Nokia Lumia 800
The article will provie a user with information on Nokia Lumia 800. Please note that Lumia is Latin for light. And it’s no exaggeration to say that this handsome handset heralds a sunny new dawn for Nokia. It really, really is that good.
This is a solidly made handset designed to withstand the rigours of mobile life. The screen is made from the popular Gorilla Glass and is scratch resistant. The polycarbonate unibody chassis is also solid and tough. There is a rubbery finish to the chassis, which helps with grip. Nokia also provides a flexible rubbery slipover shell that can be used to further protect the chassis from scratches and bumps.
The chassis tapers slightly at its top and bottom edges, which is visually rather attractive. The Lumia 800 also feels more comfortable in the hand than its dimensions of 61.2mm wide by 116.5mm deep by 12.1mm thick might suggest. The Lumia 800 is reminiscent of the Meego-based N9, and comes in the same three colours.
There are three narrow silver buttons on the right edge for volume, power on/off and camera control. There’s no front-facing camera, but the back has an 8-megapixel camera with a dual LED flash. The top edge has two covered connectors, and a user can’t open the right-hand one without first opening the one on the left. The headset jack is on the top, at the far left. The left edge is clear, while the bottom edge has a speaker grille.
The screen measures 3.7in. across the diagonal and has a resolution of 480 by 800 pixels. The resolution is a standard Windows Phone. The Lumia 800 has some high-end specifications. The processor is single core, but it’s a cutting-edge 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255. Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n), Bluetooth (2.1+EDR), HSPA (14.4Mbps down, 5.76Mbps up) and GPS are all supported. It’s a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE phone.
There is 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage and no microSD card slot for adding more, as Windows Phone does not support external storage. That means all external data has to reach the handset over the air or via a wired connection.
When Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) it claimed 500 software updates and changes. Notable enhancements include speech recognition for text creation and web searching, custom ringtones, contact groups, native Twitter and LinkedIn support, Local Scout (via Bing) for finding nearby venues, picture tagging and Office 365 support. The Start Screen user interface is still based around ’tiles’ that sit in a vertically scrolling array.
The soft keyboard is responsive and surprisingly efficient to use, even in portrait mode. The integration of Microsoft Office components. OneNote, Excel, PowerPoint and Word, plus support for Office 365 and SharePoint are all advantages for professional users.
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