subject: Introducing The Nokia N8, The Latest Smartphone From The Worlds Favourite Finnish Manufacturer, B [print this page] The Nokia N8 is the latest powerful smartphone from Nokia which hosts many top end features packed into a stylish shell.
The handset runs on Symbian3, the latest version of the Symbian Operating System which allows the user to customise one of three home screens with interactive widgets and shortcuts, which means that the most frequently used content is only a click away. Downloadable apps are available from the Nokia Ovi Store which allows for the handset to be further personalised and multi-tasking is also present which gives the user the ability to run multiple applications at once.
This is a smartphone with 12 megapixel camera on-board, together with Autofocus, Xenon Flash and Carl Zeiss Optics, and is capable of displaying 4000 x 3000 pixels. This built-in camera captures photos at very high standards with the quality on par with stand-alone digital cameras along with other smartphones which employ high megapixel cameras such as the Sony Ericsson Satio. The Xenon Flash ensures that photos taken in low light are also captured in great quality.
The Nokia N8 is a smartphone with HD Video capture at 720 pixels enabling users to record the action in high definition. Film your footage on the handset, and afterwards make any edits to the video that are needed. Once a video has been captured users can continue to add music, images, text and transitions all straight from this Nokia smartphone. An HDMI connection is also present on the handset so any HD videos can be viewed on the larger screen of any compatible TV. The sound is as good as the video quality thanks to the premium Dolby Digital plus technology which is employed on the Nokia N8.
The AMOLED touchscreen of the device comes in at 3.5 inches and benefits from multi-touch technology which supports pinch-to-zoom in maps and also the web browser. The screen is both fast and responsive which makes it a lot easier for users to navigate. The clarity of the display is very high which makes the images on screen appear sharp and defined. The built in accelerometer will rotate the screen view to match how the mobile phone is being held which also enhances the user experience.
Nokia Ovi Maps provides the N8 with free in-car satellite navigation which helps users plan their journey with voice guided navigation, find specific points of interest and Ovi Maps can also be used when travelling by foot.
Browsing the web and making downloads can be done at very fast speeds with thanks to HSDPA, also referred to as Mobile Broadband, which offers speeds similar to those that can be found with home broadband.
16GB of internal memory is enough storage for all of your essentials including music, movies and also your photos and videos taken with the 12 megapixel camera.