The Nokia N8 is the first device to be powered by the brand new Symbian 3 platform. It will launch with a new breed of camera that promises to capture photos and video to rival dedicated point and shoot cameras.
The Nokia N8 will sport a 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. In case you’re not up on modern camera specs, these features are pretty nice on a stand-alone SLR. It features a substantially larger sensor than any ever used in any other Nokia device – even bigger than many found in dedicated cameras.
The Nokia N8 also introduces the ability to record high definition videos and edit them with a smart built-in editing suite on the device. Playback quality is just as important, and the 3.5-inch HD capacitive touchscreen is the ideal window for assessing your flicks and footage. There’s also a HDMI connector allowing you to hook the smartphone to your HD TV and share your media with superb quality.
The Nokia N8 also doubles as a portable entertainment center. Watch HD quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound and hook into a dedicated Web TV application for access to news and entertainment on the move.
Packing more memory than most, the Nokia N8 has 16GB of built-in storage and is expandable up to 48GB with a micro SD card. The Nokia N8 also provides live Twitter and Facebook updates direct to your homescreen. Comment, read and send messages, update your status and share your location and photos with one touch.
The N8 is location-savvy and comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation with support in more than 70 countries worldwide. Powering the Nokia N8 is the all-new Symbian 3 platform. This latest incarnation introduces major new advances including multi-touch and support for gestures such as pinch-to-zoom. Onboard there’s also three customisable homescreens that can be loaded with applications and widgets and flicked through by a swish of the finger. There’s also improved 2D and 3D graphics for a faster and more responsive UI, greater memory management and a visual task manager.
The Nokia N8 comes with access to the full range of Ovi services and it’s Nokia’s first smartphone to be integrated with Qt. Got and idea for an app? Qt is a software development environment that makes it a cinch to build apps and deploy across the Symbian and other software platforms.
The Nokia N8 is carved from a single piece of anodised aluminium and looks glorious decked in one of five eye-catching colors. It will cost just under $600 when it starts shipping in the third quarter of 2010.
Published on April 28, 2010
