http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/ Engadget Comments for Nokia completes its N8 video tour with media player and HDMI demo 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/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/It's still consider cheap for the highest end.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/The evo is great but focus on serch maps navigation.
Right now I have on my list of best touchscreen smartphone for use primary as a phone : palm pre plus / pre 2, blackberry Bold slider, htc hd2(green/red keys for the dialer I presume and keys are customizable), Dell lightning, Nokia N8 (if all the functions I ve mentioned before are available).

I like the N8 features (USB OTG, long press for contextual menu, picture/video quality etc. ). Symbian^3 seems fast and the device looks great.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
I am really impressed with the speed of the device. Its much faster than the proto's we have seen so far. They promised 60 fps and responsiveness, seems they are coming through. About your points, I think the N8 has them all, but I am not sure about speech to text. You might need to get an app for that. ]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 9:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Bluetooth FTP and OPP On the N8 is a good plus too.]]>Jun 11th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Well, given that it's a Nokia, it's a sure bet that it will have good reception and I already have an app for my 5800 that can record calls. The other things, you'll have to wait and see, but I don't doubt that it will be a great phone.]]>Jun 11th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Nokia media phones have ok SQ, I think its about the same as the iPhone. It will never get close to the sound and customizability of a sony or especially cowon DAP.]]>Jun 11th 2010 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/@tirim4 I agree with u about the sound customization. If the N8 SQ is on par with the 3GS's, It's ok. I read on head-fi that the 3GS SQ is one of the best among smartphones. ]]>Jun 11th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 4:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
The n8 has less memory, and a slower CPU but costs as much as a Nexus One or an iPhone 4. Oh and it has a lower resolution screen. If your a Symbian freak (I think I cured myself of that finally) great buy one, if not - who buys these?]]>Jun 11th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
The n8 has less memory, and a slower CPU but costs as much as a Nexus One or an iPhone 4. Oh and it has a lower resolution screen. If your a Symbian freak (I think I cured myself of that finally) great buy one, if not - who buys these?

They are cheap. its gonna be about $450-$480 at launch. It is high-end. A phone that cheap doesn't give you 12MP CARL ZEISS Camera with 720p. neither would it give you (REAL) bluetooth 3.0, nice user interface (trust me, they've improved it ALOT since n97), HDMI out, Dolby Surround Sound 5.1, FLASH!!! and SO many other things. The N8 has a 680 MHz, lesser than 1GHz and I agree. BUT, Symbian is a VERY light OS and unlike iOS or Android, it needs much lesser power to operate. it has a standard resolution screen, not lower. its the same as Nexus one (Just because Apple came up with their So-Called "retina display" doesnt mean all other phones are crap, Apple fanboy) Plus, neither Nexus one or iPhone can do HDMI out. and lemme tell you, the resolution of the OS on your HDTV doesnt stay 640x480, it scales and its resolution turns HD! ]]>Jun 11th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
Well you obviously have no idea of what this device can do, or the fundamental changes that have been made to the OS or UI. The fact that the icons look recognizable is a good thing, but you can change all of that if you do not like it. Bang for Buck this device is currently without equal. And stop the whining about the CPU now, the whole music player and photo and video gallery was as smooth as it gets which such an "old" processor. In fact, that means that you get similar or better performance (real 60 fps) and much better battery life...]]>Jun 12th 2010 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
"These phones aren't cheap and they aren't high end"

What is high end? But N8 isn't Nokias highest end, it's higher end, but there's room for at least one higher end phone.

"The n8 has less memory, and a slower CPU but costs as much as a Nexus One or an iPhone 4."

I'm pretty sure there's no way to get iPhone under 500$ for couple of years at least. And why put higher clocked CPU to eat battery when 680MHz is the sweet spot with the GPU anyway? Symbian is built to be mobile OS from the beginning so 256MB RAM is more than enough.

"Oh and it has a lower resolution screen."

For some reason 2 weeks ago iPhone 3gs' much lesser screen was good enough for almost anyone. Now when Apple had to exactly double the resolution (do you think they would have done it if it wasn't "convenient" to upscale old apps exactly 2x) it's suddenly the milestone everything else is compared?

PPI for most of the new phones is between 200 and 300PPI which is enough for distance between screen and eyes on normal mobile phone use scenario.
]]>Jun 12th 2010 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
That'll tide me over until I can pick up a used EVO on the cheap. =)]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/profile/4162506/ Now you see a blue url "Edit Picture" click it. I am sure you know the rest.
For anyone else, visit your own profile to do the same.]]>Jun 11th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/They need to enable vsync...]]>Jun 11th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 12th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Was a price announced? Wouldn't mind picking up an unlocked one in the future to replace my wife's E63. ]]>Jun 11th 2010 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
Agreed, a bit weak presenting skills for a senior product manager. Wonder what the meeting rooms are like...]]>Jun 11th 2010 7:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/It's also unsubsidized price. 350€ could actually be the price point you could get it after a month in the shops.]]>Jun 11th 2010 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Regardless of how it looks, I'm not buying. Nokia almost got me with the n97 from it's potential, I took a chance on the n900 based on promises or assurances and both times they've disappointed me. It'll be a very long time before I touch a Nokia again.]]>Jun 12th 2010 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/I have Nokia 5800 and like it and would like to get the N8 too, but when I see the UI of iPhone, than I am thinking, why Nokia doesn't make a better UI design? IMHO the device is already a better device compared to iPhone4 .]]>Jun 11th 2010 7:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
Most new devices are better than the iPhone 4 hardware wise, but you can not neglect the superiority of the OS and the appstore. I think for the majority, this is what wins them over hands-on.]]>Jun 11th 2010 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Symbian as OS is superior to iOS, Avkon UI is inferior to iOS UI.]]>Jun 11th 2010 7:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/what's up with this hardware stuff? Like you know hardware.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
ahh, I have finally found my nemesis. The anti-lockstock]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
Lol, did he say Android? This guy really knows his way around with manufacturers and their OSs. ]]>Jun 11th 2010 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 12:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://spb.com/symbian-software/mobileshell/ free trial etc etc ..]]>Jun 11th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/It's not just a phone. It's a digital camera and a digital camcorder. Both of these gadgets have traditionally come with TV-out.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
I do when I've acquired videos from teh intarwebs.

...

No, not those kind of videos.

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Mostly.]]>Jun 11th 2010 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/Jun 11th 2010 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
Coverflow was purchased from a shareware app of the same name that was available on the Mac around 2008. Where that developer got the inspiration no one will ever know. But 3D visualisation like that was hardly invented by Sun.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/11/nokia-completes-its-n8-video-tour-with-media-player-and-hdmi-dem/
So you are saying he is correct in stating Nokia did not rip off Apple, but rather both had an earlier source where they got their inspiration from? Well that settles that then.]]>Jun 11th 2010 8:29AM