Nokia N8 review - part 2 of 3

[@Brunoxtr]

@JesperSP it is not lag. The touchscreen waits until you complete the swipe then it switches home screens. Unlike in the N900 the home screen follows your swiping.

[@dansus99]

Looks real nice so far, better than i thought it would be. The home screen improvements are a welcome addition. Podcasting and Internet Radio have been removed though which is pissing me off no end.

[@HokiesACC]

@MobileBurn You have to enable prediction with the landscape QWERTY by going into the menu (the 3 bar button) at the bottom right. There you will find an option for it. Could you explain what parts of the UI exhibit this inconsistency regarding not being able to use kinetic scrolling?

[@mobileburn]

@jeettak Are you using it with Gmail? My guess is that Google is the limitation, not the N8. I wasn't trying to say that the N8's exchange support was faulty, only that there was no perfect way to get contacts from Google's Gmail. I didn't make that entirely clear.

[@lowincash]

Hi, thanks for the review. Was wondering if you can answer a question. The specs says it has Push Email so will the phone receive a new email right away (Gmail and Yahoo)?

[@mobileburn]

@MKCrapsters No, it's kinda like "information". Haptics uses a singular verb. What I should have said, though, is that "there is haptic feedback."

[@JesperSP]

@Brunoxtr - I remember the SMS lag on the old S60 phones, because they had to give you time to press the * key if you wanted to lock the phone. I don't see the lag in any other swipe situation, so I'm wondering why they made it like this. I've seen a lot of people bashing the N8 because of this "lag"...

[@t43562]

@DubSe7en S^3 is an immense update inside - years of new work have gone in since S60 5th edition. I have seen the code and I know. This stuff is not alway visible in UIs but it's what makes great functionality possible. You probably will want to get a new theme. There are themes on the way from various sources.

[@JoMcGlothlinmemyselfI]

Do you know anything about the updated version on this phone? I am seeing others saying "six home screens"... " quicker response now" I am looking at this phone now, 2 yrs after it was released though, I am hoping for some improvements.

[@JesperSP]

Pretty impressed with the N8 so far... The only thing I don't like so far is the lag on switching the home screen with swiping - I don't understand this because there is no lag on swiping elsewhere. I wonder if there is a reason for this lag?!? Does the gmail exchange also sync the google calendar? Kind of important :)

[@ikillusoon]

dear micheal. How much did you get this brialliant device for? and what do you think is better generally. the nokia n900 or the nokia n8? thank you :)

[@ableite]

@07liberian Do you work for nokia? Pinch zoom, flawless touch, no lag on menu, flawless 3d gaming support, much better accelerometer, dictionary with auto correct when writing messages, bigger dial screen, select tool with zoom, better web browser.... need more?

[@songlessbird1]

@xkevinc I think the problem is that some people dont like see the n1 Os now and the N1 mobile manufacture not be from America.. Well in Europe we have other priorities when we use a mobile phone, so we like nokia and symbian more than other OS

[@AnonymusMW]

heey little question does the nokia n8's touch respond so sensetivly like the iphone ??

[@Brunoxtr]

Looking forward for part 3 :) Nice review.

[@lewishamse6]

I can't wait for my N8 currently rocking a 5800 and the the N* is a quantum leap forward UI, ease of use and processor speed :-) Don't forget about the dedicated GPU. Symbian^4 upgrade is around the corner too.

[@tarunpai]

hey i have to make a choice between nokia n8 and nokia n900 ..which one is better?

[@ChannelVortex]

Do you have to install the maps or is it already in the nokia N8?

[@DubSe7en]

currently using a SE satio, the n8 doesn't seem radically different to it, s3 doesn't look too much of an update :-( (although it does seem a lot more fluid and faster. ) would be interested to see how the camera compares to the satio one. it's between this and the desire as my next phone...

[@nazifahmed2738]

Brother, does it support Java (.jar) games/ aapplications? Please let me know.

[@xkevinc]

@songlessbird1 Also, that 43% went down from an over 50% one year ago. With so many people dropping out of the Symbian following, it'll likely not go any further. Not to mention that Nokia uses MeeGo mainly for its high end devices.

[@ndelima14]

Whats the specs on this phone? hopefully its faster than the n97 >< which i have and hate it kinda

[@jambanIT]

@indrikis03 what kinda best mobile phone messes up the time shown? lol.

[@InitialDAmine]

@punkposer well it is supposed to be the last high end Nokia phone with symbian, meego is almost there , the N9 should is supposed to have meego, but all mid range and eventually later the low range will get symbian^3 @the Hatters,Symbian was the best OS till at it time it did everything that a phone could do intel 2006 or so , it just it didn't involve as much which was the probleme. Meego is nokias answer

[@paulsukhu]

Can you connect to multiple exchange servers at the same time?

[@kemikal6]

You need to download Ovi Maps 3.06 for pinch zooming. It will be in the next firmware update.

[@DubSe7en]

@t43562 i already have a nice theme :-) it's not that, i just noticed little things that annoy me about my satio still present in the n8, the rotate lag, the inability to remove words or change word priority in t9, the lack of autocorrect in qwerty, the lack of uniformity through the os (eg the way some menus require the scrollbar, some don't). i like my phone, but that are a lot of things that bug me (the slowness being the main prob) that would make me think twice about another symbian device

[@paulsukhu]

@jeettak Can you connect to multiple Exchange servers like iOS 4?

[@_kache]

@pablo3gs Does this look like an Iphone to you? They only thing similar is that they have touch screens. Iphones do not have widgets on the homescreen. And they dont have menus.

[@JoyOfMakingObservations]

Not bad for Symbian^3, a major jump from the last version. But it seems like Nokia should focus more on the Meego platform. It felt like N900 was like a hit and run that was a fail in Nokia eyes. But i bet if they added Meego on the N8 or E7(which most people were expecting) alot of more people would be more interested in the N8. Personally i love Nokia hardware and i love the softeware when speaking about Meego but Symbian needs a few more steps to get to a good software.

[@mobileburn]

@jb678901 Wrong. You carrier has nothing to do with Exchange support. I don't even say that the error is Nokia's fault, it is possible that Google doesn't let you do mail via the Exchange Activesync protocol. My real point here is that you can't get contacts from Gmail, which a lot of people will miss. So you have to use this hack/kludge to get it, and that the hack itself is incomplete.

[@cashfornothing]

I look forward to when i get my Nokia N8, its a super phone!

[@jaqez]

@PoetryRocksGadgets Yeah I have N82 with symbian 1. It's really quite same looking. But Symbian is also the most used mobile OS so it's easy to take the transition. I'd say this is still big improvement. The OS looks much smoother.

[@RadamazingerZ]

Why you couldn't send exchange emails on that phone?? I would like to buy but I need to send exchange emails...

[@dias17se]

when you rotate the phone from horizontal to vertical it takes forever for the screen to change that really sucks

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian Possibly to be informed and see how good/bad Symbian^3 is, seeming that this is the first phone with it so far? Which, by the way, it does suck. But I wanted to see first hand how much it sucked.

[@raksori]

@ColdFairyCat Few already but you can download as many as you like.

[@jooksie010]

Hey i have a question and i really hope somebody can answer it. Im Dutch (from The Netherlands) and im studying in the us, but stil text a lot with my friends with my phone. Does the phone have T9 for the Dutch language?? I think it will depend on the T9 if im gonna buy it or not, because i want to bring it back home, since it is unlocked that should be fine, right? Thanks in advance ;)

[@aliabdulla3]

@mobileburn mail for exchange works fine with gmail, via e72 nokia but i had to play with the ports, you have to google the outgoing port, its not the same defualt port that comes in the nokia gmail

[@songlessbird1]

@xkevinc Symbian has the 43% worldwide not just in one or two parts of the world and still not exist in US stats because symbian's marketshare is almost 1%there. Android has the 17% and IOS the 13%. What two major OS are you talking about?...

[@Brunoxtr]

@acquaz10 I may agree that andriod is better but there is no such phone (in terms of hardware) like the N8 that uses android OS. I would buy the N8: 80% hardware, 20% the OS.

[@punkposer]

So far it looks like just awesome hardware at the moment. Which sucks because I was seriously looking into getting this strictly as a multimedia device...let's see part three PS..Nokia needs to seriously get going w/ Meego.

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian Windows Phone 7 isn't even out yet, but it still looks really modernized and fluid. iOS really hasn't changed and I still don't like it. Android has a lot of updates, but I see that as a good thing, especially with 2.2 giving flash 10 support. I'm not saying Symbian functions badly, it just LOOKS like a cheap OS if you see it being used.

[@jeettak]

I am using mail for exchange and can create new messages fine. I would say something is wrong with the exchange setup on your device

[@SkyLineR34GT-R]

@Foundation111 wait for the E7

[@jb678901]

@sirtechy...looks more like your opinion is stuck in 2007.

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian Doesn't change the fact that 0% of that is from one of the major areas of consumerism. Not to mention just looking at Symbian^3 shows how primitive it is. Plus Nokia's the only major company to focus solely on telecommunications, so I would hope it would be near the top. We'll just wait and see how high up it stays once Samsung and Sony Ericcson leave Symbian completely.

[@tottyRICE]

Does anyone know if the phone will use t-mobile's HSPA+???

[@KittyGetAway]

Solid device, dump Nokia's OS and put Stock Android on and we're talking. Second Damn, everyone get off M's back for this review, he's doing a great job, .. also, he has the fanbase - do you? Lol. Anyway, thanks again for your reviews.

[@felipwild]

Great review, but I really think Nokia should have used a Android system. I have a 5800 and Symbian should be forgotten.

[@MrRazvan19]

iphone 4 or nokia n8? iphone for me

[@songlessbird1]

@xkevinc Yes, it fall from 50% but not because people stopped buying symbian , its because ppl started buying android too. 1q 2010 symbian sold 27 mil. devises 41% more than 2009 Q and android 10 mil. almost 900% up compared to the 1 million sold last year. People still buy symbian. But now there is one more player in the pie.

[@gsd767]

my phone is ending soon im looking to get a new phone wht to get iphone 4 or new iphone whe it comes out nokia n8 htc desire hd or blackberry torch can anyone help me ty

[@TheCityofGod]

wow...this phone has nearly the exact same interface as my nokia 5800

[@Hitsi1991]

boris yeltsin in ur contact??

[@songlessbird1]

@xkevinc Nokia will use and symbian 4^ in the high end devises. MeeGo is for mobile computer. It lucks of phone usage compared to symbian. That will change in the future. You compare the potentials of an OS comparing the eye candy UI. Fail.

[@ableite]

@07liberian Never used it. But since it's not symbian, i think it cant be comparable to other symbian phones.

[@jaqez]

Wow social update was pretty slow

[@jaqez]

@Brunoxtr Yeah. I'd buy N8 for its superb offline capabilities. I don't want to buy a dataplan. Maps works great offline, best Cam, good music player. Browsing is secondary for me

[@jjrosaria]

I absolutely love this OS but the only thing preventing me from buying this phone is the text entry.. I don't like it... Why can't they just make it like the other phone's keyboard.. It's better that way.. I'll probably wait for the qwerty keyboard version of thsi phone

[@sharadamy]

nice review thanks :) gonna buy it.

[@JustinMikerICE]

add contacts...Boris Yeltsin...kick ass lol xDDDDDDDDDDD

[@raksori]

New Ovi Maps Beta has multi-touch support. :)

[@skylinedavid]

just got mine 2 hours ago :D its amazing

[@Brunoxtr]

@linuxpowerification oh yea... thats why if I buy the N8 I will still keep my n900. N900 powerful OS, N8 powerful camera.

[@princecody3499]

Recent Nokia phones seem like there stuck in 2007...

[@Foundation111]

i wish this had a querty slide keyboard

[@bigsteamfan]

I love so much your contacts list... When you have a couple of spare minutes text big old Boris there and send him my regards... :P

[@nusantara82]

too many features, people can easily get confused just to use these new features. anyway nice review man

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian Compared to the Symbian, I think it's way better. It's just more user-friendly and 'pretty.' In comparison to Android, I feel it's just different. More focused on being a good computer-like experience.

[@Michiganxxx]

@MKCrapsters kinda like graphics )))

[@ableite]

@07liberian I agree with you on symbian being flexible. An Iphone is only good IMO if it is jailbroken. But about nokia phones nowadays; they suck. The only VERY GOOD phone made by nokia was indeed the N95 8Gb (I love that free RAM). After that, all of them are badly made.

[@mcraayraay]

phone laggy or what?

[@TheJedaru]

i want this phone now!!!

[@nickclarkuk]

the standard fonts are horrible to read and there's no auto correction in landscape keyboard mode. i would hate to own this phone.

[@xkevinc]

@songlessbird1 I'm just going to leave with saying that Samsung and Sony Ericcson both have stopped making Symbian based phones and will stop having their content. Samsung's going on to Android/Windows/their own crap, while Sony Ericcson is going to Android mainly. iOS is also 14%, not 13. And honestly, you can't look at Symbian^3 and say it looks even modern, it looks like a primitive OS. The only decent thing is an open source app market with a mediocre at best OS.

[@sorrath]

@chunky1x Their problem is that they paid too much for a phone!!

[@ableite]

@lazarus921 Indeed was the n95 8gig, im buying one.

[@Alphadan]

WOW, so it doesn't correct text in portrait mode. What kind of Nokia software idiot came up with that ? I love having a QWERTY keyboard, so I would have it in portrait mode all day, but then again, I would hate the lack of correction. I'll stick to my iPhone 4...

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian Symbian just can't compare with the major phone OS's, and that's really not arguable. It's not even really comparable to Blackberry OS or PalmOS, let alone the three major ones.

[@abhikadam37]

IMAGINE Android 2.2 froyo in this phone. it will be a beast to beat.

[@Tanatbenbenpoppop]

n8 is best nokia smartphone today wait for n9

[@Brunoxtr]

part threeee

[@TheCityofGod]

@07liberian ummm....yes really....

[@waxxtwo]

@KittyGetAway well it doesn't have to be android. If they put MeeGo on it, it would sale like hot cakes!!!

[@netster]

Don't really like Symbian. not sure why it never impress me. I love the AMOLED though :)

[@jaqez]

@Brunoxtr Yeah man

[@Brunoxtr]

@jaqez oh yes, nor like the iphone or blackberry that you gotta have a "data plan"... bullshyt!

[@macojeda]

nokia still struggling upon smartphones nowadays... lack of application and smoothness in term of scrolling and browser just get even slower.. im a nokia fan before that n95 8gb came i own n-77 with pretty much usable with the cable channel i get from my postpaid plan..really, nokia admit that the n8 isnt yet the iphone killer ... they are still in the process of something that can win back nokia fan once again... nokia also proved to be generous on their apps.lets just wait and see...

[@FreakOfMeds]

Why put such a great camera with such a crappy screen?!

[@ableite]

nokia has much to learn to be comparable to an iphone

[@nikkigenius]

nice

[@illinit1]

thank you for this review ive had n8 for 5 days and really disliked it to begin with! NO Usefull user guide. the userguide inbuilt is totaly yank. thanks again! NOKIA SHOULD PAY YOU $100,000 for your info their public relations SUCK!

[@Brunoxtr]

@linuxpowerification yea grab your icrap and go somewhere else

[@rokvindis]

did anyone else see clark kent in contacs xD 5:05

[@ableite]

@07liberian The problem is that you never owned an Iphone. You may have used a friend's one but when you actually buy one and use it deeply, you will realise that all other phones are just shit. I was a nokia fan, then turned to SE, back to nokia, now iphone fan. You will become one if you buy one too and will realise that N8 sucks =]

[@xkevinc]

@07liberian For the obvious reason that it's not big enough. iOS and Android are big in Asia, Europe, and America. I'm not saying that it's better because it's bigger, because iOS sucks, but it still can't compete because of that. America as a whole doesn't view Nokia as a large company competitor, let alone their own standalone OS.

[@the2maniac]

why cant you guys just see that Symbian is not as good as Android and iOS!

[@FranMazz]

iPhone 4 rules :)

[@treshnefix]

lol, he has boris yeltsin's number