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If you hold it in your hands, you will not be able to part with it for a long time. It seems to bewitch with its elegance and beauty of design and the clarity of the display (16,777,216 colors), which does not fade even in the sun. The high-level performance of the smartphone with an ARM 11 processor with a frequency of 680Mhz is quite enough to ensure fast work with applications. Concerning Nokia N8-00 cameras then he has one of the best among all phone models. 12 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and powerful xenon flash allow the smartphone to take quite professional pictures, both day and night. Video shooting of Nokia N8-00 in high quality HD format with a resolution of 1200 by 720 pixels can be easily watched on a TV screen. The smartphone is powered by a 1200 mAh BL-4D battery, which will allow the phone to operate for 12 hours of talk time and 390 hours of standby time. The smartphone is available in five colors: red, black, green, silver and blue. The smartphone's large memory of 16GB and microSD 32GB will allow you to transfer full-length movies for viewing without additional transcoding. Nokia N8-00 is equipped with a receiver GPS and free maps from Nokia. For mobile lovers games It will be a pleasure to play on the large and bright 3.5-inch display. Here, it is probably impossible to describe how pleasant it is to use the N8-00 phone; you have to hold it in your hands to appreciate its magnificence!

Full specifications of Nokia N8-00.

• Operating system: Symbian^3
• Processor: ARM type 11/ CPU frequency 680 MHz
• Battery capacity:1200mAh/ BL-4D 3.7
• Standby time 390 hours (2G)/400 (3G)
• Talk time 12 hours (2G) / 5.8 hours (3G)
• Main camera: 12 MP./ 3000 x 4000 pixels/ Zoom 2x/ Xenon flash/ Face recognition/ Picture editor/ Autofocus/ Geotagging
• Main video recording: MPEG-4 / 1280 x 720 / 30 frames per second / zoom 4 X
• Camera two: VGA for video communication / 15 frames per second.
• Memory RAM 256 MB / Built-in memory 16 GB / Possible to expand microSD max. up to 32 GB.
• Browser: XML/ HTML/ CSS/ AJAX/ JavaScrip/ XHTML MP
• Instant messaging services: Yahoo! Messenger/ Nokia Chat/ MySpace/ Google Talk/ AIM/ Windows Live Messenger
• Local Connections: Micro-USB/ HDMI/ 3.5 mm Audio Jack/ 2.0 mm Charger Jack
• Data transmission: 2G EGPRS/ 2G GPRS/ 3G HSUPA/ 3G HSDPA
• Wireless: WLAN IEEE 802.11/Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
• Operating range: Four 2G bands / Five 3G bands / Possibility of automatic switching between WCDMA and GSM
• Audio capabilities: Yes player / Stereo FM radio with RDS function / FM transmitter
• Display: Diagonal 3.5 inches / Resolution 640 x 360 / 16,777,216 colors / Touch capacitive
• Navigation: GPS receiver (A-GPS) built-in / Nokia maps with free navigation
• Dimensions H.113.5 mm/W.59.0 mm/T.12.9 mm
• Weight 135 g.
• More features of Nokia N8-00: Touch control/ Music playback max. 50 h/ Video playback max. 7 h/ Video recording max. 3.3 h/ FOTI, FOTA software updates/ Voice recorder/ Calculator/ Calendar/ Notes/ Task list/ Voice dialing/ Voice commands/ Conference calling/ Video calling/ HTTP 1.1, WAP 2.0 protocols/ Video editing/ Energy saving mode/ Video streaming/ Playing high definition video on TV

Quick transition to other Microsoft / Nokia models.

Nokia N8 is one of those phones that can be considered perfect until you come across something “even more perfect”. It seems that there is nothing special to complain about, but in the process of getting to know the model, the caustic aftertaste of a “belated” announcement does not go away. If Nokia had rushed to release the N8 within a year, there would have been no price for this handset.

Detailed list of characteristics in our catalog: .

Webcast iXBT TV, which shows and talks about the functionality of the Nokia N8 smartphone, which we will not focus on in this review, so as not to repeat ourselves:

Contents of delivery

The Nokia N8 comes complete with a charger, USB cable, HDMI cable, silicone case and a wired headset and instruction books.

Exterior

Nokia N8 has a design... so classic for communicators that you won't immediately understand where to start describing it. You can, for example, from a button on the front panel. If you put a silicone case over the handset, the button becomes almost invisible, despite the fact that in normal mode it periodically winks at the user with a backlit rim.

The dimensions of the model will seem familiar to those who have ever used communicators from the mid-2000s. On the one hand, the phone is small: it was not possible to fit a large display within the model. On the other hand, it’s not so small: even in a jacket pocket, the device will become a serious burden due to its plump body.

The silicone case, which can protect the device from scratches, excess moisture, and shock when dropped, deserves special mention. This simple accessory will also protect you from prying eyes: in a case, the smartphone becomes not very beautiful. By the way, silicone is a completely non-slip material, and therefore the “dressed” N8 holds very securely in the hand. By the way, recklessly placed in the front pocket of your jeans, the phone will successfully turn it inside out the first time you take it out.

If you remove the cover, the device may seem quite nice. There was no room for exotic designer solutions, and therefore the model looks very strict and cultural. The N8 has a cast body and gives the impression of something very reliable: no squeaks, no swaying of the back cover. Of course, this solution also has the obvious disadvantage of a permanent battery, but in these days of overflowing landfills, who would think about replacing the used battery in an old phone instead of buying a new one?

The “back” of the phone, however, has its purpose: it is here, on a small elevation, that the lens of the 12-megapixel camera with a xenon flash is located, as well as the main “music” speaker of the smartphone.

The front panel of the phone is mostly occupied by a touch capacitive display. Its resolution is low: 360x640 pixels with a diagonal of 3.5 inches. The model uses an AMOLED matrix, so the phone provides a bright, contrasting picture. Under the glass shared with the display is a camera lens for video calls and a proximity sensor.

On the right side of the case there is a mass of hardware controls. Here you will find a speaker volume joystick (only works during a conversation and listening to a player or radio), a lock lever, and a camera button.

At the top end there is a button to turn on the device. That's right - in a diminutive form, because she is very small and, judging by the difficulty of finding her, very shy. Here, at the top, there is an HDMI port for connecting to a home theater and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

The plugs for the MicroSD memory card and SIM card slots have found their place on the left edge. By the way, if you think that this position of the SIM card implies the possibility of hot-swapping it, then you are deeply mistaken: when you rearrange the card, the phone reboots the system.

And finally, the bottom line. There is a connector for the power supply, an eyelet for a lanyard and the inscription “Made in Finland”, which indicates a rare assembly of European origin these days.

Communications and network

Nokia N8 is equipped with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth wireless modules. WLAN settings allow you to enable automatic search for all available networks online: in fact, at any time you can simply select the desired network from the menu without wasting time searching for available points. This behavior of the phone is not rational (in relation to battery resources), but, nevertheless, this particular mode is enabled by default.

The Bluetooth interface offers a standard set of settings (on/off, access level, name), as well as the ability to enable remote access to the SIM card.

The process of setting up a USB connection turned out to be very obvious and convenient: through the menu you can select one of several options, “tailored” for a specific task. Among the options: Nokia Ovi Suite (for managing the Ovi library from a computer), Storage (like a regular flash drive), transferring media files (synchronization with Windows Media Player or Nokia Ovi) and connecting a PC to the network (for operating the phone as a 3G modem ).

The smartphone has a GPS module and its own software for routing. The phone finds its coordinates very quickly. But the “Maps” navigation program cannot be praised: information about roads in it is downloaded from the network and has an extremely large scale (in practice, only the main transport arteries of cities are displayed).

Phone settings

The first thing a new smartphone owner will encounter is the process of searching for a menu. The author of this article still remembers with a smile the 5 minutes of getting to know the handset, when over and over again, instinctively clicking on the “Functions” menu in the lower left corner of the main screen, she ended up in a gloomy list of four items (See Open applications, Change main screen. , Widgets without network, Guide). Nothing more suitable for the role of the main menu was noticed, and the only hardware button on the handset was cleverly hidden under a silicone case and was not noticed at all.

Well, our process of getting to know the device began with... the manual, ashamed as a mobile phone tester in Russia may be to admit it. The only justification here can be that the reason to open this menu item was banal curiosity: we have not seen anything like this in similar phones (at least in such prominent places).

The leadership turned out to be lush, spreading and spreading, like a hundred-year-old oak. Literally every smallest step, every sigh of the user towards the handset was carefully and with dignity examined by a Nokia technical writer.

However, if we return to the topic of the main menu and still talk about its location, then everything turned out to be very simple: we press the hardware key and a screen appears with several icons displaying the main software capabilities of the smartphone.

Among the main menu icons there are: Calendar, Contacts, Music player, Internet, Messages, Photos, Store (downloading applications from the OVI service), Maps, Video clips, Settings, Internet TV, Applications (all programs that do not fit on the main menu screen). The list, as you can see, is not very large, and therefore it fits on one screen without requiring scrolling.

The settings menu consists of Profiles, Themes, Phone, Application Manager, Call, Communications and Application Options. Here, while exploring all the items in search of something interesting, we discovered a very interesting thing in the “Communication” menu: an FM transmitter. It is the transmitter: you can set any arbitrary frequency and broadcast your playlist entries on it using a media player. This function works at a short distance (up to 2 meters) and may be useful for motorists.

Among other interesting points, the developers' attention to the phone's operating modes was of particular interest. With all the abundance and variety of profiles, the user has the opportunity to create his own, fine-tuning the phone’s reaction to every imaginable signal.

SMS: write and read

The messages menu is quite standard, with the exception of a separate “Conversations” item, as well as the location of delivery reports in a separate folder.

A new message is entered in a separate window, consisting of two fields: the recipient's phone number and text. To enter a number, you can use both your own memory and the virtual numeric keypad, as well as the contact book (the button for calling up the address book is located at the very bottom and is hidden under the virtual keyboard in the manual number entry mode).

You can enter a message in two handset positions: portrait or landscape. By holding the phone vertically, you use a virtual semblance of a classic mobile keyboard. By placing your smartphone horizontally, you will enable the QWERTY keyboard. By the way, the handset can only rotate in one direction (counterclockwise): the Nokia N8 ignores clockwise or “upside down” rotation.

You can attach images, video or audio clips, slides to outgoing messages, you can create voice recordings, video or audio recordings directly from the message editor, and you can also send ready-made templates, notes or your own business card.

SMS reading is available in both classic and conversational modes. The first gives the user the ability to reduce or increase the font of the message, and the second allows the user to open the interlocutor’s card or add additional recipients.

Contacts and calls

The smartphone allows you to use both the handset's own memory and a SIM card as a notebook.

The set of fields for a new contact is quite large: First Name, Last Name, Mobile, Telephone, Email, Address, Image, Alarm melody, Video call, Internet phone, Organization, Position, Synchronization type.

As for contact groups, it is suggested that you create them yourself to suit your taste. However, the “set” of parameters for the group consists of one single name, so you can’t go wild with the settings here.

During the work, an original feature was discovered: at the moment when the vast majority of all phones, when you click on a contact number, open a dialog box with the question: “Shall I dial such and such a number?” — Nokia N8 is already starting to dial it, displaying the familiar conversation interface on the screen. At first, such a sparkling reaction is a little scary, but after a couple of days it becomes familiar.

The log turned out to be standard: three tabs for missed, dialed and accepted numbers. They are displayed in chronological order without repeating names, that is, each newly dialed contact is moved to the top of the list and is not duplicated.

As already mentioned, the manufacturer offers many profiles for the phone: Normal, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Standalone. They can be supplemented with your own settings.

Business applications

Business applications in Nokia N8 are scattered across all menu levels. In the root directory we found a calendar and an Internet browser, in the applications menu there was an entire “Office” folder, a separate email client and note-taking.

The calendar can serve as a diary: here you can create all kinds of records about meetings, affairs and other important events. The note editor allows you to add an arbitrary text entry to the device’s memory.

The Internet browser deserves special words, which can rightfully be recognized as... one of the most inconvenient, which is especially offensive in the context of a serious smartphone manufactured in 2010. However, judging by the Ovi application store, Opera Mobile is popular with users, so the owner of an N8 should not have problems surfing the Internet.

The office suite includes: File Manager, Dictionary, QuickOffice, ZIP Archiver, Calculator, AdobePDF, Voice Message Reader and Voice Recorder. Original and strange, but true: we couldn’t find a stopwatch on the smartphone.

Entertainment

Media content is managed through applications: Music Player, Photos, Video Clips, Internet TV, Photo or Video Editing, Radio. There is also its own Ovi store client and a separate link to music from the same service.

The music player has a familiar organization today: music is loaded into a music library, scanned and displayed by artists, albums and other meta-information. We did not find a music browser as such, so to create a collection of different artists you will have to “sweat a little” by setting the general name of the album.

The phone photo editor will entertain its owner with the opportunity to make fun of friends in photos, distorting them with funny smiles and other expressions of emotion.

The option described in the previous paragraph may also be liked by users because the smartphone does not have a single pre-installed game! Perhaps, in the age of Internet content downloaded in a matter of seconds for every taste and color, the lack of games will not be a big problem, but including at least a couple of trivial standard games in the standard set was not at all superfluous.

Camera performance can be described as "acceptable" if you intend to use the phone to take photo notes for blogs. The camera is not suitable for more serious purposes due to the unresponsive shutter button, unclear autofocus and extremely high noise level when shooting indoors.

Nokia N8 review:

Display:

Nokia N8 is equipped with a 3.5-inch AMOLED, Multitouch display, resolution – 640x360 pixels, displays up to 16 million colors, with an aspect ratio of 16:9 – this is especially convenient when watching videos.

The glass coating protects the screen from damage and possible scratches.

The light sensor automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen backlight. You can also turn off the sensor and set the parameters yourself.

When you hold the phone to your ear during a phone call, the proximity sensor immediately turns off the display backlight, saving battery power and preventing accidental button presses.

Interface

There are three desktops in Nokia N8. You can switch between tables by pressing the central button (you can scroll through the tables in a circle) or simply by swiping with your finger. Each of them can contain up to 8 widgets and have their own “wallpaper”. There is also a scrollable list of contact icons. By clicking on it with your finger, you will open a menu from which you can immediately call, send a message, etc.

SMS linking function:

The essence of the function is to link SMS into chains, like in Gmail. Messages from the same correspondence between interlocutors are automatically combined into lists that are convenient to view. A very convenient solution for active SMS correspondence. In addition, you can now insert animated emoticons into SMS.

Communications:

Nokia N8 supports GPRS/EDGE class B, HSDPA up to 10.2 Mbps and HSUPA up to 2 Mbps. There is Wi-Fi b/g/n.

Bluetooth

Nokia N8 is equipped with Bluetooth 3.0 - it is the first Nokia model with Bluetooth 3.0 version, also called High Speed. When transferring files to other devices that support this technology, Wi-Fi 802.11 n is used, and the transfer speed is about 24 Mbit/s.

A special feature of the Nokia N8 is the connection of flash drives (you can both copy data and view them from the drive) using the included microUSB to USB adapter. Flash drives with a capacity of up to 16 GB are supported.

The phone has an HDMI Mini connector, and there is also an adapter (included in the standard kit) for connecting the device to a TV via HDMI. With this connection, you see the entire contents of your screen on TV, you can play music, as well as video (5.1 multi-channel audio is supported if the corresponding audio track is recorded in the file).

802.11 b/g/n standard is supported. The Wi-Fi module works stably, quickly finds available networks, allows you to add them manually and remembers previously connected ones. There is a wizard for searching Wi-Fi networks.

Nokia N8 is equipped with a built-in GPS receiver with support for A-GPS and navigation using Ovi maps. It is also possible to determine coordinates via Wi-Fi, if the Wi-Fi point can provide coordinates to your mobile device.

Camera:

Nokia N8 is equipped with a 12-megapixel camera with xenon flash. The camera is equipped with autofocus, face detection, and supports geotagging for photos and videos. It is possible to disable the geotagging function.

Nokia N8 can shoot high-definition 720p video in HD quality at 25 frames per second.

Multimedia:

Nokia N8 has a built-in loud speaker, 3.5 mm headphone jack and volume control buttons. Moreover, the exit is located at the top end, which can be considered an ideal option. There is a functional player and FM radio with transmitter. The main feature of the player is the Shuffle mode for all tracks and the effective implementation of viewing album covers. Having lined up on the screen, they can easily be twirled with your fingers in both directions. Having found the desired album, you need to click on its cover. However, to get this feature you need to upload pictures to folders with MP3 files.

Applications:

Ovi Store is a network service where the user is provided with various programs, as well as a variety of graphics, ringtones and themes. Before starting the application, you may need to download an updated version of the program, otherwise it may not start. You can purchase music, videos, applications.

Pros and cons of Nokia N8:

Pros:

• Quick replacement of SIM card and memory card
• There is a light sensor (automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen backlight) and a distance sensor (during a phone call, you bring the phone to your ear, the distance sensor immediately turns off the display backlight, saving battery power and preventing accidental button presses)
• New functional player
• FM radio with transmitter
• Support Wi-Fi standard 802.11 n
• Three comfortable work desks

• Access to the battery is impossible due to the one-piece housing. You need to contact a service center or buy special screwdrivers.
• When transferring large files via Bluetooth, the connection often breaks down
• Impractical keyboard

• Telephone
• Battery BL-4D Li-Ion 1200 mAh
• Charger
• USB cable
• HDMI cable
• Mini-USB to USB adapter
• Wired stereo headset WH-701
• Silicone Case
• Instructions

Model: Nokia N8

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