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codedivine wrote:Thanks for all the info so far! Keep the updates coming. I am getting a N8 in 1-2 weeks as well.
Btw what apps have you installed? Have you tried out any games and have you tried using the HDMI out?
Have you tried using Nokia Panorama and the video editor app etc?
Also what are your opinions about lack of a camera lens cover?
Voldenuit wrote:Newegg is at the same price without the taxes (depending on which state you live), no orange and blue though. At US$449 it has already fallen below the €370 (~US$490) launch price.If you haven't ordered your phone yet, Dell has the dark grey N8 at $100 off at the moment. If you do get the phone, make sure to upgrade Ovi Maps from v3.04 before you download any extra maps, because v3.06 is incompatible with older maps.
Flying Fox wrote:Is there any merit to this battery conditioning business?
Keep the feedbacks coming. I am ordering one for my brother (I can tag on my $20 coupon code yay! ) and will get to use it for a while soon.
Voldenuit wrote:
Symbian^4
codedivine wrote:Voldenuit wrote:
Symbian^4
Nokia have announced that there won't be a distinct Symbian^4 anymore, instead they will keep evolving Symbian with new updates every few months or so.
codedivine wrote:Price of N8 down to USD 399 in the US from Nokia USA using a coupon, details here:
http://mynokiablog.com/2010/12/17/nokia ... th-coupon/
I am in Canada and bought the N8 at CAD 469 yesterday
Voldenuit wrote:That is kind of old news. Glad that you have finally caught up. Given Nokia's past software efforts it remains to be seen if they can pull this off. I hope they do, because for me, the biggest problem of the new Symbian OS is IMAP/ActiveSync. It can't even do 1 email account correct, let alone multiple. I have been reading some common rants against that recently and it is quite bad at the moment. Between work, hotmail, and gmail, that's potentially 3 ActiveSync accounts right there.codedivine wrote:Voldenuit wrote:Symbian^4
Nokia have announced that there won't be a distinct Symbian^4 anymore, instead they will keep evolving Symbian with new updates every few months or so.
That's good news (I think), because Meego is a bit of a crapshoot at the moment.
Flying Fox wrote:I hope they do, because for me, the biggest problem of the new Symbian OS is IMAP/ActiveSync. It can't even do 1 email account correct, let alone multiple. I have been reading some common rants against that recently and it is quite bad at the moment. Between work, hotmail, and gmail, that's potentially 3 ActiveSync accounts right there.
Voldenuit which area are you in and how is 3G coverage from your cell carrier there? AT&T coverage can be spotty forcing the phone into search mode often and that affects battery life a lot.
codedivine wrote:I got my Dark Grey N8
3. Photo viewer app is also not that good in terms of managing photos. Perhaps I should see if I should be using Nokia's Ovi desktop suite to somehow manage photos on the device or else I will look for a 3rd party photo viewer that can do a more faster and more logical folder oriented navigation of photos.
6. Music player has cover-flow with pretty smooth animations. There is no podcasting client built-in unfortunately. I installed Symbian Podcatcher from https://projects.forum.nokia.com/podcatcher which is servicable but not perfect. Sound quality using the 3.5mm port was fine. The built-in speaker is actually quite good by phone standards (loud, clear, not-tinny).
10. Ovi Store client is much improved over older versions though application update mechanism remains non-existant.
Will try more stuff on the weekend. Overall I would say its a good device. Nokia often prefers to call its devices as "converged devices" rather than smartphones and I think thats a very appropriate term for the N8.
Voldenuit wrote:Here's a n00b question: how do you sideload apps? My brother's dark gray is on its way from Newegg's California warehouse.worst-case-scenarios, manually downloading the .sis file and sideloading it onto the device (I've found this handy when downloading large files off Ovi.
Flying Fox wrote:Voldenuit wrote:Here's a n00b question: how do you sideload apps? My brother's dark gray is on its way from Newegg's California warehouse.worst-case-scenarios, manually downloading the .sis file and sideloading it onto the device (I've found this handy when downloading large files off Ovi.
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