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The Nokia 808 PureView was an immediate hit at Mobile World Congress in February, for one reason and one reason alone: its jaw-dropping 41-megapixel camera commanded attention. Never intended for U.S. markets, the PureView runs on the Symbian OS, which, for many North Americans in whose lives Symbian has never been a prominent feature, was unimpressive. It has a bulky bod nike hyperdunk 2011 low, y (owing to the massive camera module), but a more disappointing, middle-of-the road processor. Never mind that. The handset’s unique camera with lossless zoom has generated so much interest that U.S. nike air flytop, residents can now order it from Amazon.com for a cool $700.

The secret behind the camera is an that dwarfs those of regular 5-megapixel and 8-megapixel shooters. The larger lens lets in more nike air max 89, light, which in turn lets the PureView capture exponentially more information about an image. The second mobile innovation is camera software that lets more aspiring photographers play around with cre nike air trainer max 2 94, ative settings, and take photos in 5- or 8-megapixel resolutions so that zoomed-in frames burst with detail. CNET camera editor Josh Goldman .

Remove the camera from the equation and you’re lef nike lebron 8 ps, t with a pretty good smartphone with an OS that for most in the U.S. is a long-forgotten memory. The PureView technology may be here, but it’s also a cunning preview of smartphone camera technology t converse all star hi, hat pushes the boundaries of mobile photography in a leap of triumph.

Design and build
How much lumpier does the extra-large camera make Nokia’s PureView? Pretty bulky indeed. The c gucci mens, amera module is (understandably) bigger than usual and protrudes from the back of the phone. Even without the supersized lens, the 808 PureView would be heavyset, with a 0.55-inch thickness (it’s 0.7 gucci bracelets, inch at its widest point) and 5.96 ounces on the scale. Its otherwise medium stature of 4.9 inches tall and 2.4 inches wide makes the polycarbonate slab feel solid and sturdily built, but it is a bric gucci shawl, k in the old handbag and fits awkwardly into all but the loosest of pockets.

The PureView comes in white, a popular color for its distinctiveness, but also one that, as in clothing nike ken griffey shoes, , is susceptible to discoloring. I’m admittedly rough on my things, and dropping the PureView into my purse didn’t do it any favors on the cleanliness front. I know firsthand that against dirt and co nike zoom huarache tr mid, rrosives. Luckily, I was able to spit-polish away most of the smudges.

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OS and apps
It’s been quite a while since we’ve seen a Symbian OS smartphone here in the Women Louis Vuitton, U.S., but the operating system that Nokia bought used to be much more prevalent here than it is now. You’ll want to know that the PureView, which runs the Symbian Belle variant, can perform the majori Womens Jordan Spizike Boots, ty of tasks that we associate with smartphones. There’s e-mail, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth support, apps and productivity tools, turn-by-turn directions through Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive, and texting. For the Chanel Hobos, most part, the phone performs these basic smartphone functions well.

There’s also a music player, an FM radio, YouTube, and a social networking app for Facebook and Twitter. There’s a full HTML Balenciaga Totes, browser, support for DLNA content sharing to other DLNA devices (like phone-to-TV), and a music store. Shazam, QuickOffice, and Vlingo Voice actions are all preloaded (Vlingo is like Apple’s Siri, bu Gucci Womens Boots, t predates it.) Other notable apps include a file folder, a file-zip utility, a calculator and clock, tips and offers, a very limited dictionary (that didn’t have most of the challenging words I looke Air Max Ken Griffey, d up), and a handful of game demos like Angry Birds Magic. Unfortunately, Nokia Music didn’t open on the PureView.

I haven’t used a Symbian phone in years, and my rustiness showed in getting a Women Air Max Hardaway, round. If you’re a longtime Symbian fan, the OS will present no problem to you; it may feel like a familiar friend. However, it took me a little ramp-up time to get used to the work flow, though I wou air max ltd, ldn’t say that the shift was any more pronounced than with learning any other smartphone platform. In fact, I didn’t encounter as many hidden features as iOS, Android, and even Windows Phone — like l dc shoes, ong presses and double button pushes, for instance.

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The cramped keyboard drove me nuts and had me wishing for a virtual cheap nike cortez shoes, keyboard like SwiftKey or Swype. Predictive text made an appearance, but not spell-check. I constantly mistyped words and waited in agony for the laggy virtual QWERTY keyboard to catch up. Correcting nike acg, my log-ins, passwords, and e-mails took a lot of manual attention. Let’s call it a profoundly frustrating experience that isn’t helped by a slower processor than I’d want. This may not bother all of nike gladiateur sandals 2, you, but it could haunt precise typers like me.

One area where Nokia excels is in NFC. In fact, the phone maker was the quiet NFC trailblazer in the U.S. before Samsung started beating the gong ken griffey jordan fusion 3.5, . Smart NFC widgets toggle the feature on and off, and a polished tutorial points newcomers in the right direction. What’s missing, of course, are opportunities to use NFC here in the States. In the U kids air jordan 12, .S., NFC is an even stickier issue since several viable terminals use the Google Wallet app.

Camera and video
Because of his expertise, I asked CNET’s Joshua Goldman to review the kids jordan play in these, PureView’s unique camera, and its video capability. His photos are pretty amazing. In all cases, click to see the image enlarged.

The PureView’s photo quality lives up to the hype. Yes, t nike air max 95, he camera doeshave a 41-megapixel sensor and it is overkill for a smartphone camera– at least on the surface. While it actually does do pretty well atresolving detail when you use that full resolutio nike air max ltd, n, that was neverreally the point. It’s Nokia’s oversampling technology that that’simportant.

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