I'm disappointed that the Nokia 'Ace' never surfaced, which was supposed to have 4.3" clearblack amoled, NFC and FF Camera as I'm currently without phone after dropping my HD7 in the sea on holidays. I might see if I can get a palm pre 3 or an Nokia N9 on the cheap whilst I wait for next years batch of phones to come out, I'd accept nearly anything that doesn't run that godforsaken Android.
As well as ios works, the music player is a complete pain in the arse and a dealbreaker for me (unless someone knows how to transfer music from my pc that doesn't involving syncing all songs from one particular album or artist). Android is a bit buggy but at least there's a lot of out-of-the-box functionality that comes with the higher spec phones (xvid support, music player that lets you choose the content). I was hoping the Windows phones would bridge the gap but the reviews suggest Microsoft have tried to force users to accept bing and outlook, and made it inconvienient for users of gmail and google calendar.
I personally had no problems using gmail on my HD7 before it got wet, and the only problem I had with calendar was syncing events entered on the phone to the desktop calendar, even this only required me to change one setting.Bing being the default search is a pain as it's very US oriented, to get around it I've installed Surf-cube and use it as my primary browser, it allows me to choose which search engine to set and it's pretty fucking cool to boot. The hardware button search is different though because it ties Bing in with local scout and a few other things like a bar-code scanner and a Shazam like feature which then all-in-turn link with apps on the phone, still should allow you the option to forgo these benefits for freedom of choice.I've been lent an Android phone until I get sorted with another and it's driving me insane, I honestly don't know how people can put up with it. Tech heads, well fair enough I can see their attraction, but normal people who want out of the box functionality must be ripping their hair out at the bugginess and lag that accompanies it.
Nokia Posts $1.38 Billion Loss in Fourth Quarterhttp://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/01/26/business/AP-EU-Finland-Earns-Nokia.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto
doubt they would survive long in the mobile market unless they come with the "next" mobile phone technology
Its a shame really I think nokia have served everyone at some point and the new lumia 800 smartphone looks the part but it could be just too lateI really fancy that new windows 7.5 lumia phone but if it doesn't take off because people's minds cant be changed I fear there will be poor apps and 3rd part stuff available for the future
David Platt has a face like a Michael Myers mask being stretched over a dinosaur egg.
Aquilani is better than Pele, Maradona, Cruyff, Messi and Beckenbauer put together.
Lumia 800 looks great but without much in the way of performance. Really looking forward to the Lumia 900 on the other hand. Doubt I'll be able to resist upgrading my phone before it comes out though.
Cry more you big fanny
Steady...Mike Bassett
runs on symbian... wtf!? do they want to loose the market or what?
Is that a 41 megapixel CCD sensor or is it just clever software interpolation?Because if they have gone down the software route then it'll get ripped to shreds by the purists.You got to give it to them for sticking with Symbian. Talk about beating a dead horse.
41 megapixel camera sensor with Nokia Pureview Pro imaging technology and Carl Zeiss opticsFullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy on-screen touch controlsXenon flash with operating range up to 3.5 m depending on conditions. Automatic fill-flashLED for video recordingFocal length: 8.02 mm (35 mm equivalent focal length -26 mm, 16:9 / 28 mm, 4:3)Auto focus and touch to focusFocus modes:Hyperfocal, Macro, Infinity and AutoFocus range: 15 cm ~ infinityMacro focus 15-50 cmF number/aperture: F2.4
The world’s first implementation of Nokia Rich Recording technology in Nokia 808 PureView http://nokia.ly/yOTcAF records best in class stereo audio with every detail. Whilst most high end smartphones can only record without distortion to around 110db, the Nokia 808 can comfortably continue to around 140-145 db, which is 4 times louder than the conventional mics can record. Apart from that Nokia Rich Recording can also record very low frequencies also without any distortion. The combination of all of these elements means the Nokia 808 records audio with almost CD like quality. It has to be heard to be believed.
Indestructable those things!
The cheek of that mon, deserves a shlap
Looks nice. But that was never Nokia's problem. They always made really nice looking phones with great hardware. But their OS always let them down.With Windows streamlining their OS across their PC, tablet, mobile and Xbox range we might see a new standard in how we use electronics. But its always going to be a catchup and the second the Lumia sale numbers dont look good then I can see Nokia racing to get into Andorids bed
Why isn't this information EVERYWHERE?
So it's more than €100 cheaper than the iPhone?
Because all the tech blogs are stuck so far up Apple's hole that for every article on the Nokia, there'll be thirty more to do with Apple. This won't help them either though. 'In Germany, the Lumia 920 is priced at 649 euros'
