Nokia N81 8GB
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- Jon2
- vx6
- 31 Mar 2008
@ Neeherycka
Well, I'm not really fond of BT headsets. I prefer the wired headphones, since IMO they give better sound reproduction.
My friends say most Sony BT headsets (sorry, I have no idea what models they are) are good ones.
Or you can try Nokia BH-503 headset specially made for XpressMusic phones.
If you're looking for high-quality wired headsets, you should consider Sennheiser PX-100 ($40), Sennheiser HD-650 ($400!! But worth it since it makes even the cheapest MP3 player sound good), or Bose Quiet Comfort 3 ($300)
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- Neeherycka
- Pxx
- 31 Mar 2008
@Jon2
I want to buy a bt headset.
Which brand & model should I go for(approx price)?
Will the sound quality be as good as my bose or ipod headphones?
Thanks in advance.
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- Wazomba
- M@T
- 31 Mar 2008
Got my n81 8gb over the weekend an i must admit im very impressed with it, great bright 16million colour display, the best phone ive had by far for web browsing, superb music quality with or without earphones/headphones, easily takes SE walkman series to the cleaners lol, great N-gage gaming too, also as of yet i havent experienced any bugs or crashes which has suprised me greatly, the battery performance is also excellent, overall 10/10
- T
- Tsepz
- N7$
- 31 Mar 2008
Jon2
Lol i must have missed that one,my bad. Congrats bro :)
Sorry i havent replied to your topic, im waiting for the activation email from Nokia Discussion to activate my account there, registered today.
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- Jon2
- vx6
- 31 Mar 2008
@ Tsepz
Yes. Didn't I mention to rOck somewhere in this forum that I was able to flash the phone for a brand new one?
Anyway. Thanks man.
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- ciyber
- MIa
- 31 Mar 2008
its a nice phone, wish they had different front colour plates - silver or blue
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- Tsepz
- N7$
- 31 Mar 2008
Jon2
OMG! Thanx a lot man!! :-) im going to definetly contribute!
Ps: did you get a N81 again?
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- nxQ
- 31 Mar 2008
tha cam on this is piiiiiiiiiiiiish!!!im sendn it bak and forkn out tha extra £100 for tha n958g.othr than tha cam tha mob is pretty gud
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- Dani
- nEw
- 31 Mar 2008
@Jon2 and Tsepz
Thank You Both for the Help .all appreciated
i might just get N81 8GB or N95 8GB:)
- J
- Jon2
- vx6
- 31 Mar 2008
To all N81 users:
I have started a thread in the Nokia discussions forum requesting for new features added on the next FW. Please help contribute your requests, if any, in this Nokia discussions link:
http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/discussions/board/message?board.id=smartphones&thread.id=85294
Many thanks.
- k
- kay
- 0F9
- 30 Mar 2008
well i bought the n81 8gb back in december, and i dont recall having any problems whatsoever! battery life - amazing, looks - astounding- sound quality - best around. i would recommend anyone to buy this phone
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- VIRAL
- vwq
- 30 Mar 2008
to, kamal
s60 device performance if depend on ram and processor.
please instally handy task managre 2.0.
site - www.pda4x.com
by pressing menu key hard you can activate inbuilt task manager but it is not that efficient and does not show ram status.
once handy task manager is installed you can find 42 mb excutable ram on n81 8gb after reboot. now once u run different applications this will reduce just take care once ram size reach to 18 mb please close some unwanted applications.
n81 - 8gb is great phone . you just need to manage ram by handy task 2.0. once ram reaches to critical level say 15mb after the close of all programme please restart the device.
otherwise mange your ram. and restart phone once in 5 days. you will find it great satisfaction by doing this.
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- Tsepz
- M@T
- 29 Mar 2008
Jon2
Thats true, seems like NOKIA don't know much about the hardware they have used OR they are misleading us on purpose so that it doesn't affect sales of other handsets like N95, or N82.
- J
- Jon2
- vx6
- 29 Mar 2008
@ Tsepz
Wow. Never knew about that. Thanks for the info. I guess we mustn't rely on a single source, even on the main Nokia website. I guess Nokia should do something about that, because it misleads other customers about false info.
@ Neeherycka
You'll have to download the app on your computer, then install. Make sure you have Nokia PC Suite downloaded and installed BEFORE you install the app.
Coreplayer is virus free.
BTW if you ever download something from the web that contains a virus, your computer's antivirus should pick it up, shouldn't it?
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- Tsepz
- M@T
- 29 Mar 2008
So the N81 actualy does have Graphics Acceleration, i just read a PDF on the CPU it uses (Freescale i.MX31) GPU is running at a low clockrate though (66mhz) yet CPU as we all know is at 369mhz, heres a link to a discussion at My-Symbian,the last 4posts are correct: http://my-symbian.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34618 and heres a link to download the PDFs that have all the info: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=i.MX31&nodeId=01J4Fs2973ZrDR you must scroll down to Featured Documentation, and then just under White Papers there are the PDFs.
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- Neeherycka
- Pxx
- 29 Mar 2008
@Jon2
Because core player is s60 based can I directly download & install it to my phone( it will be preferable for me).
Or, I've to download to a computer & then install in my phone because of virus threats or something else as it is free. I also dont have any anti virus software in my phone.
Thanks. U've been a great help.
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- Tsepz
- M@T
- 29 Mar 2008
Dani
Exactly what Jon2 said. Use your Walkman headphones if you do get the N81. Slider mechanisim is great,its smooth,solid and it semi-automaticaly opens when pushd up and closes when pushd down. The navi is good, its reliable sometimes not very responsive.
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- Jon2
- vx6
- 29 Mar 2008
@ TIE7
Thanks for the games. I hope there's no virus in them :)
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- Tsepz
- M@T
- 29 Mar 2008
Dani
Exactly what Jon2 said. Use your Walkman headphones if you do get the N81. Slider mechanisim is great,its smooth,solid and it semi-automaticaly opens when pushd up and closes when pushd down.
Shayn
Well going by what you are saying. You are either one not so luck person when it comes to phones OR you're an Ant¡-Nokia, SE user trying to convince yourself that you have made a good decision by buying an SE lol!
Now the W960 Music Player may look nice but what idi0t stares at their Music Player the whole time whilest listening to music? And anyway N81 is A LOT better at Music than a W960, its NOT about the look but about performance and N81 performs better than W960.
The SEs are slow and UNDER SPECD: No EDGE, No WI-FI (G), No Built-in 3.5mm jack (EVERY other Manufactorers Music phone has a 3.5mm jack,its important so don't tell its not)
, they have slow 220mhz CPUs, and absolutely NO gaming platform,also they have little apps,and development for them is VERY slow.
Don't ever tell me SE has better customer service than NOKIA because they DON'T, remember P990, M600 and W950 ram and stability issue which SE took forever to fix, and TO THIS DAY those three phones remain unfixed and crippld,yet SE discontinued Firmware releases for them less than a year after release, the users had to BEG AND BEG SE for one more firmware which ended up not solving anything, yet NOKIA have even after a year or two are still updating the N73, AND solved RAM issue in N95 Classic.
Also NOKIA NEVER claimed that N95 Classic has 1200mAh battery SO STOP LYING! Nokia cleary have showed that N95 Classic has a 950mAh battery and that N95-8GB has the 1200mAh battery.
The last time i had a battery problem was with BOTH a SE W900 and NOKIA N80, the latter had a 820mAh battery thats why,but the former (the W900) had a 900mAh battery but still didn't last long, SE aren't that great with battery either!
Your little P1 will never give a great Web browsing experience like my N81 or like a E90 does.
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- Jon2
- vx6
- 29 Mar 2008
@ Ju2C
Looks like you've got a lemon. The signal reception on my N81 is crystal clear.
@ Dani
1)Of course!
2)2-3 days moderate use. 1 day heavy use.
3)Of course not!
4)Yes, it's reliable but not very responsive. Needs to be fixed in next FW update.
5)Sliding mechanism is similar to E65's
6)Unfortunately, only the standard earbuds. Yes, you can use your Walkman earphones (or any earphones for that matter).
Feel free to choose what phone you want to buy. It's your choice, not mine.