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Nokia N8 Review Week – The Wrap Up

When we set out to write the Nokia N8 review on FoneArena, we wanted to bring you a diverse, all-encompassing, balanced opinion of the first Symbian^3 device and the long time coming imaging flagship from the Finnish manufacturer. We were lucky to have had review units sent to many of our team members and that’s how, all throughout last week, we took you through a full Nokia N8 review from 6 different writers, each one discussing a certain aspect of it.Our team members in India, USA, UK , Europe and Middle-East contributed to this review.

We all hope you enjoyed the way we handled this review and plan to bring you more of the same in the future. I will be wrapping it up today and sharing some pros and cons, based on our previous coverage of the device, so that you can decide for yourself.

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Nokia N8 Review Week – Day 5 – Apps , Ovi Store and Ovi Maps

Hello and welcome everyone to the Nokia N8 Review Week here on Fone Arena! Each day of this week, one of our team members will cover one area of Nokia’s imaging flagship with all the do’s and dont’s. This should make for an exciting week and we’re all looking forward to that! Today is Friday, our names are Jon Choo and Gaurav Hasabnis, and we have joined hands to tell you about the Nokia N8 apps and what you can expect of it. Enjoy reading along and if you have any questions on that matter, leave a comment!

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10 Reasons The Nokia E5 Is The Best Affordable Social Smartphone

Nowadays, it is easy to get lost in a discussion about raw power, stellar hardware specs, and the high-end smartphone market. But what many websites and analytics forget is that the vast majority of people, worldwide, want a decent mobile that can help them in their everyday life without punching a ginormous hole in their savings account. The Nokia E5 is one of the latest smartphones that falls into the affordable category, while still managing to cram enough features to appeal to the most social nutcase amongst us. Here are 10 reasons the E5 is a perfect social smartphone.

1. QWERTY
Admit it or not, the social butterfly lifestyle comes with a pre-requisite: texting, emailing, connecting, tweeting, IM’ing, posting, commenting,… and a lot of typing is required on almost every level. A decent qwerty like the one found on the E5 is a godsend for such cases, with nice tactile feedback, large keys, and even predictive text on the software side of things.

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NokiaNav Navigation Challenge with Some Exotic Cars

Something Big is going to happen in London in the upcoming days. WomWorldNokia have been sending out some mysterious packages to friends in London. The folks who got the packages are

TheProdigalFool nechbi, itsnoel,macintosh , stobbsc

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My Nokia OVI Maps Story – Navigation in Spain without Spanish

During Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona, I had to face an unexpected challenge – Getting around Barcelona without the complete knowledge of Spanish.

Luckily for me just weeks before I started packing my bags for Barcelona, Nokia had announced that OVI Maps for going completely free and it was going to be available on a range of Nokia phones including the Nokia E72 which was my primary phone at this time.

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OVI Maps now available for Nokia E71 and E66 users

Nokia E71 and E66 users were disappointed that Nokia OVI Maps with free turn by turn Navigation did not support these devices during the initial launch. Now  both these devices are supported according to the Nokia Maps site

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Competition : Win GPS Phones , Car-holders and Car-chargers by Sharing your Nokia Ovi Maps Story

You can win a Nokia GPS Enabled phone a Car-holder and a Car-charger by sharing your Ovi Maps story in a new competition from Nokia Ovi Maps

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OVI Maps Now Available for Nokia N97

The new popular OVI Maps with free turn-by-turn navigation was released on 21st of this month. It included support for the following device:

Nokia N97 mini, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia E52, Nokia E55, Nokia E72, Nokia 5230, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6730 classic and Nokia X6. Continue reading “OVI Maps Now Available for Nokia N97”

Test Drive Ovi Maps Navigation with a Free Drive Licence for a week [Holiday Offer]

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With the Festive Season fast approaching, Nokia has decided to allow its users to test drive the Ovi Maps Navigation 3.0 with a Free Drive Licence for one whole week. Continue reading “Test Drive Ovi Maps Navigation with a Free Drive Licence for a week [Holiday Offer]”

Nokia shows off the UK’s Good Things on The world’s largest signpost

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The world’s largest signpost maps out the UK’s Good Things

Nokia gives the UK ‘Good Things’ as X Factor winner, Alexandra Burke could play live in your town

London, UK – A signpost the size of two London buses will be suspended next to the capital’s iconic Tower Bridge as Nokia asks Brits to map out – and point to – the nation’s ‘Good Things’. To celebrate the launch of the Nokia N97 mini with in-built OVI Maps, the 40ft long signpost will be unveiled on 23rd October, asking people to send in their ‘Good Things’ to http://www.nokia.co.uk/maps or text 62010 to have it displayed above London’s skyline. Continue reading “Nokia shows off the UK’s Good Things on The world’s largest signpost”