Nokia Lumia 800: How to browse the web
By Alex Bentley on January 20,
 2012 at 00:00,

Internet Explorer Mobile 9 on Nokia Lumia 800 Windows PhoneIf there’s one thing we really love about our Nokia Lumia 800, it’s how easily and intuitively the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango interface and Internet Explorer Mobile 9 software lets us browse the internet. You can get connected and view your favourite websites in seconds, so join us as we show you how.

Nokia Lumia 800: How to get started (video guide)

With 802.11n Wi-Fi built in to the Nokia Lumia 800, you can enjoy the fastest possible wireless connections when you’re in range of a Wi-Fi hotspot. And, as with everything in the great Windows Phone 7.5 OS, finding a hotspot and getting connected to it is made incredibly easy on the Nokia Windows Phone.

First you need to access the Nokia Lumia 800’s settings, which you can do by swiping left, then scrolling down and tapping the Settings icon. From there you can then tap on the Wi-Fi option, then make sure the Wi-Fi is activated, by swiping your finger across the onscreen switch until it sits in the ‘On’ position.

As soon as the Wi-Fi is activated, a list of all available local Wi-Fi networks will appear and you can tap on the network you want and get connected. If your Wi-Fi network is secured (which it always should be) you’ll need to enter the password, but this is easy via the large onscreen Windows Phone keyboard.

Once you’re connected, you can browse back to the Windows Phone Start Screen by tapping the Home button and then tap the Internet Explorer icon to launch Internet Explorer Mobile 9. Now you can enter the URL of the website you want to visit and tap ‘Go’ to load it quickly on your Nokia Lumia 800.

And if you want to add a website to your favourites and save it for easy access at a later date then, once the page has loaded, just tap the Options icon (illustrated by ‘…’ at the bottom right of the screen) and then tap Add to Favourites. A new bookmark will be created right away in your Favourites list.

While we’ve used nearly every smartphone that’s ever been made, the Nokia Lumia 800 is still our favourite for web browsing. The Windows Phone 7.5 OS and Internet Explorer Mobile 9 browser are ideal for viewing the web and websites always look fantastic on the gorgeous 3.7-inch AMOLED screen.

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To help you get started you can check out the Nokia Lumia 800: How to browse the web video guide below. Once you view your favourite sites on the Nokia Windows Phone, you’re sure to be just as hooked as we are, so why not give it a try and let us know what you think in the Comments below?

Check out the Nokia Lumia 800: How to browse the web video guide below:

  • Dy Lorn

    my Nokia Lumia 800 is the bees knees but I can’t get any of my tunes on it, “so painful” Downloaded Zune, installed it on my mac book but my phone’s not recognised on my mac. I’v had my phone for two months now and still I suffer.