Nokia has included a few of its own applications on the Lumia 800, including Nokia Drive for turn-by-turn navigation and Nokia Maps, which is destined to replace Bing maps in the future.
Other applications that should be mentioned include the Office Mobile suite that ties in with Microsoft’s SkyDrive and Office 365 services. Nokia even includes a Contacts Transfer app to help users get their contacts from their old phone to their new phone using Bluetooth. On top of that, Windows Phone allows users to uninstall carrier and manufacturer applications at will, which is a thoughtful addition. While I haven’t been a huge fan of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser for Windows Phone in the past, I have to admit that the Nokia Lumia 800 seems to run the browser better than the competition does. I’m actually liking the browser this time around, as it’s very fast and smooth in all respects.
I still would rather have a WebKit-based browser, but there’s not a heck of a lot to complain about here apart from the lack of Adobe Flash support - or even support for Microsoft’s own Silverlight platform.
