The Awesome new Nokia N8
September 5th, 2010
The new 135 gram touch screen Nokia N8 is an awesome new smart phone that should give their competitors a run for their money . One thing we are worried about is the limited talk time of 5 hours and estimated 400 hours standby – we feel that this could have been improved .
Without a doubt the phone’s single outstanding feature is the new 12 megapixel Carl Zeiss lens camera. The wide screen camera allows you to shoot video and images in superb quality which is un-matched in most other phones .
The phone has a HDMI port which allows you to connect your phone directly into your TV or monitor and watch movies from the phone. There is no need to transfer data between devices. The phone package also includes the HDMI cable .
The need to transport data is also covered with the memory capacity of the phone – standard it includes 16GB of memory and this can be increased to 48GB with a microSD card.
The N8 can play back video in several formats, including MP4, Real Video and H.264.
It has been universally agreed that the new Symbian 3 OS is far superior than previous versions and it is a pity that Nokia will not roll the new OS back to previous Nokia models .
Another huge selling point is the FREE voice guided navigation. You will never have to pay for the navigation ever and most countries maps and details can be downloaded from the Nokia OVI Store. Nokia’s navigation is still one of the best around and this free service is great!
We also like the the On-Demand Web TV allows you access to various popular channels. The viewing is crisp and sound is very clear, and most people will be able to find a channel of their choice via OVI.
The Nokia N8 also takes into account the different aspects of people’s lives and you can manage your phone to take this into account – you can setup different themes for work or for play, having applications specific to the situation makes a lot of sense. Switching themes is obviously also quite easy .
Nokia’s bundled web browser is finally good enough that you don’t need to downloaded a third party browser, such as Opera. The N8 supports multitouch, so you can pinch your fingers to zoom in and out of web pages.
People can update their status, share location and photos, and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single app directly on the home screen
The N8 has a 680MHz processor with a graphics accelerator, a 640×360-pixel, 3,5-inch capacitive-touch screen, assisted GPS, and 3G with high-speed packet access. The camera, which protrudes from the back of the device a little too much for our liking, features Carl Zeiss optics and has a bright xenon flash.
Technical Profile:
System: WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 and
GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
OS: Symbian^3
Form Factor: Touch screen monoblock
Dimensions: 113.5 x 59.12 x 12.9 mm (L x W x H)
Weight: 135g
Display: 3.5 inch widescreen (640 x 360 pixels)
capacitive touch
Battery: 1200mAh BL-4D
Media Storage/Memory: 16GB mass memory + micro SD card
slot, 135MB internal memory, support
up to 32GB memory cards. RAM256
ROM512
Video Playback: Video recording, Performance: encoding
25fps, decoding 30fps, File Formats:
H.264, MPEG-4, VC-1, H.263, Real Video
10, ON2 VP6, Flash video
Music Playback: FM radio, FM transmitter, MP3 player,
Supported codecs: MP3,AAC,eAAC,
eAAC+,WMA,AMR-WB, DRM support, DRM:
OMA DRM 2.0
Main Camera:
• Lens: Carl Zeiss optics
• Image capture: 12 megapixels
• Video capture: HD 720p
• Aperture: F2.8
• Focal length: 5.4
• Flash: Xenon flash
Connectivity:
• Nokia Adapter Cable for HDMI CA-156
• WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
• BT2.1 with support for stereo
headsets
• Positioning with GPS, A-GPS, WLAN
and Cell-ID
• Micro-USB 2.0 high speed for file
transfers and charging
• USB On-the-Go
•Nokia AV connector 3.5 mm for audio
input/output and TV out
Available colors:
•Dark Grey •Silver White •Green •Blue •Orange
Get some images of the Nokia N8 and other N8, Blackberry Torch 9800 information at our blog
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