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Nokia N8 - content creation and consumption on Symbian^3

99 replies · 21,769 views · Started 27 April 2010

Unregistered 28 Apr 2010, 11:29

will our old n97 get any updates any chance or we have to stuck with the old s60 5 edition

morpheus2702 28 Apr 2010, 15:58

A Q3 2010 release according to the Press Release. Just wonder if anyone has an indication of whether this is more likely to be early June or late August release?

KPO'M 28 Apr 2010, 22:28

Unregistered wrote:Hey, I'll give this device a chance, but let's be real, it's no iPhone. To compete with the iPhone, you also compete against the entire ecosystem, iTunes, third party accessories, the huge developer following, etc., etc.

Nokia is better off not trying to make an 'iPhone killer' and play its own game. The very fact that people need to call it an 'iPhone killer' means it isn't one. All you're doing is highlighting Apple's dominance. Again, Nokia should be playing its own game instead of Apple's.

That said, I've owned Nokias, so I'll give this a look; they're history with software though, has me concerned. Nokia pretty much stinks at software.

I think this shows that Nokia belatedly admitted Apple was right. Touchscreens are the future. Capacitive screens are better than resistive for the average user. Multi-touch is more than just a gee-whiz feature. Apps are important. A non-removable battery isn't a deal killer. Just about all the arguments that Nokia fans used to justify the N95's superiority to the original iPhone (and the N97's to the iPhone 3GS) has been dispelled, by none other than Nokia.

This will undoubtedly sell well because of Nokia's aggressive pricing (though that may yet hit profits), and it's good to see Nokia in the game, but does anyone here believe the N8 would have ever come to be if not for the success of the iPhone its imitators like Android?

Unregistered 01 May 2010, 08:58

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n8kia 01 May 2010, 10:37

[QUOTE=KPO'M;464685]I think this shows that Nokia belatedly admitted Apple was right. Touchscreens are the future. Capacitive screens are better than resistive for the average user. Multi-touch is more than just a gee-whiz feature. Apps are important. A non-removable battery isn't a deal killer. Just about all the arguments that Nokia fans used to justify the N95's superiority to the original iPhone (and the N97's to the iPhone 3GS) has been dispelled, by none other than Nokia.

This will undoubtedly sell well because of Nokia's aggressive pricing (though that may yet hit profits), and it's good to see Nokia in the game, but does anyone here believe the N8 would have ever come to be if not for the success of the iPhone its imitators like Android?[/QUOTE]

Or this shows that Apple belatedly admitted Nokia was right? Videocall, multitasking, SUPER Photo and video, led flash, more ram, mms, ecc? They are both understanding, no one only... For ifans apple is perfect.. lol

Unregistered 01 May 2010, 12:15

every one here comparing n8 specs with either iphone 3gs or 4g i just want to say dont jump to conclusion wait for both products to come out

to me n8 specs seem better than iphone but who knows even n97 specs are superior to iphone 3gs but it failed apple sold million phones and nokia bottom out in this catagory., every body had to accept it and now nokia coming with some super duper spec phone ie ; big cam , totally different capacitive touch may be some old looking interim symbian 3 ui .

so this is not nokia flagship device it is interim device and nokia will make changes and release their flagship device with sym4 to me n8 seems lab TESTING device which is not completed yet based on customer reviews it will make changes and release one more phone

Jack Wang 20 May 2010, 03:37

I'm starting to worry about the N8 pricing, since the Euro is weakening, the price must go up, right?

And I still hope we have an LED video light, to serve as flashlight when needed... can Nokia replace the red diode with a bright white one, pleeze?

Now, content is another story...
as software should cost Nokia less than other smaller scale operations, I think it's time Nokia organized the free web for "general consumption" on nHD devices.

Nokia put the world map in our hands (except Japan maps, 6MB, barely useful), the only OFFLINE cellphone solution, why stop there? Why not put the entire Project Gutenberg ebooks and Wikipedia offline on the 16GB memory, and let users delete if unneed?

Nokia can license a better dictionary at low unit cost (2000 page New Oxford American Dictionary, included in the Sharp e-dictionary, MacOS X, and Sony Reader. On the Sony Reader, one can double-tap to get the definition and etymology. Since English and Chinese are the most popular, perhaps a large Chinese dictionary license deal would drive up sales, too. Lots of people in the world want to learn English or Chinese, and this can be a valuable selling point. I know an Foreigner in Taiwan who swears by his PalmOS phone primarily for the depth and convenience of a hand-writing input Chinese dictionary. Nokia can become the largest ebook+encyclopedia+dictionary publisher in the world!! And empower each of us like no other companies, namely, Apple and Google who are trying to squeeze dollars and cents from people on their 3G/internet leash.

Symbian ^3 makes no mention of universal language support as in the iPhone/iPod, but Nokia seriously should consider it. S60 pissed off many who cannot view or input content in their second language, and to segregate content by market in this day and age is unreasonable... open up!!

Lastly, I think Nokia should make an iPod Touch version of the N8, that is, just the touch screen with Symbian ^3, sold cheaply sans 2G/3G and other (carefully considered hardware/software) features removed... I still like my 5800, and would probably buy a companion Symbian^3 gadget to "multitask" between them myself... it may be so good that I run out to buy an N8 and retire/give away the 5800/Symbian^3 devices... therefore driving up the platform adoption... That is a more flexible strategy only Apple pursued, with Zune lacking a phone, and the N8 a phone too many to some users...

😊 Watching "V" series, I sort of see Nokia as the 5th Column against either Apple or Google as the Visitors... oh, but Nokia looks so innocent... they might be the V... who knows... mega-corporations are scary, but they give us what we want (and we are accomplice) in the process of competition!!