I think it would somewhat consume more power as more tasks are running. And if you fill it up with active widgets I would think that the results on battery life would be quite noticeable. Any users out there would care to share?

no big effect for me so far.

same here... sama saja the batt usage... but with the PR1.1 it do seem the batt usage been extented a bit...

do you notice the "noise" ?

yup..beside visibility...noise is really annoying...but finger print free is its advantage

nokia n8 to let go..rm 1190. Warranty untill 0ctober. C0nditi0n 95% new.

yeah, used to have... but after switch back to using N8, straight away peel of, the noise + lower resolution really annoying...

btw, reporting in v27

Nokia N8 visiting KLCC. ** Not taken with "An Egg" **


Nokia N8 @ KLCC by Alex C O Lim, on Flickr

I have tested 6 HS with at least 3 to 4 live widget each HS....battery life suck and if using 6 HS I unable to change default wallpaper. it say error widget memory full something like that and the phone a bit slower...and i lost about 20mb ram with 6HS vs 3HS.... btw reboot also slower and sometime hang when set 6 or 5 HS with 3 to 4 live widget...


now using only 4 HS only...so far look good..speed better almost same like 3 HS...

talk about the noise...for other apps is ok...for fruit ninja really tak boleh tahan

This post has been edited by cloud8318: Mar 14 2011, 03:59 PM

it used to be ok when i first use it... maybe cos the iPhone's matte SP not really that noisy, suddenly change back to N8 one, behtahan liaw...

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This post has been edited by aspire2oo6: Mar 14 2011, 04:07 PM

In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Nokia laid out the threats it faces as part of its planned deal with Microsoft.

There are many, according to Nokia. Some have already been identified by critics of the agreement, under which Nokia will phase out use of its Symbian operating system in favor of Microsoft's Windows Phone software. Publicly held companies routinely disclose all the possible risks of their businesses to shareholders.

The immaturity of that software, just released in phones in November, is one serious risk, Nokia said.

"The Windows Phone platform is a very recent, largely unproven addition to the market focused solely on high-end smartphones with currently very low adoption and consumer awareness relative to the Android and Apple platforms, and the proposed Microsoft partnership may not succeed in developing it into a sufficiently broad competitive smartphone platform," Nokia wrote in the filing.

While the companies have signed a "non-binding term sheet," they still have to negotiate the final contract, a process that might take longer than expected or might not happen at all, Nokia warned.

By choosing Windows Phone, Nokia may forgo more competitive alternatives that would let its phones reach greater and faster acceptance in the market, it said.

Also, the transition to Windows Phone might take too long to allow Nokia to compete, given the ongoing development of other platforms, Nokia said.

In the same filing, Nokia said it expects to take two years to make the transition to Windows Phone as its primary platform. During that time, it will continue to support Symbian in the hopes of transitioning the installed base of 200 million Symbian owners to Nokia Windows phones, Nokia said. It reiterated its hopes of selling an additional 150 million Symbian phones in future years.

Nokia pointed to other threats as well, such as the danger that the deal could erode its brand identity in areas such as China, where it is quite strong, and fail to enhance the brand in areas such as the U.S., where it is currently weak.

Another challenge will be building a profitable business model around a platform like Windows Phone, for which Nokia must pay royalties, Nokia said. While Symbian is a royalty-free operating system, it didn't come without significant costs to Nokia, which spent more than US$400 million in 2008 to buy the half of the Symbian company that it didn't already own.

In the filing, Nokia also warned about the challenges it faces internally as it implements the new plan for Windows Mobile. For example, it may not be able to change its mode of working or culture to work effectively with Microsoft, the company said. Because Nokia anticipates laying off a large number of workers, the remaining employees may lose motivation, energy and focus, thus reducing their productivity, Nokia said.

Because of all of the uncertainty resulting from the proposed deal, the company said it will not provide annual targets for 2011, although it expects its devices business to grow faster than the market.

It did not further elaborate on the precise amount of money that Microsoft will contribute to Nokia. In February, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that Microsoft would pay Nokia billions of dollars as part of the deal over an unspecified time.
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Nancy Gohring

what color is ur N8?

green

He he. The N8 screen is bright enough in outside bright daylight to be captured by another camera.

wow n8 camera so smart that it can capture itself?

this is a feature in PR 4.3.6

Ha ha ha. It was taken using my other camera. BTW, please spoiler the pics in your replies so that the page will not be unduely long and hard to scroll for those using mobile devices. Thanks.

He wasnt alone . There might be another n8? Possible?