Nokia N8
Nokia have released details of a phone that could well become the must have Nokia camera phone phone in the later part of 2010.
Nokia, usually very good at manageng the PR machine seem to have been caught on the hop slightly,with the early release of preliminary specifications on a Russian download site. Full details were quick to follow from Nokia however and the N8 is now official.
The N8 is set to become a flagship phone for the N Series, and the specs suggest the camera enhancements will take it several steps up fromt he current N Series leaders.
As with other N Series phones the camera will have Carl Zeiss optics, but the N8 will come with a 12 megapixel sensor and full Xenon flash and the ability to record video in 720p HD. There is to be a HDMI connector so you can play pack videos straight to your TV. 16 GB memory plus hot swapable SD cards should leave lots of room for photos and video.
The screen will be a 3.5-inch OLED capacitive touch screen (which unlike the resistive touchscreen on the N97 works better with finger touch).
Expect lots more information in the weeks to come, particularly on the new Symbian ^3 operating system that is expected to debut on the N8.
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June 2nd, 2011 at 5:00 am
I owned the N8 since March 2011. It has gone to back to Nokia service 3 times. The problems include the system freezing randomly, ovi gps map not working as advertised (it will persistently remind you to connect to a cellular network regardless of you saying no repeatedly) and the call button either responding statically or not responding at all. The built quality is very high but that is all I can say about it!