Quote from Mp3 Astra :

If there's a way to make it so I don't have to visit more websites than I have to, then I want it! I like to have a bunch of stuff on Facebook. I follow a tonne of websites that way; the content comes to me rather than me having to find it.

Also, if you have a Symbian or Android mobile phone, you can use Socially, which lets you not only receive desktop updates on your phone as people update their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Foursquare, but also post your own updates (incluing GeoTagging with your GPS position), automatically sync friends' photos with Phone Contacts, view Caller's social info on incoming calls, block unwanted calls, and more.
www.sociallyapp.com

The app is free but data transfer taxes from your carrier will apply.

Quote from StableX :

Great article on tomshardware testing 5 browsers: http://www.tomshardware.com/re ... orer-9-safari-5,2680.html

Opera wins and is the fastest browser.

/thread.

Well, now that everyone can see Opera is in fact the fastest browser, I guess we can move on... if anyone wants to try it out, you can get it for Mac, Linux, Windows and any mobile phone (be it smart or not) here: www.opera.com

(Apple says Safari is "The world’s fastest browser", which is obviously not true).

Well it's been 5 months since I contracted this unlimited data plan (not unlimited texts or talk time, just unlimited data. Data costs $28, but total plan cost with texts (30sms/month) and talk time (60minutes/month) is about $39). My carrier is TIM. As far as I know it really is unlimited, but I haven't even managed to download more than 4GB/month on the phone yet... If there is a limit, it must be very much higher than my normal usage. I almost don't use tethering though... when I first contracted it I used it a lot because GVT wasn't installed home yet, but now I just don't need it... I use it mostly when my sister comes home with her netbook, in which case I open a wifi hotspot on the phone for her to use the internet.

Anyway, what I really need is a unlimited text plan because last month I sent over 300 sms and I had to pay an extra $66 because of it.

Wow, I guess USD $70 for a dumbphone data plan is ridiculously expensive. It's obvious Microsoft's Kin wouldn't succeed. Just as an example, I pay BRL $50 (USD $ 28) for an 3G unlimited data plan (also, no speed cuts even after I downloaded more than 3GB of data from it in about 20 days). The only thing is, you pay for the speed you get: my unlimited data plan is for 300kbps (I've gotten a maximum of 40KB/s download speed on torrents and usually 25 to 30KB/s on the browser. Maximum upload speed registered was 18KB/s). The 1mbps unlimited data plan costs around USD $67 (there is no better plan than this one at the moment from my carrier in the place I live).

Quote from AMB :

I understand that, and I can't judge something that's not been released yet, but going on old versions of IE, I will most likely not even try IE9 unless I hear it's amazing/quick etc, I've never liked the GUI of IE, the main reason I'm using FF though is because it's quick and has the addons but in terms of speed and GUI I think Opera wins for me.

Edit: Added 11 Browsers benchmarks in terms of speed on Windows OS.

Also a link to browser speeds for Mac and Windows here

You didn't try Opera 10.5 or 10.6. They have a new javascript engine compared to Opera 10.0 and 10.1 which is up to 7 times faster (carakhan or something like that).

Could you please try it out ( www.opera.com ) and show us the results? I'm interested in seeing how it would perform along the other browsers in your comparison.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdr ... ks/SunSpider/Default.html

Firefox 3.6.3's 736 ms vs Opera 10.6 beta's 243 ms - I wouldn't say it's very close. But indeed, it doesn't matters unless you're on Pentium II.

Quote from Opera Labs :

Vega is our new graphics library. It’s currently software-based and displays everything you see on-screen. Vega can be hardware accelerated, but as you can see from the complex graphics benchmark in Peacekeeper, we don’t seem to need it yet.

This is why Opera doesn't have hardware acceleration yet. And this is an very old benchmark.
http://labs.opera.com/news/2009/12/22/

Quote from E.Reiljans :

Firefox 4.0 Design Mockups First Look - July 29, 2009.

I didn't actually click your (previous) link, I just read what you said...

Quote from E.Reiljans :

These mock-ups were released 6 months ago.

...and we don't know when Opera created this design, specially because they just didn't announce anything as far as I know, just the pre-alpha build for users to try it out and see the new design by themselves on daily use.

Still, Opera was the first browser to support HTML5 and HTML5 audio and video, and is now the first to offer WebM, besides of course also having been the first to officially release the final browser build with this design.

Quote from E.Reiljans :

https://wiki.mozilla.org/User: ... 4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups

These mock-ups were released 6 months ago.

Well if you want to consider the time they were first seen instead of when they were actually released, the Opera 10.5 pre-alpha that already had this design was released for public to download on Wednesday, 16. December 2009, at 07:30:22. These were not just mock-ups, this was the full design released to download.

We're in July 16th, and "6 months ago" means January, making the Opera browser design have in fact come before the Mozilla one.

Firefox 4 has copied Opera 10.5 design (released 5 months ago) almost in its entirety. They just didn't use the "Opera" logo. I'd say every other aspect from the design has been copied. Just look at Opera (design implemented 5 months ago) [picture 2] and the new and not-yet-released Firefox 4 (design still to be implemented) [picture 2].

I use Opera on my PC and Opera Mobile on my Nokia N95. It syncs all of my bookmarks, speed dial pages, add-ons (you can have Opera Widgets on the PC and on the phone too, and they are just about the same), and makes my life a lot easier. I can browse a website on the phone and then when I get home quickly resume browsing it on my PC using Opera, and vice-versa.



I have already used the following web browsers: Internet Explorer (from 5 to 8), Firefox (from 2 to 4), Safari (latest only), Chrome (from first launch until latest version) and opera (from 8.x to latest 10.6 version).
Opera in my opinion is the best web browser. Not only the one that looks better, but also the fastest, easier to use and most user friendly. It is incredibly stable and allows you to use as many tabs as you want without any problems (I tried doing this with Firefox 3 and it crashes too often). Its design is also very comfortable.


The built-in mouse gestures (and Mobile gestures) make browsing the web faster and easier and requires no skills to use.

Opera is a browser but it actually allows you to do a lot more. The following features make Opera different from the other browsers (although these are not all of its features). It has built-in e-mail reader, built-in torrent manager (download torrents within the browser), built-in spell check in many (if not all) languages, Opera Unite (multiple uses: ability to use your pc as a host/server for your own website, for sharing files, pictures, songs or whatever you want directly from your pc to your friends without having to upload it anywhere, etc), allows add-ons and widgets, etc.

Anyway... in the end of the day, it's up to each person to decide which browser they should use. This is a personal opinion and every person may will find different features useful or useless according to their needs and their routine, so you should check out each browser's features and see which fits you best!

Click the pictures for full resolution.

More here: http://imageexchange.nokia.com/home.jsp#/user/471IOGOA

Sent from phone. I feel like I have no home anymore, I almost don't go there (apart from sleeping, but even so, not very often, and usually late). I kind of miss my pc. Hm, nah...

Quote from N95's clipboard :

dormi fora de casa hoje kkk

That is on my phone's ctrl + v right now

Quote from MAGGOT :

There's been absolutely no mention to the biggest problem[...] nor to the second biggest problem (frequent crashing).

My game has never, ever crashed (TDU 1).

Click the images to see original picture resolution.

Click here to see all of my pi ... ew photos with the phone)

(Posted from mobile, I'm not home right now).

comofas/

Quote from freddyalek90 :

Then, on topic, they aren't idiots. If you hold ANY iPhone (or, better, ANY phone) like that, it loses signal. My mother's 2G does it, my 3Gs does it. And they haven't dropped a phonecall, once.

So, all this stuff is just bollocks. If you hold it from the bottom, it is uncomfortable and it loses signal. If you hold it a little bit higher, it's natural and comfortable and it doesn't lose signal.
Your choice.

I have always held my Nokia N95 exactly like that however my signal is always 100% (full bars). Not only holding the phone like this for me is comfortable but also almost everyone who was shown holding the iphone 4 on Apple's facetime ad held it like that. Furthermore, I'm posting this message from the phone and holding it that way for writing with my left hand.

What's interesting is that even though I am right-handed I use the phone a lot using my left hand, mainly because I'm already doing something with the right hand when pick the phone. And when doing so I always hold it in Apple's wrong way of holding the phone and my signal always stays full bars.

Quote from hazaky :

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/tinyurl.com/vuvuzelahax - recursive.

To infinity and beyond!

You know what? There are some researches who mentioned the vuvuzela makes a higher pitched sound than a helicopter and can damage hearing permanently. Also louder than a helicopter.

Almost everything is 66% off. Some games are 85% off and a few are 30% off or something. These prices are actually great and a lot of packages from all developers have gotten a great price reduction.

OP updated. Ability to use simultaneously bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse in conjunction with the HDMI cable for use on the TV showcased here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AZh1X2Vj_0

Ok, I know, other Nokia phones as the Nokia N95 have always allowed this too, but it's been improved on the N8. Besides, almost nobody knew you could do that on the N95 let alone think about this, so it's always good to showcase how it works.

Quote from dawesdust_12 :

That chart is dumb.. How is "micro SIM" a loss for the iPhone 4.. a micro SIM is simply a normal SIM, just trimmed differently.

Along with AMOLED being a "green" compared to an IPS display, which as I've heard a million times, is the holy grail for displays.

They're really trying to downplay how awesome the iPhone 4 really is.

Actually, Steve Jobs (yes, the guy who invented the video call in 2010... wifi-only and iphone 4 to iphone 4 ONLY LOL) is over-exaggerating all of iPhone's features. "The video call, a feature people have all dreamed for, has now become a realitiy!"

You gotta be joking, right? Some parts of his keynotes were downright ridiculous as he talked about the iPhone as if it were the icing on the cake, the best thing ever made in the entire universe by the best company in the world. I got tired of hearing Steve Jobs saying the words "perfect, awesome, incredible, mind blowing, etc" countless times through the 1-hour-and-50-minutes keynote presentation. I believe he used all of the best adjectives existent in the dictionary to describe the iPhone 4, he even had to repeat "perfect" a lot of times since there were no more adjectives.

As I mentioned before, the iPhone 4 is the first iPhone I really, really liked, and I even want to purchase it, but I will wait until the Nokia N8 is released before getting the iPhone 4. In my opinion the N8 is just so much better in almost all aspects, also having a whole lot more features and usability. Besides, with a multitouch capacitive screen of the same size as iPhone's, it already has plenty of games too, and they run just as good as on the newer released iPhones. Also, all games from other platforms such as older symbians and Maemo etc can be ported to Symbian^3 with QT development tools and made available for playing without any hassle. In fact, plenty of applications I use and many games have already been made available on the Nokia N8.

The micro SIM is only regarded as a downside right now because, let's say, no one has it available! I can't name any phone operator in Brazil and even the USA that distributes micro SIM. So you have to CUT yours, and that's definitely not the best option, therefore is not considered as such.

So, Nokia announced a while ago their 3Q launching device that by its features could be regarded as the new Nokia's flagship: the Nokia N8.

I'll update this post as I find news about it and you can contribute with anything else.

Go to the bottom of this post to see the videos.

Head over this link for more information: http://europe.nokia.com/find-p ... s/nokia-n8/specifications

Main Features
3,5" multitouch capacitive screen
16:9 nHD (640x360) OLED
Anodized aluminium casing (6 available colors)
Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm
Weight (with battery): 135 g

Full touch qwerty keyboard
BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery
Internal memory: 16 GB
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB
USB OTG allows using pen drives, other devices (phones/cameras/etc), external HDDs etc for storage and maybe other functions too (not yet revealed)
Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
Compass (Magnetometer)
Proximity sensor
Ambient light detector
12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters
Xenon flash
Face recognition software
Autofocus
Zoom up to 2x (digital) for still images
Zoom up to 3x (digital) for video
Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640 x 480 pixels)
Automatic location tagging (Geotagging) of images and videos
Images automatically taken in the correct orientation
Pinch zoom in Photos image viewer
Photo editor
Online Share with connectivity to popular sharing services
GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps
WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
TCP/IP support
Capability to serve as data modem
Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Bluetooth 3.0
HDMI
2mm Charging connector
Micro USB connector and charging
High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
USB On-the-Go
3.5 mm AV connector
FM Radio
FM Transmitter

Symbian ^3 for Nokia
Java MIDP 2.1
Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2
Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) & Over the internet (FOTI)
Flash Lite 4.0



Videos
- Nokia Viral video
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AZh1X2Vj_0 - Use of bluetooth keyboard and mouse to control the phone from your sofa while it is plugged on your HDTV through the HDMI cable (TV-Out resolution is 1280x720p for videos and scaled 16:9 nHD for system usage). Of course, you can also use the keyboard and mouse without plugging it to the TV
- EA Games for N8 showcased
- Nokia N8 gaming hands-on: two games
- Nokia N8 HD video sample

Last edited by Velociround, Thu 17 Jun 2010, 19:24.

I really liked the iPhone 4 (the first iPhone I actually like. I've hated all others because of their simple lack of any functionality at all, specially the 2G and 3G, and the not-any-innovative-at-all 3GS), but I think the Nokia N8 is a whole lot more promising. Actually I don't know why no one has already opened a thread for it here. Guess I'm going to have to make one myself.

I don't have any idea how long it takes me to load this page. I have 10mbps connection (speedtest.net shows 12mbps) and I always open as many tabs as I can on all websites when browsing the web. Then I start browsing each of the tabs quickly by clicking the one that started loading first. After that I just close each tab when I have already seen it and so Opera shows me the next tab, which is also already loaded. Every time I have got to this page it was already fully loaded, and I just love the gifs! Please keep them here.

Actually, even loading this page from my phone doesn't take much time (300kbps connection). Either that or I just don't notice it loading because I open just as many tabs on the phone too.

Quote from ATC Quicksilver :

They have completely missed the point of their own bloody game, it's meant to be just a straight up car chase game, they should fire whoever came up with this Life on Mars style coma shit.

+10000000000

But it's not actually "their own game". It's Atari's game ever since the first one. The Driver series (IMO unfortunately) got sold to Ubisoft and now they're making this sh*t with it. I still want to play with it though because it's the Driver series and I've always been a fan of it. I wish Atari were making this one though, but since their entire company almost got sold for serious lack of funds I guess it had to be done that way.

You can also use VirtualDUB, which is totally free.
The picture files can be named whatever you want, but they must have numbers at the end (e.g.: 0001, 0002, 0003, or 01, 02, etc), and when you select the first picture, virtualdub puts all of the pictures in the selected folder together and in order. Press Shift + R to change framerate.

Note: if there is one file missing (e.g.: 0005, 0006, 0008, 0009), VirtualDUB will stop addressing pictures on the missing file. I don't know how to use it (the only thing I know is this I've explained now ) so I don't know what to do when that happens.


By the way... well I didn't use anything to hold the phone, just put it on my window and let it there while I slept. I stopped recording when I woke up. And the autofocus didn't manage to get the right focusing for a few times (specially at night), that's why it ended up like that. That didn't happen many times but since the video is fast forwarded from 3am until 9:15am you can easily notice the differences from frames that didn't have focus in the video.