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Camera Tests: Nokia N82 vs Samsung Innov8 vs Nokia N97 vs Nokia N86

Camera Tests: Nokia N82 vs Samsung Innov8 vs Nokia N97 vs Nokia N86

| June 25, 2009 | 9 Replies

Advertisements Nokia and Carl Zeiss have bestowed upon the N86 imaging enhancements beyond just upping the resolution from 5MP to 8MP; wide angle, improved latency, large aperture, better sensor in general all resulting (at least on paper) in improved image quality. As you can see from Rafe’s test, the N86 is superior in all conditions, […]

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Video: Turning your Nokia N97 into an iPhone with MyPhone

Video: Turning your Nokia N97 into an iPhone with MyPhone

| June 24, 2009 | 1 Reply

Jason from Smashpop.net shows us the MyPhone app on the Nokia N97. We’ve seen the MyPhone application before, turning Nokia 5800s into iPhone-esque wannabes, but here’s a video showing how it would look on your N97. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2C-nv307JdA] Maybe you couldn’t decide between the iPhone 3GS or the N97? Perhaps this is the solution? N97 hardware […]

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Nokia 5800 is the Number 1 Pay Monthly phone from Carphone Warehouse

Nokia 5800 is the Number 1 Pay Monthly phone from Carphone Warehouse

| June 24, 2009 | 6 Replies

The Carphone Warehouse (a.k.a. The Phone House) is “Europe’s largest independent mobile phone retailer, with over 1700 stores”, so it is somewhat, a little bit of an achievement for the 5800 to be the number 1 pay monthly handset, leaving Apple’s iPhone in 2nd and Samsung’s Tocco Ultra in 3rd. From the blurb: “Introducing the […]

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Intel and Nokia announce strategic relationship to shape next era of Mobile Computing innovation

Intel and Nokia announce strategic relationship to shape next era of Mobile Computing innovation

| June 23, 2009 | Reply

According to the latest Nokia Press Release >> click << Nokia have announced a long term partnership with Intel Corporation, which will include “several open source mobile Linux software projects”. It seems they want to “create a new mobile platform beyond smartphones, notebooks and netbooks”. Perhaps the idea is that Nokia is fusing all three […]

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Video: Nokia N97 Drop Test

Video: Nokia N97 Drop Test

| June 23, 2009 | Reply

This is the next instalment of N97geek’s physical testing of the N97. Now it’s the drop test, where the poor N97 enjoys Newton’s gravity over different surfaces: Grass Gravel Concrete [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXGPc70pZQ4] With so much inside that could have gone wrong, Paul reports that the N97 held up brilliantly, the screen did not crack or scratch […]

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Review: Engadget's surprisingly positive review of the Nokia N97

Review: Engadget's surprisingly positive review of the Nokia N97

| June 22, 2009 | Reply

With Engadget receiving pretty much a less than satisfactory experience with the 5800, then the Nokia N97 getting a scathing review over at Boy Genius Report together with some voiced disappointment in blogs and forums over the N97, it was indeed a surprise to read Engadget’s weighty review of the N97 and see it receiving […]

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Video: Nokia N97 Scratch Test.

Video: Nokia N97 Scratch Test.

| June 22, 2009 | 5 Replies

The N97geeks are putting the Nokia N97 through a series of rigorous tests. The first looks at the N97’s ability to withstand scratches – something Nseries hasn’t really been known for with their surprisingly inadequate build quality. However, things are slowly changing; choice of materials are improving and slowly getting to the standard of Eseries. […]

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Nokia N86 Review by Rafe Blandford

Nokia N86 Review by Rafe Blandford

| June 22, 2009 | Reply

If there was one person in this world I would trust on having an overwhelming understanding of Nokia and Symbian, it would be Rafe blandford. What Rafe doesn’t know about Symbian isn’t really worth knowing. You may have read his review of the Nokia N86 already, but if you haven’t, please check it out >>click<< […]

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Video: Hands on with the Sony Ericsson Satio

Video: Hands on with the Sony Ericsson Satio

| June 22, 2009 | Reply

If we were to somehow rewind one year, and I was asked to think about “what features I would have liked to have seen in a phone that would be sufficient enough to replace the imaging capabilities of the N82 entirely?” Symbian S60 Touch large high resolution screen great camera xenon (true) flash dedicated camera/video […]

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