The long awaited release of Nokia s new N8 is almost upon us. Showcasing the brand’s new Symbian ^3 operating system, the Nokia N8 has a vast array of features that will tempt even the most dedicated Apple iPhone fan.
Nokia are continuing their popular collaboration with the long standing optics specialists Carl Zeiss in the new Nokia N8 with a 12 mega pixel camera incorporated into the design. They are also offering full 720p HDMI support for the recording and playback of home movies. One particular standout feature (as if HDMI support is not enough) is the use of Dolby surround sound on video playback.
Alongside the expected features of WLAN and the ability to work as a data modem, the Nokia N8 also has WiFi capability on b, g and n bands which means a very fast connection is possible. GPRS is, as always, supported also. The internal hard drive will be 16 gigabytes, with an expandable external bay able to hold a micro SD card up to the size of 32 gigabytes. Ultimately, this will mean possibly 50 hours of music playback in offline mode.
The new Nokia N8 is certainly able to compete directly with the likes of the iPhone and Blackberry, with it’s mass of downloadable content from the Ovi Store in the form of widgets and applications, most notably in the shape of Web TV. Using Web TV the user can view movies available from providers such as National Geographic, E! Entertainment, CNN and Paramount.
The new Symbian ^3 operating system that is incorporated into the new Nokia N8 is the latest development of the world’s most used mobile phone platform. New additions are an upgraded 2D and 3D graphics hardware support, plus improved support for multi-touch features such as flick scrolling and pinch zoom.
The 3.5″ liquid crystal touch screen display of the Nokia N8 will hold a resolution of 640 x 360 and contain up to 16.7 million colors. There are also a number of sensors incorporated into the design which should makes things much more interesting, such as an accelerometer, a digital compass, an ambient light detector and a proximity sensor.
To summarize, the Nokia N8 promises to deliver the customer a very convincing rival of either the popular iPhone or Blackberry, containing features that bring it right to the forefront of modern mobile phone technology. Once it is released, there will be nothing to stop it helping Nokia maintain their status as the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet.




