Nokia finally launch their WP phones

Post #349,631 by pwhysall 10/26/11 9:33:29 AM Reply	Nokia finally launch their WP phones http://www.nokia.co....s/phone/lumia800/ And I want one, badly. Sim-free pricing seems to be about £350, which is aggressive.
Post #349,634 by SpiceWare 10/26/11 10:58:31 AM Reply	thats a pretty phone
Post #349,638 by Another Scott 10/26/11 12:09:43 PM Reply	Only 16GB storage. A bit tight these days, no?
Post #349,639 by pwhysall 10/26/11 12:12:30 PM Reply	Nah, not really. Given that I'd need the far side of 100GB to tote around everything, then if I'm going to have to be selective, and I am, it's just a matter of degree. The actual numbers become a bit irrelevant. And, really, I only fill up my phone with music anyhoo. I have a "most recent n gigabytes" smart playlist in iTunes, and that's the one that gets synced to the phone. I'm also seriously interested in the fact that these phones will come with Nokia Maps, which has a very good reputation as a turn-by-turn navigation application.
Post #349,653 by altmann 10/26/11 5:21:15 PM Reply	SD Card? Some other WP7 phones can take an SD card as a semi-permanent storage expansion. Specs here: http://www.pcworld.c...ec_smackdown.html say the Nokia Lumia 800 can't. That's dissappointing.
Post #349,654 by pwhysall 10/26/11 5:22:18 PM Reply	Re: SD Card? It'll have an internal SD card slot, like my current HTC Mozart. It's just that getting at it will void your warranty and then some.
Post #349,665 by scoenye 10/26/11 6:20:14 PM Reply	Wondering why? http://www.engadget....and-how-nokia-ca/ This is the root cause. Microsoft had never intended Windows Phone 7's storage to be expandable, swappable, or removable. Now explain this to Gramma... the phone randomly generates a password that it stores in its internal Flash and then uses to secure the card, essentially bonding the card with the phone. By its design, a password-secured SD card (or microSD card in this case) can be read only with the password; otherwise, your only option is to erase it. So, once used in a WinPhone, the card becomes useless anywhere else, and if you do swap it out, the phone will not recognize the new card. Given who will be fielding the irate calls, I can see the the OEMs being kingly asked to avoid this possibility altogether by not having a card slot to begin with.
Post #349,641 by Bman 10/26/11 1:06:13 PM Reply	Bing, Internet Explorer 9, you have gone to the DARKSIDE but I will say it is a nice looking phone( no no I being pulled no more Iphone But I like my android) "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand" Peter Griffin (Family Guy)
Post #349,644 by pwhysall 10/26/11 2:29:23 PM 10/26/11 2:31:07 PM Reply	Re: Bing, Internet Explorer 9, Bing Local Scout is just brilliant. Never go hungry or be bored again. ETA: There simply isn't an Android handset that looks as good as the Lumia 800. Edited by pwhysall Oct. 26, 2011, 02:31:07 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #349,662 by folkert 10/26/11 6:11:29 PM Reply	Handset looks... that is just your opinion. Try a real android phone for a while, you'll see what I am talking about. Again, my opinion. But the fact is, I'll never get/have a Windows phone. Ever.
Post #349,710 by pwhysall 10/27/11 9:23:12 AM Reply	Re: Handset looks... I had a Nexus one running CM 7.1 from about Jan-May this year. It was great - there was nothing you couldn't do with it. But everything on it - software and hardware - looked and felt like I'd made it. There's just little to no fit and finish in the software, and the hardware's built down to a price with a vengeance; well, when the only way to compete with the other OEMs is on hardware spec, that's all you can do. This works for some people. It doesn't for me. I'm done with technodogma; nowadays, I just go with what works. There's enough evangelists out there that I won't be missed.
Post #349,712 by boxley 10/27/11 9:32:02 AM Reply	have 2 droids an iphone at home my brother's $MS phone blows all 3 away in look and feel Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 55 years. meep
Post #349,713 by Another Scott 10/27/11 10:09:21 AM Reply	Cyan. Meh. They seem to like clown colors for the UI.
Post #349,715 by pwhysall 10/27/11 10:20:45 AM 10/27/11 10:21:35 AM Reply	You can make it lots of colours. The Metro UI works well with bold colours. But there's "sensible blue" and "inoffensive green" in there, as well. No grey, though. ETA: there's no cyan. Edited by pwhysall Oct. 27, 2011, 10:21:35 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #349,716 by Another Scott 10/27/11 10:24:58 AM Reply	Wonky eyes/monitor settings here, I guess. ;-)
Post #349,642 by SpiceWare 10/26/11 1:34:49 PM Reply	Ars Technica just posted a hands-on Nokia's Lumia 800 is exactly what Microsoft, Windows Phone 7 need http://arstechnica.c...-phone-7-need.ars

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