 Apr 2011
I want to buy nokia n8 is this phone good.it as any faults please reply
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- Robin
- P$u
- 22 Apr 2011
Awesumm Phone..!!
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- Anonymous
- 8fE
- 22 Apr 2011
So Im a little late on the draw. But I installed the N8 mod v7 and the mod for 6 home screens. Man! I feel like Ive grown wings! Such power in my hands.
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- Iuv
- 22 Apr 2011
I work @ Claro and we sold all the N8 units, i have been very alerted to the screen issue, and none of our customers have complain about it, i have manipulate a lot of N8's all screen perfect from the first run till now!! when i see one i believe keep you posted!
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- sachit
- vIb
- 22 Apr 2011
guys i dont know but recently i loaded TRON , and checked it first with screen protector and then after removing the screen saver. i saw a gross change in purple fringing. all looked beautiful and without purple screen, blacks were smooth black, and only one spot there was evidence of gross purpling where it was even grosser when scree protector was on.
just something i noticed , how about anyother who shares same , or has purple fringing without screen protector on??
sachit
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- Voora
- fuH
- 22 Apr 2011
AnonD-2665, 20 Apr 2011best way is to overclock the processor if it is underclocked !Gitty, how do i overclock the processor?
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- Jimpers
- nEu
- 22 Apr 2011
Is it me or does it seem like Nokia is paying Gsmarena to fluff up their daily views to keeps t3h Galaxy S II from number one (again!) before it's released - while at the same time Nokias semi weekly pick'n'mix days at Voda, o2, etc are trying to promote useless housebricks to members of staff who don't care and want free sweets. Lulz :o