Posted by admin on Thursday, 15 March 2012; Filled under Software
If you own a Nokia N8 you are probably running Symbian Anna and have patiently waited for Belle which has finally arrived. Belle is the official upgrade to Symbian Anna and aims at improving the functionality and performance of the OS.
The following new features and updating options are available for your Nokia N8-00.
Have up to six home screens with live widgets in different sizes
Personalise your home screens with home screen widgets and shortcuts
Get where you want to go quickly with the help of simpler menus
See notifications and your connectivity options on any screen
Customise your lock screen with wallpapers and important info
Get improved apps for navigating, imaging, and browsing the web
Please note that the latest software version may not be available for your device, and the benefits listed may not be available to you, or be available in selected countries.
If you use a PC, Nokia Suite can check your phone’s current software version and download new versions when they become available, using your PC’s internet connection.
Nokia Suite also helps you to back up your contacts and photos, synchronise your calendar and update other applications such as Maps.
To update your phone’s software using Nokia Suite on your PC:
On your PC, open Nokia Suite and connect your phone.
In Nokia Suite, select Tools > Software updates.
From the list of available updates, choose what you’d like to install.
It’s free to download and use Nokia Suite. It runs on Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
As Nokia Belle is a major upgrade, this also affects apps compatability and certain apps are not yet compatible. Also, please note, it is possible that all apps are deleted on Nokia Belle update, that includes apps installed on your phone’s C: drive (ie. phone memory) as well as your phone’s E: drive (ie. mass memory). It is also possible that apps installed on a memory card are lost. However, after the update to Nokia Belle is completed, you can reinstall them via Nokia Store.
Posted by admin on Thursday, 1 September 2011; Filled under Software
If you own a Nokia N8 you are probably running Symbian Anna, if not you should get it. It comes with a faster browser, improved text input, fresh, new icons and the latest version of Ovi Maps.
Symbian Anna significantly enhances the user experience on the Nokia N8 and the first thing you will notice is the menu, with crisp icons and multiple usability enhancements. Now you can swipe between your homescreen’s in real time instead of the old homescreen that moved only after you’ve finished with your swipe. In menu now you can rearrange your icons like on iOS and Android.
Text input has also been improved, typing on the touchscreen is much easier with a split screen, so you can see message threads, webpages, contacts or email view while typing on the virtual QWERTY keypad – now also available in portrait mode. The landscape QWERT keyboard is ok, the keys are big enough even for fast typing.
The usability of the photo gallery has also been improved.
Symbian Anna enhances Nokia Maps with better search functionality, new public transportation routes and the ability to check-in to favorite geo-social network sites like Facebook, Foursquare and Twitter.
Everything works much better, including web browsing – a faster, easier-to-use browser, delivering quicker page loads and improved device navigation allows people to connect more easily to their favorite sites on the go.
For its business customers, Nokia offers features such as full meeting requests secure encryption of data and secure Internet access. Business users with a Nokia N8 can now easily and securely access their company intranet with IPSEC and SSL VPN enablers.
Posted by admin on Tuesday, 30 November 2010; Filled under Uncategorized
The Nokia N8 comes in a fairly large square blue box, inside you will get everything you need to use all the phone features. You’ve got an AC Charger, nice headphones with hardware control buttons and microphone, MicroUSB cable(which by the way can also be used for charging), MicroUSB to female USB adapter, and Mini-HDMI to full HDMI adapter, so you can use a regular cable for connecting your N8 to your HDTV set.
The phone feels very solid in the hand, with an aluminium body and anodised scratch-proof paint. It really is scratch-proof – rubbing keys on it produced no ill-effects, although the slider switch on the side can get its paint rubbed off over time. The only areas of Nokia N8 which are not encased in anodised aluminum are its ends, both top and bottom are covered by slick, super-glossy plastic strips which like most things glossy love’s fingerprints. The battery is non-removable, as the metal body completely encloses it.
On the left side of the phone you will find the microUSB port which remains uncovered, as well as the SIM card and microSD card slots located under two flaps.
On the right-hand side, the N8 has the volume rocker, the screen lock slider and the dedicated camera key. The first two are very comfortable, with great grip and tactility. The camera key has staggered press levels to allow you to only push it down partway for autofocus and a full-press for the shutter. The volume rocker buttons have a little beveled circle on each side so that you can easily feel for them with your fingers without having to look at the device.
The 12 megapixel camera lens is what draws all the attention round back. It doesn’t have a protective cover as that would have added quite a few millimeters more of extra girth. Instead it relies on reinforced glass front lens that Nokia claims is sturdy enough to resist all the abuse the device might get. The other things of interest here are the xenon flash and the loudspeaker.
The top of N8 is where the HDMI port, 3.5mm audio jack and the power button which also handles screen lock and ringing profile. At the bottom of the Nokia N8 features nothing but the Nokia proprietary charger plug. The N8 is well covered in terms of charging options. You can you use either the regular charger or any microUSB charger/data cable you might have at hand.
The front of Nokia N8 is dominated by the 3.5’’ AMOLED display with 360 x 640 resolutin and ~210 ppi pixel density and a fort facing camera of 0.3-megapixel next to it is the proximity sensor. Below the display is a menu key, Nokia didn’t added any hardware call keys as on previous smartphones.
The N8 is priced competitively, has some great features and a stunning camera, it’s probably the best Nokia you’ve ever seen.
Posted by admin on Thursday, 13 May 2010; Filled under Uncategorized
Nokia N8 comes with a 3.5-inch, 640×360 capacitive touchscreen. It is Nokia’s first camera phone to have a 12 megapixel sensor. It will have a camera sensor size of 1/1.83″ and xenon flash.
It is Nokia’s first smartphone to run on the Symbian^3 operating system that will have single-tap interaction, addition of multiple home screens, and customization abilities. In addition, the display will have multi-touch capabilities with gesture support.
With regard to connectivity it has, among other features, HDMI out with Dolby Digital Plus sound and Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n. The N8 will be the first ever device to support UMTS bands used by both T-Mobile USA and AT&T Mobility, with its Pentaband 3.5G radio.
Due to ship in select markets during the third quarter of 2010 at a RRP of €370 ($499; £320) before subsidies and taxes.
More features:
- Symbian ^3 for Nokia OS
- CPU: ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator
- Phone memory: 16 GB storage + MicroSD memory card support (up to 32GB); 256MB RAM, 512MB ROM
- Phonebook memory: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
- Alert Types: Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
- GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
- HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
- WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP
- High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
- WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
- Java MIDP 2.1
- SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Instant Messaging
- HTML support for email
- Predictive text input T9
- Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- GPS with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps 3.0
- TV-out via HDMI and composite
- Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI
- Anodized aluminum casing
- Digital compass
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Voice command/dial
- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)<br>
- Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes<br>
- PIM: Detailed contact information; Calendar; To-do list; Notes; Recorder; Calculator; Clock
- Video/photo editor
- HTML 4.1
- Flash Lite v4.0
- Speakerphone
- Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum): 6h (via HDMI to TV)
- Video recording time (H.264 720p, 25 fps, maximum): 3h 20mins
- Video call time (maximum): 160 mins
- Colors: Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange
Posted by admin on Tuesday, 27 April 2010; Filled under Uncategorized
The Nokia N8, Nokia’s latest smartphone, intuitively connects to the people, places and services that matter most. With the Nokia N8, people can create compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. Available in select markets during the third quarter of 2010, the estimated retail price of the Nokia N8 is EUR 370, before applicable taxes or subsidies.
The Nokia N8 introduces a 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a large sensor that rivals those found in compact digital cameras. Additionally, the Nokia N8 offers the ability to make HD-quality videos and edit them with an intuitive built-in editing suite. Doubling as a portable entertainment center, people can enjoy HD-quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound by plugging into their home theatre system. The Nokia N8 enables access to Web TV services that deliver programs, news and entertainment from channels like CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic. Additional local Web TV content is also available from the Ovi Store.
Social networking is second nature to the Nokia N8. People can update their status, share location and photos, and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single app directly on the home screen. Calendar events from social networks can also be transferred to the device calendar.
The Nokia N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation, guiding people to places and points of interest in more than 70 countries worldwide.
Symbian^3 in action
Powering the Nokia N8 is Symbian ^3, the latest edition of the world’s most used smartphone software, which introduces several major advances, including support for gestures such as multi touch, flick scrolling and pinch-zoom. The Nokia N8 also offers multiple, personalizable homescreens which can be loaded with apps and widgets. The new 2D and 3D graphics architecture in the platform takes full advantage of the Nokia N8’s hardware acceleration to deliver a faster and more responsive user interface. Symbian^3 also raises the bar in performance by delivering greater memory management allowing more applications to run in parallel for a faster multi-tasking experience.
Getting Qt for Developers
The Nokia N8 is Nokia’s first device to be integrated with Qt, a software development environment that simplifies the development and makes it possible to build applications once and deploy across Symbian and other software platforms. Nokia has also made the powerful and simple to use Nokia Qt SDK available, in its initial beta, to enable developers to start realizing the potential of Qt.
