ashu wrote:You lucky lucky lucky lucky guys!!!!!!!!!I will probably wait for this cell to have user reviews on its full retail version. but the cover says, the book must be awesome....
When closed, its having a slightly familiar look of n 95 8gb, dont you feel so?
Yes it does feel a lot like the N95 8GB. It feels slightly smaller, but quite so smooth (more lumps and bumps). As I said in the review the design language is more mechanical to Nokia organic, but thats subjective. You see some side by side photos in the Gallery.
ashu wrote:Hey, In one of the screenshots, I saw road sync. Does it come as a standard package with the phone???
If so, then this is a fantastic thing. If standard, hope they are giving away the licenced version and not the trial one!!!
Not known yet as this was a proto. It would make sense given MfE.
Fractalhedron wrote:They really need to be done with QVGA at this point. Seriously. As much as we may hate it, the iPhone (with all new 'Deceptive price points!'😉 is rapidly making 80-character-wide screens a standard.Also no US 3G is downright offensive. If it had that I'd at least consider it.
QVGA is a tricky one - I'd like to see higher resolutions and they will arrive soon. That said QVGA is still the standard mainly because it's good enough for most people. The top users always want more of course.
US 3G - as I said this would have to be an operator request. S60 has very low market share in the States - partly because of the type of the devices, but partly because of operators being gate keepers. It doesn;t make economic sense to make a band variant when you can only sell it SIM-free. Its not good... but...
RogerPodacter wrote:wow so no US 3G? why why why would they exclude that? at least the screen is QVGA so it doesnt make the n95 (and nokia in general) look too outdated. if i switched to samsung, however, i would miss lots of the little things like nokia specific apps and services, which wont work on the samsung. however this build quality surely must be awesome compared to the n95. still not sure what nokia is thinking regarding N series and build quality.
See above for US 3G. Will have to wait for final hardware and some testing time to see how build quality stacks up longer term. And yes the Nokia software is a major consideration IMHO.
Williamoni wrote:I've pretty much implemented a 'Nokia only' policy in my life and then this beast comes along. I must admit to some adulterous thoughts.Does that mean I'm a bad person? Look even Steve was talking about a quaking N95 8Gb.
Strikes me how much it looks like a camera at the back.
Good work guys.
I nearly drop dead from shock when Steve made noises about the INNOV8 replacing his N95. But no you're not a bad person. Thinking is fine, its the doing that is really bad...
Unregistered wrote:oh no..it beats N96 doesnt it..
this is bad..
i somehow dont like the design of innov8 but it has better features than n96..
which one should i choose =(
Indeed I think for those use to Nokia's this might be the biggest factor (along with software compatibility). We'll put both devices head to head to help you make a decision.
Unregistered wrote:Rafe, very good review. I'm deciding whether to purchase the N96 or the INNOV8. Both devices have impressive specs, but what will tip the balance will be the applications. Question - seeing the INNOV8 runs symbian FP2, can we install nokia symbian apps? e.g. nokia's mail for exchange, nokia maps, etc. thanks.
Yes you can install third party apps. Obviously we could not do any extensive testing, but we did install a few and they seemed to work fine. Handy Taskman, Screenshot etc. However Nokia apps will probably not work. This may be a restriction in the .sis header or a missing certificate... At the same time I think it would make sense for some of Nokia services / apps to be made available. Nokia Maps is compatible in theory but will not have been tested (and thus is blocked 'artificially'😉. However given the business model (subscription) why not get it onto as many handsets as possible?