Moving from Android to Nokia (symbian)

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Seriously considering moving from a ZTE Blade (Orange San Francisco )with Android 2.2 to a Nokia N8. Don't flame me too much :D

The pinnacle of Nokia phones must surely be better than a cheap (but good) budget android system right?

I've come from an old Nokia N80 which i used happily for 4 years so i'm well versed in Symbian, but the main reason for switching is that I use my phone for Music, GPS, SMS and uploading photos to picassa.

With that usage in mind I think the N8 might be a better fit. In part due to the fact that I have Garmin XT on an SD card (which is a much better sat nav than Sygic that I bought for Android.

Any thing I should bare in mind before i switch?
 
Aye one of the things i though. Its handy for taking photos of stuff to ebay or post on forums without having to use my regular cam.

I saw a picassa app for nokia, but i'm not sure how the integration will be compared to android.

My only real concern is the screen resolution, it will be smaller than i currently have.
 
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I thought about windows phone 7 but i'm familiar with Symbian. My last experience of windows was an Omnia, which was great hardware wise but I thought sucked compared to the N95.

Sat nav is the big one for me. I ride a motorbike and am regularly travelling around the country or in Europe. To save space and time i always use my phone, which has either run Garmin or TomTom, which is great as there is a big community of bikers touring and sharing routes in those formats. Garmin in particular.

The old Garmin XT app is known to work ok on the N8 and i can buy the latest maps to update it from my 2008 version.

Sygic on android is ok, but limited when it comes to modifying it or adding POIs and itineraries.

Other than that it's music again while on the bike. The N8 seems a good media phone, though i'm sure there are others.

EDIT: oh the lg does look good.

Finally the camera. Well that's just win when out and about taking quick snaps.

If after android i can't get on with symbian, I could sell the phone for about £180 and would also have the SF to sell to put towards something more high end.
 
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I'm of the opinion that most apps are completely useless. The only ones i regularly use are Gosms and wordfued.

One of the things i don't like about android is being presented with a wall of apps rather than them being categorised e.g tools, office etc.. It also seems you need an app for stuff that I think should be in the OS as standard, e.g a calc, alarm, converter, file manager, not pad.

Symbian is supported until 2016. Anna is due August, with Belle in 2012.

I'll update this thread with how i get on. If i get on.
 
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English, how are you getting on with the N8? currently got a SF and have been looking at the N8 and SGS2
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No contest. The N8 is far superior than the SF, but at 4x the price you'd expect it to be. The build quality and feel and weight is excellent. The camera of course is amazing as is video after a couple of mods.

Symbian is, well symbian. It's clunky more like a computer OS than modern Android, but it gets the job done just fine. If you've not used symbian before you'll be in for a shock, but I have 4 years experience with it, so actually feel very comfortable.

The browser is absolute tosh, get opera on there right away. The screen, while better, has a lower resolution, so if you're browsing a lot, you might find that a bit of pain.


Media player and video is far superior to the SF and apps i've used in android (standard music app, poweramp, mplayer).

I would say that the GPS is better, but after a few work arounds i got my SF gps to lock pretty fast. I reckon the Nokia is a little quicker to lock though.

Haven't had it long enough to do a full assessment on battery life, but initial thoughts are positive and seems to be much better than the SF (which isn't hard).

Still keeping the SF so that I can dabble with android from time to time.
Overall its great, but a little clunky. It does everything you want pretty well though.

@DIABLO - why should i have to make folders? I sybian my stuff was automatically in folders. Symbian just works, with no tinkering at all. It's not slick, it's not flash, but functional. If you like to tinker then stick with Android. if you want pure functionality then symbian works just fine. Neither is better than the other, just different with different approaches.
 
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