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When HTC was announcing the One X, it made it sound as if the new ImageSense camera is the best camera on a phone you may get. Well, since we now have the One X in our hands and have been using it for a while, we decided to put his new camera to the t...
This was it, shutterbugs. Apparently we don't have an ultimate camera phone here, but even if we had one, it wouldn't have been the new HTC One X. The handset did arrive with a very fast ImageSense camera, which made photo-taking very intuitive and fa...
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vrworld.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:48:28
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Nokia has been going through quite a bit of change over the past year, and we've been following the company through their ups and downs. Nokia has been known as the world dominating leader of cell phones ever since GSM standard started. Period. The p...
From our point of view, the Nokia N8 was a failure up until the day that Symbian Anna came out. The OS was buggy, unresponsive, and felt archaic. The phone was characterized by many people that played with it as something that belonged in the late 90's...
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This is the classic case of a device realizing its potential much after we expected it would. The Nokia N8 has been around for about a year now, but the completely undercooked Symbian^3 OS had ruined what was a superb phone, at least as far as the har...
The Nokia N8 is a smartphone reborn. The much-needed OS update breathes a fresh lease of life into a device that was floundering despite its rock solid hardware. At around Rs 23000, the N8 does make sense as a smartphone, now. The excellent 12MP camera...
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I would personally describe the Nokia N8 smartphone, which is expected to be released in October of 2010, as Nokia's way of telling the world that they are still strong players in the touchscreen smartphone industry. There has never been a phone from...
The Nokia N8 has been a much anticipated phone for a while now especially since it was announced in April 2010. All the signs and everything about it is great. One big plus about the Nokia N8 is the unmatched hardware capabilities. With the proc...
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The Nokia N8 represents Nokia's current flagship smartphone and we heard it was pretty nice, so we thought we should take a look. The N8 is very powerful and includes the latest Symbian ^3 operating system, but you may have heard that Nokia has rece...
It's been a while since I've used a Nokia device. A few years ago I had the Nokia N95 and it was a great device in many ways. Today I have been extremely impressed with the Nokia N8. The camera is great at both still photos and HD video and the softwa...
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When the was launched last year as its latest flagship phone, Nokia posed the question: What will you do with it? People answered back question of their own: What can it do? The answer was pretty obvious since the phone model was bringing something sp...
12 MP camera, HD video recording, good audio quality,sleek build and design...
Symbian OS needs further development, third-party applications are limited, processing is a bit slow...
The Nokia N8 is one of those heavy-weight phones that come with hype and extremely high expectations – as all the other flagship phones are. Do we think it’s a great phone? Definitely. We are a little worried, though, because Nokia is starting to sli...
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insidehw.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:49:04
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A strong marketing campaign can make any product sell well, iPhone being the best example thereof. Once it’s started to lose ground, Nokia has opted for this trick as well - it was very clear already a few months before the presentation of 5800XM, the...
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I remember one of the first mobile phones I ever used being a Nokia 5110i. It was among Nokia’s earliest of devices that packed an easy to use and straightforward interface in a supremely well-built package. Since we didn’t have as many phone launche...
Now is not a good time to be Nokia. Once the king of the (smartphone) hill with an overwhelming majority of the smartphone market share, the lack of evolving to changing consumer demands in a fast enough manner has seen its smartphone share plummet. With...
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At long last, the Nokia N8 is finally here, amidst a flurry of news that accompanied its announcement since April 2010. More than six months down the road, and almost missing the Q3 2010 launch promise, the N8 was pushed into the market and delivered t...
So what does the Nokia N8 really mean for the Finnish outfit? Is it a re-entry into the ever competitive smartphone market, or a sign that more needs to be done? Clearly, the N8's design is a fresh departure from its earlier N-series device. The inclus...
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The highly customisable Nokia N8 is one feature-packed phone. SHARP SHOOTER: The Nokia N8 has an impressive 12-megapixel camera. AFTER browsing Nokia's website for the feature-packed N8, we found out that the smartphone's tagline is "What Will You D...
Impressive video/camera system; lots of features.
Keyboard system could be improved; too many buttons and options menus to go through.
So, the Nokia N8 is technically what was advertised: A touchscreen phone that's utterly jam-packed with nifty features. However, aside from the camera, most of these features require a fair amount of improvement before they can truly be called excelle...
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Review: Nokia's N8 has a fantastic camera and crisp screen, but its slow processor and Symbian operating system hold the device back from mainstream success. The N8 is Nokia’s big stab at fighting the iPhone and Android onslaught in premium markets lik...
Vivid 3.5 inch AMOLED touchscreen, 720p video capture with HDMI output, 12-megapixel camera is fantastic, 16GB internal memory...
$500 price tag, No battery access, Slow processor lags sometimes, Symbian v3 OS can't compete with Android or iOS, Poor built-in Web browser, No vertical QWERTY keyboard...
Even a hotshot camera can’t save Nokia’s N8 from a warmed-over OS, uncharacteristically cheap build quality and slow processor...
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Nokia is still the largest cell phone maker in the world, but it’s quickly losing market share to Android devices, the Apple iPhone, and other suitable alternatives. The company needs to innovate and come up with something new and exciting. Their appa...
At the end of the day, I can’t say that the Nokia N8 is a bad phone. It’s actually quite good. The AMOLED display is brilliant, the haptic feedback and on-screen keyboard are quite usable, and the 12MP camera is quite impressive (under the right condit...
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The Nokia N8 is the first device using the Symbian^3 operating system from Nokia (or anyone), Along with the new platform, this smartphone also features a 12 megapixel camera with HD video recording, HDMI output, and an enhanced AMOLED touchscreen which p...
Greatlooking hardware, Redesigned Symbian OS, Pentaband 3G, Amazing 12 megapixel camera...
Poorlydesigned onscreen keyboard, Below average web browser...
I have gone back and forth about the Nokia N8. In many respects, this is an excellent start to the bevy of Symbian^3 releases that we can expect from Nokia. It has a premium feel that and a polish that has been sorely needed from the Symbian side of t...
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I owned several Nokia phones back in early 2000 such as the Nokia 3330, 8250, and the Nokia 6300 (last one I used). With competitions getting fierce nowadays with Android phones, iPhones, and the recently released Windows Phone 7, Nokia stays committe...
Overall, Nokia N8 is a great, sexy, and powerful phone. It looks really sleek and the design quality material is top-notch.The camera included is one of the best cameras I’ve ever had on a mobile phone. A 12 megapixels camera with the Carl Zeiss optics...
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When we set out to write the Nokia N8 review on FoneArena, we wanted to bring you a diverse, all-encompassing, balanced opinion of the first Symbian^3 device and the long time coming imaging flagship from the Finnish manufacturer. We were lucky to hav...
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mobilesroom.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:50:12
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It has been months since Nokia lovers have been expecting their favorite brand to reclaim its glory in the smartphone market. The N8 has been anticipated as the device that will restore Nokia’s reputation as the leading smartphone maker in the world. F...
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Here it is ladies and gentlemen, Nokia’s latest and greatest Symbian handset, the N8. The N8 got a bit of a late start in life, with production and shipping delays a plenty, but the handset is now starting to propagate itself the world over. Available...
Review By: Andrew Munchbach | Nov 2nd, 2010 at 01:01PM View Comments Filed Under: Mobile, Review Here it is ladies and gentlemen, Nokia’s latest and greatest Symbian handset, the N8. The N8 got a bit of a late start in life, with production and shippin...
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The N8 is housed in a good-looking, anodised aluminium chassis with a scratch-proof coating to protect it from day-to-day damage. Nokia's also done well in crafting a compact chassis, measuring 113.5mm x 59mm x 12.9mm. What's more, at 135g it's also...
Great camera, decent battery life, impressive multimedia options...
Poor touchscreen keyboard, frustrating Internet experience, cluttered interface...
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Is it too late for Nokia When Nokia originally announced their flagship Smartphone earlier this year, it was pretty much as high-end as it could get from a hardware perspective. Now that it’s finally here, we find out if the delays have marred the Nok...
Excellent hardware is sadly wasted on sub-par software. When Nokia originally announced their flagship Smartphone earlier this year, it was pretty much as high-end as it could get from a hardware perspective. Now that it’s finally here, we find out if...
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Ovi ups and downsThe Ovi environment is a Nokia-only cul-de-sac, but Ovi Maps is one of its triumphs. It’s clean, fast and flexible with a 3D view, simplified night display and terrain mapping. The turn-by-turn sat-nav stands with Google's as the join...
Responsive touchscreen. Ovi Maps. 12MP camera...
Interface still retro in aesthetics. Web browsing lacks panache...
Nokia’s latest serves up a fresh spin on an ageing formula, but ultimately fails to ace the new smartphone competition...
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Expert Review Nokia comes out with hundreds of different models every year but they always have one flagship product that gets all the attention. Last year it was the N97, before it was the N96, the year before that it was the N95 and so on. This ye...
Superb build and finish, good quality scratch resistant display, stellar camera for a mobile phone, excellent connectivity features, HDMI-out with 5.1 audio, USB On-the-Go support, 16GB memory plus microSD slot, decent battery life...
Symbian ^3 not as user friendly as rival platforms, not many applications at the moment...
The Nokia N8 is priced at Rs. 26,259 but it can be purchased for Rs. 23,999. At that price you get a phone with top notch fit and finish, excellent build quality, superb display, wonderful audio and video playback, HDMI-out with 5.1 channel output, US...
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The Nokia N8 is an amazing mobile device, that's nearly unusable thanks to its interface. The phone is a perfect display of Nokia's strengths and weaknesses: stellar hardware, combined with an OS that appears to have been designed ten years ago. First...
Excellent voice quality. Strong battery life. Spectacular 12-megapixel camera.
User interface is abysmal.
The N8, Nokia's flagship phone, saddles solid hardware with an arcane, difficult-to-use operating system that makes it very frustrating to use. Buy it now...
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Nokia really hasn’t had the term flagship phone properly used in their portfolio from quite some time now. The last ‘flagship’ phone that actually did its job was the N95 8GB. Post that, the N86, N96and even the N97 have all been a major letdown. From...
build quality, Touch screen, 12 MP camera with HD video recording, Sound, Smooth 720p video playback, mini HDMI...
Symbian 3 not good enough, poor social networking app, No 3rd party application support, camera prone to fingerprints...
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Nokia’s N-Series is back with a bang. The N8 is finally here and comes with a promise of revitalizing Nokia’s high-end segment with its funky new age look, updated OS and whatever else comes with that. But the Twenty Six Thousand Rupee question is, wil...
Well designed, Supports DivX and XviD video, Superb camera quality for video and image, HDMI out offers Dolby Digital Plus sound, USB-on-the-Go is a handy feature...
No EQ customization, Camera could have had more features, Social networking integration could have been better...
CameraThe N8’s biggest asset is of course its 12MP camera, another first for the Finnish company. The only problem I have with this feature is that it could have had better settings. The only new setting is that it comes with is Face Detection but if a...
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The long-awaited and frequently delayed Nokia N8 is finally here. Has it been worth the wait? Is this the comeback kid Nokia has been promising, or the shape of phones to come from the Finnish giant? We took the first Symbian^3 smartphone to town to se...
The Nokia N8 is a seriously powerful smartphone with some great features such as the 12-megapixel camera and the HDMI-out capabilities. However we feel there’s much room for improvement on the user interface side of things and the web browser could do...
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When I first got my hands on the Nokia N8 ($550 unlocked; price as of October 3) back in June, I was impressed with its hardware and multimedia features, but had the feeling that the software was stale and outdated. After spending more time with the N...
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A one page introduction to a review might not exactly suggest light reading but the is not just another smartphone. It's an important device that marks the next step in the and something that marks the direction in which the is going to head in the...
Best Phone Camera in the Market, AMOLED Display, DivX/XviD & Dolby 5.1 Surround Support, WiFi, 3G & GPS, Powerful Battery...
OS & UI Still Feel Dated, Virtual QWERTY Keyboard Lacks Accuracy, Default Browser Lacks Functionality...
The Nokia N8 is a Symbian^3 smartphone with a 12MP camera and HDMI support...
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The first time Nokia's N8-00 popped up on our radar was way back in early February of this year. On that chilly, misty morning, we learned of a mythical being capable of shooting 12 megapixel stills, recording 720p video, outputting via HDMI, and -- most...
Unparalleled camera performanceAluminum shell combines beauty and brawnGorilla Glass-protected AMOLED display...
Symbian user experience lags competitionStill too many system nags and promptsNo QWERTY keyboard in portrait mode...
You know it, we know it, and Nokia sure as hell knows it. The Finnish mobile-making team shot itself in the foot with its N8 launch purely through a bungled execution on the software front. It's not unreasonable to believe that the hardware for this devic...
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whatdigitalcamera.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:51:54
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Key specs of the Nokia N8:Camera: 12MP AF w/ flash, 28mm f/2.8 fixed Zeiss lensDisplay: 3.5in TFT, 640 x 360 pixelsMemory: 16GB, MicroSD expansionDimensions: 59 x 113.5 x 12.9mm, 135gNokia N8 camera phone reviewAs one of the veterans in the mobile phon...
Feels like a compact, large screen, HD video...
Symbian OS can be difficult to operate, limited ‘Ovi' store...
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The Nokia N8 is the best Nokia has to offer. A few years back thousands of people would take this to mean the best on the market. Things are not that simple today and Nokia has been learning it the hard way. But the company has been learning. It’s bee...
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slashphone.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:52:14
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Nokia N8 has been the center of attention for awhile. On February 2010, first strike of the device, followed by leaks, rumors, semi-accurate previews. After seven months later, comes the commercial release. And now, our sister site, SlashGear has just...
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cellphonequick.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:52:25
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The Symbian 3 operating system is a stepping stone in addressing those issues, and the Nokia N8 is the first smartphone to ship running the revamped OS. It certainly brings some much-needed improvements, such as a simplified touch interface and enhance...
If you want the best camera phone on the market bar none, then you have no choice. You have to buy the Nokia N8, as it’s camera is leagues ahead of every other phone, without question.Equally, its video recording features are suiperb, as are all the o...
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The can be likened to the second coming, not because it’s necessarily salvation in a phone, but more so because it’s taken a really, really long time to get here. Since it was officially announced back in April 2010, with leaks out in September 2009...
Great build quality, Awesome 12MP camera, Outstanding multimedia performance...
Symbian^3 still looks dated, Internet browser could be smoother, Not too many apps available for the platform...
The Nokia N8 is another one of those handsets that leaves us conflicted. It’s got some truly amazing elements: the camera, the video playback, the luscious build quality all make us want to forget everything average about it. That said, we can’t. Symbi...
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Nokia has had it rough lately. But with the feature-packed N8, the Finnish handset maker has finally earned a spot at the cool kids table.Okay, so…maybe not at the head of the table.The N8 delivers most of what we’ve come to expect from a flagship smar...
Anodized aluminum body easily makes this one of Nokia's sleekest designs. Ships with multimedia cables. Does a fantastic job at multimedia playback. Video chatready with a frontfacing VGA camera. MiniHDMI port pumps out video and Dolby Digital Plus audio.
Competitive with the Pros (iPhone, Android, Windows 7), but clearly won't convert the entrenched. Nonremovable battery = two steps back. Symbian^3 OS's lack of polish puts a hurt on quick navigation. Dual card bay (one for memory, one for sim) is a hassle...
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After releasing the ahead-of-its-time N95 in 2007, Nokia has failed to keep pace with Apple, HTC, Motorola, and other handset-makers. Now, Nokia has rolled out the N8, whose 12-megapixel camera puts it at or near the top of all smart phones in terms of...
Excellent 12-megapixel camera, Sharp HD video recording and HDMI output, Free turn-by-turn navigation with Ovi Maps, Can use it on T-Mobile or AT&,T...
Runs slow, Symbian^3 OS isn't user-friendly, Very few quality apps available in Ovi Store, Full virtual keyboard only available horizontally, No subsidy available for the phone...
This smart phone's 12-MP camera is top-of-the-line, but its sluggish, unfriendly software make for an uneven experience.
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The Nokia N8 is the company's first Symbian^3 handset. It aims high with a capacitive display, a 12 megapixel camera, and penta-band 3G on board. Does the N8 make up for the N97's missteps? Can it recapture the Nokia glory of old? More importantly...
The N8 is a solid effort from Nokia that has many strengths. The hardware is excellent all around. The controls all work, the device feels good to hold, and it has a nice, bright screen with decent resolution. Phone call quality, signal performance, a...
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mobileburn.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:52:32
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If you are a Symbian or Nokia S60 fan, your day has come. The Nokia N8 is the best Symbian device to have ever been sold. It has a great hardware design, good software capabilities, and the most usable touch interface ever offered on Symbian, thanks...
Best camera ever, gorgeous hardware design, good battery life, great data speeds...
Mediocre browser, touchscreen issues, UI feels slow at times, weak text input options...
If you are a Symbian or Nokia S60 fan, your day has come. The Nokia N8 is the best Symbian device to have ever been sold. It has a great hardware design, good software capabilities, and the most usable touch interface ever offered on Symbian, thanks t...
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Tweet While we haven’t received our Nokia N8 sample yet, we are hoping to see ours soon to give you guys an accurate depiction of this device and the progress that Nokia is or isn’t making with their newest devices.Recently, sites like Gizmodo feature...
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mobilechoiceuk.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:52:39
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The Nokia N8 bodes well for things to come with a vastly improved OS and an excellent camera and mapping experience Related links News Nokia N8 now shipping Nokia N8 on sale from end of September Nokia teams up with Yahoo! Nokia N8 launches with 12-meg...
The camera is the best we’ve ever come across on a mobile phone...
While no slow coach, the processing speed fails to live up to similarly billed handsets Look and Feel...
The Nokia N8 bodes well for things to come with a vastly improved OS and an excellent camera and mapping experience...
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The phone-loving world has its eyes turned toward Nokia for the launch of the N8 smartphone, the manufacturer's first Symbian ^3 OS phone. Unlike Symbian 9.x with S60 5th Edition, Symbian ^3 is made from the ground up for touch rather than glomming to...
Exceptional camera, responsive and vibrant touch screen, good battery life, Exceptional camera, responsive and vibrant touch screen, good battery life, Exceptional camera, responsive and vibrant touch screen, good batte...
The OS is a solid rebirth of Symbian that's made for touch, but there's nothing that pushes it ahead of iOS and Android, The OS is a solid rebirth of Symbian that's made for touch, but there's nothing that pushes it ahead of iOS an...
Thanks to the iPhone raising the bar for touch screen smartphones several years ago, the Nokia N8 faces some stiff competition. If you're currently a Nokia person, you'll likely enjoy the N8. It's a solid high-end Nokia with great voice, a fantastic c...
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Nokia N8 SmartphoneNokia_N8_smartphone2Nokia introduced the Nokia N8, the latest smartphone that intuitively connects to people, places and services that matter most. The Nokia N8 enables people to create compelling content, connect to their favourite...
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Tweet The Nokia N8 is Nokia’s first Symbian^3 smartphone and represents Nokia’s fightback against Apple and Android. What you want to know, though, is if it’s worth buying or not. Have Nokia made a smartphone that can compete with the best? Is it a w...
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It’s been a week since Nokia India allowed us to take a sneak peak at their latest unreleased Symbian Device offering.And for a week I’ve been staring at this post, thinking of where to begin and where to end. You see, a lot of other mobile blogs in a...
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dpnow.com Updated: 2013-11-20 21:53:00
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We’ve had a bit of a treat today and enjoyed some hands-on time with pre-production samples of Nokia’s forthcoming N8 smartphone. It’s of particular interest to photographers because the N8 has an impressive camera specification for a smartphone. It h...
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Contents: In the Box: Necessary Foreword From the start, I would like to make it clear that I have been on vacation for almost a month, having great time at the seaside. I do not feel deprived of technology, have access to Wi-Fi, which leads to some...
This is the fastest Symbian smartphone, pure and simple. It overtakes Sony Ericsson Vivaz and similar phones will become more numerous in future, which is good. But is it the fastest smartphone on the market? Unfortunately, I have to give a negative a...
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I got some hands-on time with Nokia's latest N-Series phone, the N8, today in San Francisco. Like other N-Series phones, such as the N97 and N97 mini, I was impressed with its slick hardware and superb multimedia features. But the N8 falls short when...
The Nokia N8 has some cutting-edge multimedia features like a 12-megapixel camera and HDMI output, but the software feels stale and dated...
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I got some hands-on time with Nokia's latest N-Series phone, the N8, today in San Francisco. Like other N-Series phones, such as the N97 and N97 mini, I was impressed with its slick hardware and superb multimedia features. But the N8 falls short when i...
HD video support, Superb 12-megapixel camera...
Software feels dated, Keyboard difficult to use...
The Nokia N8 has some cutting-edge multimedia features like a 12-megapixel camera and HDMI output, but the software feels stale and dated...
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Our eyes twinkled as we first set it on the big, brashly Nokia N8. It’s bold, the colors do not shy to project the aluminum brazenness and the 12-mega pixel lens elevates the phone to another level of technology wizardry. The recent crop of Windows 7 a...
the camera & video camera is outstanding, better user experience than previous Nokia devices, free Ovi maps turnbyturn navigation, anodised aluminium cover, good battery life...
Expensive, user interface has improved but still fails to sustain the competition, battery isn't replaceable easily, QWERTY keyboard ain't available in potrait mode, Symbian^3 is lags behind in performance compared to Android or iOS...
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Today we are going to compare audio sections of several phones. If you like facts, figures and standards read on. I would like to mention that I am testing the methods of comparing audio sections here, so feel free to offer feedback on our forum. The...
The winners of the test can easily compete with ordinary players like Cowon S9, J3, while Samsung Wave should not be used as a player unless you absolutely don't want to carry another device around. I will continue using iPhone as a system on the go a...
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The smartphone universe became ripe again for camera comparisons, especially with the introduction of handsets, capable of recording Full HD 1080p video. That is why we took a few of the most popular high-end smartphones that are on the shelves, and st...
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The iPhone took the cell phone industry by surprise in 2007, and managed to usurp half of its profits for only three years in active duty, with only 3% of the world's handsets sold. This was mostly at the financial expense of Nokia, which got knocked d...
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If a Clash of the Titans movie was to be made for the smartphone industry, it would certainly feature the and the . These are the current cream-of-the-crop handsets of the world's largest and second-largest cell phone manufacturers. The Nokia N8 and S...
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examiner.com Updated: 2014-07-23 14:50:12
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Nokia N8 is one of the latest and best smartphones from Nokia. It is also possesses more features than many mobile devices available in the market today. With an amazing 12 megapixel camera having a Xenon Hash; a 35 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen disp...
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The Nokia N8 is an immensely popular phone and we’re already hard at work on a proper review of the handset. Since the N8 camera is its pivotal feature, we’re interested how you'd rate it in a blind shootout with two other cameras...
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The Symbian^3 flagship Nokia N8 has been no stranger to “hands on impressions”. In fact the first exhaustive impressions of a leaked prototype device came as early as April 2010, when Eldar Murtazin ran an article for Mobile Review. From there onwards, we...
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There used to be a time when Nokia's name was synonymous for high end quality phones, and the Symbian platform was considered among the most sophisticated mobile phone operating systems in the world. But in 2007, a certain computer manufacturer decided to...
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Nokia is in a tough spot with its Nokia N8 Symbian^3 superphone. The N8 is, without a doubt, the best Symbian handset ever made by the Finns, and it's easily one of the best (if not the best) cameraphones in the world – a feat not easily accomplished in t...
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HMD Global has just unveiled what will be the very first Nokia flagship running Android: the Nokia 8. Historical significance aside, does the Nokia 8 represent the return to form that legions of Nokia fans have been waiting for? Well, it certainly looks a...
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