NOKIA N8

Nokia officially announced the arrival of N8 in 549 USD. N8 is the first to receive the new OS Symbian3 which appreciably improves the multipoint tactile recognition and it multi-task, and makes it possible to create first personalized pages. The screen resolution is 640x360, a numerical camera 12 megapixels with optics Carl Zeiss, flash xenon, 16 GB of built-in memory (extensible to 32 GB by micro SD), Bluetooth connections and Wi-Fi.



PROMISING ON PAPER:
Nokia equipped it with an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) which make N8, able to connect it to a television set. It manages the recording of the videos in 720p high-definition as well as its Dolby DIGITAL Plus Surround. Its talk time would be 12 hours in conversation on network 2G and 5,5 hours on a network 3G.
On paper N8 seems very promising. A few days ago, the negative comments published by the Russian site, this had perversion to the Smartphone. Nokia highly reacted by indicating that it was about a prototype arrived between the hands of a person who was not supposed to have it. Whatever in the paper it is seen, that N8 is the wonderful set which will give the user a friendly interface and ease of use.


KEY FEATURES:
· Smart and voice dialing
· Penta-band 3G with 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
· Sleek anodized aluminum unibody
· Symbian^3 OS
· 680 MHz ARM 11 CPU and 256 MB RAM
· microHDMI port for 720p TV-out functionality
· GPS receiver with A-GPS support and free lifetime voice-guided navigation
· 16GB on-board storage, expandable through the microSD card slot
· Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
· Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
· Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
· Stereo FM Radio with RDS, FM transmitter
· Flash and Java support for the web browser
· Stereo Bluetooth 3.0
· Nice audio reproduction quality
· Scratch resistant Gorilla glass display
· Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
· 3.5" 16M-color AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 640 x 360 pixel resolution
· 12 megapixel autofocus camera with xenon flash and 720p@25fps video recording
· Camera features: large 1/1.83” camera sensor, mechanical shutter, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection
· Digital compass
· DivX and XviD video support
· microUSB port with USB On-the-go support
· Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

MAIN DISADVANTAGES:
· No office document editing (without a paid upgrade)
· Battery is not user-replaceable
· Battery life is not on par with best in the business
· Camera interface is decidedly outdated
· Relatively limited 3rd party software availability
· Video player has some issues
· Symbian^3 is still behind Android and iOS usability standards
· No video light