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Hi,

I lost my connection to the internet at home today, have no fear, started Ovi suite and connect to the internet with my N8, awesome… I’m back online
(Although, sometimes its nice to be “unplugged”)

Hi,

So, right of the box with the N8 you can do this:

• Connect your N8 to your TV.
• Watch youtube/vimeo etc’.. on your TV, using on device Wi-Fi/3G connectivity.

I liked the fact that the flash movie went directly to full screen.
(Yeah… its awesome for me, I have no TV out, of any sort, from my old, crappy pc)

P.S:
I say “It takes some time to load”, however, from the sec I tap the image till the video starts to play, its only 7Sec’, that’s not bad at all for an HD streaming video.

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Andrew from “Boy Genius Report” gave the N8 a nice review
I think he forgot to mention some things and skip some important info, just like many other blogers around the USA, not saying they are completely wrong the whole time, but I do think they see a pretty narrow view of the smatphone world.
Please, read he’s review 1st’, so you will have a point of view to see what I’m talking about (just one example of a review of the N8).

So… the biggest thing I agree with is the “To:” button, that is “old” and should change fast to real time keystroke search.
Hopefully the future firmware updates will fix some of those review issues.

I think everything else is amazing about this phone.

• No mention of the amazing free Ovi maps (iPhone users, just so you know there is no need to connect to the web, it can store the maps on the device, but you would know nothing about that, I mean you would when you pay for it).
• No mention of USB on the go nor the usual Nokia’s drag&drop (iPhone users, yes, you can use this device as a USB stick out of the box, put music, files and movies on it, new concept for you guys?, of course it is)
• No mention of how many video codecs it supports, I mean alot !!!, there was not a single video that i tried that didn’t run smoothly of this puppy.
• Those “wrist-strap thingies”, I personally love it, if I just walk around the street, it can’t be drooped or easily taken from my hand.
• The screen saver doesn’t take any battery, at all, great use of the OLED screen.
• The thing I don’t get, Andrew talks about small widgets, however, no mention of the iPhone great support of them.. opss.. sorry, my bad, it does not, how many clicks does it take you to see the weather?, for me?, none, for example, how many clicks to change the song that s playing?, for me, from home screen, 1, for you?.
• No mention of the on board, pre-installed social network app, yes, its not very mature and could be conceded by some a failure, but for me and many others that are not heavy users of those serves, its perfect, hooo yeah, it can take events from Facebook and put them in you calendar, right off the box.. neat.
• Update(2 days after the post): I even forget, cause you do not really notice it but. the home screens work both landscape and portrait mode, which I like.

Its amazing that people say “Nokia should learn from what they have done”, I think and see that they have, it takes time, I know it, but they will get there.
What I don’t understand is when Apple comes out with a phone that has reception issue, say they will not fix it, gives you a case and pull back from that as well, pissing on their customers, people say.. “wow”. It doesn’t matter if you drop calls or not, the idea stays the same, they say “we will not fix this known issue” and you still think its a good, nice company that cares for their customers?, not so sure. That’s pretty amazing to me.

Yes, many things can be changed and should be but I really can’t say I would call Symbian “primitive”, I think it’s still stronger than iOS and Android.

Later…

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Hi,

Just wanted to show off my N8′s home screens setup… nothing too fancy.
I like the fact that each home screen can have its own “personalty”, sort of speak…

After a few days that I’m having this device, here are some more insights that I have on this great device… of course, bad things too .
Most of the bad things could be and I think will be fix in upcoming software updates.

Things I don’t like and don’t understand…

• What gives… from the photo album I can’t send photo to email!?!.
• From email, I’m limited to 2MB’ attachments!?!
• Ovi mail 1st’ set up has to go through the web?!?, even my X5230 does not do that.. weird and annoying!.
• When starting the Ovi store for the 1st’ time, you actually need to install the new client… can’t the device come with the client pre-installed ?!?
• This phone’s screen is a fingerprint magnet!, big time!.
• Its been almost a week with the N8 and I still didn’t find a way to play all the songs, regardless to album from the same artist… what the hell..?!?!?
• As a left handed person, its pretty hard to press the menu button..
• When done inserting my password, no need to press okay, if the code is correct, just unlock the device…

This I found out that I like about this phone:

• No need to take it out of pocket, when locked and music is on, the volume controls still works, helps on battery too(!)
• The camera is well.. AWESOME !!!
• When inserting a simple headphones there is no more prompt to ask how to use this accessory, it knows its a simple headphones and just lets you know to use device microphone.
• I like that Nokia uses the fact that it has an OLED screen and put this screen saver… its great, I love it, clock is always there.
• Audio quality is really good.
• Me, personally, like the design, very unique.
• Nice games are starting to see the light of day, with graphics acceleration card, it’s looking good!.
• The fully customizable home-screens are great, each home-screen can be “Its’ own device”.
• Something I loved ever since my E71 is the breathing light, on this device it looks really good, soft light when “breathing” and in panic attack when blinking for notifications.
• The HDMI out port is great, I tested it with a high def video on my TV, it looks and sounds amazing… big thumbs up for this one.

On both, the Like and DisLike, I’m sure I’ll find out more later on, this is for now

….”And now for something completely different”, some small tests I did for the N8′s camera.

Here is a pic from the camera in close up mode:

Here is a pic from a party, very dark room, with flash:

Here is a video of a party in very dark room…:

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So… it was a nightmare to get the N8, but I did!, don’t ask where/how, all I can/want to say is that it’s over, I have it in my hand, the price was not that bad, although, of course, I would have preferred  Nokia’s USA pricing…
Its sitting right here beside me as I’m writing this and what can I say… I’m happy, for now .
(Nokia, it does not mean I forgive you for not being here in Canada… not yet at least)

I’m not going to do a “unboxing” video, I think that I (and pretty sure that you too) already saw at least 20 of them, its pretty obvious by now whats in the box .
Some of the home-screen short cuts are very similar to what I posted about the “N97mini home-screen tips“, so I did not have a great learning curve there, that’s good for whoever is familiar with Symbian.

Some things I like at the 1st’ 14H’:
1) When pulling out the headphones, the music pauses automatically, I love it.
2) The OLED screen is amazing, really nice colors and very clear picture.
3) I like the screen saver (not that it actually needs one) and I like the fact that you can change it, big clock, photos music player Etc’…
4) The widgets support got better and of course, I love it, seeing weather on home-screen, what a treat…hehe.
5) I did not try with over 6 apps yet, but its’ very responsive and fast.
6) One log-in to my Nokia account set me up with all 3 Ovi accounts, Maps, store and sync, cool.

Some things I did not like at the 1st’ 14H’:
1) In the music player, how can I listen to ALL the songs from one artist ?!?, I could not find it anywhere.. weird.
2) As left handed, its pretty hard to press the menu button!.
3) .. looking for more…

That’s it for now.
welcome to my life N8, hope you will help out

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