Review: Belle Feature Pack 2

Symbian Belle - sorry, 'Nokia Belle', Feature Pack 2 has been available now for a few weeks and it's time to take stock. How many steps forward did this take the OS? And how many steps back? What's in Belle FP2 and how does it compare to other smartphone user interfaces in 2012?<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KqZ9O5crf9EFjnmbEt1SFo5vC7Y7UUsdqnJ2Kxk_lkBvmx4m1QZmfbwgsCAc_rcMtNmw4uWaEpmOj5iGRfnwvhyphenhyphenvOz3B-aA_C93uzqCq5jy6HQcjijdBMnTWEHFs2t7DERVMZ_g3a-c/s1600/Nokia-belle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Belle Feature Pack 2" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2KqZ9O5crf9EFjnmbEt1SFo5vC7Y7UUsdqnJ2Kxk_lkBvmx4m1QZmfbwgsCAc_rcMtNmw4uWaEpmOj5iGRfnwvhyphenhyphenvOz3B-aA_C93uzqCq5jy6HQcjijdBMnTWEHFs2t7DERVMZ_g3a-c/s320/Nokia-belle.jpg" title="Belle " width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Before I start, a few disclaimers:<br /> <br /> Not every feature mentioned in this feature is available on every smartphone. I'm using the Nokia 808, but much will also be relevant to the Nokia 701, 700 and 603.<br /> None of this is directly relevant to older Symbian smartphones (just cutting off the inevitable beginner comments complaining that their N8 hasn't got Belle FP2 yet....)<br /> Background (2006 to present day)<br /> <br /> It's worth noting where Belle FP2 fits into the Symbian timeline. OK, yes, at the very end, but it's instructive to look back and gather some historical perspective. It's often quoted that Belle FP1 is the same as what was once called Symbian 'Carla' and that FP2 is what was once called 'Donna', but this is simplifying things way too much - when those projects were first proposed within Symbian and Nokia, their contents were different to what emerged as updates in the real world. Which is to be expected. So I'll stick to the published OS update names here.<br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><img alt="Homescreen, Symbian^3" height="426" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/reviews/images/n8/Scr000078.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Review: Belle Feature Pack 2" width="240" /> <img alt="Screenshot" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/hs1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" width="240" /></span><br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br /></span><br /> <br /> The original Symbian^3 homescreen, lifted from my Nokia N8 in 2010 (left); on the right, my homescreen on my Nokia 808 in 2012<br /> <br /> S60 3rd Edition (including FP1, FP2) - the vast range of non-touch, pre-2009 (mainly) QVGA smartphones - I won't got into detail here, but there's 100,000 words of content about these devices and their software scattered here around AAS. Hero devices: Nokia N95, Nokia E71, Nokia N86, Nokia E90.<br /> <br /> S60 5th Edition (December 2008) - Nokia's first cut at adapting S60 to a full-face touchscreen interface. The transformation worked but was inelegant in terms of an optimised UI. Most generic S60 3rd Edition applications could be used or adapted easily. A step forwards but an ugly one and the use of resistive screens on most of the devices was clumsy in a world getting used to a popular Apple iPhone. Hero devices: Nokia 5800, Nokia X6, Samsung i8910 HD, Nokia N97 mini.<br /> <br /> Symbian^3 (September 2010) - came out on the next generation of Nokia hardware, including full graphics acceleration, making possible really decent games and effects. There were some optimisations for touch over S60 5th Edition, plus two extra homescreens, and automatic text correction in the built-in landscape QWERTY virtual keyboard. Hero devices: Nokia N8, Nokia C7.<br /> <br /> Symbian Anna (August 2011) - came out on the Nokia E6 and X7, plus a huge update for existing Symbian^3 generation devices, bringing portrait mode QWERTY, split-screen entry, a much better Web browser and interface, whole new icon set, smooth homescreen swiping, big updates to Photos, Camera, Mail, Social, and more, NFC activated on the Nokia C7. Hero device: Nokia E6.<br /> <br /> Belle (October 2011) - came out on the Nokia 700, 603 and 701, plus a huge update for existing Symbian^3 generation devices, bringing a major reworking of the user interface, with an emphasis on ease of use and flatter navigation hierarchy, a new RAM management scheme, full NFC 'tap to ...' functionality (where supported by the hardware), variable-sized widgets, up to six homescreens, a drop-down notifications and settings pane, a 'flat' application launcher by default, big facelifts for Camera and Music player. Hero device: Nokia 701.<br /> <br /> Belle FP1 (April 2012) - came out on the Nokia 808 PureView, plus an update for the Nokia 700, 603 and 701, bringing an increase in the clock speed of the Nokia 701 and 700 from 1GHz to 1.3GHz, a raft of new homescreen widgets and toggles, the introduction of Dolby Headphone and Dolby Digital Plus functionality where appropriate. Hero device: (obviously!) Nokia 808 PureView.<br /> <br /> Belle Refresh (August 2012) - an update for much of the Symbian^3/Anna/Belle generation, though rollout is still patchy. Brings many widgets, application updates and optimisations.<br /> <br /> Belle FP2 (October 2012) - an update for the Nokia 700/701/808 generation, still rolling out as this article is written and covered in detail below, bringing many application updates, multi-touch in the virtual qwerty keyboards, cosmetic changes, music player control from the notification bar, more widgets, and additional functionality for the Nokia 808.<br /> Belle FP2 as we head into 2013<br /> <br /> It's instructive to take stock of the state of Symbian as we finish 2012, in the light of the rest of the smartphone industry. Once upon a time (2006), Symbian was the smartphone world, with market share frequently quoted around 60% or more. Since then we've had the Apple iPhone (2007), with iOS gradually improving year on year, plus Android (2008), improving just as fast, and Windows Phone (2010), currently in the middle of a big step change up to Windows Phone 8. What all of these mobile OS have in common is that they're designed from the ground up for full-face touchscreen devices and that there's an emphasis on a slick user experience.<br /> <br /> Symbian came from a world where the main thing was providing functionality - this was a world where almost every function was new and remarkable (camera, navigation, stereo music, web browsing, and much more) and Nokia in particular was a company that was engineering-focussed, so speed of interface and whizzy effects were nearly always sidelined in favour of (for example) better battery life. In contrast, modern 2012 devices are assumed to be plugged into a charger every single day, screens can be enormous and processor speeds and interface software can be allowed to run at insane speeds. <br /> <br /> The approaches are very different and it's not surprising that Symbian and Nokia struggled to make the switch to be in line with 2012 smartphone expectations. The very fact that it's taken over four years for Symbian's virtual keyboard to support multitouch (i.e. you can press one virtual key before another finger has lifted from the previous one) is testament to how hard changing some of the deep-seated components in the OS has been. Even now, we've got something of a patchwork quilt of a smartphone OS.<br /> <br /> Belle FP2 is much more than papering over the cracks of a legacy operating system being stretched in ways that its initial designers never intended, but you get the idea. Even today on the Nokia 808 PureView with Belle FP2, there are oddities. Here are a few that come to mind:<br /> <br /> the notification LED not working for emails<br /> no email mentions in the drop-down notification pane<br /> an inconsistency about which keyboard pops up in which application and in what mode<br /> a limitation to only one Mail for Exchange account and only syncing one calendar<br /> built-in social networking support that's based on web browser components, along with all the overhead this brings<br /> an application installation system that's horribly intrusive (Qt apps essentially lock out the Store client and installer for a good minute, even for installing a trivially small utility)<br /> various wi-fi connection and video streaming bugs<br /> web browsing is still slower than on similar Android or iOS devices, especially on javascript-heavy sites<br /> two Office suites are provided, one legacy (Quickoffice) and one cloud-centric (Microsoft Office), yet neither are particularly fast or pleasant to use<br /> selected Belle FP1 applications no longer work and at this late stage in Symbian's development there's a question mark hanging over whether some of these apps will get updated at all<br /> <img alt="Smart Installer at work.... more like 'Slow Installer'..." height="324" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/reviews/misc/prepinstall.jpg" title="Review: Belle Feature Pack 2" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /> <br /> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"></ul> <br /> I could go on - I'm sure you can add your own gripes to the list above! What we do have is an operating system that's still more battery efficient than most of the competition - my Nokia 808 PureView regularly goes two days on a single charge, we have a proper multitasking OS that allows, emails, social updates, podcasts, all to be gathered in the background so that the speed of the device almost becomes irrelevant - I switch to the appropriate application and everything's there waiting for me. No need to wait or press 'refresh' and then wait some more or sit there watching dots fly across the screen, as on some other mobile OS I could mention(!)<br /> Astute observers of the comments threads on all our update stories here on AAS (some of which are linked above) will notice that there are always a few gotchas, a few steps backwards to accompany each brace of steps forward with Symbian. It's something we've come to expect, not least because every change (in the name of modernisation) is bound to annoy people who were happy with the previous version.<br /> It's even a valid question to ask whether in fact Belle FP2 is the best version of Symbian OS yet - I know a fair few Nokia E6 owners who were much happer with the more d-pad focussed Symbian Anna and who were mightily upset by the switch to Belle. Or the Nokia 701 owners who found the rewritten Photos application (put in place because of the 808's needs) annoyingly cut down from the version in Belle FP1. But, despite a few minor upsets along the way, simply having the latest versions of Web and Email and the video codecs, and so on, having the smoothest performance, having the sleekest camera UI, are all worth having and I'd always recommend that people upgrade to the latest version of firmware offered - for every one annoyance there will be two more things which either delight or work better under the hood.<br /> In short, Belle FP2 is well worth having and in the sections below, I explore what's new, what's good and, in some cases, what's frustrating.<br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /> <h2 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"> Belle FP2 in detail</h2> Here's the full changelog from Nokia Belle Feature Pack 1 to Feature Pack 2:<br /> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <li>Swipe to Unlock shade effect for lockscreen (shown below), plus swiping on message notifications opens up Messaging directly</li> <li>New staggered <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook1w0" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: normal; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-transform: none !important; top: auto; white-space: normal;">keyboard</span> layout with word predictions presented in real time above the <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook1w" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: normal; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-transform: none !important; top: auto; white-space: normal;">keyboard and now supporting multitouch</span></li> <li>New version of Web, (v8.3.2.21)</li> <li>Support for voice search in Maps, simply say the place or thing you're looking for(!)</li> <li>808s which had their 'Search' engine permanently set to 'Bing' can now choose 'Google' as well</li> <li>New email widget, showing one message at a time</li> <li>Other new widgets, e.g. Notes, most of which we've seen before in Belle Refresh for older Symbian^3 generation devices</li> <li>Refreshed Music player (v17.3.18), with artists and other tabs in a facelifted UI</li> <li>Music player pause/play icon in the notification bar music panel</li> <li>Lighter colour schemes by default</li> <li>Many transparent toolbars throughout the UI, letting the <span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxthookspan" id="itxthook2w0" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: normal; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-transform: none !important; top: auto; white-space: normal;">screen</span> content partially show through</li> <li>Homescreen toolbar has added universal search icon</li> <li>Gallery changes - now works fully in landscape mode, ALL photo details available in a detailed info pane (right down to including the exposure histogram for that shot!), multiple photo selection for deleting now possible, through a new trash can icon on the toolbar</li> <li>New reset button in Creative mode to change all the settings back to default with a single touch</li> <li>Nokia Car Mode built in</li> </ul> <div> <br /></div> <br /> In addition, the very existence of Feature Pack 2 means that a couple of other application updates are needed (via SW update on the device):<br /> <br /> Microsoft Apps 2.1 (build 2.1.5616)<br /> Nokia Social 1.6 (build 1.6.32, bringing 'new widgets, an enhanced user experience and feature updates', replaces v1.5.233, which was in the standard Belle FP1 firmware)<br /> Add it all up and Belle FP2 is a pretty significant update - in the case of the Nokia 808 PureView, it transforms it from an awkward camera-centric phone ("What, no multitouch input? What, no way to mass delete images and videos?") into a much more useable 2012 smartphone. Critics of Symbian will still maintain that the OS isn't useable, but I suspect that such writers are still thinking of their old N8 with launch firmware or (shudder) their experiences with S60 5th Edition on the Nokia 5800 and N97. Much as I loved the latter two devices as a Symbian geek, I can see how the resistive screen, scroll and select UI paradigm, and scarcity of system disk space and RAM would all appear pretty unusable to someone used to an iPhone or Android phone in 2012. <br /> <br /> Which is very unfair, since Symbian (as detailed above) OS and its user interface have gone through at least four major versions since the days of the 5800/N97. Slamming Belle FP2 on the Nokia 808 (or 701) is a bit like me comparing the 808 to an original iPhone and complaining that it had no support for applications.<br /> <br /> Homescreen and launcher<br /> <br /> Starting from the lockscreen (shown above), which shows text notifications, missed calls, and so on (though not emails), being able to swipe at any angle left or right, from any position on the screen, is a nice touch and is much more flexible than having to perform a specific gesture at a specific location, as on (for example) the iPhone or most Android phones. Having said that, the sprung (hardware) keylock toggle button on the side of the Nokia 808/701 etc. is even more convenient, so in practice most users may never even see the lockscreen, somewhat ironically(!)<br /> <br /> With the extra batch of widgets added for Belle FP1 and FP2, Symbian now has, built-in, just as many homescreen gadgets as most Android phones. From clocks to weather to connectivity toggles to a data counter to application shortcuts to email and calendar views to music playback, Belle FP2 now has pretty much most use cases covered here. There aren't a huge number of third party widgets (maybe less than fifty in total), but I for one am very happy with the current selection.<br /> <br /> With the N8 on Symbian^3, I famously liked to keep my homescreen very simple, just the one page, so that everything was to hand. On the Nokia 808 with Belle FP2, I've branched out slightly - after many rounds of trial and error in day to day use, I've ended up with two homescreens, shown below - between them they do give a good flavour of the sort of flexibility available in Symbian as of late 2012:<br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /> Add it all up and Belle FP2 is a pretty significant update - in the case of the Nokia 808 PureView, it transforms it from an awkward camera-centric phone ("What, no multitouch input? What, no way to mass delete images and videos?") into a much more useable 2012 smartphone. Critics of Symbian will still maintain that the OS isn't useable, but I suspect that such writers are still thinking of their old N8 with launch firmware or (shudder) their experiences with S60 5th Edition on the Nokia 5800 and N97. Much as I loved the latter two devices as a Symbian geek, I can see how the resistive screen, scroll and select UI paradigm, and scarcity of system disk space and RAM would all appear pretty unusable to someone used to an iPhone or Android phone in 2012.<br /> Which is very unfair, since Symbian (as detailed above) OS and its user interface have gone through at least four major versions since the days of the 5800/N97. Slamming Belle FP2 on the Nokia 808 (or 701) is a bit like me comparing the 808 to an original iPhone and complaining that it had no support for applications.<br /> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Homescreen and launcher</h3> Starting from the lockscreen (shown above), which shows text notifications, missed calls, and so on (though not emails), being able to swipe at any angle left or right, from any position on the screen, is a nice touch and is much more flexible than having to perform a specific gesture at a specific location, as on (for example) the iPhone or most Android phones. Having said that, the sprung (hardware) keylock toggle button on the side of the Nokia 808/701 etc. is even more convenient, so in practice most users may never even see the lockscreen, somewhat ironically(!)<br /> With the extra batch of widgets added for Belle FP1 and FP2, Symbian now has, built-in, just as many homescreen gadgets as most Android phones. From clocks to weather to connectivity toggles to a data counter to application shortcuts to email and calendar views to music playback, Belle FP2 now has pretty much most use cases covered here. There aren't a huge number of third party widgets (maybe less than fifty in total), but I for one am very happy with the current selection.<br /> With the N8 on Symbian^3, I <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/12351_Sometimes_simple_is_best-using.php" style="color: #095f93;" target="_blank">famously liked to keep my homescreen very simple</a>, just the one page, so that everything was to hand. On the Nokia 808 with Belle FP2, I've branched out slightly - after many rounds of trial and error in day to day use, I've ended up with two homescreens, shown below - between them they do give a good flavour of the sort of flexibility available in Symbian as of late 2012:<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/hs1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/hs2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <em>From left to right, anti-clockwise: Email inbox (swipeable/scrollable), calendar (next event, though there's a bigger one available showing a full agenda, if desired), FM transmitter on/off (still a killer feature on the 808), NFC on/off (I don't use it that often, so why leave the NFC antenna powered up?), four application shortcuts (my most used apps), four of the major Symbian applications, for easy access, current weather and for the upcoming two days (a five day forecast is available if I tap through), shortcuts to my other two family members (i.e. tap to call or message or email them), plus shortcuts to the HTML5 Google+ interface and BBC iPlayer (for streaming programmes or downloading them to mass memory).</em></div> Note the bottom toolbar - I'm using the <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/15601_Belly_Jean_takes_over_from_Hol.php" style="color: #095f93;" target="_blank">Belly Jean theme</a>, by the way, which I highly recommend. Belle FP2 adds a permanent search icon, tap this to be able to type anything and have it quick matched in all contacts, calendar items, web bookmarks and history, plus the single tap option to search for what you've typed so far in Google or Bing. Sound revolutionary? Not really, Palm OS had this back in 2000 and Apple most definitely did not invent the idea, whatever its lawyers say.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/s1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/s2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> Quickmatching a contact and a web bookmark - two of the many uses for the integrated Search facility.</div> The main application menu has been 'flat' since Belle arrived (see above), but this ease of access for new users (i.e. nothing is hidden) is a pain for experienced users (like me) - I create folders for 'Video-related' applications, for 'Games' and for 'Rarely-used' applications. Putting icons into these folders is as easy as long pressing one and choosing 'Move to folder'. The system works very well, I end up with about three screens of icons to scroll up and down, at most.<br /> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Text entry</h3> One of the most significant changes for Belle FP2 was the addition of a 'staggered' layout qwerty keyboard with multitouch. The old 'grid' keyboards are still there in the OS and brought up by some legacy applications, as indeed is the old 'numeric keypad' method of entry. As indeed is a <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/15939_How_to_use_T9-style_keypad_inp.php" style="color: #095f93;" target="_blank">brand new, rewritten</a> numeric keypad. Gah - I said things were a little confusing under the hood in places!<br /> Staying with the QWERTY defaults though, the new keyboard is (as is typical for Symbian) two steps forward and one step backwards:<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Nokia 701" class="screenshotl" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/701fp2d.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 575px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> The new layout is similar to those on most other 2012 smartphones, so will be welcomed by users and critics alike, while the multitouch handling means that you can, in theory, go a <em>lot</em> faster when typing, not having to lift each fingertip cleanly before placing the next one. The aforementioned step backwards is because there's now no option (at least in the current firmware build) to auto-insert word corrections. So you can't hammer away, iPhone-style, and trust the software to kick in - instead you have to keep a close eye on what you're typing and, when a word goes wrong, you have to tap the appropriate correction from the suggestions listed above the virtual keys. In practice, this slows down input to more or less what it was without multitouch - maybe slower.<br /> Such an omission can be argued to be a deliberate design decision ("People hate having their words corrected to something they didn't mean"), but in my view the vast majority of users will want (and expect) auto-correction, just as on iOS, Android and Windows Phone. A major disappointment, though surely something that can be easily fixed by Nokia in a software update/patch, if there's still the will and resources at Accenture.<br /> <div class="cen" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="new qwerty" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000006.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="new qwerty" /><img alt="qwerty popup" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000110.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="qwerty popup" /></div> Of note is that the most commonly used punctuation symbols are now not only on the underlying symbol keyboard, they're also mounted as a quick-tap panel of eight that pops up when you long press comma (,) or period (.), in much the same way as long pressing a letter pops up a panel of accented character options has always done on Symbian's QWERTY implementation.<br /> Also new for Belle FP2 is a refinement in selecting text and copying it to the system clipboard:<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="text selection" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000102.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="text selection" />  <img alt="new cursor" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000103.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="new cursor " /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> The new system is based around:</div> <ul style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 40px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> <li>Tap in editable text to position the cursor - once the cursor is placed (approximately), 'nudge' arrow keys (in blue and hard to screenshot here!) appear for a second or two, to allow more accurate placement if needed.</li> <li>Tap and drag to select text, which appears highlighted, along with start/end markers.</li> <li>Drag the end markers as needed, to further refine the selection - a magnifying glass helps here, by showing more closely exactly where the markers are going.</li> </ul> The system works well and is fully-optimised for touch. The system's unashamedly text-based though and any observer would have to give iOS's rich clipboard system the edge in this regard. Still, it's ample for what most of us need and very slickly done.<br /> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Web browsing</h3> I can be accused here of being a little old-fashioned, but I rarely 'browse' web pages on my smartphone. If a link is passed to me via email or Twitter then I might choose to open it in Web and have a read, but 95% of online information comes to my Belle FP2 phone via clients: email, social, timetable, reference, and so on.<br /> However, web browsing is important to some and Symbian's Web is often accused of not being competitive enough. The 1.3GHz processor in the Belle FP1/FP2 devices should help here, but this OS update also includes a new version v8.3.2.21, with better performance and better HTML5 compatibility. In a quick and dirty benchmark, I tested loading times for my own site,<a href="http://stevelitchfield.com/" style="color: #095f93;" target="_blank">stevelitchfield.com</a> (low complexity), the full New York Times web site (average complexity), the BBC desktop site (average complexity) and the full CNN site (high complexity), on both the Nokia 808 PureView running Belle FP2 and the dual core Samsung Galaxy Nexus, running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean):<br /> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">Sites/load times</td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Nokia 808 PureView with Belle FP2 browser</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1</strong></td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">stevelitchfield.com</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">10s</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">3s</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">nytimes.com (full)</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">27s</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">11s</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">bbc.co.uk (desktop)</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">12s</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">3s</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;">cnn.com (full site)</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">43s</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">16s</td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/web1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/web2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> This was with the default Android browser - apparently Chrome's even faster. The Galaxy certainly isn't the fastest of the current 2012 smartphones, but is up in the top bracket and makes for a good litmus test for whether Web in Belle FP2 on the 808 can pass muster.<br /> The results won't surprise anyone who's tried loading pages in Symbian Web in the last few years. Although the amount of HTML5 compatibility has risen massively (as shown below, and which is why you can <a href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/15937_Google_for_Symbian_effectively.php" style="color: #095f93;" target="_blank">use, for example, the Google+ site</a>), the overall speed of rendering hasn't. Add this to the relatively low nHD screen resolution and it has to be said that you have to be something of a masochist to do a lot of web browsing on Symbian, even at Belle FP2.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="html5test.com" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/html5test.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="html5test.com" />  <img alt="useragent" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000035.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="useragent" /><br /> <em class="imgcaption" style="margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: justify;">HTML5Test.Com scores 272 with 9 bonus points (it was 226 with 9 bonus points in Belle FP1). The user agent is Webkit 535.1</em></div> One new extra for Belle FP2 is being able to directly save a Web bookmark to an 'application'. So, in the case of the HTML5 Google+ site mentioned above, the user would just long press on a part of the page desired and on the pop-up menu is a new option 'Install as application'. This is more or less instant and the favicon for that page is then shown as a bona fide application in the main menu (in similar manner to how the iPhone manages putting Safari bookmarks into its app menus). Quite cool and I suspect many of us will get some use from this convenience feature.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/wa1.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/wa2.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Social integration</h3> In theory, social integration into Symbian these days is excellent. Belle FP2 comes, as detailed above, with another new version of Nokia Social, with extra optimisations and wizards to sync contact thumbnails from social networks to matching contacts in your main address book on the phone. There's a traditional tabbed Twitter view, full support for uploading media, homescreen widgets, plus a rather comprehensive Facebook client with all the features a casual user might need. And it's all in the phone, for free - what's not to love?<br /> <div class="cen" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/images/808fp2/upd4.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/images/808fp2/upd7.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> In practice, Nokia Social is just too slow. The first versions were all written in Web Runtime code, i.e. HTML, CSS and javascript and, while I suspect more of its modules are now Qt-based, it's just not quick enough when compared to dedicated Twitter and Facebook clients. Nokia gets credit for decent integration into Contacts and for the general look and feel, but once you get beyond the basics, there's an awful feeling of lag - scrolling is jerky, taps are sometimes missed, images in Facebook newsfeeds and in friend photo albums take forever to appear. You get the idea. Nokia Social isn't bad as such - if it ran at three times the speed, noone would need a third party client on Symbian ever again. But the current implementation just pales besides what's available in the likes of Gravity, Tweetian, Twimgo, fMobi, Facial, facinate and others.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/soc3.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/soc4.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> <div class="imgcaption" style="margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 600px; text-align: center;"> Diving into a photo album in a friend's profile is a frustrating experience - the gallery of blank thumbnails (left) persisted for a good 30 seconds before anything happened; right, the standard Facebook newsfeed view.</div> Talking of 'pale', another longstanding gripe of mine about Nokia Social is that it steadfastly continues to adopt a white theme for the entire interface - on the AMOLED-screened Nokia 700 and 808, this is a huge power-hungry no-no. Every other social client on Symbian seems to be able to put a 'dark theme' in its settings, so why not Nokia Social. It'll be fine, colour-wise, on the TFT-screened Nokia 701, but this is another reason I can't recommend it on the flagship Nokia 808 PureView.<br /> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Car mode</h3> Already released for older devices and so not actually new, but it's good to see Nokia Car mode make it into device firmware. Offering just the core three functions shown (so sorry if you like replying to email one handed while on the road!), but they're well chosen and cater for what most people need while driving. The music module defaults to 'shuffle' mode, but you can change this as needed...<br /> As you can see from the screenshots, all functions are implemented with over-size buttons, making them easier to hit without taking your eyes off the road for too long. Very cool, and every smartphone should have something like this.<br /> <div class="cen" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/images/808fp2/upd11.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/images/808fp2/upd12.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" /></div> <div class="cen" style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Nokia Car mode" class="screenshotl" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000117.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 575px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Nokia Car mode" /></div> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> Camera tweaks</h3> Also in Belle FP2 is a new Camera application - new, that is, to the Nokia 603, 700 and 701, since it's the guts of the Camera application that debuted with the Nokia 808 PureView. On the plus side, the interface is now more intuitive and you can launch the camera from a locked phone by pressing and holding the shutter button - on the minus side, there's no option in the new app to switch to the front camera - yet another example of the two steps forwards, one step back syndrome that has plagued Symbian in recent times.<br /> On the 808 PureView, down at the bottom of the Creative pane of settings, there's the extremely welcome option to reset any of the three custom presets to 'default values'. I was forever fiddling with something and forgetting to change it back, so this gets a big thumbs up from me.<br /> <h3 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: normal;"> <img alt="Reset to default" class="screenshotl" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000099.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 575px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Reset to default" /><br />And the rest</h3> There's a lot more in terms of little tweaks and features, as per the changelog above. Music player has received a facelift, with volume now appearing as a top-of-screen blue gauge and only controllable via the phone volume buttons. And it's now easy to change the input language on the fly:<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="volume" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000059.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="volume" /><img alt="language chooser popup" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000122.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="language chooser popup" /></div> In addition, Notes has a new UI with more obvious means of saving a new entry. And Photos has been totally rewritten for blistering performance - ostensibly to make rendering the Nokia 808 PureView's (potential) 38MP images possible, but the speed increase will be noticeable on other phones too. The downside is that the only multi-tag option from the main gallery is 'Delete'. Other operations (e.g. 'Send') have to be done on each image individually. Overall, I'm happy though.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="notes" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/images/news/misc/Scr000111.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="notes" /><img alt="Screenshot" class="screenshotp" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/bellefp2/photos.jpg" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; height: auto; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0.6em; margin-right: 0.6em; margin-top: 0.6em; max-width: 280px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;" title="Screenshot" /></div> <h2 style="font-family: proxima-nova-condensed; font-size: 1.3em; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;"> Verdict</h2> Belle Feature Pack 2 is likely to be the very last major update to Symbian OS and it's a bit of a 'curate's egg' if I'm honest. I'm glad it's out, there are plenty of splendid features, but there are weak points to the whole OS that remain weak and there are silly bits missing (e.g. auto-correct in the keyboard) that really need patching via Sw_update sooner rather than later.<br /> Does Belle FP2 take Symbian to the same level as iOS, Android and Windows Phone in terms of user interface speed and fluidity? Sometimes. Is Symbian's UI a showstopper, a reason to not plump for a Symbian-powered phone like the Nokia 808 PureView in 2012? Absolutely not. The OS shows its age occasionally, but Belle FP2 is largely a smooth and pleasant experience, especially if you know what you're doing and you fill in some of the weak points with third party applications: Opera Mobile, Gravity and so on.<br /> With the UI out of the way, your buying choice then comes down to whether you value Nokia's rather terrific hardware and gadgets over the admittedly limp state of its application ecosystem.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Review: Belle Feature Pack 2

Symbian Belle - sorry, 'Nokia Belle', Feature Pack 2 has been available now for a few weeks and it's time to take stock. How man...

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Nokia Q3 2012 results - smartphone sales down, but return to non-IFRS profitability

Nokia has released its Q3 2012 results, reporting an operating loss of €576 million, with net sales of €7.239 billion (down 19% YoY). Nokia's Devices and Services division's losses were €683 million. The margin in Devices and Services was -19.2% (down from 3.1% in Q3 2011 and down from -11.8% in Q2 2012). Total smartphone device sales were 6.3 million (2.9 million Lumia), compared with 16.8 million units in Q3 2011 (down 63% YoY) and 10.2 million units in Q2 2012 (down 38%, QoQ).<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieK3CpVodM7R2xzVpPF0IobKF8X6LAO2nb60ucNl89Z5xeisKFQZLkR9G40rxTVTLtCWnvrS62JfdLcVJaZQs4vPnYrP2Aw69ZCf7JKcHBpsMd6JlLytYvCSeW7TQ1m5bhge80WJKN1Fg/s1600/561733_482735695079999_1028708083_n.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img alt="Nokia Q3 2012 results - smartphone sales down, but return to non-IFRS profitability" border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieK3CpVodM7R2xzVpPF0IobKF8X6LAO2nb60ucNl89Z5xeisKFQZLkR9G40rxTVTLtCWnvrS62JfdLcVJaZQs4vPnYrP2Aw69ZCf7JKcHBpsMd6JlLytYvCSeW7TQ1m5bhge80WJKN1Fg/s320/561733_482735695079999_1028708083_n.jpg" title="Nokia Q3 2012 results - smartphone sales down, but return to non-IFRS profitability" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The headline figures for Nokia are unattractive, but a significant component of it is a write down in value as a result of restructuring costs. This can be seen more clearly in Nokia's non-IFRS figures, which show a small overall profit. Nokia's Non-IFRS operating profit was €78 million, with Devices and Services non-IFRS loss at €263 million, and margins at -7.4%. <br /> <br /> Non-IFRS results exclude special items for all periods and can be seen as a measure of underlying performance. The return to non-IFRS profit suggest that the impact of the effort to cut operating expenditure has been successful, which is likely to be read by shareholders and analysts as a sign of good business management. In Q3 2012, the non-IFRS results exclude €654 million of charges, the majority of which relates to restructuring charges in the Devices and Services division (€454 million). Similar charges are likely in Q4 2012 as a result of cost cutting and job losses announced in the summer.<br /> <br /> Nokia's overall results were ahead of market expectations (expected sales of €6.9 billion and EPS of €0.11, versus €7.2 billion and €0.07 (respectively) in actuality). Smartphone device volumes were disappointing, show the scale of the challenge facing Nokia, and will attract significant negative media attention, but are not entirely unexpected given the forthcoming launch of new products and an ongoing transition. They should be set against the improved financial position and an improving outlook.<br /> <br /> Nokia ended Q3 with a net cash position of €3.6 billion, ahead of market expectations of €3.4 billion, after operating activities of -€429 million. This improvement over the first half of the year provides further evidence of Nokia's improved financial health. <br /> <br /> While the overall results continue to show substantial losses, the worst of the transition period, in financial terms, appears to now be over. This, and the better than expected results, is reflected in a 9% rise in Nokia's share price today. Much now depends on the successful roll out of Windows Phone 8 devices and the hoped for growth in smartphone volumes. <br /> <br /> <br /> Stephen Elop said:<br /> <br /> "As we expected, Q3 was a difficult quarter in our Devices & Services business; however, we are pleased that we shifted Nokia Group to operating profitability on a non-IFRS basis. In Q3, we continued to manage through a tough transitional quarter for our smart devices business as we shared the exciting innovation ahead with our new line of Lumia products. <br /> <br /> In our mobile phones business, the positive consumer response to our new Asha full touch smartphones translated into strong sales. And in Q3, our mobile phones business delivered a solid quarter with sequential sales growth and improved contribution margin.<br /> <br /> In Location & Commerce, we made progress establishing our platform offering with customers like Amazon. This is in line with our plan to expand our location offering to more customers.<br /> <br /> And, Nokia Siemens Networks had a remarkable quarter in which we achieved record profitability on a non-IFRS basis and the Nokia Siemens Networks cash balance increased for the fourth quarter in a row. <br /> <br /> While we continue to focus on transitioning Nokia, we are determined to carefully manage our financial resources, improve our competitiveness, return our Devices & Services business to positive operating cash flow as quickly as possible, and ultimately provide more value to our shareholders."<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Device volumes (sales)<br /> <br /> Of the smart devices volume of 6.3 million, 2.9 million were Nokia Lumia devices and approximately 3.4 million were Symbian devices. The Lumia devices sales were below an average analyst estimate of 3.7 million units. The average selling price was €155 (up 18% from €131 in Q3 2011 and up 3% from €151 in Q2 2012), reflecting an increased proportion of higher cost Symbian devices (principally, the Nokia 808 PureView).<br /> <br /> Nokia has now sold a total of 10 million Lumia devices. The average selling price of Lumia devices was €160 in Q2, compared to €186 in Q2 2012, reflecting an increased proportion of Lumia 610 sales and price cutting strategies.<br /> <br /> Devices & Services margins were negatively effected due to a recognition of a €120 million cost related to excess component inventory and future purchase commitments, an indication of the difficulty Nokia is having in predicting device sales volumes. Margins were also negatively impacted by higher fixed costs per unit, an inevitable consequence of the lower overall device volume.<br /> <br /> <img alt="Nokia Smartphone sales" height="404" src="http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/images/icons/nokia-q3-2012.png" title="Nokia Q3 2012 results - smartphone sales down, but return to non-IFRS profitability" width="640" /><br /> <br /> In Q3, Mobile Phone volumes were 76.6 million, down 15% from 89.8 million in Q3 2011, and up 4% from 73.5 million in Q2 2012. Of these sales, 6.5 million were Asha full touch smartphones, indicating a successful roll out of the new product line. It is the positive performance of Nokia's Mobile Phone division that was primairly responsible for the better than expected overall results, though Nokia Siemens Networks was also an important factor. Feature phones continue to be a bright spot for Nokia, bucking the overall industry trend, and providing credible competiton against the lowest end Android devices. <br /> <br /> The full touch Asha products are directly replacing some of Nokia's earlier lower cost Symbian devices (e.g. Nokia 5222) and, in some assessments, will be counted as smartphones. In this case, Nokia smartphone volumes would be 12.8 million. At the All About sites we do not regard the Asha devices as smartphones, but they do offer a "smart" experience, and should be acknowledged in any assessment of smartphone sales data, especially as they directly compete against smartphones running Android and Blackberry OS.<br /> <br /> Nokia's Location & Commerce division reported sales of €265 million, down from €282 million in Q3 2011 and €283 million in Q2 2012. The decrease was mainly due to lower sales of personal navigation devices across the industry and lower map update sales.<br /> <br /> Nokia Siemens Networks reported sales of €3.501 billion, up from €3.413 billion in Q3 2011 and up from €3.343 billion in Q2 2012. Operating profit was €182 million, up from a loss of €114 million in Q3 2011, and up from a loss of €227 million in Q2 2012.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Outlook<br /> <br /> Looking forward, Nokia expects its non-IFRS Devices and Services operating margin in Q4 to be -6% (with a +/- range of 4%), a significant improvement over this quarter, suggesting Nokia is very bullish about the prospect for its new Lumia devices.<br /> <br /> Q4 2012 will see the launch of new Windows Phone 8 devices, but it will still be a very tough period for Nokia, as sales of new devices will only begin in the middle of the quarter and will be limited in scope. Symbian and Windows Phone 7.5 devices will remain the major contributor to overall device sales. As a result, the sales level of the Lumia 610 and low cost Symbian phones are likely to be the major varying factor in Q3 2012.<br /> <br /> Nokia expects Q4 "to be a challenging quarter in Smart Devices, with a lower-than-normal benefit from seasonality in volumes, primarily due to product transitions and our ramp up plan for our new devices.".<br /> <br /> The priority for Nokia is to return the Devices & Services division to profit as quickly as possible. This is unlikely to happen in 2012, but the situation may improve in Q4 2012 and H1 2013 with the exact results largely dependent on the sales volume of Windows Phone 8 devices, assuming Nokia can continue to defend its position in the mobile phone (feature phone) business.<br /> <br />

Nokia Q3 2012 results - smartphone sales down, but return to non-IFRS profitability

Nokia has released its Q3 2012 results, reporting an operating loss of €576 million, with net sales of €7.239 billion (down 19% YoY). Nokia...

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Head to head: Nokia E7 vs N950

With this direct comparison of the Nokia E7 and N950 'developer' device I don't think I've ever so badly wanted to combine two handsets, picking the best attributes of each - especially galling when you consider that there's no reason whatsoever why Nokia couldn't in fact have done this. For example, three of the E7's acknowledged weaknesses - totally sealed battery, EDoF camera and easily muffled speaker, are addressed head on in the Meego-powered N950, yet you can't buy the latter for love nor money. But one my 'head to heads' should prove instructive, not least to indicate what might have been, should a different designer have been at work on the E7 project...<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRc6OZv4mM5Ie4Hoiz7fSOVDnOumRuchVeNTUuafkKf4OAiibNRvSSbfp3x1bjK7i8vrLHE8Gke-WL7s_ZNgPth3UmpP_G6a0hzE5CPnOATx8UhUa9vPrrQ3gB8iFs0smFQF4B1l7qL4/s1600/n950-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Head to head: Nokia E7 vs N950" border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRc6OZv4mM5Ie4Hoiz7fSOVDnOumRuchVeNTUuafkKf4OAiibNRvSSbfp3x1bjK7i8vrLHE8Gke-WL7s_ZNgPth3UmpP_G6a0hzE5CPnOATx8UhUa9vPrrQ3gB8iFs0smFQF4B1l7qL4/s640/n950-6.jpg" title="Head to head: Nokia E7 vs N950" width="640" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"></span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <br /> <br /> Givem the extremely limited availability of the N950, this head to head is completely beside the point from a buying/comparison point of view, but I was fascinated to discover the strong and weak points of the two ostensibly similar designs. And hopefully you will be too. As with previous head to heads, where appropriate/possible (in some rows it's simply too subjective or there isn't a clear leader), I've shaded in a 'winner' in green for each attribute, to give a visual guide to possible superiority.... <br /> <br /> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: proxima-nova, verdana; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><table border="1" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Nokia E7</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Nokia N950</strong></td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Availability, history</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">First available December 2010, still available for sale, typical price now £280, SIM-free</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Never sold, only given out to a few tens of thousand developers in summer 2011 to encourage development of Meego/N9 applications. Changes hands on the second hand market at £500+ regularly.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Form factor and input method, build quality</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Aluminium shell with pivoting display on sturdy metal hinge. Lovely hardware, lovely form factor, incredible build quality, very thin for the keyboard size</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Aluminium body with screw-on rear half (not for casual users, but easy to get off with a Torx T4 etc.), with pivoting display on sturdy metal hinge, almost identical to the E7's. Again, lovely hardware, lovely form factor, very good build quality, very thin for the keyboard size</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Display</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">4" ClearBlack Display full RGB AMOLED, pretty good in sunlight, 640 pixels by 360. Made of Gorilla Glass and almost impossible to scratch.</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">4" TFT full RGB Display, 854 pixels by 480. Not sure if it's Gorilla Glass or not and not going to damage my unit testing(!)</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Display flexibility</strong></td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">All OS and application screens work in both portrait and landscape modes</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">The interface is designed around portrait mode and the application grid, notifications and multitasking view all stay portrait. The majority of applications support display rotation to landscape, though, including obvious ones like Web, Mail and Messaging. Curiously it's done through accelerometer detection rather than a microswitch on the keyboard mechanism, so you still sometimes have to twitch the N950 up a little after opening the keyboard, to get the desired effect.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Keyboard</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Four row keyboard, nominal key travel but excellent feel, punctuation via long key presses or Fn/Sym keys.</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Almost identical to the E7's four row keyboard, nominal key travel but good feel (slightly 'harder'), punctuation via long key presses or Fn/Sym keys.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Touchscreen input</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Features text correction (turned on in a setting) but not multitouch. Optional numeric keypad input.</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Has multitouch and 'Swype' integrated, but there's no auto-correction of mispelled words - you have to tap on the suggested alternatives or (optionally) press the space bar to accept.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Weight</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">176g</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">158g. It's not at all clear why this should be lighter than the E7, but it is - can only think there's slightly less metal inside!</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Operating system and interface</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Nokia Belle Refresh (as at Autumn 2012), major firmware updates now finished. OS is mature, the raw functionality and flexibility are still class-leading (with caveats, below!)</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Meego 1.2 Harmattan PR 1.3 (not officially released, but available within the developer community), the 'swipe UI' is superbly well thought out as a top level interface, the OS is fairly mature and the Qt dialogs and menus will be very familiar to Symbian users.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Free RAM, free user memory, expansion for apps and media</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">256MB RAM, over 140MB free RAM after booting, over 300MB free on system disk, 16GB mass memory, no expansion. The absence of microSD expansion not only limits capacity, it also takes away a means of transferring media between devices. Partly to compensate for this, a USB on the go system (via supplied adapter) means that USB sticks/disks can be connected. On any desktop system, the E7's mass memory mounts via USB and can be used as any other disk for file transfer and media transfer.</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">1GB RAM, 500MB free after booting, 4GB application storage, 2GB application data, 10GB user data/media storage, all managed for you by the OS - plugging into a desktop OS reveals a mass storage mode, mounting the latter disk for easy access. No microSD expansion, again, as with the E7.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Processor, chipset notes, peformance</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">ARM11, 680 MHz, plus Broadcom BCM2727 graphics acceleration, pretty quick for most (though not all) operations, full and responsive multitasking. Let down slightly by the speed of several central applications (Email and Social being perhaps the biggest culprits)</td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">1GHz Cortex-A8 processor, plus PowerVR GPU, everything's pretty quick, though not quite up with the speed of late 2012 Android or iOS flagships, to be honest. You can see the CPU working, but you're not left hanging around very long. Full and responsive multitasking, arguably better than Symbian's, and with the swipe UI giving easy access to anything running.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Camera</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">8 megapixels EDoF (i.e. full focus, no macro), dual LED flash. Disappointing for business use in practice. Almost everything I'd want to capture in an office, for example, requires a degree of auto-focus. Casual snaps outdoors come out well though. </td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">12 megapixels auto-focus camera that's automatically downsampled slightly to 8MP (or 7MP in 16:9 mode), though I doubt there's much 'PureView-like' action going on.... Quality is pretty good, and with a vastly more flexible camera than the E7's.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Camcorder</strong></td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">Decent 720p video (EDoF excels in this use case) with excellent digital sound</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Acceptable 720p video and sound, with continuous autofocus</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Application load-out highlights (out of the box)</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Nokia Maps with free navigation, Nokia Store, Quickoffice editing suite, Photo and Video editors</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Nokia Maps with free navigation, Nokia Store, Photo and Video editors, Documents viewer, Wi-fi hotspot, Terminal, Galaxy on Fire 2, Need for Speed: Shift.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Web browsing/working on the Internet</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Web as per the N97 and E90, with Flash built-in and now with multitouch support. Interface is dated and multi-stage page rendering now clumsy with 2012's bloated, multi Megabyte web pages </td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">Rendering capabilities roughly in line with Symbian's, though also roughly twice as fast on average, so a 20 second load time on the E7 is 10s or less on the N950.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Messaging, Email</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Nokia Mail now quite usable day to day, though rendering of rich emails can be clumsy and you're limited to just one Mail for Exchange mailbox/PIM set.</td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">Mail is smooth and fast, support for multiple Mail for Exchange accounts.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Audio out</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">3.5mm, plus tinny mono speaker </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">3.5mm, plus even tinnier and scratchier mono speaker (though my 'review' unit may have been 'faulty' - hard to say!)</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Battery capacity, life</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">1200mAh, fixed with no user access at all (removal is a nightmare procedure that takes tens of minutes and plenty of room for messing things up), recharge each night, microUSB charging.</td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">1320mAh BV-4D cell (same as the Nokia 808, interestingly), in theory fixed, though replacement is only a 2 minute procedure (similar to changing the battery on the N8) by undoing 4 small Torx T4 screws on the back of the device (not that practical to do on the move though, since the screws will get lost and you also have to reset time and date after each removal etc.). Recharge needed each night, microUSB charging. </td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Connectivity notes</strong></td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Quad-band GSM, Pentaband 3G, <a class="itxtrst itxtrsta itxthook" href="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/15990_Head_to_head_Nokia_E7_vs_N950-.php#" id="itxthook0" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; color: #095f93; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-variant: normal; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: static !important; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; top: auto; white-space: normal;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0p" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: normal; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-transform: none !important; top: auto; white-space: normal;"><span class="itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap" id="itxthook0w" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; bottom: auto; color: darkblue; display: inline; float: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; height: auto; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-transform: none !important; top: auto; white-space: normal;">Bluetooth</span><img class="itxtrst itxtrstimg itxthookicon" id="itxthook0icon" src="http://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial !important; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-style: initial; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial !important; border-width: initial !important; bottom: auto; display: inline !important; float: none !important; height: auto !important; left: auto; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-left: 0px !important; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; max-height: none; max-width: none !important; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 4px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: auto; text-align: left; top: auto; vertical-align: middle; white-space: normal; width: auto !important;" /></span></a>, Wi-Fi, GPS </td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Quad-band GSM, Pentaband 3G, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS  </td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Video apps and capabilities</strong></td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">Symbian^3 video player, very slick, looks great on the big CBD display. Handles H.263/H.264/AVC MP4, plus DivX, WMV and many other formats and variants. HDMI out to compatible equipment</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">Adequate video playback for undemanding MP4 files, the processor struggles and gives up for most 720p content or if any advanced MP4 codec is used.</td></tr> <tr><td style="vertical-align: top;"><strong style="font-weight: bold;">Application ecosystem</strong></td><td style="background-color: #99fe9f; vertical-align: top;">Quite a bit of software, including a number of good HD GPU-aware games, arguably weak area is cloud service integration apps. This is a first in my head to heads - I'm awarding the win in the ecosystem department to a Symbian handset!</td><td style="vertical-align: top;">A modest amount of high quality applications backed up by a very enthusiastic Maemo/Meego/N9/N950 community.</td></tr> </tbody></table> </span><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="E7 and N950" height="310" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/n950/n950-2.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="E7 and N950" width="400" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> The green 'wins' tally is 5 to 4 in favour of the N950, which feels about right, both numbers being quite low because the two devices are so similar in many ways and sometimes impossible to split. However, the bottom line is that I really, really do want the best bits of these two superficially similar smartphones all in the one device. The N950 comes so close to being my perfect device and addresses almost every deficiency or worry in the E7, but it's completely impossible to recommend it to anyone since you can't actually buy one. Moreover, official hardware support will be non-existent, software support left in the hands of the N9/N950 community and there's precisely zero chance of any more updates (ok, the same possibly applies to the E7 as well, but let's not go there...). In fact, given that I had to manually flash on PR 1.3 (a non-trivial task, thanks Arie!), you could argue that the N950 has already gone one update beyond the last official firmware!<br /> <br /> <img alt="E7 and N950" height="464" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/n950/n950-3.jpg" width="640" /><br /> <br /> <br /> The tantalising dream then (this being All About Symbian!) is a Nokia N950 with Symbian on, e.g. Belle Refresh or Belle FP2. The device would be amazing and would completely deserve a return to the Communicator name. Before Maemo/MeeGo fans erupt, I should add that the N950 with MeeGo Harmattan on is also pretty terrific, very fluid and only slightly let down by the DIY nature of some of the setup and application experimentation - but then that's half the fun. Please don't ask me to choose between Symbian and Maemo/MeeGo - as you know, I love the former while I am still getting to know the latter. Suffice it to say that in terms of raw, flexible, multitasking, computing functionality they both blow iOS and Windows Phone (at version 7.5 at least) out of the water. More to the point, a 'best of both worlds' mashup, as described, would also blow much of the Android competition away too. Oh, to have knocked the E7 and N950 design teams together back in 2010... PS. If you're interested in what use I put the Nokia N950 to, keep an eye on The Phones Show in a few weeks time! <br /> <br /> <img alt="E7 and N950" height="264" src="http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/images/n950/n950-4.jpg" width="640" />

Head to head: Nokia E7 vs N950

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To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered.

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnRWze1n56_gpmqxkq0v7vXpKxIIncwyCSjsrGaWtPppQmV-qqqDp9YQxaoW8ipZ6rDTWW5Jb-3afxEY20F7-qeOdpT5-VWaj1QazYcMqea2c1zleFpm9RU43DbLmQ8xA0VMBRxru2s2H/s1600/Nokia-N8-03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered." border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipnRWze1n56_gpmqxkq0v7vXpKxIIncwyCSjsrGaWtPppQmV-qqqDp9YQxaoW8ipZ6rDTWW5Jb-3afxEY20F7-qeOdpT5-VWaj1QazYcMqea2c1zleFpm9RU43DbLmQ8xA0VMBRxru2s2H/s320/Nokia-N8-03.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" title="To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered." width="170" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Now that the ‘leaked’ N8 has finally been unveiled, I couldn’t help but post my own opinion on this. So in brief, here’s what you should and should NOT expect out of this device, again, in my opinion.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4963738716052764378" name="more"></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What to expect:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A great camera</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- An improved screen</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Faster processing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Better graphics</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A tweaked UI</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- 3 widget homescreens</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- HDMI connectivity</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A strong build quality</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">What NOT to expect:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A totally new interface</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A flagship device (it will lead in the camera segment though)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- A blazing-fast overhauled OS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- 6 days of battery life</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Recording in 5.1 Digital Dolby (playback only supported)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">- Amazing speaker quality</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I believe just like the N86 silently made its way to the top of the camera-phone herd, the N8 will not disappoint. Few are the bloggers/savants who call the N86 a flagship device, when the majority doesn’t think it is. I’d have to agree with the minority here, the N86 was and still is one of the most stable S60 3rd devices that Nokia has manufactured to date, and it does great on almost all aspects. I’d call that a flagship, except that the technology it brings is not groundbreaking. It’s not the N95 back in 2006. Here’s where the N8 kicks in; a decent phone with a great camera. I’m a Nokia fan, that’s clearly visible, so I’m not going to defend whatever Nokia is claiming this device will be; I’m just eager to see how the device will perform when it’s out in 3 to 4 months’ time. Being a fan of Symbian for the past few years, I also know that what it lacks in terms of polished UI and smoothness is compensated by efficiency and productivity, I can always do anything I desire with my phone be it the X6, E72, N97 mini or N82. The OS is a tad slow compared to competition? Perhaps, but I can live with that. With more RAM now on board and a better processor, I think it will do just fine. And even if it doesn’t, S^3 is only supposed to pave the way for S^4 which should really mark a change.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Hater or lover, you’ve got to admit, such a device cannot go unnoticed. With a plethora of powerful devices available on the market, one now looks for the best deals. Features aside (all devices being somewhat similar these days) the N8 is a bargain. Selling at $500 (before taxes and subsidies) I believe it is every photographer’s wet dream. It is also a very capable device for non-photography amateurs – people who are looking for a phone and wanting to save on buying a standalone camera. I’m currently using the Nokia X6 and I totally see myself switching to a better device – the N8.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Just think of it this way: Symbian OS is still in the works, a major overhaul is coming, S^3 addresses some and not all bugs, and Nokia has finally gone the OLED/Capacitive way, added RAM, upgraded CPU, and is back on the megapixel map (whether that really matters or not). With what’s coming ahead, do you have doubts? Don’t. If this is an effort – and we all know it’s a not a best-effort – then what do you think the flagship device will be like? The N97 days are gone. It’s a new start. And this is no young inexperienced company. And it’s not about to go down. Before bashing the device, just give it a shot, like I will. Then and only then, when you have the final product out of the sales box and in your hands, you can make your own judgment. It’s still too early to tell if it will be a huge success or not, if people will fall in love with it or not, but by reading that</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">specs sheet</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">you cannot help but drool, even if a bit.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I can only hope Nokia is on the right track to dominate in the hi-end segment once again, looking at the N8, I sure feel it is. With MeeGo on the horizon, an improved Symbian OS to follow, and great hardware, things are looking good.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlzV_yPoFEGsb67zZn8PQ5a412Rls9GB4ebJ2Ce_yZ6NIUJ7yz2Fjjzkmvg3iVGzSEPy34EvHrQU_AtnDIPcJ0z59NZCwqPrqZ_4aoD8wIZo4OsefgxHOwiVhJe5BFnGUIq0BrTG52zo9/s1600/Nokia_N8_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="color: #33aaff; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"><img alt="To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered." border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlzV_yPoFEGsb67zZn8PQ5a412Rls9GB4ebJ2Ce_yZ6NIUJ7yz2Fjjzkmvg3iVGzSEPy34EvHrQU_AtnDIPcJ0z59NZCwqPrqZ_4aoD8wIZo4OsefgxHOwiVhJe5BFnGUIq0BrTG52zo9/s320/Nokia_N8_05.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" title="To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered." width="320" /></a></div>

To like the N8 or not to like the N8 - that question is answered.

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X3-02: Lebanon gets it FIRST !

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltl7fsj4L_T85MQr5IP9ndNL69VPTTaKsF5dXTjtmFuZhs4lwR9KlvDbygOSfy4pfGpf2Ps5muqfujEfqij88lZkYzOEv4FL6W0LUgTU7ULnGIrDy71ZAIESIc-MJ2hMR9vqO4pknF2v8/s1600/Nokia_X3_touch+and+type_5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="color: #2288bb; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="X3-02: Lebanon gets it FIRST !" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhltl7fsj4L_T85MQr5IP9ndNL69VPTTaKsF5dXTjtmFuZhs4lwR9KlvDbygOSfy4pfGpf2Ps5muqfujEfqij88lZkYzOEv4FL6W0LUgTU7ULnGIrDy71ZAIESIc-MJ2hMR9vqO4pknF2v8/s320/Nokia_X3_touch+and+type_5.JPG" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0976563) 1px 1px 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px; position: relative;" title="X3-02: Lebanon gets it FIRST !" width="208" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"><br /></span><br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Two posts in one day! Damn I’m on a roll! I guess it’s because I miss blogging and been away for a while. So, my trusty BH-905 pumping music into my ear canals (listening to AvB at the moment), I’m pretty certain I’ll be deaf real soon; I’m writing this post to inform you all about how my country Lebanon will go down in history this Saturday.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6432231787705585154" name="more"></a><br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> On September 11, Lebanon has been selected by Nokia as the first country in the world to launch and start selling the new X3-02. </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Our creative marketing team came up with the idea of starting this premiere<b> at exactly 3:02pm on Saturday, at the Nokia Care Centers</b> (in Ashrafieh and on Zalka highway for local readers) where people will get the chance to win 100 free X3-02 devices, as well as the opportunity to buy the device for $199 (only during this day), saving $50.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> If you buy the device before the draw, you get to take away a cool free accessory to go along with it, say a Bluetooth headset, a car holder, a speaker, etc. depending on how lucky you are. If your number comes up in the draw, you get your money back AND you keep both the device and the accessory. Pretty slick if you ask me. Hey, I have a black X3-02 right now (and a blue one… and a white one), but if I were to buy a new phone, I think what we have here is bargain. Why? Quick reminder on the specs of our slimmest phone yet; at 9.6mm it packs:</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - 5 megapixel camera</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - Wi-Fi and Bluetooth</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - 2.4-inch touchscreen</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> -  Keypad for typing</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - microSD card slot for your music and pictures</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - 2 dedicated shortcut keys for music and messaging</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - FM Radio</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - Boosted speaker so you can annoy your entourage</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - 3.5mm audio jack for use with any headphones that you have</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - Dedicated lock key on the side</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> - Email, chat, and social networking clients</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Personally, I've set up 4 email accounts on it, tweeted and updated my Facebook page, listened to music, and it handles them all like a champ. Oh, and it’s the closest thing to multitasking you’ll get from an S40 device! Info in a different post.</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <span style="color: red;"><span style="color: black;">So, 100 lucky winners will get to walk away with a new X3-02 on Saturday, starting 3:02 pm. We will also be present at the Hamra Fesitvals for a roadshow where bands will be performing live, and where people would also be able to buy the device for $199, on the spot.</span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> If you reside in Lebanon don’t miss the chance to be among the first people in the world to ever use this cool new phone. Quantities are limited. We couldn’t get 4 million phones for all of you, you know?</div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"> Oh, and before you can ask, no I’m not giving you away any of my 3 phones. I’m trying to match them up with my clothes so it’s going to be hard to let any of them go ;)</div>

X3-02: Lebanon gets it FIRST !

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ASUS A45VD Driver for Win7, Win8

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Driver</b></td> <td>75.79(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/WLAN/Compal/WLAN_Atheros_Compal_Win7_64_Z920470.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Wireless |Atheros Wireless Lan Driver and Application</b></td> <td>17.65(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/Bluetooth/Compal/Bluetooth_Atheros_Compal_Win7_32_VER740115.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32bit|BlueTooth|Atheros BlueTooth driver</b></td> <td>172.48(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/Bluetooth/Bluetooth_Atheros_Compal_Win7_64_Z740115.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 64bit|BlueTooth|Atheros BlueTooth driver</b></td> <td>172.48(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/Bluetooth/Compal/Bluetooth_Intel_Compal_Win7_64_Z201530131.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|BlueTooth|Intel BlueTooth driver</b></td> <td>42.65(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/MEI/IMEI_Intel_Compal_Win7_64_Z8101263.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Others |Intel Management Engine Interface</b></td> <td>47.95(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/IRST/Compal/IRST_Intel_Compal_Win7_64_Z11001032.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Others |Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver</b></td> <td>474.13(KBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/Splendid/Splendid_ASUS_Kx5_Win7_8_VER1030005.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS Splendid Video Enhancement Technology</b></td> <td>15.48(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/USBCharger/USBChargerPlus_Win7_64_Z215.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS USB Charger Plus</b></td> <td>5.63(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Drivers/ATKPackage/ATKPackage_Win7_64_Z100023.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ATKACPI driver and hotkey-related utilities</b></td> <td>11.45(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/KB_filter/KB_Filter_Win7_64_Z1005.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|Keyboard Device Filter Utility</b></td> <td>150.80(KBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/Wireless_Console/WirelessConsole3_Win7_64_Z3034.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS Wireless Switch (Wireless Console3) Utility</b></td> <td>9.44(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/LifeFrame3/LifeFrame_Win7_32_Z315.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|Life Frame3 Utility</b></td> <td>25.29(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/P4GHybrid/Power4Gear_Hybrid_WIN7_64_Z122.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|Power4Gear Hybrid Utility</b></td> <td>12.62(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/X75A/InstantOn_Win7_64_Z233.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|Instant On</b></td> <td>4.96(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/Virtual_Camera/Virtual_Camera_Win7_64_Z1026.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS Virtual Camera Utility (The Camera driver must be installed.)</b></td> <td>1.96(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/K54C/FaceLogon_Win7_64_Z100014.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS FaceLogon Utility</b></td> <td>7.63(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/B33E/Wireless_Display_Intel_Win7_64_Z30130.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|Intel Wireless Display Application</b></td> <td>133.03(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/B33E/Scene_Switch_Win7_64_Z1012.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit|Utilities|ASUS Scene Switch Utility</b></td> <td>2.14(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/Apps/PhysX/PhysX_Nvidia_Win7_64_Z9111111.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 7 32/64bit |Utilities|Nvidia PhysX Utility</b></td> <td>30.42(MBytes)</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="Page"><div class="Pad">Windows 8 64bit <br /><table><tbody><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Chipset/Compal/Chipset_Intel_Compal_Win8_64_Z9301021.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Chipset |Intel INF Update Driver</b></td> <td>2.88(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Audio/Compal/Audio_Realtek_Compal_SM_Win8_64_Z6016657.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |AUDIO |Realtek Audio Driver</b></td> <td>125.72(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/VGA/Compal/VGA_nVidia_Compal_Win8_64_Z91813668.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |VGA|nVidia Graphics Driver</b></td> <td>234.98(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/VGA/Compal/VGA_Intel_Compal_Win8_64_Z917102843.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |VGA|Intel Graphics Driver</b></td> <td>153.78(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/LAN/Compal/LAN_Realtek_Compal_Win8_64_Z837302012.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |LAN|Realtek LAN Driver</b></td> <td>5.61(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Card_Reader/Compal/CardReader_Realtek_Compal_Win8_64_Z61840039029.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Card Reader |Realtek Multi-Card Reader Driver</b></td> <td>10.93(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Card_Reader/Compal/CardReader_Realtek_Compal_Win8_64_Z61840030136.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Card Reader |Realtek Multi-Card Reader Driver</b></td> <td>11.24(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/SmartGesture/SmartGesture_Win8_64_Z1035.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit | TouchPad |ASUS Smart Gesture (Touchpad Driver) [Please update ATK Package V1.0.0020 or later in advance]</b></td> <td>12.71(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/WiFI/Compal/Wifi_Intel_Compal_Win7_Win8_64_Z155047.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit | Wireless |Intel WiFi Wireless LAN Driver</b></td> <td>78.26(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/WiMAX/Compal/WiMAX_Intel_Compal_Win8_64_Z751000726.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit | Wireless |Intel WiMAX Wireless LAN Driver</b></td> <td>8.65(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/WLAN/Compal/WLAN_Atheros_Compal_Win8_64_Z1000209.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit | Wireless |Atheros Wireless Lan Driver and Application</b></td> <td>37.59(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Bluetooth/Compal/Bluetooth_Intel_Compal_Win8_64_Z2612090268.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |BlueTooth|Intel BlueTooth driver</b></td> <td>38.29(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/Bluetooth/Compal/Bluetooth_Atheros_Compal_Win8_64_Z800210.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |BlueTooth|Atheros BlueTooth driver</b></td> <td>181.22(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/MEI/Compal/MEI_Intel_Compal_Win8_Z811263.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Others |Intel Management Engine Interface</b></td> <td>1.11(MBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/IRST/Compal/IRST_Compal_Win7_Win8_64_Z11601030.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Others |Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver</b></td> <td>469.51(KBytes)</td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/DriversForWin8/MEI/MEI_Intel_Compal_Win8_64_Z8101263.zip">Download</a></td> <td><b>ASUS A45VD drivers for win 8 64bit |Others |Intel Management Engine Interface</b></td> <td>47.95(MBytes)</td></tr></tbody> </table></div></div></div></div></form><script type="text/javascript">tabview_initialize('TabView'); </script> </div>

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Toshiba Satellite C800 Driver for win7, Win8

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUHlocv6zbQXjtJBhzzJ2bwoyA28NY7U-HiLsa46V5pT-KjLtfepuhOjyWcuW2mrHU8l25FfyXsQsfQzsT5NB7SMF1rOkaMFxpJbYK663Zk3JJCnVf-UMD9NLs6zmtaT6NJWPJi1Q7FI/s1600/toshiba-satellite-c800-driver-win7-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWUHlocv6zbQXjtJBhzzJ2bwoyA28NY7U-HiLsa46V5pT-KjLtfepuhOjyWcuW2mrHU8l25FfyXsQsfQzsT5NB7SMF1rOkaMFxpJbYK663Zk3JJCnVf-UMD9NLs6zmtaT6NJWPJi1Q7FI/s1600/toshiba-satellite-c800-driver-win7-8.jpg" /></a></div><b>Download Toshiba Satellite C800 Notebook Driver for win7, Win8</b><br /><form action="tabview.html" method="get"><div class="TabView" id="TabView"><div class="Tabs" style="width: 500px;"><a href="http://aceh-soft.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: white;">Windows 7 </span></a><a href="http://aceh-soft.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: white;">Windows 8</span></a></div><div class="Pages" style="height: 250px; width: 610px;"><div class="Page"><div class="Pad">Windows 7 <br /><table><tbody><tr><th>Description</th><th>Driver</th><th>Download</th><th>Size</th></tr><tr> <td align="left"><b>Toshiba Service Station Utility</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Service_Station_2.2.13_TC00398200C.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">12.7Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Realtek Wireless LAN Driver</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WiFi</b></td><td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Realtek_Wireless_LAN_Driver_2.00.0017_TC70124300H.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">18.9Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Atheros Wireless LAN Driver</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>WiFi</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Atheros_Wireless_LAN_Driver_9.2.0.480.0.s3264_wCAT_wINF_TC70124500F.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download </b></a> </td><td style="text-align: center;">29.4Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Wireless LAN Indikator</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Wireless_LAN_Indicator_1.0.5n_TC00372300M.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download </b></a> </td><td style="text-align: center;">6Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba Assistent</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Assist_4.2.3.1_TC30397100B.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">4Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba Bulletin Board</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Bulletin_Board_2.1.17_TC00390800D.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">56Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba HDD/SSD Alert</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_HDD_SSD_Alert_3.1.0.11_TC00143301B.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">32.6Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba Value Added Package</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>HotKey</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Value_Added_Package_1.6.0021.320203_TC30428000A.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">100Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Alcor Card Reader Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Card Reader</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Alcor_Micro_Card_Reader_4.3.17.00279_TC70125600E.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">12Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>ConfigFree Koneksi Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_ConfigFree_8.0.43n_TC00163701H.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">55Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Intel Mobile Display Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>VGA</b></td><td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Intel_Display_Driver_8.15.10.2639_TC70127900H.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">114Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Intel Chipset SW Instalation Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Chipset</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Intel_Chipset_SW_Installation_Utility_9.3.0.1020_TC70124400H.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">4.9Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>ATI HDMI Audio Driver</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Sound</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_ATI_HDMI_Audio_Driver_7.12.0.7705_TC70126200C.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">38Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>ATI Radeon Graphics Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>VGA</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_AMD_Display_Driver_8.932.5.3_120120a_132503C_Toshiba_TC70124900I.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">203Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Bluetooth Stack for Windows 7</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Bluetooth</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/driver_bluetooth_TC00201800I.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">75Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Web Camera Application</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Kamera</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_Web_Camera_Application_V2.0.3.35_TC30434700A.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">86Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Conexant Audio Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Audio</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Conexant_Audio_Driver_8.51.2.63_TC70120500O.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">69Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba Face Recognition</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Application</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://cdgenp01.csd.toshiba.com/content/support/downloads/util_face_recognition_TC00190000C.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">114Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Synaptics Toucpad Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>ToucPad</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Synaptics_Touch_Pad_Driver_15.3.39.0_TC70120400J.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">98Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Atheros LAN Driver</b></td> <td align="center" style="font-family: inherit;"><b>LAN</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Atheros_LAN_Driver_2.0.12.13_TC70120700H.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">7Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Toshiba HW Setup Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_TOSHIBA_HW_Setup_Utility_4.11.3.0_TC70102400N.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">8.8Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Intel Matrix Storage Manager</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Intel_Rapid_Storage_Technology_Driver_11.0.0.1032_TC70124600G.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">23Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>Intel USB 3.0 Driver</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_Intel_USB3.0_Driver_1.0.1.209_TC70126100F.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Download</b></a></td><td style="text-align: center;">20Mb</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><b>SRS Premium Sound HD</b></td> <td align="center"><b>Utility</b></td> <td align="center"><a href="http://fs2.pc.toshiba-asia.com/drivers/public/doc/SC800L800M800_Win7_32_SRS_Premium_Sound_HD_1.12.0300_TC70131300O.exe" 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Toshiba Satellite C800 Driver for win7, Win8

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Compaq Presario CQ42 Driver for Windows 7

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvaPtj4tLRp3hV23PDYjSZC2uurHv2aB48lj8-zraDjFKftan2yWw0dreH2j6_AE6UjJbSEkKVjc0GBqLFVpROzCOg7xY1FgGnrUuASL67rwNM3CviJuuO-PeLYfMtcttapptivPNnQI/s1600/Compaq+Presario+CQ42+driver+win7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrvaPtj4tLRp3hV23PDYjSZC2uurHv2aB48lj8-zraDjFKftan2yWw0dreH2j6_AE6UjJbSEkKVjc0GBqLFVpROzCOg7xY1FgGnrUuASL67rwNM3CviJuuO-PeLYfMtcttapptivPNnQI/s1600/Compaq+Presario+CQ42+driver+win7.jpg" /></a></div>source : <a href="http://www8.hp.com/us/en/support-drivers.html" target="_blank">HP Drivers </a><br /><b>Download Compaq Presario CQ42 Driver for Windows XP, Windows 7</b><span style="color: white;"></span><br /><form action="tabview.html" method="get"><div class="TabView" id="TabView"><div class="Pages" style="height: 250px; width: 610px;"><div class="Page"><div class="Pad"><table><tbody><tr><th>Description</th><th>Download</th></tr><tr><td>Realtek High-Definition (HD) Audio Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49526.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel Chipset Installation Utility</td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49523.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel Turbo Boost Technology Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49525.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel Management Engine Interface Driver</td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48617.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family Graphics Driver</td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49653.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>AMD High-Definition Graphics Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48280.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel High-Definition (HD) Graphics Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48274.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Synaptics TouchPad Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49522.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>LSI High-Definition Audio (HDA) Modem Driver for Microsoft Windows </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp47001-47500/sp47185.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ralink/Motorola Bluetooth Adapter Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp52501-53000/sp52533.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ralink 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Adapter </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp50501-51000/sp50683.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Intel PRO/Wireless Drivers for Microsoft Windows 7 </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp50501-51000/sp50655.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Broadcom 2070 Bluetooth Software and Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp50001-50500/sp50180.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Realtek PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC Driver</td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49501-50000/sp49521.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ralink RT3090 802.11 b/g/n WiFi Adapter Driver </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp49001-49500/sp49134.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48591.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Atheros Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48501-49000/sp48755.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Realtek RTL8191SE 802.11b/g/n Wireless LAN Driver for Microsoft Windows </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp47501-48000/sp47860.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr><tr><td>Software Support for HP Integrated Module with Bluetooth Wireless Technology for Microsoft Windows 7 </td><td><a href="http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp47001-47500/sp47022.exe" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="Page"><div class="Pad">Drivers Windows XP </div></div></div></div></form><script type="text/javascript">tabview_initialize('TabView'); </script></div>

Compaq Presario CQ42 Driver for Windows 7

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Canon ip4200 Driver for Windows

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDTLhgDnP9sx9IgeCYA8fmzIa4EVbtxMdD2z_2ATG2HnQcYydd6mLVukbtjXv2tRissbMjze8aI5CNrJum_Tx7JT2WsCfDA_9HCndConP8ymt-7m3dgAhuVmMhKcv9eixw7bXzl7G0m0/s1600/ip4200+driver+win-xp-vista-7-8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoDTLhgDnP9sx9IgeCYA8fmzIa4EVbtxMdD2z_2ATG2HnQcYydd6mLVukbtjXv2tRissbMjze8aI5CNrJum_Tx7JT2WsCfDA_9HCndConP8ymt-7m3dgAhuVmMhKcv9eixw7bXzl7G0m0/s1600/ip4200+driver+win-xp-vista-7-8.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Download Canon ip4200 Driver for Windows XP / Vista / 7 / 8</b></div><table><tbody><tr><th>Download</th> <th>Category </th> <th>Size</th> </tr><tr> <td><a href="http://driver-link.blogspot.com/2012/11/canon-pixma-ip4200-my-printer-for.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><button>Download</button></a></td> <td><b>Canon PIXMA iP4200 My Printer Ver. 3.0.0 (Windows 8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP)</b><b></b></td> <td>3.38 MB </td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://driver-link.blogspot.com/2012/11/canon-pixma-ip4200-easy-photoprint-ex.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><button>Download</button></a></td> <td><b>Canon PIXMA iP4200 Easy-PhotoPrint EX Ver. 4.1.0 (Windows 8/8 x64/7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP)</b><b></b></td> <td>57.53 MB </td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://driver-link.blogspot.com/2012/11/canon-pixma-ip4200-my-printer-utility.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><button>Download</button></a></td> <td><b>Canon PIXMA iP4200 My Printer utility for Windows</b></td> <td>2.58 MB </td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://driver-link.blogspot.com/2012/11/canon-pixma-ip4200-cd-labelprint-for.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><button>Download</button></a></td> <td><b>Canon PIXMA ip4200 CD-LabelPrint Ver. 1.4.2 (Windows 7/7 x64/Vista/Vista64/XP/2000/XP x64/Me/98)</b></td> <td>9.56 MB </td></tr><tr> <td><a href="http://driver-link.blogspot.com/2012/11/canon-pixma-ip4200-canon-inkjet-printer.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><button>Download</button></a></td> <td><b>Canon PIXMA iP4200 Canon Inkjet Printer Driver Add-On Module</b></td> <td>4.07 MB </td></tr></tbody> </table></div>

Canon ip4200 Driver for Windows

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