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Nokia Lumia 920 VS Sony Xperia T

by Argam - on Sep 7th 2012 - No Comments
Nokia Lumia 920 vs Sony Xperia T

Nokia’s current strategy apparently differs from the policy of other companies; Sony launches different handsets one after another, Samsung offers a myriad of Galaxy line devices with various names and for different categories, while Nokia works on a few devices for some time and announces them making a huge buzz. In brief, the more...

Nokia 808 PureView Review

by Argam - on Aug 1st 2012 - No Comments
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It’s fair to say that having once being top dog in the mobile phone world, Nokia have struggled to really make an impact in the western smartphone market. However, the Finnish company are going the right way about challenging the dominance of Samsung, Apple and HTC by manufacturing a range of excellent new phones. One of these new phones...

Nokia Lumia 900 Fully Cleared of All Bugs

by Argam - on Jun 12th 2012 - No Comments
Nokia Lumia 900

Even if you try hard you won’t find more than four Nokia Windows Phone smartphones because Nokia doesn’t repeat HTC’s mistakes and doesn’t launch many devices at the same time. Though the Finnish manufacturer is too active in launching featurephones, the same thing cannot be said for Lumias. The first rep from this line...

Nokia Lumia 900 Review

by Argam - on Jun 5th 2012 - No Comments
Nokia Lumia 900

Nokia’s latest entry in the smart phone wars is the Lumia 900, first unveiled at the CES 2012 this past January. It was hailed as one of the most exciting products at the show and even won the award for Best Smartphone. The award was good news for Microsoft, given their push to gain ground on iOS and Android, but certainly news...

Nokia Lumia 800 – Spartacus of All Lumia Gladiator-Handsets

by Argam - on Apr 2nd 2012 - No Comments

During the past years Nokia was self-destructive. Many people accused it of choosing a wrong direction, i.e. Nokia should not work on connecting the next million but on making high-end smartphones. Some used to think Nokia had wasted all its potential to create something worthy. And the thirds used to think Nokia must refuse its native operating system and adopt Android. The financial results were too bad and more importantly, no matter what handset the manufacturer was designing, they were all doomed to failure. In some sense, Nokia’s smartphones were captives in a prison the company had itself built. There was a need for a change.

Photo Credit By Andree Wallin

The change was Stephen Elop. As he moved from Microsoft, he got involved in Nokia’s convalescence. The first thing he had to think of was what to do with the attitude towards Symbian. After long negotiations Nokia decided to switch to Windows Phone, though again many people didn’t believe this merge would succeed.

We have already talked that US consumers start loving Nokia but that love was not something Nokia acquired easily. Every Nokia smartphone had to face a serious obstacle and fight for its name. However, the hardest task was assigned to the Nokia Lumia 800, the first Lumia line handset, which worthily carries the name of Spartacus among Nokia handsets.

This phone changed people’s opinion on Nokia as a smartphone maker. This phone showed that Nokia smartphones can perform better being packed with weaker features like a single-core 1.4GHz processor or a screen the resolution of which can’t exceed 480×800 pixels. This phone proved to all the faithless that Windows Phone is the future, and that  with the help of special Nokia apps, particularly Nokia Music, Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps and Nokia Transport, it will one day become unreachable for other platforms.

All in all, there are a myriad of features we can talk about for hours, but I hope you’ve read our Nokia Lumia 800 review, which clearly points out the cons and pros of the Lumia 800. Plus, this phone will not cost you an arm and a leg, for example in Europe it is sold for free on contract. Other than that, many retailers offer attractive Lumia 800 deals. No need to go deep into the mobile operators’ deals as well as the countries in which the phone was launched because in almost every country the Lumia 800 was released its average price was $550. Unlike other high-end smartphones, which you will hardly find at less than $600, its price is most affordable.

All these options helped the Nokia Lumia 800 maintain its freedom. Every place where it set foot on opened its doors in front of the phone. As a result, the Lumia 800 became a bestseller in many European countries. This made the US change its mind, and the country required Nokia to bring this handset to the States. However, Nokia didn’t hurry to open its embrace and receive the US as a prodigal son. The manufacturer started playing up. That’s why the Nokia Lumia 800 is available nationwide only at Microsoft stores. The company requires $899.99 for an Entertainment Bundle, which includes the phone and three additional accessories — Nokia Purity HD stereo headphones by Monster, Nokia Play 360° wireless Bluetooth speaker and Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset.

The story doesn’t end here, because the Nokia Lumia 800 was the first smartphone to win its freedom, while the rest of Lumias still have a long way to go to earn that status. Seems the Nokia Lumia 710 was able to follow in the footsteps of its brother. Notably, launched in the US via T-Mobile the phone managed to be included in the top 3 best-selling smartphone chart.

As to the Nokia Lumia 900, it’s the first Windows Phone-powered LTE handset, thus all the routes to the US are obstacle-free for it. Moreover, Nokia and Microsoft have prepared a most magnificent 4-8 week campaign. It’s unprecedented, and note that even Apple has never come up with such a project.

Ultimately, the Nokia Lumia 610 is the first Windows Phone 7.5.1 Refresh/Tango smartphone, which allows the manufacturers to pack the phones with weaker hardware. For example, the Nokia Lumia 610 sports only 256MB of RAM. Moreover, its price is set to be $189, which is another weapon Nokia firmly holds in its hands.

The liberation struggle has started with the Lumia 800 but we don’t know when it will end. Hopefully, the Lumia 900 will prove to everyone that Nokia is not worse than any other manufacturer.

Windows Phone Tango Officially Renamed to Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh

by Argam - on Mar 14th 2012 - Comments Off
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While many manufacturers are waiting for their turn of getting Windows Phone Tango to make and compete in the low-mid end of the Windows Phone market, Nokia has already prepared its low-end Lumia line handset – the Nokia Lumia 610. I am sure the carriers and retailers will come up with a myriad of Lumia 610 deals to snatch customers...

Nokia Announced 41MP 808 PureView

by Argam - on Feb 28th 2012 - 2 Comments

Recently the Nokia N8 was thought to be the best cameraphone ever and even when HTC announced the HTC Titan II with a 16MP camera photography art lovers remained devoted to Nokia because of the perfect performance provided by the N8. The company didn’t hurry with the launch of its successor, and only yesterday at MWC 2012 it announced the Nokia 808 PureView with a 41MP camera (!!!!!!!!).

I don’t know where to start at, because there is too much to talk about. Well, let’s take a quick look at the rest of the features as the main topic for today will be the phone’s camera. The Nokia 808 PureView runs Symbian, but as Nokia has dropped this moniker, let’s call it Nokia Belle. It sports a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 360×640 pixels, which can’t view the shots in a worthy way, but talking honestly there is no smartphone display able for this deal. Other than that, there is also a 1.3GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 1GB of ROM, 16GB of internal memory, which can be expanded due to microSD/SDHC card slots, Bluetooth 3.0, micro HDMI, a 1400mAh battery and a 0.3MP frontal camera. Thus we are dealing with a camera, which is also a smartphone.

Now let’s focus on the monster camera lens of the Nokia 808 PureView. As the company explains, it has been working on it for 5 years. Now that the processing power allows your smartphone to process images larger than 20 megapixels, Nokia can implement its long-standing plan. Moreover, the technology used on the Nokia 808 PureView is a new one and in the future we’ll have its improved versions.

The Nokia 808 PureView has a very powerful sensor. Its summary is below:

  • Carl Zeiss optics of focal length: 8.02mm.
  • 35mm equivalent focal length: 26mm, 16:9 | 28mm, 4:3.
  • F-number: f/2.4.
  • Focus range: 15cm – Infinity (throughout the zoom range).
  • Construction:· 5 elements, 1 group. All lens surfaces are aspherical.
  1.          One high-index, low-dispersion glass mold lens.
  2.          Mechanical shutter with neutral density filter.
  • Optical format: 1/1.2”.
  • Total number of pixels: 7728 x 5368.
  • Pixel Size: 1.4 microns.

But the main advantage of this technology is not hidden only in the sensor. The second outstanding feature is called oversampling. Thanks to it shots will have smaller sizes but will keep three main pros: great image quality, lossless zoom and excellent low light performance.

Look actually when taking pictures with 38MP cameras their sizes are about 10MB, but as the Nokia 808 PureView is a smartphone the memory storage of which can’t be too big the company had a problem of not bringing the largest picture but the best quality. As a result, you can get the quality of the full sensor even taking snaps at default shooting mode (5MP).

The next advantage is the lossless zoom, which allows to zoom without losing quality:

  • 3x is the default zoom mode
  • 4x lossless zoom at 1080p
  • 6x at 720p
  • 12x when recording videos at nHD (640×360)

Finally the Nokia 808 PureView is the combination of a large sensor allowing long focal length and large f/2.4 aperture. And as aperture is kept at a maximum when you zoom in, you get faster shutter speeds and reduced noise.

Nokia 808 PureView Sample Photos

  

  

Nokia 808 PureView Sample Videos

Source PureView imaging technology white paper via PhoneArena

Nokia Lumia 710 Preview

by admin - on Dec 9th 2011 - No Comments

Have you ever thought why Nokia firstly launched the more powerful smartphone (the Lumia 800) being in such a faltering situation when it could release the more affordable Lumia 710 without a risk? That’s Stephen Elop’s strategy, which led to the fact the US starts loving Nokia. Now that the entire globe is talking about Nokia’s first Windows Phone-powered smartphone, the company is preparing for the next strike, the Lumia 710.

The Nokia Lumia 710 was announced by Nokia in October 2011 and released in November 2011 alongside with its elder brother the Nokia Lumia 800. It is the second Windows based phone from Nokia. Company’s CEO has branded these two phones as “the first real Windows Phones.” But he also specifically mentioned the Lumia 710 is more “affordable.”  So this means the Lumia 710 is a mid-range phone, and though it came out simultaneously with its twin brother, it is not the same as the Nokia Lumia 800.  We will try to see what it means in the Nokia 710 preview below.

Design

The Nokia Lumia 710 was codenamed as Sabre, and Nokia is not naming its devices out of nothing. This phone was meant to look like a curved sabre and it does look one. It is beautifully designed in front and back colors and is available in black and white for the front cover and black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow for the back cover. So there is a plenty of color combination possibility as to user’s taste. While being only a smaller (and accordingly a weaker) brother to the Lumia 800, this handset’s design is fantastic in the strict sense of the word, it  resembles a highly sophisticated but simple device snatched from aliens, or some say even it resembles a medical tool, used for instance in the dentist’s cabinet.

The front panel features stylish physical buttons below the screen, and that’s all for the front, apart only for the proximity sensor, which can be taken as a front camera, but there isn’t one. The power button, the headset jack and the USB port are all on the port and there is a volume control and camera buttons on the side. The back has a 5MB camera with a single LED flash and there is a speaker grille below.

The device is made from smooth plastic and feels nice in the hand. Its dimensions are 119×62.4×12.48 mm and it weighs only 126 gr.

Display

The Nokia Lumia 710 is equipped with a 3.7-inch TFT capacitive, multi-touch display with the resolution of 480×800 pixels (252 ppi in density). The screen uses ClearBlack technology for better auto contrasting and readability under direct sunlight conditions. It displays nice colorful images with 16M colors and has also light and proximity sensors. You can also be sure your screen is durable as it uses GorillaGlass.

Camera

The handset comes with a 5MP back camera shooting with a 1280x720p resolution, and that’s ok, for this phone is not meant to take professional photos of presidents and then display those images in a photo competition. We can say it is a simple camera for home users; the quality of it is enough to satisfy every good taste. The camera is packed with autofocus, touch to focus, video stabilizers, face detection and digital zoom function. Video shooting is nice, with 720p HD and 30 fps. However, the Nokia Lumia 710 has no frontal camera: but this is not Nokia’s fault, it’s just Windows Phones do not have it on them.

Hardware

The Nokia Lumia 710 is equipped with a single core 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor to enable you to multi-task smoothly. The device has modest 512 MB RAM and 8Gb of internal memory with no memory card slot. The phone comes packed with a standard 1300 mAh Li-Ion battery, which will provide you 400 hours in standby mode (2G), up to 7 hours of talk time (2G) and up to 38 hours of music play back mode (3G).

Software

The Lumia 710 and the Lumia 800 are the first Nokia smartphones running Windows Phone operation system. The current version installed is 7.5 called Mango. So expect to find all standard applications, which come along with Mango. The soft includes smart IE9 for quick navigation and support of HTML5, full integration with the social networking trio: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Gamers are going to get their favorites through Xbox Live Hub. A separate attention should be paid to ESPN’s Sports Hub, which will provide sport fans with access to sports news, scores and statistics. You can watch ESPN sport analysis or selected video clips, plus you can use GPS for finding information on local sports. The app can be customized to the preferred sport type and team. You can send your letter in a more professional way through Microsoft Mobile.

Nokia has packed the phone with its own exclusive applications, like Nokia Drive and Nokia Music. Nokia Drive is also available on the Lumia 800 and it’s basically a sat-navigation application. You can use preloaded maps or download whatever maps you like. It can show 3D maps and is quick to fix your location and guide you step-by–step to your desired navigation, displaying how much distance was covered and how much is still left to get to the destination.

Another exclusive application from Nokia is Nokia Radio with its Radio Mix feature. It boasts of 15 million tracks available, which are divided by genre and artist, and which can be downloaded for offline listening. Create then your offline playlists and turn your mobile into an independent radio station.

Conclusion

To sum up the view for the Nokia Lumia 710 it should be stressed that this phone is produced for mid-range sales, so it is correspondingly priced. The Lumia 710 will launch Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Russia before the end of the year and will cost €270 ($376).

It is customary to write in reviews the phone in question is the latest technological achievement of humankind, but we will not say it for the Lumia 710, which knows the modest place it belongs. But this phone is different from others, because it has its own unique personality, its own soul. It is true that in its white version, it can resemble a small refrigerator, but then who said fridges are bad things (especially in summer time).

The Lumia 710 will look amazingly beautiful if you are traveling by air. Take to any airport and just compare it if you can to the body of any passenger airplane, and you will see what I mean. The Lumia 710 would be equally great for dentists and flight attendants in its white/blue combination, and for teenagers in its various other colors. It is true its elder brother Lumia 800 is much stronger, but to me the Lumia 710 can win the heart by its design, professional character and smooth behavior.

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Why Suddenly US Starts Loving Nokia?

by Argam - on Dec 2nd 2011 - No Comments

Superheroes always have their anti-heroes, otherwise their existence becomes senseless. Recall any comics and you’ll see there are always super heroes loved by everyone and evil heroes rejected by the public. And when the main hero triumphs over, the story ends, because the hero can’t go on without a competition — that’s the credo of his life. The same thing happened with Finnish mobile manufacturer, Nokia. This company was leading in all phone markets and lost its glory. At the moment it’s difficult to imagine Nokia was once popular in the US, but it was so and US senior citizens will confirm my words. Anyway, it’s never easy to permanently dethrone a king unless you decapitate him, as he can always come back and turn everything over.

As you guessed, Nokia popped off because it was alone in the long run, in other words Nokia began dying as it always happens with superheroes. Years passed and the public came up with new heroes calling them Apple and Android. Many people started to worship them and many people found a new embodiment of God in them (forgetting their former idol, Nokia).

Apple and Android are the right mapping of our times; the Cupertino-based company is controlling everything in its activity, inside the company everything is planned in details and all people obey. In short, Apple is a perfect example of discipline. On the other hand, we are dealing with Google, which is known for its democratic views, and involves people by its openness. In practice, such projects always succeed and Android wasn’t an exception. As a result Google’s mobile operating system dominates the market and has already conquered half of the world.

Small companies try to preserve their existence in this panorama, and manage to stand the competition. But on the whole, big companies take the lion part. The same was with Nokia (though we can’t call it “a small company,” in this case its popularity doesn’t mean anything). And in the last few years the “once most popular mobile brand in the world” was not being able to get back its glory. Want it or not, Nokia’s back, and people have already started consuming Mango instead of Apple and sweetmeats.

Chapter 1: Discovering the tumor

Yes, Nokia spared no effort to find out why US smartphone users dislike this brand. If this “disliking” referred to the US and only the company would probably decide to leave it in peace and focus on other regions. Sadly though, the tumor spread and the countries where Nokia was once a leader began denying Nokia products.

Nokia forgave its competitors for all these losses, but when European mobile operators started preferring Android- and iOS-based smartphones, Nokia decided to act, i.e. take certain steps. By “steps” I mean the decision Nokia had to make concerning the choice of the operating system its handsets should run to win the battle.

This was the question of the day, because Nokia realized its main problems come from Symbian^3, while it was thought to be the key feature of Nokia smartphones. Beyond doubt, it was hard for Nokia to ban its native platform and choose another one. Moreover, it had a limited choice — either Android or Windows Phone. We even didn’t discuss iOS, because Apple will rather dig its own grave than share iOS with anyone. Well, many people thought Nokia tended to merge with Android — this would be the biggest coalition in the mobile history. But Nokia, as always, preferred to attack on different fronts at a time. (Such a strategy always makes a panic among enemies.) It worked. Nokia decided to treat the disease using several methods simultaneously.

Chapter 2: Getting rid of the disease

Before that Nokia had invited Stephen Elop, who was the president of the Microsoft Business Division at that time. This person is known for his “plain mind’ and the ability to make right decisions in difficult situations. Nokia haters called Elop a mole and assumed he agreed to take up that position to sell the Finnish company to Microsoft.

In contrary to this, Elop sold his shares of Microsoft and completely got involved in Nokia’s problem. There was no time and the “doctor” had to start the surgery immediately. He started.

While many fake friends were waiting for Nokia’s death, those who sincerely believed in Nokia knew it’ll come back.

Secondly, Nokia (no, starting here we must say Stephen Elop) analyzed the opportunities of both operating systems and came to a conclusion Android devices act and look the same. So if Nokia had chosen Google, it’d become the next bucket filling water into Google’s mill. Microsoft was in a more beneficial position as there were no many manufacturers cooperating with it and Nokia had all chances to become its main partner. I guess you understand what it means. Finally their negotiations successfully ended and the world saw one of the biggest unions.

This announcement was made back in April and from that time on the entire mobile world (including Nokia fans) didn’t believe the Finnish company could succeed. Sometimes it seems to me I was the only one who believed in Nokia (not being devoted to it at all).

Now you probably think I’ll say Nokia launched the Lumia 800 and the story ends. I must disappoint you, as Nokia was slier — it announced the Nokia N9. A phone with a stunning and buttonless design, but with one “defect.” A defect called MeeGo. Of course, this is a pretty nice platform, but MeeGo didn’t have future and the N9 is the first and the last smartphone with this operating system. Geeks were gradually getting interested in what phone the whole world was talking about, and wondered when it would be launched. Well, Nokia announced the list where its new flagship should appear. There was joy all around, but many people were more happy for another thing — they wanted this phone to “criticize” Nokia’s product once again. But it didn’t happen as Nokia turned out to be smarter and left out a lot of countries from that  list. As a result, the Nokia N9 went only to those countries, where Nokia remained a leader. Almost the whole Europe and the US were looking forward to the day Nokia would launch the phone in their territory, while Nokia was firm in its decision.

When almost all conversations stopped about why Nokia isn’t offering the N9 in their countries, the company announced its first Windows Phone Mango-flavored design, the Nokia Lumia 800, a phone with the same appearance as the N9, but with Mango inside. Yes, Nokia blew all minds up.

The Lumia 800 and the Lumia 710 are smartphones in which nobody can pick holes. They are unique in terms of design and exceed many other smartphones on the market. Plus, WP Mango has come with many improvements and even Android lovers accept the huge job Microsoft developers have done.

Having a perfect product (I mean a high-end smartphone with a perfect OS) both companies started its promotion. I have no wish to introduce sales numbers in the UK or in other countries where this handset is launched, because you know it better than me, but I want to note — Nokia didn’t launch the Lumia 800 in the US. Caprice? Call it however you want, I think this is the most correct strategy — you do not like Nokia, so it’s OK, right?

Chapter 3: New life

Many geeks used to think Nokia has a goal to snatch Android and iOS users, but Stephen Elop is smarter than you think, guys. To clarify the situation, Stephen Elop announced Nokia is aimed at first-time users. Let each platform remain with its users, Nokia will attract those who will hold smartphones in their hands for the first time in their life. Do you know what happened? The second biggest carrier in the US is already in negotiations with Nokia and most likely will offer the Lumia 900 4G next year. Yup, Nokia hit the target!

Plus, Nokia is actively working on Symbian and it will soon launch Belle update. MeeGo is not forgotten as well, and though there are rumors we’ll see other devices running this OS, the N9 remains very popular. Moreover, it has already got PR1.2 update. Not that cool?

Totally, Nokia didn’t make real changes in its devices. I mean if you look at the posts where Nokia’s old and new handsets are compared with the best products on the market, you’ll see their key features are almost the same. They are the following:

  • Stunning style
  • Beautiful screen
  • Great camera
  • Integrated social networking
  • Bing Music
  • Easy browsing
  • Microsoft Office
  • Free sat-nav
  • Powerhouse performance
  • ample storage.

So what can US consumers say against the Nokia Lumia 800? I guess you’ll keep silent, folks, because this handset is perfect.

Nokia Lumia 800 Review

by admin - on Nov 29th 2011 - No Comments

Announced at Nokia World 2011 on October 26 the Nokia Lumia 800 is the company’s first smartphone running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. It denoted the turn the company made from previously used operating systems – Symbian and MeeGo. The phone was officially launched in the UK on November 16, and is reported to be available also in the US, though not officially announced. Nokia has stated this was their “best launch ever.”

Nokia Lumia 800 Design

Nokia keeps traditions in letting users see where the screen ends on the phone, that is the screen does not occupy all the front space, but stops a little before the edges thus creating beautiful margins clearly discernible in non-black models. The Nokia Lumia 800 is made from a single piece of polycarbonate and is available in black, pink and cyan colors. The phone comes with dimensions of 116.5×61.2×12.1mm and weighs only 142 g. The corners of the phone are markedly pointed, which makes it very handy, but if you are a fan of roundish phones, this can be uncomfortable for you. On the top you can find the headset jack and hidden microUSB and microSIM card slots, which are a little hard to open. The tradition lovers would find on the back a big metallic oval segment with the camera eye, Nokia and Carl Zeiss brands on it. Right upwards to it there is a smaller oval segment with the flash. On the right there are chrome buttons for volume, power and camera.

Nokia Lumia 800 Display

The Lumia 800 boasts of a 3.7-inch AMOLED capacitive curved glass display powered with Gorilla Glass and Clear Black Display technologies. The first one does not let the display be scratched, and the latter allows users to see the texts and pictures with the same quality under the sunlight. Moreover, the screen can be Swype-ed and supports multi-touch input. Its resolution is 480×800 pixels and it supports 16 million colors.

Nokia Lumia 800 Hardware

The Nokia Lumia 800 is quite powerful, when it comes to hardware. The phone is packed with a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor with Adreno 205 GPU meaning we are dealing with a high-speed CPU. This processor is in a good collaboration with 16GB of internal memory and 512MB of RAM. The memory can’t be expanded, because Microsoft has its limitation on this. The device comes with a 1450mAh battery and from a single charge it will provide 9.5 hours of talk mode, 7 hours playback, 55 hours music playback and 335 hours standby time. As for connectivity, it is a “beast.”

Connectivity specs:

  • WEP
  • WPA
  • 802.11b/g/n
  • WPA2-Personal
  • WPA-Enterprise

1. Data synchronization

  • ActiveSync
  • Microsoft Zune for PC and Mac Connector Software

2. Local connectivity

  • WiFi
  • Micro USB
  • Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR
  • USB 2.0 High-Speed
  • 3.5mm AHJ Connector
  • Bluetooth Stereo Audio

Nokia Lumia 800 Camera

The handset is equipped with an 8MP camera from Carl Zeiss Optics, an autofocus, a dual-LED flash and is able to record HD videos at 720p and 30fps. There is no front-facing camera; it’s not Nokia’s fault, but Microsoft’s. Unfortunately, the phone lacks zooming option, which is not that good. You can make nice videos during the day, but the camera seems to be a bit slow to respond to the sudden brightness change and the focal range is poor. In low light condition, the Lumia 800 gets more nervous to focus, but the dual LED flash can be turned on permanently while videoing and enabling focus and color settings to achieve closer to daylight quality.

Nokia Lumia 800 sample photos

     

Nokia Lumia 800 sample video

Software

The Lumia 800 runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, which provides an ultra-simple exploitation experience. The WP7 enables you to run several applications in the background, but only selected apps can do so, while the rest are just disabled (suspended). There are a couple of exclusive applications installed, including Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, Nokia Music, App Highlights and Contacts Transfer app, which lets you quickly transfer contacts from your old phone. Add to it such indispensable tools as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, email, Chat and SMS. The Symbian users were already accustomed to Nokia’s profile situations like General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager and Offline, but they all disappeared on the Lumia 800, except for the Flight Mode and putting the phone only into vibrate mode. Many people were viewing these profile options as redundant, but just now their presence could be very handy considering the currently abound development of location and time based auto profile switching applications. As to closing applications, the previous Symbian experience of hitting the back physical button is gone, but it is done through the screen back button.

 

 

Nokia drive

For drivers, there is a very useful Nokia Drive navigation application, which is very similar to Google’s Maps or TomTom. This can display the map of your position, the directions to drive, the car’s speed and the distance to your destination. It supports 2D and 3D maps, a night mode and satellite view, you can download (via WiFI) maps from over 100 country locations and it shows the distance to be covered.

Nokia Music

Nokia Music opens to show the number of tracks saved on the phone. A quick tap then opens an A-Z list showing Artist, Album, Song, Genre or Playlist.

A swipe to the left from the main Nokia Music screen takes to the Mix Radio, which is a streaming service transmitted through the data connection. The playlists are refreshed each week and there’s a choice of genres to pick from. The Mp3 Store is accessible with another swipe, and one more swipe will give you information on local gigs with prices and other info. It is a standard FM radio, requiring the headphones to act as an antenna to connect to the station. There is also the Marketplace, which provides access to purchase additional music for your personal collection from the Microsoft store.

Nokia Lumia 800 Unboxing

So you have bought the smartphone and now it is time to extricate it from its box, which is pretty attractive and implies there is a high-end device inside. Apart from the phone itself, there is a rather impressive pack of manuals in different languages, and this is not surprising remembering this device has quite different specs compared to Nokia’s previous handset both on technical and operational side. Then there are the charger, the USB cable and a headset. Nicely enough, there is a casing to be found inside just like it was in case of the Nokia N9, which makes protecting the phone from scratches possible right from the unboxing stage. It fits perfectly and smoothly and makes noticing there is a case virtually impossible.

Conclusion

The Nokia Lumia 800 is a new generation high-end smartphone and an amazing thing to own, to feel and to want. It can inspire to new levels and dimensions of experience and experimentation. Judging by the reactions coming from the countries where it is officially available we can deduce it gets and will continue to get very good reception among general public and it seems irrespective of where it is. This of course comes as a disappointment to those, who think the Finnish company is dead, and cannot compete with its main competitors , but again, factual responses prove this is just an illusion and has nothing to do with reality. One of the main advantages this smartphone has is it is very simple to use; it just speaks to you, it responds to your demands very smoothly.

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