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Re: Who's considering the N8

Nokia was once a good company but lately I have seen a huge disappointment among tons of users here with the N900 (although, some really do like it). I don't like how they just gave up on it so soon and went into another field. I would not buy another Nokia Phone unless it had good specs, and came with Android. I want a phone that can do a lot and has a HUGE community support base. I don't mind the size of Maemo's, but the way we use our phones is evolving, and they don't just run tiny apps anymore.

Re: Who's considering the N8

Here's what is gonna happen with the N8.

1. Nokia will release it to much fanfare. Fanboys will run and spend 600 dollars to get it.

2. The handset will be plagued with OS problems. Nokia will be deaf to complaints.

3. A forum of geeks, freaks and wanna-bes pops up to shoulder the burden of fixing software issues. The site will be called talk.meego.org.

4. Nokia bows to criticism of the Meego OS and announces that they will discontinue the development of Meego and switch to the Android OS.

5. Nokia also announces the the 5 month old N8 will not have official support for Android.

6. Fanboys insist that they don't need "official" support because the Meego community is (and I quote) "awesome".

7. Talk.meego.org collapses under the combined weight of trolls and fanboys.

Does any of this sound familiar guys?

HTH :)

Re: Who's considering the N8

I find it amusing all the people who are jumping in and hastily criticising people for dismissing Symbian and reminding us how good it is for the low end market. To these people I say "re-read the OP's question". The question is not 'is the N8/Symbian good for any market' or ' is it good for Nokia or end-users'. The question is 'Who's considering the N8'. This is our opinion about whether or not WE want to buy the N8 based on currently released information ;)

You are entitled to your opinion on whether or not you want the N8 but you are not entitled to tell others that their opinion is wrong :p Their opinion may even change in the future but that doesn't make their original opinion wrong, just different.

Re: Who's considering the N8

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Originally Posted by Dragon_Orb (Post 791366)

Kinda one sided statement isn't it? How about the people who jump in and say how bad Symbian is? How about telling them to re-read the OP? Because as you say it is about are they considering buying the N8 and not about how bad Symbian is and how unsuited it is for market.

Which leads me onto your second statement...

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Originally Posted by Dragon_Orb (Post 791366)

You are entitled to your opinion on whether or not you want the N8 but you are not entitled to tell others that their opinion is wrong :p Their opinion may even change in the future but that doesn't make their original opinion wrong, just different.

So when someone else's opinion cover's my choice (and a lot of others), for example:

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Originally Posted by gill_za (Post 790010)

Symbian is just silly. Nokia holds on to the platform because it is a recent buy (2008) and to kill it = to admit that it was money wasted, thus we keep seeing these shitty devices running symbian in all its incarnations till this day.... probably will still see it in the future too. As to the original question: I will not buy any more nokia devices until the company redeems itself.

Sometimes I think that the best message to nokia that will most likely draw attention to itself would be to do what Iran did : Boycott its products :) (well i'll just keep dreaming)

So I'm not allowed to voice my opinion of why I don't think they should kill Symbian therefore removing my choice of a product?

Personally I think if you want to get on a soap box then do it properly!

Re: Who's considering the N8

I won't get the N8. My wife will probably get it as an N97 upgrade. I'm more attracted to the X3-02 as a nice little second phone (not that I really need one) :rolleyes:.

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....b2352nokia.jpg

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget....1282036883.jpg

Re: Who's considering the N8

To answer the OP, if it's still a Nokia branded device... I'll pass until I have better information about Nokia improving their business/support structure and more presence in the US. I'm much more likely to look at Intel's offerings, under the circumstances.

Re: Who's considering the N8

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Originally Posted by Dragon_Orb (Post 791366)

So you are saying that people who critizes symbian are OK but people who try to make point by opening world little bit to these critzers are not okey because they should read OP message.

You have weird sense of logic.

Re: Who's considering the N8

i was considering it. it has pentaband 3g for tmobile, att, and the rest of asian/euro bands. the hdmi out and 720p recording seem nice. if the 12mp camera is any good then it might be a point to shoot camera replacement.

for web i will enjoy opera mini and skyfire. for navigation the free ovi maps. and for getting around in the city, the google maps app.

the design is slim. i know n900 is more powerful, but symbian gets things done a lot faster..

also all you need to stfu about n900 not being supported. the meego team is releasing a open sourced image of meego for n900 and a closed one that should work fine. minor bugs would probably have to be fixed by the community but for the open image nokia will provide the closed drivers for the battery management and opengl (or of the sort) which should do fine until someone comes up with something opensource.

Re: Who's considering the N8

Nope, I'm not getting an N8. I like it, but after half year of using Maemo, I don't want to go back to Symbian.