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Posted by Hobbs
Sony Ericsson post a 21 million Euro Q1 profit.Not huge but a profit non-the-less.Well done SE.Lets hope you on the up up.


Posted by amawanqa
Da Wanqsta's stranded in SA for the second day running with the friggin' volcanic ash stopping anything from leaving or entering British airspace. So much for being back in time for work on Monday...
Oh well,nothing I (and thousands others) can do.. I'll make the most with friends here in Jozi. Spent most of the day at Harley Davidson Johannesburg in Rivonia Road.

@ Dups:
Hmm, those 2 UK networks would make strange bedfellows... to my knowledge they've always had their separate settings etc, unless they've streamlined n' started sharing, but I honestly haven't heard about such move. I've got O2's settings on my phone (were pre-installed) and ASDA Mobile (my current network) uses Vodafone's roaming, and these are 2 different sets of settings for MMS, etc.
[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2010-04-16 20:39 ]


Posted by Dups!
I see. Probably for roaming purposes then.

Posted by amawanqa
I'm at The Rock race track on the East Rand, watching the drift-racing. You should get your butt down here Tsepz, there's some seriously hot cars n babes here, boet. LOL.

This message was posted from a P1i

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Harley Davidson shop in Rivonia Road? LOL, you were like 5mins away from my uni Wanqs, did you visit the after uni hangout spot McGinty's ?
LOL! The day i get my own wheels im gna frequent those race tracks for sure.
Eish,looks like you are stuck here in SA for a while, could it be a sign that you should stay permanently? lol.

Posted by amawanqa
@ Tsepz:
LOL, I just walked up to the McDonalds for some graze and that's about it as regards venturing further than the H-D store, LOL. If I go there again later this week, I'll check out McGinty's..

Eish boet, it certainly looks like I'm stuck here for a while. I see the Royal Navy's going to be doing its bit to help take British nationals back to the UK...they might battle to reach me here in Gauteng though...unless of course they send a heli from one of the ships. Yeah, a heli called Wanqa 1 sounds a lot better than Air Force One, LOL.

Posted by amawanqa
P1i pic taken earlier this month, at Heathrow Airport:



Posted by amawanqa
P1i pic taken in Kroonstad a few weeks ago:



Posted by Tsepz_GP
Some sweet pics there Wanqs.
Lmao, Wanqa One just made me think what Jacob Zuma's plane name would be: Mshiniwam, with an AK47 at the tail,lol.
Fellow 5800 users Rhino and JC
New firmware update V50.0.005 has been released after being leaked this past weekend, its available via FOTA, well it was for most including me,im using the Euro1 Red 0558982 product code, funny thing is you must go to the SW Update app, there you will see it say Phone Software Update (12mb). Did the update just 30mins ago via HSDPA, too like 10mins to do it all (download and update).
Quite a few things were added and updated:
The Music Player has been changed to the N97s V21 music player this means mini album art in all Artist, Albums, Playist etc...list views, it looks so much better.
Kinetic scrolling is now in the WHOLE UI including Menu and Web browser.
The Web browser has been updated to v7.2, im busy using it now. Pages are loaded A LOT faster,it now automaticaly goes to fullscreen, kinetic scrolling in web pages etc...overall the web browser is a lot more user friendly now.
Ovi Maps3.03 is now built-in which means you will get an extra 12mb or so of internal phone memory added.
Ive noticed a bit more RAM after a reboot,it WAS at 55mb and now i get 58mb.
Ovi Sync app has been added.
And Realplayer has been updated as well.
Fixes, im not sure what they are,im hoping the RDS issue which V40 brought in has been fixed,il check later,otherwise i havent had any issues since V31 fw. Overall the update seems to be worth it.

Posted by Rhino8
@TSEPZ
I have updated to V40. something yesterday, as that is the newest update available on the nokia software updater, .... I know.... i am boring. LOL

Besides, my htc dream is my primary phone

Posted by Dups!
Anyone on Vodacom struggling with email downloading on their phone(s)?

My phone's settings haven't been altered and have been working properly until a couple of weeks ago. Now, my phone connects at the specified download times but retrieves nothing. When I go in my gmail app or on my laptop I find new emails.

Any ideas?



Posted by Tsepz_GP
Rhino
LOL, as long as you're happy with it, V40 is good, but if you do plan on doing sum web browsing with your 5800 i'd recommend updating.
Dups
Havent had any problems, when i boot up Nokia Messaging it immediatly starts downloading my Emails.
By the way a close friend of mine upgraded from his awful E75 to the BB9700 Bold today, was helping him set it up, realy sweet phone, i realy like the build quality and the whole classy look it has,best looking BB by far. Im SO tempted to get a BB even if its the 8900Curve, all because of BB Messenger which is spreading like a wildfire, i think around 90% of my classmates in uni have BBs now, cant look at my FB Live feed without reading "Got a BB!! My BB pin is:xxx" its madness, and in class all you hear is vibrating BBs every couple of minutes, if BB could just release the service again to Symbian it would be great.

Posted by Dups!
@Tsepz_GP

Thanks for your response. I just can't figure out what happened wirh my P1i. I'll try with the V8 or the W890i. Maybe I should just take out the 9700.

Like I said before, it is a brilliant phone in everything but smartphone capabilities. It is too much of a plain Jane for me to use it for long periods.
Yep, it really is the best looking Blackberry.

Posted by amawanqa
Been jolling all around Gauteng over the past few days. Only flying back on the 28th April. Was in Irene in Pretoria yesterday, then Randburg and Midrand (Nikon headquarters near Kyalami) later in the day, before heading to the Wanderers in Corlett Drive and finally returning to Mondeor in the south! Eish! Taken plenty pics with the P1i.
Yesterday I faffed around the SA Military Museum.
On Wednesday it was Sandton City, Village Walk and Nelson Mandela Square etc. (I shoulda PM'd you Tsepz..).
Tomorrow I'm off to a bike jol in Carltonville, so I'm certainly trying to make the most of the extended SA stay.

A few random P1i pics taken around Gauteng:







Posted by amawanqa
Did any of you Gautengers feel that tremor on Wednesday night? 2.4 on the Richter Scale. I thought it was an underground/mine explosion; nearly spilt my coffee, LOL.

This message was posted from a P1i

Posted by Tsepz_GP
LOL, good to hear you're enjoying yourself Wanqs, i wonder how many other peeps stuck here are making the most of it like you,not many im sure some great P1 pics, thats one sweet Toyota Supra, dont think ive ever seen one of those in the flesh, like how theyve done Nelson Mandela Square. Next time you're there i recommend sitting at Trumps,they make the best t-bone steak!
Didnt feel the tremor,but that could explain why the electricity on my side was just randomly knocked out for about 15mins that nite.
[ This Message was edited by: Tsepz_GP on 2010-04-23 17:58 ]


Posted by Tsepz_GP
My favourite Droid has landed in SA, The MOTOROLA Milestone at just R289pm on MTN, wonder how much it will be on VodaCom, especialy seeing as its a MOTO, im guessing Free on a Talk240 maybe? As long as pay-in on a TopUp590 doesnt exceed R1500 think i maybe looking at my next phone.

Posted by amawanqa
@ Tsepz:
Yeah, I'll give Trumps a try next time I'm there. Eish,it was chaos on the R21 on Friday night, right near OR Tambo airport. Two trucks and 5 cars. At 3:30pm we got a call to avoid the area. At 9:30pm the road was still closed! People were braking down the fence to get access to the adjacent service road after being stranded for so many hours. Hectic.

Went past Soccer City. What a stadium!
Speaking of soccer, I watched the Amakhosi today, only to see them lose to FC Cape Town! WTF?!

More P1i pics:






Posted by gola
Hows everyone doing? It's been a while
Wish I'd say I'd been studying all this time, was just lazy, even for the Net...

Wanqs
Didn't feel that tremor, but a few friends around here claim to have. Scary stuff, to think it was caused by a culmination of human activity...

Tsepz
The Moto Droid? The N8 specs are looking great!



Posted by Tsepz_GP
Wanqs
Yah,Soccer City is looking realy good, cant wait til the games begin. Chiefs losing is always good news hehe
Gola
Is the wifey keeping you away from us? dont be afraid to say so.
Lol, ye N8 is looking good,its been a weird couple of days, i decided to save up to pay-in for the Storm2 or get a 8900 THEN the next day i picked up MTN's brochure to find that the Milestone has arrived,AND THEN today i see the N8 is legit and probably has THEE best spec sheet, although Eldar doesnt seem totaly impressed,but i can definetly see myself rocking a Milestone in a couple of months. 3.7inch 854x480 display,plus a full QWERTY with Dpad,metal body and its thinner than the 5800 and N900, plus it uses the same internal hardware as N8, and the amount of apps and software support from Google etc... Its looking like a better deal than the N8 and N900, NOKIA seem to have taken on more than they can handle with Maemo - > MeeGo so have had to push back the date of release of the N900 successor and S60v5 - > Symbian^3 - > Symbian^4 its such a big mess. Motorola/Google seem to have more direction.

Posted by Khanya
Greatest S.A forum alive: http://mybroadband.co.za

Posted by Tsepz_GP
LMFAO! at this thread: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=195717

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Lol,ya Gola,ignore what i wrote above, N8 is now official:
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia[....]era_and_hd_video-news-1610.php
Spec sheet: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n8-3252.php
Im sold LOL!
I like the Silver,reminds me of the Satio.
Looks like its got good batt life to, 50hours of Music Playback with a 1200mAh battery,more than the 5800 which can apparently do 35hours with its 1320mAh battery. Also 7hours video playback (6hours via HDMI) ,realy impressive.
Moto and Google can keep their power hungry Droids

Posted by Myaseen
Whats wrong with that thread link on the top tseps

Posted by Dups!
@Tsepz_GP

Are you happy with it using ARM11? Also, the screen resolution is kinda low by today's high end standards.

I'm not excited by it, mainly because it is Symbian.

News are that Samsung is preparing its flagship Symbian device to be released in Q3. If SE also releases the successor to the Satio around the same quarter then this phone is in for a torrid time.

The good thing about the N8 is the price.

Posted by gola
Tsepz
Lmao, a Moto will always be a Moto to me. But I don't know any more, that's what I thought about Nokia. The N8 jsut changed all that, my poor ol Satio. This is so wrong...
I'll never dream of owning a BB either.
The N8 is the way to go bro

lol, the wifey knows what's good

Dups
What's the word on the N8 price?
[ This Message was edited by: gola on 2010-04-27 16:00 ]



Posted by amawanqa
Welcome to the thread, Myaseen.

More P1i pics taken around Gauteng:




Posted by amawanqa
More P1i pics:





Posted by Dups!
@gola

I feel your sadness man, I mean the N8 took the Satio's camera and the Vivaz/Omnia HD's video recording capabilities and then added HDMI port for good measure to come up with decent specs. I am just not sure what Nokia was thinking giving this an ARM11 processor when an 8 would do. It is beginning to look like the old SE with its outdated processors on the P series phones. I also hope that this non-removable battery doesn't catch on and become the new standard with other manufacturers. First Apple, then SE and no Nokia with this phone.

The quoted price in pounds is 370 which is quite cheap for a phone like this despite its weaknesses. I think the Vivaz came in at £350. Only problem is that Vodacom will milk the SA public.

@wanqs

Don't make me go commit a crime!!! That is the only sports car I would buy if I had the money. Beautiful pictures!!!

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Dups
I think the ARM11 part is a mistake, as far as i know ARM11 CPUs cant handle HD, they get upto 640x480 res, unless NOKIA have coupled that ARM11 some how with one powerful graphics processor e.g. The PowerVR SGX530 found in Satio, Vivaz, N900, and OmniaHD, either way, if it has a GPU then it should be fine as both the CPU and GPU will share the load, whatever GPU its using though is on par with the best of them,but i realy doubt its an ARM11 CPU, especialy with those battery times as well, ARM11s are more power hungry than a A8-Cortex.

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Gola
True that bro,main reason for wanting BB was due to the Messenger,and the excellent Twitter and FB intergration,with notifications.
Nice!
Wanqs
Some awesome pics there, dig that Blue 911 GT3 ,is that at the Porsche Plant on Witkoppen just down the road from Main RD?

Posted by Dups!
I hope that is a mistake in saying ARM11.

I would love to drive the 911 TurboS.

Posted by Dups!
Man, what happened to this section of the forum?

I actually get lost looking for the thread because of all these 'free browsing in SA' and their sub-thread.

I miss the good old days when you knew you'll find strictly the regional threads and not some trolling.

Posted by Tsepz_GP
This must be the most excited ive been about a phone. Busy reading through the N8 Official thread at HowardForums and some are speculating it could be using a Tegra600 CPU,this thing was the most powerful ARM11, had quite a few A8-Cortex features.
Heres its spec sheet:
Tegra 600* Processor ARM11 MPCore @ 700Mhz, 16/32-bit LP-DDR, NAND Flash support* Audo/ Video Processing 720p H.264 and VC-1/WMV9 decode, 720p H.264 encode, Supports multi-standard audio formats, including AAC, AMR, WMA and MP3, JPEG encode and decode acceleration* Imaging Up to 12 megapixel camera sensor support, Integrated ISP, Advanced imaging features* True dual-display supportMaximum display resolutions supports:- 720p (1280¡Á720) HDMI 1.3- SXGA (1280¡Á1024) LCD- SXGA (1280¡Á1024) CRT- NTSC/PAL TV out.

Posted by amawanqa
@ Tsepz: You're spot-on. It's such an impressive car dealership. @ Dups: LOL, there's a single Carrera GT in black there for a cool 10 mil. What a stunning supercar. Apparently the only one left of its kind for sale. Will post pics over the next few days; at the moment I'm about to board the plane back to the UK. Eish, looks like the very heavy fog around here is delaying things a fair bit...

This message was posted from a P1i

Posted by Hobbs
@WANGS-Check out these 6 NOKIA N8 camera samples.WOW!For a camera phone loving WANGA I think your next phone has just chosen you.

http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia[....]samples_we_drool-news-1612.php
[ This Message was edited by: Hobbs on 2010-04-28 15:53 ]


Posted by gola
Dups
Thanks, that's not bad at all.
Personally, I don't mind whether if I can take the battery out or not...

Tsepz
You heard, Breezy and Tyga are collab'n on a mixtape Fan of a Fan... The first single is hot, "Holla At Me"...
[ This Message was edited by: gola on 2010-04-28 19:44 ]


Posted by Dups!
Seems the N8 uses the ARM11 as its processor, no, not tegra. Probably why the price is this low.

Eldar mentioned that it slows down considerably when it is loaded with stuff which would also explain the processor type. It seems the GPU is the one that is decent.

I was thinking that this is in line with Nokia's strategy of downgrading Symbian to a mid end OS while keeping Meego as their new high end. The N8 certainly doesn't fit the mid end tag but the processor sure does.

I will wait to see how it performs when it is a final retail unit.

Posted by amawanqa
Back in the Uk and already working flat-out. No rest for the wicked, LOL.

@ Hobbster:
Yoh boet, I'll be giving the N8 at twice-over, that's for sure, particularly after checking out the quality of those pics in the link you posted.

@ gola:
Brilliant pic! :

http://www.esato.com/phonephotos/viewphotos.php?pid=26763

Posted by Tsepz_GP
Gola
Thanx bro,gna check it out for sure! Its gna be very interestin, coulda never seen those two doin a collab.
Dups
Yep,it aint a Tegra,as it turns out Tegra doesnt support Symbian,so the only other chip is the Broadcom BCM2727, Broadcom being one of the chip makers in the Symbian Foundation, yep, the GPU is whats realy fantastic, as well as the fact that it does Penta-3G frequencies, so NOKIA will make ONE N8 model type for the whole world instead of having EMEA/APAC and then another for NAM.
Its a shame that it slows down when it has a load but guess what? So does the iPhone3GS, ive experienced it stuttering and freezing sometimes when moving between heavy apps while playing music, Satio had a problem with the music stuttering when multitasking, HTC HD2 had some lagging issues as well,and these are devices running on ARM A8s. The CPU isnt the be all and end all of the phone, i think the N97 did some major damage to ARM11 CPU's reputation, problem is that it had a very mediocre ARM11 that lacked any sort of graphics acceleration,and on top of that too little RAM, all under an OS that was a lot more resource hungry than S60v3. The same hardware worked wonders on the E66, E71,N76 ,N78, N79, N81 and N85, it all depends on the software. Look at the 5800 and N97 now, completely different to what they were before,due to software improvements, ARM11s are still capable,if the correct one is used and the OS its running is optimized for it,i think N8 will be fine at release, it wont be as bad as N97, but will be buggy,as no device can be thoroughly Beta tested without the consumers (usualy the early adopters) getting their hands on it. sorry for the long post!

Posted by Dups!
@Tsepz_GP

You know you sound like a Nokia apologist right there, don't you?

Look, I know you a pro-Nokia as much as I am pro-SE but let's not give these manufacturers a licence to cheat us. Nokia has screwed up the N8 with that processor and arguing that certain manufacturers lag when doing that doesn't help matters, the N8 is more than likely to struggle with web pages and the overall performance will also suffer as a result of the 'weak' processor.

I agree that software optimization plays a role but if the competition has better processors and optimization then where will that leave the N8?

SE tried to get away with this one processor overe and over again and consumers punished them and they changed their game. Now, they have current hardware even though they have an inept software engineering department, though I have to say I give them all the credit on the X10 cause it is very stable.

Nokia needs to wake up! The game has changed a great deal and skimping on hardware is very dangerous!
[ This Message was edited by: Dups! on 2010-04-30 09:43 ]


Posted by Tsepz_GP
We'll see how it is in its final FW. Im not apologising for NOKIA, remember how unimpressed i was with the N97? They got what they deserved, people drop it for iPhones, BBs and Androids.
Just because its using an ARM11 doesnt mean it will be slow. Have you used any S60v5 devices with the updated Web7.2 browser? Its unbelievably fast, and if i remember correctly the N97mini proved this in GSMArena's browser test,it rendered pages faster than a 3GS,especialy considering the fact that the Mini had to load Flash content as well.
I do agree that it sux that they went for an ARM11 instead of A8-Cortex, but i mean the ARM11 being used can do HD@30FPS and run the entire UI at 60FPS,surely it cant be that bad? Especialy when its GPU is more powerful than whats in the Snapdragon, I just think this is all being blown out of proportion,even the HTC Legend is using an ARM11 with no problem with the more resource hungry Android with SenseUI,and isnt this the type of device the N8 is against as Symbians are now mid-range?

Posted by Dups!
I know how pissed off you were with Nokia on their below par phones recently. I agree, and as I wrote earlier, the final retail unit will tell us how good or bad the N8 is.

My major gripe is this phone has a lot going for it (er... excepy I'm not happy with S60 touch or what Nokia and SF prefers to call SF^4) but Nokia had to screw it up in the processor department.

This phone is a Satio with a weak processor and a low res screen but with what seems a great camera, HDMI port and not even a standard one but one that needs an adapter and HD recording. Add the Omnia HD it becomes better camera and HDMI ahead. Those are the major advantages of the N8.

Samsung and SE won't have difficulty matching those.

I am looking forward to a Meego device cause I've been reading far better things on that than Symbian.

I don't think the N8 is competition to the Legend, it eats the legend for lunch with ease. Sounds to me like Nokia has too much of the ARM11 surplus that they are trying to use them all and in the wrong way.

Posted by Myaseen
So guys whats this thread about ?

Posted by Tsepz_GP

On 2010-04-30 12:57:58, Dups! wrote:
I know how pissed off you were with Nokia on their below par phones recently. I agree, and as I wrote earlier, the final retail unit will tell us how good or bad the N8 is.

Yep,hopefuly we dont end up with another N97,or il be jumping on the Android bandwagon for sure.

My major gripe is this phone has a lot going for it (er... excepy I'm not happy with S60 touch or what Nokia and SF prefers to call SF^4) but Nokia had to screw it up in the processor department.

I do wish it was a TI OMAP3430, NOKIA's phones based on TI OMAP hardware have always been successful (N82, N93, N95, E90, N900).

This phone is a Satio with a weak processor and a low res screen

Satio uses the same 640x360 res as N8, N8 atleast has an AMOLED so display quality will be excellent, everyone seems to be moving toward AMOLED dispite the poor sunlight legibility.

but with what seems a great camera, HDMI port and not even a standard one but one that needs an adapter and HD recording. Add the Omnia HD it becomes better camera and HDMI ahead. Those are the major advantages of the N8.

Samsung and SE won't have difficulty matching those.

Indeed,but i wonder how long it will take SE to release it,and how buggy it will be when they do,as they seem to have difficulty with Symbian in their phones. I can definetly see SAMSUNG making a similar phone with better hardware,but they still have the whole FW update problem, not all regions are well supported,and both SE and SAMSUNG dont seem to care about apps, i think thats where the Nokia will win. Im pretty sure the N97 despite the weak HW out sold the OmniaHD and Satio due to the above.

I am looking forward to a Meego device cause I've been reading far better things on that than Symbian.

I don't think the N8 is competition to the Legend, it eats the legend for lunch with ease. Sounds to me like Nokia has too much of the ARM11 surplus that they are trying to use them all and in the wrong way.


Ya,looking forward to what will replace the N900,hopefuly it wont be as much of a brick
Any word on when the 1st MeeGo smartphone will be out? Maybe that will be the N9?
Myaseen
Its all about. . . . ANYTHING lol. What phone are you using? What network are you on? Do you like pie? etc...

Posted by Dups!
Oops, my bad! Confused the X10's screen res with the Satio.

Amoled is not for me for sunlight legibility and unrealistic colour reproduction indoors. Super-Amoled is another proposition altogether, I will get a phone equipped with that screen.

Unfortunately, and as much as I prefer them, SE are bad when it comes to software engineering. I agree that the 'Satio 2' or whatever it will be called is likely to be buggy at first. Who knows though, maybe the X10 is a sign of good things to come cause that is their most stable phone to date! Come now Tsepz, you can't expect SE to outsell Nokia. They are smaller and with limited resources plus given their tainted image it is even worse than two and a half years ago. Only Samsung can attempt coming closer to Nokia in terms of sales. For now, SE needs to sort themselves out which they are doing quite well I must say.

I also hope the next Meego is not a brick as well. Hopefully an E series type. There I go with my wishful thinking!

Posted by Dups!
Oh, the next Meego device is slated for Q3. Did you know there's an E series with a 3'' screen and QWERTY keypad on its way? Sounds like my perfect phone if it was Meego and not S60/Symbian.



Posted by jmash
Howzit y'all
@Dups. Super Amoled is great bro.Got my hands on a Samsung Wave prototype yesterday and believe man I was blown away by the display,best display ever seen on a mobile phone,and the Bada Os. Very nice

Posted by Dups!
@jmash

What's up man! Long time.

Yeah, that is the only screen currently that'll make me ditch TFT, it is simply awsome from the screen shot on Gsmarena.

I have held AMOLED screens (Omnia HD was one of those) and was never impressed. I just hope that Samsung licences its Super-AMOLED screens to other manufacturers so we can all enjoy its beauty/. I wonder why Sony haven't come up with something similar for mobile devices since they have OLED screens in Tvs.

Posted by amawanqa
More P1i pics:




[ This Message was edited by: amawanqa on 2010-04-30 21:11 ]



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