Wednesday 13 July 2011

Nokia N8 : Photographers tool that can communicate too (Complete Review)

The Launch of New Nokia N8 have been a Turning point in the history of Finnish Manufacturers. Just after the success of N95, other products of the smart phone leader have let them down such as N96, N82 and many more and what to talk after that, Today the Majority of the Smart phone market is slowly and steadily being over taken by the Touch sensitive Android Devices and I phones.

The only good and the best feature of the New Nokia N8 that people are talking about is its Camera. The New Nokia N8 have a 12 MP Camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a large sensor that can be comparable to those found in DG Cams. The Nokia N8 provides a real home theater experience in HD along with Dolby Digital Plus sound quality. HDMI cable provided along with the phone can plug your device to your home theatre system

The Nokia N8 has 16GB built in storage space and expandable up to 48GB with a Micro SD card. It is integrated with Ovi Maps with free Walk and Drive navigations like other Nokia Phones. People can remain connected to their favorite social networks like Facebook and Twitter on their home screens through single applications. Events associated with users social account are also transferred to their calendars.The New Nokia N8 offers its users to view WEB TV channels like Nat Geo, CNN, Paramount Etc.…
The Nokia N8 comes with a software development environment called Qt, that allowes users to develop applications and deploy them across various software platforms like Symbian. Nokia has also made Nokia Qt SDK available in its initial beta release, to let the developers explore the importance of Qt.

IMPROVEMENTS THAT NOKIA HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IN ITS NEW SYMBIAN^3 VERSION ARE AS FOLLOWS

■Improved user interface featuring single tap, multi-touch and support “pinch-to-zoom.”
■Three personalized Home Screens.
■Faster and more responsive user interface with new 2D and 3D graphics architecture that takes full advantage of hardware acceleration.
■More efficient memory management allows more applications to run in parallel for a faster, more complete and efficient multi-tasking experience.
■It also has a rich Gaming experiene.
The hardware of New Nokia N8 is a full metal chassis with anodised scratch-proof paint. The Nokia N8 also doesn’t have a removable battery it cant be opened roughly unless you have a screwdriver. Nokia has designed two slots on the side one for the microSD card and the other for SIM card.

It also has a Five band radio which not only supports quadband GSM/EDGE but also 3G networks on the 850/900/1700/1900/2100 bands. The new Nokia N8 has a board FM Transmitter, which allows you to broadcast your tunes through your radio. It also has a built in voice recorder, which means you can easily record a phone call. Although being in a prototype stage, Nokia Plug and Touch is a technology, which can transform any screen into a giant touch screen.You just need to connect your Nokia N8 to a HDTV via the HDMI output and your gestures are recognized by the Nokia N8?s camera.



ADVANTAGES
■12 MP autofocus camera with xenon flash and 720p@25fps video recording
■large 1/1.83” camera sensor, mechanical shutter, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection
■CPU: 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 512 ROM,256 MB RAM
■HDMI: microHDMI port for 720p TV-out functionality
■GPS: GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
■Digital compass
■Noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
■Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
■AUDIO CONNECTIVITY: 3.5 mm audio jack
■USB On-the-go micro USB support
■Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
■Its good audio reproduction quality
■Scratch resistant glass display
DISADVANTAGES
■As Symbian^3 is still behind Android and iOS it lags in OS
■Video Light Not Provided
■Paid office document editing
■Video player have come up with some problems
■Battery Life is low compared to other rivals
■Non replaceable Battery
IN THE BOX



Finally its Price around 23k(INDIA) some what costly that would make hard for it to face its rivals who offers same plus more advanced features at the same price. But one who is well focused to use the device for the photography along with its communication capabilities can definitely opt for it.Hence in spite of having this much features, it would be a tough call for the New Nokia N8 to face the real world.

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