http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/ Engadget Comments for Nokia N8 being announced mid-April http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Also its funny to see the contradiction:
"We've just been told by a trusted source that Nokia...middle of next month"
and
"Announcement certainly doesn't equate to availability in Nokia's world, so until we hear otherwise, we'll assume that Eldar Murtazin's claim of a September retail launch is likely accurate"

So Engadget, do you have a "trusted source" or not?]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Nevertheless, me being an N95, N96 and N97 and now an N900 user, i have to say that Symbian is utterly hopeless on touch screen devices. On the N95 and N96 it was amazing, the ability to add apps easily and its wide support to things such as Opera Mini etc, but on the N97 it was the biggest failure. I got the phone 1 month from when it came out, and it took the good part of a year to release basic things such as kinetic scrolling and bug fixes. Maemo is brilliant and thanks to its insane open sourceness there is a fix for almost anything!

Im not building much hope for this phone, simply due to its OS being Symbian!]]>Mar 24th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/I agree, S60 isn't good for touchscreens, I have a N900, a 5800 and an E71. The 5800 pales in comparison to the other 2, but since this is S^3 and not S60, nobody can say anything about it until a phone using it launches.]]>Mar 24th 2010 12:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/People that is not under Sprint?]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Engadget...just shut this bitch down until more news about the EVO comes out. Or (in a less likely situation) a phone with better specs is announced.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/

options!? specially for international UMTS markets]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Pretty much everywhere else in the world where GSM phones are the norm.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
I checked wootdotcom and this phone was not there. Stop lying to the people!]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
its internal dev name is Droidkick.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/

EVO is where its at now]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Then don't post here. You're all starting too look dangerously close to iPhone fanboys.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Hypocrisy at it's finest.

If anything its the Apple haters who have gone overboard....]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Nokia fanboys have become the #1 sycophants -- just look at the downranked comments on any nokia thread]]>Mar 24th 2010 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Cmon HTC grow a pair (literally) and give us the equiv UMTS of the EVO 4g. Even w/o the 4G]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
android 2.1 (sense>touch wiz)
same resolution (super amoled> amoled)
internal storage (8/16gb versus 1gb big win for samsung)
4.3 v 4.0 inch (win for HTC in my book, but some would prefer the smaller form factor)
8MP camera, wireless n, bluetooth 3.0 - samsung

There are some big wins for samsung and some small ones for the EVO (if you aren't on sprint), if you are worried about support its one thing. Though I think Samsung is going to play the smartphone game smart now that they feel it'll be the core of business going forward (just speculation though). ]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Sadly when you've been waiting for HD2's equivalent on the Android side of things aka with the 4.3"screen + Sense and now with goodies like 720p recording, 8mpix cam, etc you feel a bit left out. Euro geeks have been waiting patiently for Supersonic as much as US ones. So I hope HTC realises that opportunity. One has to wonder why it's taken so long to get a 'HD2' android, could be pressure from partners wanting exclusivity of such a gem (sprint?)

Samsung Galaxy S looks like a v.nice phone. I rly wish it was 4.3". I do love the super amoled. If I get it I'll probably get rid of their UI and go with stock 2.1. But it'll be a glass half empty compared to what the Supersonic promises to be :(]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Okay, jk. I really don't. F Nokia.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Looking forward to the N8 - let's see what Nokia does with Symbian^3 and the (finally!) updated hardware.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Tell me about it. Evo might sell something. Just watch how Galaxy S and N8 with 12mpx, xenon, 13.6mm, AMOLED screen will rock the sale charts globally.

It will be about Balaxy S and N8. Every other source tells than Murtazin says that N8 release would be June btw. Hopefully so.]]>Mar 24th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Those same people will sing another tune and chant the name of another newer yet-to-be-released phone a month from now.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
People who reply to the "first" poster (me included, in this case) are as bad or even worse than him/her.

GTFO, all of you.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/lolz. Been here 2+years under various names... my "first" comment. Everyone KNOWS they want to do it.

I accept my fate to be down-ranked... it was expected, nay, desired. ]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
True. The Xenon flash alone is a good sign that it will beat almost anything in the cameraphone section.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
+1.

Don't care about megapixels, but xenon is a _must_ for decent still pictures in the dark. This is not even up to debate.

EVO is disappointing in this regard.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/Mar 24th 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/The fact that the camera is a Nokia beats pretty much anything HTC. You could say that Carl Zeiss optics helps matters but i don't know how much that really matters on cell phone sensors aside from the N86 given how tiny they are.]]>Mar 24th 2010 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/One major bonus over Evo is a hardware shutter key on the Nokia. I just don't get why Evo couldn't get one? ]]>Mar 24th 2010 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
You beat me to it. The stuff we know about this phone is at least comparable to the Supersonic.

3G/4G = Lame discussion as it is strictly terminology. Speed matters. 3G can be as quick as 4G (for now).

Dont get me wrong, I like the EVO, but I am pretty sure that the N8 will be specced similarly or better. Can not wait to see it.



]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Their 'flagship' N900 was 3yrs too late, and its form factor still looked like a brick, even compared to the similar Droid.

Then Nokia decides to keep it unsubsidized at $500+. On top of this all, the only provider it can use 3G in the US is TMobile. Tmobile is the only carrier who gives breaks to unsubsidizes phones, yet are the weakest US carrier in terms of coverage (by far). Not exactly streamlining your business tactics.

I understand the want to keep the hardware and software streamlined under the Nokia banner, but these days you need hardware, software, AND carrier support.

1) give your phones 3G frequencies on BOTH American GSM carriers.
2) improve the form factor of your $500+ flagship phones.
3) Symbian is laggy. Decide on Maemo/Memo or whatever you call it, or Symbian, or stick to hardware and adopt Android
4) Decide if you want to align with US carriers. If this means makeing CDMA phones, then DO IT!!!!

I mean HTC and Apple both can manage to dole out phones that are sexy, can slip in my pocket without looking like I have a brick in there, have US GSM 3G bands, have their own slick UI's. All this while being supported by US carriers at reasonable prices. They understand the US market is not based upon unsubsidized phones.]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/The N900 was never intended as a consumer device, hence the no-fluff design, unsubsidized and UI quirks. It is a aimed at devs and geeks. ]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
The N900 is, IMHO, the best phone out there now, even in this developer oriented rough state.

Also, Nokia doesnt decide not to subsidize it. Carriers that carry a brand do. Nokia didnt play nice with them for a while, and thats the reason they have no significant presence in the US now. On your points:

1) Makes sense
2) A matter of taste. I prefer QWERTY, but a touchscreen only device like this one has its merits and should be shaped properly.
3) Symbian is the best OS out there IMHO, its UI is dated and wasnt built for touch however. Judging from what I see at the Symbian Foundation, Symbian^3 will be on par with the competition, Symbian^4 will jump the competition. MeeGo will be for the extreme high end.
4) I think they will. I hope they do. ]]>Mar 24th 2010 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/24/nokia-n8-being-announced-mid-april/
Nexus Three will be played out by then. Lol]]>Mar 24th 2010 11:37AM