deano87
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Delivered 
Had a quick play as I want to get a full charge on it. Seems just as good as any other smart phone I've used. Bit laggy, but it is going mental with tips and hints.
On General setting in vibrates every time you tap the screen. Feels like the bloody thing is going to fall apart so disabled that.
It feels well built and dropped it once already 
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AndyKent
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Desire vibrates when typing too. Was weird at first but gotten used to it.
Hope you like it after all this faffing about 
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John
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Phone itself looks really good btw, would be a winner if it had android or meamo/meego.
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deano87
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On it now. QWERTY keyboard is a novelty compared to my E51. Pinch to zoom is excellent. Really impressed with the phone overall, just takes some getting used to. Facebook App pretty cool.
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Ash_EP3
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
I hate the shit that SE and Samsung put over Android, only HTC do proper Andriod phones!
HTC Sense FTW 
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Jambo
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Its a great upgrde from an E51, camera is excellent and for an alphnumeric pad i love the texting pad on it.
Thats about it tho, antiquated!
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pow
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Gunna wander into town and see if I can have a go on one today, the C7 is released on Monday if I like it. I'll be on the phone to O2 if I do 
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deano87
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Depends what you're used to pow but I really like it.
Some things aren't as instant as I'd like, but other features outweight it. For example going from portrait to landscape can be a bit laggy but depends on what programme you're running.
Just watched The Apprentice You're Fired over WiFi and the screen was really crisp.
Ovi Maps GPS is excellent too and really accurate - just remember to disable access to the net unless you want traffic updates.
Really impressed so far
EDIT: Bastard O2 are going to take a months bill in advance though - I really don't understand that. So going to be paying for my previous line rental which ends on Monday when the numbers change, plus the new tariff, plus what I've used on existing. Fail.
[Edited on 23-10-2010 by deano87]
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ash_corsa
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Just setting up my mrs' new N8 we got today, what deal did you get deano?
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deano87
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It was with Nokia Direct. £35/month, 300 anytime any network, unlimited txts, 500mb data. £0 up front.
What about your misses?
EDIT: That's on O2.
[Edited on 23-10-2010 by deano87]
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ash_corsa
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£27 a month, 18month, 300mins, unlim texts and internet
Phone free, was upgrade on orange through phones4u
What you think of it so far?
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deano87
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O2 couldn't even get close to a deal like that even on upgrade - mines 18 months too.
I really like it but I'm a fan of Symbian and never used anything else. I was initially pissed off with the touch screen not being very responsive but you just have to be assertive. Clearl an intentional feature because typing on the QWERTY is super sensitive. On it now. Mind you I'm quicker on my old E51
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Dom
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Where the hell are the pictures and videos!? 
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ash_corsa
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Yea it seems miles behind my iphone but its not really an iphone competitor i suppose.
Was a right ballache to sync it with my laptop so i could edit contacts. Kept saying connection error and allsorts!
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Dom
Where the hell are the pictures and videos!?
Haven't had chance - but seriously just go on YouTube or something. What I take won't be anything special.
But box contents:
Phone.
'Travel' charger.
Mini HDMI to HDMI converter.
Weird USB to standard USB converter.
Weird USB to standard USB cable.
In ear headphones with 3 different ear piece sizes - also acts as radio antenna.
Quick start guide.
Product warning type guide.
User manual on CD.
I also got a mini-HDMI to HDMI cable free as part of the NokiaDirect.co.uk deal.
I didn't realise but the phone has a transmitter so you can listen to music over the car radio etc 
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deano87
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Decided that the poor sensitivity is down to software and not hardware because just downloaded & played Need for Speed Shift HD and it was bloomin' awesome!
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deano87
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There appears to be no compatible YouTube App available - only the mobile site.
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ed
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http://tnw.to/172r1
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Hammer
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lol
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deano87
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No such problems. Although mine is rarely in my pocket i.e. on my desk or in the cup holder in the car.
Not the only phone to have problems though...
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ash_corsa
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its a sack of shite, the mrs is regretting hers now!
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ash_corsa
its a sack of shite, the mrs is regretting hers now!
how comes?
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deano87
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I can see why people would hate it because it's very a Symbian. However it isn't a bad phone and doesn't do anything badly, just in the way it does.
App store is quite shit though. And no YouTube app pretty annoying, despite it advertising as having one. It's only a shortcut that once deleted from the phone isn't retrievable 
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ed
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Even Nokia hates Symbian.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/25/symbian-foundation-winding-down-operations/
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Ash_EP3
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Thank fuck I got a HTC and not Nokia.... previously aside from an LG Viewty I've always had Nokia phones in the past... until the N97 which was a complete let down. Cheap hardware, shit software = fail....
It seems Nokia still haven't been able to get it right this time 
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