I was really disappointed when I installed Skype on my Nokia N8. Why? I'm going to start directly with the problem.

Issue:
Nokia N8 does not allow video calling on Skype. Don't get me wrong, the voice calling works perfect, but there is no way you can call someone on Skype.

Fix:
It seems that this is not a problem just for Nokia N8, but for every Symbian phone out there. Skype developers thought that the Symbian platform is not that interesting, so they never made a version of Skype that allows you to make video calling. These being said, you understand our pain. We can't use this function. Of course, there is an alternative: Fring.

It's June and I'm still on my N8. I love this phone so much that I can't express it in words. Here are some cool apps that I've downloaded for my N8 in 2012. SO... I present you Top 2012 Free Apps for Nokia N8:

Yahoo Messenger

Solar Charger


SBS Blue ThemeThis is a damn cool theme, especially if you use SBS Shell. It contains graphic for design and backgrounds.

Led-It
This free app allows you to creat funny and animated screens on your Nokia N8. You can use a template or creat your own. You can download it for free on Ovi Store.

After long, long time... Nokia finally decided to release the long awaited update for Nokia N8: Symbian Belle.

This is beta software Symbian Belle demonstration. The final version will have more changes. Nokia have done well with UI / UX, very clean and easy to use. The phone workes steadily, rapidly and without any problems.

If you've read this blog before you know that I'm a skeptic. Particularly about online shops marketing pro-health and welfare merchandises. I have explored various websites and I've gathered information on Cellphone EMFs and their negative results of cell phone radiation. That was in part the reason I had headaches and I was fatigue at that time. So I have invested a small amount of money in the EMF Anti-Radiation Protector strip. You can imagine how I felt when I discovered that I no more experience head/eye aches and fatigue. Everything was gone!!!



I'm astonied and I want to share with you that this little strip made a huge difference in my life. I advice you to invest in this anti-radiation-shield rather than whatever you were about to buy for $10.

BTW: This radiation shield does not improve the battery life of your N8. But that's nothing equated to no longer having headaches and tiredness.

Click here to see more info on the product

If you've updated your OS to Anna and you're still not pleased with your N8's interface you can install Grid Touch free from Ovi Store. It allows you to organize, find and launch your favorite apps really fast. It moves a lot better than N8's native inteface. Supports zoom in/out function.

Although Symbian Anna was just released, a new video leaked with the next N8 operating system: Symbian Belle

Homescreen, Widgets and Notifications Bar



Photo Gallery


general features:

• More homescreens
• Improved status bar
• Modernised navigation
• New apps
• Informative lock screen
• Visual multitasking

Read all the features of the new OS on Nokia website

This is the official demonstration of Symbian Anna running on the Nokia N8 at the Nokia Connection 2011 in Singapore. I have talked about Anna a little in the past. Although it's just released, people started roumors about the next Symbian OS: Belle

Symbian Anna main features:
- Virtual portrait QWERTY for fast, one handed typing
- Split screen view while typing; so you can see message threads, webpages, contacts or email
- An easier to use and faster browser, delivering quicker page loads and improved navigation
- Refreshed Nokia Maps including simpler search, new public transportation routes and the ability to check-in to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare or local social networks
- A feature to share your location via email and SMS (even to non-Nokia phones)

Since the launch of the iPhone, Nokia has struggled to regain their place as the number one mobile phone brand. With reported losses of £427 million in the second quarter of 2011, the Finnish brand is doing everything they can to try and claw their way back up the smartphone ladder. It has been well publicised that, from late 2011, all their smartphones will run on the Window Phone 7 operating system, and this month saw the announcement of Nokia’s latest offensive: their first Symbian-powered 1GHz mobile phone.

Dubbed the ‘Nokia 500’, the new handset has been called ‘the world’s fastest affordable phone’. As well as the impressive 1GHz processor, the device will have a 5-megapixel camera, a music player and a FM and Internet radio. It will also come preloaded with a wide range of entertainment apps including Shazam Encore, Lonely Planet guides and Gig Finder, as well as the social networking heavyweights like Facebook and Twitter. The phone will also feature the latest version of Nokia Maps, which is optimised for social networking and features pedestrian and vehicle offline navigation with voice guidance

Here are some tips you should know about Nokia N8 camera:

Start N8 Camera Fast
You can start fast the camera application by pushing the shutter button.

Switch to 16:9 image capture
go to Options > Settings > Image Quality > Print 9M (large)

Disable N8 camera capture sound
Start camera, go to Options > Settings > Capture tone > Off

Set your own scene mode by default:
Select the wrench key from main camera app screen.
Select Scene Mode (upper left of the screen)
Select M (User Defined) > Edit
From there make your own settings, but don't forget to change "Set as default scene mode" to "Yes".

Other Nokia N8 camera tips:
Red Eye Reduction does not work that well, so you should disable it and fix the eyes in photoshop.
Sometimes the pictures needs more contrast. Set it from your manual scene mode.
CameraPro application is better than N8's default camera application

If you are not that pleased with the original WebKit browser that comes with N8, I have three Nokia N8 Alternative Browsers.



Opera Mobile and Opera Mini
Opera is the best Nokia N8 alternative browser.
pros: It's really fast and has qwerty keyboard in portrait mode. Fluid/quick navigation.
cons: No Flash support, facebook pictures really small



UC Browser
UC browser is an a colorful alternative to N8's native browser. It's pretty fast, but I have not managed to save facebook password. I need to insert it everytime I access the website. No Flash support. Low ram consumption.

Other browsers:
Bolt Browser - It's small and fast
Digia @Web Browser - It's a facelift on the original web browser (flash support included)

Having a smartphone with access to all the latest features and apps is all well and good, however, a great many of the features that make a smartphone so useful in the real world rely on mobile internet. It appears that mobile phone provider O2 has come out on top in the latest study into mobile broadband speeds...

The latest study has been undertaken by Ofcom, who unearthed a number of interesting revelations for the various leading mobile phone providers, some of which will be more welcome than others.

Both Orange and T-Mobile will be forced to double their efforts, as it was revealed that their latest “Everything Everywhere” venture suffers from speeds that are slower than other leading providers, including Three, O2 and Vodafone.

Ofcom's testing of the different providers has been noted as incredibly thorough and comprehensive, incorporating data from a whopping 4.2 million unique speed tests; it has managed to reveal several key differences with the services provided by the various networks.

One of its most interesting findings showed that O2 was faster than all other network operators during the peak evening period of 8-10pm. O2 also managed to notch up another victory over web page download tests; they were faster than the other top four operators in downloading the full HTML (with the exception of images) of some of the United Kingdom's most popular web sites.

The testing will come as unwelcome news to some of the operators, as it serves to highlight that there is clearly still big differences in the quality of services offered by the various leading providers. Smartphone users around the UK will undoubtedly be using the newly available information to influence their choice of network provider.

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