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Nokia's N8 overview video (part 1) examined in detail

48 replies · 13,479 views · Started 31 May 2010

miki69 wrote:it wasn't 12MP image, more like one of those preloaded images that comes with phone, and they are quite small in size (at least with N86). I'm very curious how fast will be gallery browsing once you have hundreds of 3-4MB images inside.

Okay - well the walk-through didn't actually look at the image info, so it's possible it's not a 12MP image. A lot of the photos that were in the gallery were familiar from the sample 12Mp images provided by Nokia conversations (http://conversations.nokia.com/2010/04/27/first-12-megapixel-sample-photos-shot-on-nokia-n8-untouched/) - so I would expect they're all that size.

Gallery browsing should probably be as fast (if not much faster) than the Satio - which is many times faster than any other 5th edition phone , even with 3-4 megabyte images

miki69 wrote:it wasn't 12MP image, more like one of those preloaded images that comes with phone, and they are quite small in size (at least with N86).

That's my suspicion as well. If it *was* a 12mp photo, perhaps they should have considered using a smaller image in the demonstration to avoid the perception of lag...

Unregistered wrote:

Sidenote: This is not CGI/rendered as suggested by unregistered. Very clearly true phone interaction.

I got confused and thought I was still in the table football thread. I think that one is CGI.

buster wrote:That's my suspicion as well. If it *was* a 12mp photo, perhaps they should have considered using a smaller image in the demonstration to avoid the perception of lag...

Perhaps, or perhaps they're being honest and showing you the real device being used the way people will be using it day to day. Isn't that what you want?

brendand wrote:Perhaps, or perhaps they're being honest and showing you the real device being used the way people will be using it day to day. Isn't that what you want?

You mean without the "Sequences shortened, some steps removed" tag line? <GASP!>

brendand wrote:Gallery browsing should probably be as fast (if not much faster) than the Satio - which is many times faster than any other 5th edition phone , even with 3-4 megabyte images

That's totally fine with me.

btw, did you folks notice some stones/monument images in the beginning of the gallery? I would like to see them full size

Cheers,
Miki

brendand wrote:Perhaps, or perhaps they're being honest and showing you the real device being used the way people will be using it day to day. Isn't that what you want?

Fair point. I wasn't really complaining about the lag, I just responded as I saw it. However, if you are trying to get people to move over to Symbian from other platforms, they may not necessarily be too impressed if these kinds of video give the impression that the phone may be laggy, even if that is not really the case... I certainly think that to win people over you have to wow them occasionally, especially if they are already iPhone users, as Apple are very good at that aspect of their marketing.

I for one am actually very impressed by the N8, although I would prefer a Pro version with a QWERTY keyboard, as I am currently an E90 user and would not like to move away to a device without a keyboard.

As a long time Psion and Symbian user, I sincerely hope that Nokia get the N8 launch right, and it doesn't end up as flawed as the N97 was, especially after the N97 promo material promised so much...

buster wrote:I for one am actually very impressed by the N8...

I sincerely hope that Nokia get the N8 launch right, and it doesn't end up as flawed as the N97 was, especially after the N97 promo material promised so much...

The N8 - you're impressed by the... promo material? 😊

Ohhhh Nokia. This UI is so boring. It's just the same really. Slight tweaks. No smooth cool looking transitions.

I'm waiting for an Android with a Xenon flash and I'm off. I'm sure I will not miss Symbian and its outdated look. I've been a symbian user since the Nokia 7650 but I'm just bored of it now.

I'm jealous over the apps on the iphone, I'm jealous the the HTC sense UI, Windows mobile UI is looking uber cool and then theres The nokia N8 and the only thing impressive about it, is it's hardware. But the hardware race is over, it's all about Software.

Unregistered wrote:Ohhhh Nokia. This UI is so boring. It's just the same really. Slight tweaks. No smooth cool looking transitions.

I'm waiting for an Android with a Xenon flash and I'm off. I'm sure I will not miss Symbian and its outdated look. I've been a symbian user since the Nokia 7650 but I'm just bored of it now.

I'm jealous over the apps on the iphone, I'm jealous the the HTC sense UI, Windows mobile UI is looking uber cool and then theres The nokia N8 and the only thing impressive about it, is it's hardware. But the hardware race is over, it's all about Software.

YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

What is REALLY boring is yet another bullshyte "I'm off to Android" post. There must have been a couple of hundred over the weeks. I wish they all hurry up and go.

Unregistered wrote:Ohhhh Nokia. This UI is so boring. It's just the same really. Slight tweaks. No smooth cool looking transitions.

I'm waiting for an Android with a Xenon flash and I'm off. I'm sure I will not miss Symbian and its outdated look. I've been a symbian user since the Nokia 7650 but I'm just bored of it now.

I'm jealous over the apps on the iphone, I'm jealous the the HTC sense UI, Windows mobile UI is looking uber cool and then theres The nokia N8 and the only thing impressive about it, is it's hardware. But the hardware race is over, it's all about Software.

Android with xenon? You'll be waiting for quite a while........

Unregistered wrote:YYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!

What is REALLY boring is yet another bullshyte "I'm off to Android" post. There must have been a couple of hundred over the weeks. I wish they all hurry up and go.

I wish they'd all just stfu and go!

yeah! i really don't know why they keep on commenting to this post if they really want is Android.. if you want android, then post you comments on android article.. of course people here will talk about N8 because this is the article which is related to.. tsk tsk..

Krypton15 wrote:yeah! i really don't know why they keep on commenting to this post if they really want is Android.. if you want android, then post you comments on android article.. of course people here will talk about N8 because this is the article which is related to.. tsk tsk..

The problem is that some people have a basic insecurity which causes them to need to justify their decisions with a form of denial. If they are in a thread about the N8 and Symbian^3 and being critical, then basically that suggests that they are impressed by it.

Anyway, enough psychobabble, ^3 on N8 DOES look quite impressive, but I'll wait until I've had my hands on one to make up my mind completely.

morpheus2702 wrote:The N8 - you're impressed by the... promo material? 😊

I'm impressed by the specs (apart from there being no keyboard!) and I like the look of it.

The promo material doesn't really show anything earth-shattering and it certainly doesn't look that much different from HTC's Sense UI in terms of multiple home screens with widgets etc. However, the overall package does seem interesting, especially if it is launched at the price hinted at in the original AAS article about the N8...

Im thinking of using this or some other subsequent Nokia camera phone as a pocket digital camera in combination with my Iphone as my mainstay. Unless there is a good pocket camera out there with a smaller form factor. Then again, with the Nokia phone I can also use it with a second sim on the road and upload whatever photos/video I take directly to the net. The free navigation doesnt hurt while traveling either.

Looks good 😊

However, I was wondering if Symbian^3 will have Blackberry OS6 multi-touch style marking of items in lists in for example SMSes and emails?

See this video at time-index 2:45, where he shows how to mark multiple entries and delete them. I think this is a very nice thing to be able to do.

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