Nokia N8 Megathread

bd250110 wrote: »

I agree with a lot of what you say. I would probably take issue with the line ' "cool" go for iPhone'. The iPhone is a very capable device, the browsing experience is unmatched by any Symbian or Android browser. As for Flash, it just crashes my Desire, or causes loading to hang more often than not, so I've deactivated it!

The iPhone may be capable, but the shenanigans that Apple play with developers are shocking. I know a few application developers, and there's a real love/hate relationship - Apple treat them like dirt, but they've got to put up with it. There's nothing so demoralising as spending months developing an app only to have Apple reject it for no adequately explained reason.

All of that said, Nokia has a real chance with the N8 (and the upcoming form-factor variations). I see some users commented on the Ovi store, I think it will grow quickly.

Definitely agree on this. Even in the four weeks I've had my N8, the store has grown from an odball collection of wierd applications to a much richer experience. The Ovi Store application itself is also much better on N8 than on older handsets, and there's really nothing between it and the other stores anymore on that front.

Ant it's not just the N8, it's this whole family of phones that will give them a foot back in the door - the cheaper C7 and C6-01 (note the "-01", the "C6" is an oder phone) are basically the N8 hardware, repackaged at a lower price. For developers, this is a big deal - as it gives them a consistent platform with a broad reach. I had a look at the C7 today briefly, and I think this (and the smaller C6-01) will really make Nokia a player in the "applications phone" business again. Apple sold 40 million iPhones last year; combine C7,C6-01,N8 and E7, and Nokia can easily sell twice that number this year.

Behind the scenes, Nokia have been making the right oevertures to developers too: they might look a lot like the previous Series60 phones, but under the hood a lot of the software has been improved in a ways that makes developing applications for these new handsets so much easier than before. Also, any applications you write for this OS will also work on Meego, Nokia and Intel's OS for tablets and super-smartphones. That's what devs want: a quick way to get their software onto as many handsets as possible.

The essential apps will be added and the most popular ones from Android/iOS will probably be ported too. Nokia is still a huge competitor in the US, particularly in the corporate world, so the chances of Ovi strengthening are good, I would think. Although in Europe it will be hard for Ovi to break the Android/iOS duoploy.

Surely you accidentally got "Europe" and "US" swapped over in that sentence Nokia are almost an unknown in the US market these days.

i had the same problem with mine bought on a thursday and had connection errors until the following monday dont know what was going on possibly meteor had to throw a few switches or something

I got one yesterday and like it a lot. I have to add a few apps to it now- anyone recommend any good apps on Ovi that i should be checking out?

swype - very important
opera - needed til the browser update in feb,
converter touch - also handy,
nokia panorama - very good,
marble maze - lots of fun,
tripadvisor - prob use it eventually,
anglemeter touch - handy for me anyway,
speedometer touch - cool if you dont trust the speedo!
joikuspot light- much faster than bluetooth tethering,
qtorch - always handy at this time of year,
profile scheduler - €1 but very handy for work, should be built in though.

Just picked this up today - very impressed and very useful tips guys, thanks!

First quick question of many - can one use RTE player on it? I doubt we can install real player or wmplayer on it?

Cheers

jeremyr62 wrote: »

Nokia Situations might be similar to profile scheduler. It's available free for the N8 at Nokia Beta Labs

downloaded and tested, quite a cool app and really handy and functional, when nokia do apps they really do good ones, really was wondering why this wasnt out there by nokia or built in when i was looking for it cos its so obviously needed but sure enough they were working on it, so far highly recommend it, excellent app

jimmy_t wrote: »

downloaded and tested, quite a cool app and really handy and functional, when nokia do apps they really do good ones, really was wondering why this wasnt out there by nokia or built in when i was looking for it cos its so obviously needed but sure enough they were working on it, so far highly recommend it, excellent app

Your right, like Sports Tracker was excallent as an example. I got Situations today(on an N85 atm, would love an N8). At first I'll use it to automatically silence my phone when i get into college, but I'm sure I'll find a load more uses for it!

Social was updated a few days ago.

Go to your applications, choose Software Update, and Social should be in the list of updates (under "Optional").

You shouldn't need to uninstall first.

Before you go deleting, how old is your SIM card? There are some problems people on the web had that were caused by using old SIM-cards. It appears that some of the Ovi services use your SIM to authenticate, even if you're not connecting over the network.

I haven't had the problem myself, so can't offer much more than a way to do what it's suggesting:

To delete, go to Applications Manager, long-press on Social, and choose "Delete".

To reinstall, you can directly get the application here:
http://nmota.messaging.nokia.com/clients/Social_1_2_update.sisx

( 2.5 Mbyte file )

Either:

1. Open the phone's web-browser and navigate to that URL. The package will automatically install when it downloads.

or

2. Download the file to your PC, then any of these methods to install:
a. Send it to the phone over Bluetooth (will automatically install when you tap the "File Received" message you get), or
b. Install it with Ovi Suite [Windows only]
c. Copy it to USB stick or phone memory, then open it using phone's file manager.

I use a Mac and the N8 without any problems. This isn't an iPhone, you don't need to run software on your PC to use the phone.

Software update is done over-the-air: connect with WiFi and you're no slower than using a PC.

For backups, there's a Nokia phone Sync utility for Mac (and windows too), and a plugin for Apple's iSync.

For file transfer, you can use Apple's own Bluetooth File Exchange or connect directly via USB and copy the files. [Place the phone into Mass Storage mode first: Settings > Connectivity > USB > Mass Storage ]


Apparently, Ovi Suite for Mac is "coming soon", but it has been for years. Honestly, there's not much you actually need it for.