NBinah, I agree with everything you said. 920 uses Pure View technology, but as Nokia explained, in a different way - and this is very obvious, as they only have 8MP sensor. We do have 40MP, which allows us to do things any other camera phone can only dream of - whether it is pixel averaging for low light images, or loss-less zoom. I found one scenario when this zoom is invaluable - in situation where you have very sharp contrast between parts of the image. Then zooming on one of the parts (bright or dark) saves the whole image. But all this makes the whole situation even more pathetic! In my last trip I was torn apart between the desires: to throw the phone away when I could not call or use my GPS, and enjoying wonderful pictures I was taking. We all love this device, but Symbian is out of favor, and does not seem to be going anywhere. On the other hand, I did play a bit with Windows 7.5 phone. I cannot say I liked it a lot. I never had an iPhone, but I somehow think it is the same idea. In order to copy a book to the phone, that I wanted to read in a DOC format, I had to e-mail it to myself! Could it be more ridiculous?! Or you could hack the phone, or course, which I don't like doing. I am using MS Surface now though, and it gives me much more freedom, so I'll have to see.
On another note, yes, the phone did restart, and did give me an error, but I have to play more with it. Some guy/gal on another 808 forum said, that yes, the phone does restart, but it is not a deal breaker. So my main concern is GPS. If I see it is working, I could probably live with the phone for a couple of years and then see what happens.
The third party apps is another true thing you mentioned. But we have to walk on the razor's blade, so to speak. On one hand, install to many of those apps, and you are screwed. Install to few - no functionality. For example, I was using Swype, but the main reason for me was that this way I could have Russian language. (Another stupidity of Symbian. Android, as I know, has all the languages by default). There is no way to get Russian (or any other language not included in the OS) without changing the product code. But this is already tempering with the device, and could bring consequences. So Swype (v. 2.1 from Nokia Beta Labs) was working before, but now it is not compatible with FP2! Another indication Nokia does not care about Symbian. Sooner or later it will be dead, if not for 808, it probably would be dead by now. So we have to face the reality. Going for a WP is not something I am looking forward to. But if there is no choice, what can you do?
