Your Nokia N8 questions answered at Nseries blog
The Nseries blog has a new post answering various questions regarding the N8 and since I had raised few of these issues in my Reasons not to buy the N8 post, I thought I will go ahead and analyze the answers against the issues.
The Prodigal Fool: Can you tell us how the virtual keyboard works in Symbian 3? Does it look like the one we’re used to from Symbian 1?
Nokia: The virtual keyboard layout has changed for some parts and we have predictive/corrective text input there as well. The capacitive keyboard is also a step forward in usability. We’ve received encouraging results in user tests.
This is the major reason that I said that might make one to stay away from the N8. This is somewhat promising, but we all know what happened with the N97.
Dan @WorldOfNokia: I have a question about the camera. Was there a specific reason the lens cover was left out on the N8 when it was on a lot of previous camera phones. This would help prevent scratching.
Nokia: There are many contributing factors here:
1. The availability of new highly scratch resistant materials to protect the lens.
2. The ease of cleaning the camera cover Vs. deep set designs.
3. The increase in size of the raised camera area.
But most importantly:
4. The evolution in applications which make use of the camera e.g. Facebook applications as well as augmented reality applications. Removing the cover means these emerging applications, as well as existing applications, are more seamless in their usage flow.
A very satisfactory answer. But what about the ugly looking camera section? And why was it raised in the first place?
Envutec: For how many years do you think the battery can last?
Nokia: It is hard to say exactly. How long battery lasts depends on many variables, for example, how often you charge the battery and if you’re using it in a hot environment.
You can prolong the battery life by using the device until the battery is empty and then recharging that to full.
Other ways for you to save energy and battery life are:
- Using the conveniently located ‘lock’ key as often as possible; this shuts down the device display immediately saving energy.
- Activating the power saving profile; this optimizes the functionality and energy consumption for prolonged battery life.
- Adjust the backlighting brightness to change the update interval for e-mail and the browser
- Switch off applications when they’re not needed,
- Switch off W-LAN and Bluetooth when not being used.
Everyone knows these points. But I don’t want battery to be non user replaceable.
Thanks Nokia for answering many of the nagging question among Nokia fans. Waiting for the part 2!
Part 2 is here. Let’s analyze them as well:
Sheridan01: Is the N8 upgradeable to Symbian 4?
Nokia: We have not announced any such plans.
Ability to upgrade to Symbian ^4 is one thing I was really hoping for. This almost seems like a no. Let’s wait and see. If it turns out to be no, I will be very careful about buying the N8.
Aditya Singhvi: Just wanted to know if the N8 employs a mono speaker or stereo?
Nokia: There is a boosted D-class mono speaker for hands free. It means there’s a better audio quality and volume even with a single speaker.
Don’t know the technical aspects of what a D-class mono speaker is. “Better” - better than what? I definitely don’t believe it’s better than some of the Nokia phones with stereo speakers including the N73 - I love the speakers on the N73. The speaker on the N-gage QD ( the previous phone that I owned for long time ) was mono and loud, but that’s not quality. We have to hear to know in this case though.
More questions answered and seems like more answers are on the way as well!















