So in some ways the N8 is a big deal, though it may turn out to be more of a footnote to smartphone history. Even if its ends up being a great phone that people love, there won’t be any more N-series Symbians.
But the general principles of the thing won’t change. I think I’ve seen pretty much the Symbian^3 that the world will see, and more or less exactly the N8 the world will be encouraged to buy.
And the big things I looked at are
There’s a Cal Zeiss 12 Mpixel camera which sticks out a couple of mm at the back – which feels subtly “wrong” when I put the phone down – but overall I can’t fault the size and shape.
The styling is very mini-tablet like. The two ends have a symmetrical tapered design, making it feel natural in portrait mode. The phone re-aligns easily to either orientation.
It’s also pleasingly more solid than the N97, made of aluminium and available in five colours (in my case, a coppery-orange).
Turning it on, the basics are well catered for. It makes calls crisply and clearly, and stores and uses numbers in a friendly way. The 3.5in OLED screen is big and clear.
The N8 also has capacitive touch, which means that Nokia finally allows multi-touch gestures, like the iPhone. For too long, the company has offered resistive touchscreens, which work best with a stylus. Nokia used to argue that capacitive was better for Far Eastern markets where non-ASCII input was required, but I’ve never been convinced.
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Retard---You CAN charge over usb or mini plug. If you don't know what your talking about you should keep your "opinions" to yourself. Dumbass.
Your article has at least 1 glaring error, which is a HUGE error.
The microUSB port on the Nokia N8 not only handles data connection from a computer, it also handles CHARGING (your claim that is doesn't is wrong), and it also handles OTG USB - meaning with a supplied cable you can connect the N8 direct to USB flash drives.
So, this means Nokia gives you 2 different charging options for your device...Nokia's pin chargers, and microUSB charging.
Wow, a whole paragraph on how the phone wont charge via USB when it actually does in addition to having a separate charger. For someone who obviously had the phone in their hand you really did your research. Another incorrect and seemingly baseless review to ignore.
Did you really use the N8? Did you just said it can't charge thru USB? All reviews I read said that IT CAN. 4 pages of waste of a review then. My 10-year old nephew would have done a better review.
Thank you for your comments.
I can only say that the phone I had definitely did not charge over USB. I checked it, and I am quite able to tell, and I don't think we need to be rude about this.
It's possible that the phone I had was an earlier pre-production model than the ones you have apparently all seen. Or maybe there was some fault in it. I made it clear that anything in my review might be down to having a pre-production model, and will be interested to know if this was the case.
I will update my review to say that others apparently have different results - and strong feelings on the matter! I'd also be grateful for links to these reviews you mention.
Also... if Nokia DOES let the phone charge over USB.... why does it provide its own proprietary charger as well?
Peter Judge
My information on the USB charging is from the Nokia (Australia) site under Specifications > Connectivity. As the phone seems to be made to not require a computer connection, I think the two options is a great idea. Next time you are at work ask how many people have a Nokia charger on them, than ask how many have a mini USB cable!
"I don't understand why it has built in a separate power connector and supplied a non-standard power adapter as well" - Peter Judge
Just shut the #%^^ up, ok? Having a really bad review is enough and you just updated it worse. Stupid, stupid moron.
Isn't having 2 ways(USB and power adaper) to charge a phone a really, really, great idea??
Do yourself a favor by removing this terrible review, get a new job and STFU. PLEASE.
"I don't understand why it has built in a separate power connector and supplied a non-standard power adapter as well" - Peter Judge
Just shut the #%^& up, ok? Having a really bad review is enough and you just updated it worse. Stupid, stupid moron.
Isn't having 2 ways(USB and power adaper) to charge a phone a really, really, great idea??
Do yourself a favor by removing this terrible review, get a new job and STFU. PLEASE.
Hey judge..u said something about why will nokia supply us with a charger if u can charge it via usb!! Well the same reason blackberry and samsung are doing it!!I bet u don't even own a mobile!
Thanks again for your further comments.
Jason - I checked and I'm the only one in my office with a Nokia charger. There were a total of five micro-USBs when I asked, from HTC and Blackberry phones.
I don't buy the idea that Nokia is any sort of standard, and don't get how they sign up to the universal charger and then don't deliver it.
Yes - I see the website that it will charge over micro-USB - but I begin to suspect they dropped thisbecause the USB connector can also act as a host.
I still don't see any confirmation that it does charge over USB in reviews - my N81 certainly didn't.
Thanks @duncan, for the point about USB hosts, my CMS keeps refusing to publish your thought though...