Hot rumor: The Nokia N8 with Symbian^3

To be honest, I wouldn't mind Nokia talking with anyone (Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T) to get their device/s to sell subsidized, and sold unlocked through their site. However, MOs here in the US want to have an "iron fist" and control the device. Take a look at the Motorola Backflip. It was locked down completely by AT&T, and also changed Google search for Yahoo!. So far Verizon isn't touching any smartphone anymore, which is very surprising. If Nokia managed to sell most of their future devices through at least one of the MOs in the US then I'd be all over it. What really counts is Nokia trying to negotiate/talk with the MOs here, as we all know that their most important market is EU's and Asia. Baby steps are ok if taken in the right direction, however giant steps would be even better.
 
Sorry to hi-jack the question, but i would like the green tick (Done button) to switch places with the Keyboard selector, i doubt anybody uses the keyboard selector as much as they use the Done button.
 
As WM6 had Flash 7. If I'm right, the N900 doesn't have a native Flash support, but a plug-in made by Mozilla. Adobe is working on a cross-platform native Flash app/plug-in, which is Flash 10.1. Can you try to update N900's flash to 10.0 at least? Don't think so. Flash 10.1 for mobile should be able to update whenever Adobe gets a new release out and not be dependable upon the carrier, or manufacturer.
 
I suppose.

Just comparing it to the hardware specs of the phones/mobile devices it will be competing with when it will come out seems like its again a couple steps behind, like the N97 was/is.

Though yes, Ghz isn't everything... though you could never have too much RAM! I'm sure Symbian^3 will be fine on this thing. I'm not in love with the UI, but by what I've read it will be a lot more friendlier (cutting the amount of presses to do simple tasks is huge by itself). I'm also aware that Symbian^3 was never meant to be a UI overhaul, so no disappointment there.

Here's to Symbian^4 :buddies:

Heck, I could be tempted to buy this thing if Nokia promised a Symbian^4 upgrade... though I think I'm holding out to see what Maemo device they have up their sleeve.

PS Eek is it missing the Call Buttons? That is one thing I really do like about my N97. It still remembers it is also a phone and has the appropriate buttons.
 
Some apps can be easily ported, but others can't. VLC, for example, depends on more than just QT. Any sort of communications app that takes full advantage of meegoo won't port over easily.

QT eases porting, but it won't eliminate it.
 
Well, okay, cool. We'll only really know if Symbian 3 is competitive once it's out, we see more than one review and it's in people's hands.

Mobile Review (a non Western, non American/British, Russian tech site) has always been more Nokia and Sony Ericsson friendly; given that, the fact that they still gave the N8 a thumbs down is discouraging. I'm sure more hands on reviews are coming, which is why the release was very likely pushed out.

I'm not sure what Nokia can do in a few months to improve the general usability of it though, since that's the main criticism of the review. It sounds like the device is like the N97 redux.
 
From my using of the N900 since Nov/Dec 2009; it's been one of the most promising and reliable devices since I started using smart phone. Can't recall a time it crashed.

The N900 is a phone and then a MID. If the person carrying the N900 is making call using another phone then the N900 is a considered a MID for that person. So dunno what those folks in maemo.org are talking :befuddled

Maemo 5 is a finished product. Moving to Meego Nokia just need to hide the techie stuff happening in the background from the average Joe and make the phone more pocketable. Right now everything is open on the N900 and an average Joe have every opportunity to screw thing up.

Just my 2 cents thou, have absolutely no value... lol
 
The only one that will allow unlocked is T-Mo so that is the one. AT&T - those greedy anti competitive bastards - will not. They will only allow locked devices. It's how they can price gouge us. Our only hope is competition but these carrier exclusivity contracts really screw us. Imagine if the Palm Pre were available on all 4 networks at once or even the iPhone. The prices would have come down on both services and devices. There is no way that AT&T could hold their prices at Verizon levels. Their network quality is lower. It all reeks of collusion IMHO and the FTC needs to look into it.
 
He means he likes the CPU/RAM/HD/12MP camera and stuff inside, but not the way how they designed the outter shell/case or form factor of the phone.

That's pretty much what I think of the N8...

I seriously think Nokia need to do remake of the N93 with touch... that thing's form factor is just too cool to not put into use.
 
Mobile-Review has been very anti-nokia as of late. I've noticed the tone and even how they knocked the free Ovi Maps. It would be a trivial thing to say "It has XX ram" or "it has XX size of internal memory" or "the screen is xx big" but none of that was said. It was a highly subjective and non-informative opinion. Give me some facts before I hold your opinion as gospel. But if people want to love it or hate it on based upon what was written or what they imagine, that is up to them.
 
It turns your phone into a wireless router. It makes it really easy to share your 3G or Edge connection with others.. no need for cables, and it is way faster than bt :buddies:
 
I am hoping/praying Nokia would not put the 12mp in unless its atleast as good as the N86's 8mp one... it may not be that much better but as long as its as good it would be fine, IMHO. Good for the marketing for sure. :D
 
Here we go again. The usual suspects defying all logic to defend/excuse Nokia's failings.

No wonder Nokia thinks they can get away with putting out junk like this.
We should all hold their feet to the fire for not delivering a competitive device for years now, why keep defending? Unless you hold stock or are hoping for free review units and a paid trip to Finland or something
 
Actually Palm was first to use the A8 in the Pre. But yeah, Apple for being a "fluffY" company did put some decent horsepower in the 3GS. Now they are lagging behind HTC in terms of CPU and their intent is not lead on hardware. They just saw the A8 as a good fit for their software at that point in time.

Going forward I bet on HTC or Samsung to go multicore first, not Apple. Apple is going more for battery optimization/cost reduction now.

One issue with the current Snapdragons is that they have a weak GPU, the Samsung Galaxy S has 4 times the polygon throughput and much better HD playback acceleration. Anandtech recently did a mobile CPU article but they are doing another more comprehensive article later.

Also LG announced a Moorestown based MID/Phone that will run circles around anything we currently have. I bet Nokia also will go with Moorestown but naturally late as usual.
 
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