I’ve had heaps of fun using (playing) with the new Nokia Lumia 800. First up, Apple is not for me. I can see it has great features and benefits, however my brain doesn’t work the same way, so I find it difficult to operate the iPhone. There have been times when I’ve wished it wasn’t that way. I like technology and have many interlocking programs that I’d like to be able to use across both computer and phone better — now I can with the new Nokia.
I was also once a big Nokia fan and had previously had the Nokia N8.
It was great to be able to use a brand I already liked with an operating system I know. Set up Like anyone with their own business, time is a precious commodity. I own and operate Tribe Research and at the start of this year, I have also been starting classikON, so mental space has also been a priority. The Nokia Lumia 800 was really fast to set up and it didn’t take long to get my head around how it worked. People The most wonderful feature is the way it has ‘people’, rather than ‘contacts’. The Nokia Lumia 800 merges together your Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google contacts, so they appear to be one person you can contact in many ways. Unfortunately, I didn’t have many of my phone numbers set up correctly, so I thought land lines were mobiles, but that wasn’t the fault of the phone. It would also be great if you could merge Skype in, or if it could run in the background, which it currently can’t do. As a business owner, some people are only connected on some networks, however some are friends and professional contacts so I’m connected to them in many ways. With the People Hub, I can go to a person’s profile and:
- Call or text
- Send an email
- Write on their Facebook wall
- Mention them in a tweet
- View a map of any address they’ve put in a social media profile or one I have already
- View any website they put on a social media profile
- See their work as they’ve listed it on Facebook or LinkedIn
- See their birthday and family they’ve listed on Facebook
- Their latest social media post
- Pulls a photo from one of their social media profiles
When it is all merged together, it becomes very clear how much information you put out there, and can feel a little stalkerish, but it is also very convenient. The iPhone tribe I showed it to were also impressed! Notifications Similarly, your own profile shows your notifications from your social media accounts (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) in one place which is very useful. It doesn’t show personal messages on these networks (which would be a great addition), so you need to have the individual social media apps if you want to keep up with them while away from a computer. You also get notifications for pages you’re an admin for, so it is very useful when you have a few things on the go. Although, you only have one Twitter account. Calendar
The Nokia calendar shows appointments from your existing systems, such as Outlook and Google, and it will show you the full Facebook events.
I found this very useful, particularly for events where you might put in your calendar only topline information, but there is detail in the Facebook event that you can read while travelling to it. Camera While the camera is not quite as good as the Nokia N8, it is a good camera. Afterwards you can easily share the photo in a range of ways. It would be great if you could share to your page easily, rather than your personal Facebook account, particularly for classikON (it might be possible, I just haven’t worked it out). I could then take photos at classical music concerts and post straight to the Facebook page for classikON, while at the concert. With so much entertainment going on in Sydney at the moment, I’ve also taken quite a few videos, especially at Vivid Sydney. It will also be useful for interviews when classikON is more developed as the image and sound quality is really good.
I really like the Nokia Lumia 800.
It is fast to get operational and there is still heaps more I can explore. I like that possibility.
