Archive for October, 2010
Video: Nokia N8/Symbian^3 How to: speed up homescreen swiping/remove perceived lag between screens
Now for some reason or another, the Symbian^3 homescreen introduces a perceivable “lag” when switching between screens. This is apparently designed that way (due to the active widgets on screen). The homescreen lag is less visible when in landscape (where the swipe movement would be more obvious than a possible mispress in landscape. You could [...]
Videos: Nokia N8 Swype Tips (Download Swype for Symbian^3 at the Ovi Store) #BlindType
Have you tried Swype yet on your Nokia N8? You can download it for free at the Ovi Store (Thanks Josh Klubi for the heads up). I’ve only used swype before on the N97 and let’s just say resistive screens (especially of that calibur – N900/X3-02 totally beats it out on sensitivity) and fast swyping [...]
Videos: Nokia N8 Swype Tips (Download Swype for Symbian^3 at the Ovi Store) #BlindType
Have you tried Swype yet on your Nokia N8? You can download it for free at the Ovi Store (Thanks Josh Klubi for the heads up). I’ve only used swype before on the N97 and let’s just say resistive screens (especially of that calibur – N900/X3-02 totally beats it out on sensitivity) and fast swyping [...]
Nokia N8: How is it going ?
The Nokia N8 has been out for a couple of days now, and we have seen the reviews which to be honest seem what I expected. But at the end of the day its the costumer that is important. So my question is if you picked up a Nokia N8 what do you think of [...]
N8's losing color?
While this in no way a widespread case or something we’ve heard reported or rumored in multiple news sources, but we’ve had a tip come in with pretty damning news. While we can’t claim the validity and/or whether this device was abused in any way but the picture above shows the N8 in a pretty [...]
Ari Jaaksi's new job confirmed
Reuters have officially confirmed that Ari Jaaski former head of Mobile Browser development as well as being the man in charge of the Maemo and MeeGo OS’s has been hired by HP as Senior Vice President of WebOS. A pretty damn senior position don’t you think. Considering the recent acquiry of Peter Skillman by Nokia, [...]
Video: Nokia N8 UK – weapon of 1)Papparazi 2)Rock Band 3) Olympic Boxer
Here’s what you could say are mini documentaries showing the Nokia N8 as an integral part (well at least being quite useful:p) to the lives of these three individual sets of people. 1)London’s No.1 video paparazzi Nokia UK follows London’s best known video paparazzi, Brett Andre as he uses Ovi maps on his Nokia N8 [...]
Video: SPB Mobile Shell 5 Demoed on the Nokia N8
Following the SPB Mobile Shell 3.7 demo on Nokia N8 by Matthew Miller, here is the future version (currently for developers only), SPB Mobile Shell 5 by phonedaily. thanks to stylinred for the heads up!
Video: Demo of Nokia Internet Radio app – get free it from the Ovi Store
NokNokTV takes a look at the Nokia Internet Radio app – “an app from the Ovi Store that lets you listen to music from anywhere in the world” Check it out at the Ovi Store NokNokTV from NokNok.tv
Video: Meet The Nokia N8 Designers
Below is a video from Nokia Conversations showing the designers behind the Nokia N8. A few familiar faces there including Axel Meyer and Shunjiro Eguchi who we saw working on the N97 last year. [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyxZXPB6wRY] Via Nokia Conversations
Videos: New and upcoming UK TV Adverts for Nokia N8
You may have seen the Nokia N8 adverts doing its rounds on TV if you’re in the UK. Not sure about other countries – are you guys seeing them too? They’re short, 15 second bursts of N8 goodness. Anyway, here are some vids, some of which are exclusively online, some are currently running: New ads: [...]
New Nokia C5-03 launched!
Nokia Conversations has announced the new Nokia C5-03 [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON8-hiuu4NU] Via Nokia Conversations Will add pics from Nok Conv later (in a lesson right now). Alternatively, click the link to check them out. [thanks for the heads up Ramdoo Pritish and ישראל מאיר י. גווירץ
Engadget Podcast: Vlad used camera WRONG – did not (and still doesn't) know about the two step auto lock and shutter press.
In this engadget podcast, the team get a chance to discuss the Nokia N8 (Skip to 20:55). Sorry it’s disorganized – in a rush and already late for lectures. Will sort out formatting later. The bit about lack of autofocus has a heading midway in this post. The verdict? Quite Positive. That’s with Vlad (the [...]
Maemo 1.3 on the horizon?
While I’m currently in the middle of an all-nighter study/HW/project session, (it’s 2 AM where I’m at right now), some interesting news just filtered into our tips section (Thanks Jim). Over at the MeeGo blog, Harri Hakulinen let out that a Maemo 5 PR 1.3 release was incoming!! Jay will be pleased. Also mentioned was the [...]
Spark: Homescreen replacement for social networking junkies
Hiplogic announced today their homescreen replacement for Android and Symbian devices. Consisting of 3 major modules, Weather, Headlines and Status, it provides a simple and easy to use interface for integrating and keeping track of social networks and media. It’s available as a free download here. Give it a try and tell us what you [...]
Video: Nokia N8 Stop Motion Unboxing – with a twist!
As unboxings go, you’ve seen one , you’ve seen them all. But as a prospective buyer, every video is gold. Stop Motion unboxings are a bit of a rarity – and this one comes with a twist in that you can see the same video played back through the Nokia N8 – not through video [...]
All you can eat music with (update, a few) Nokia N8's from Ovi Music Unlimited (+Poll: were you aware of this?)
Skip to the poll! UPDATE:Well this teaches me to verify info through twitter alone. This post about all N8s with free OMU is erroneous. Major apologies. Well this is absolute NEWS to me. I have a major flu going on and my memory’s taking a hit, but I think I’d remember something as major [...]
Video: SPB Mobile Shell 3.7 demoed on the Nokia N8
SPB Mobile Shell is an application that revamps your Symbian phone’s user interface, and this year won the Nokia “Calling all innovators 2010 special prize”. Matthew Miller from Nokia Experts gives us an overview of SPB Mobile Shell on his Nokia N8. [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzUeDABMmo8] VIA palmsolo As Matthew says, it is a bit expensive (at 29.95USD) [...]
Nokia N8 Components cost 187USD (Same as iPhone 4 16GB) says iSuppli
A tear down of the Nokia N8 by El Segundo, California-based iSuppli has revealed an estimated components cost of 187.47. The iPhone 4 out of interest cost 187.51. Shockingly 4 cents difference in production whilst final cost of the N8 is around 549USD (much cheaper elsewhere btw if not buying from Nokia.com) whereas the iPhone [...]
How to: Hard reset your Nokia N8
If you’re unfortunate enough to encounter a problem on your Nokia N8, a hard reset maybe what you need to do. This wipes the entire phone memory and settings fresh to how it was (or should be) when you bought it. It’s also useful if you’re also unfortunate enough to have to send away your [...]
Gallery: Nokia N8 versus Fuji Finepix F30 (and Motorola Zn5)
When everyone else was doing 10MP, Fuji were one of the few companies that forcibly stuck to the lower megapixel ranges in an attempt to make the best use out of each and every pixel. Their early finepix models were spectacular, particularly in low light, with low noise in high ISO in comparison to their [...]
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