The Nokia N8 (formerly known as Nokia N87) is finally official, and we take an in-depth look at what this high-end Symbian^3 smartphone has to offer.
The Nokia N8 (formerly known as the Nokia N87) is Nokia's first Symbian^3 smartphone to be announced, and it'll be available for EUR 370 in Q3 2010. The phone will come in a slim uni-body, all-touch design and sports a 3.5-inch nHD capacitive touchscreen. Nokia demonstrates a range of the Nokia N8 and Symbian^3 capabilities
Larger camera sensor and HDMI connector
There's no Nseries phone without heavy camera functionality, and the Nokia N8 sports a 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. It also features a larger sensor than previously found in a Nokia phone, aiming to compete with point-and-shoot cameras when it comes to image quality. The phone's photo viewer offers pinch-to-zoom and photos can be shared to popular social networking services.
The Nokia N8 also shoots 720p videos at 25 fps, and most importantly, supports the H.264 and MPEG-4 codecs. Symbian^3 supports storage of large HD video files of up to 2GB, and the Nokia N8 offers 16GB built-in storage. There's also a microSD card memory slot with support for up to 48GB cards. Additionally, your footage can be played back on your HDTV through a HDMI cable, courtesy of the Nokia N8's HDMI connector. The Nokia N8 also boasts video editing software.
HD video playback and Dolby Digital Plus surround sound
Taking advantage of its HDMI connector, the Nokia N8 can be connected to a HDTV for playback of 720p HD movies, and supports Dolby Digital Plus surround sound when played with HDMI and a home theater system.
For watching content on the Nokia N8's 3.5-inch nHD capacitive touchscreen, there's for instance pre-loaded on-demand WebTV widgets to watch local and global internet streaming TV. Furthermore, the Nokia N8 supports Flash video, YouTube browsing and streaming, as well as regular WebTV. Supported streaming codecs include H.264, Flash Lite 4, Flash 10 compatibility for video, On2 VP6 and Sorenson Spark.
Homescreen, Symbian^3 and Qt integration
The Nokia N8 homescreen offers three customizable homescreens that can be loaded with applications and widgets. The Nokia N8 will also deliver live Twitter and Facebook updates directly to the homescreen, where users can comment, read and send messages, make status updates and share locations and photos.
Powered by Symbian^3, the Nokia N8 supports Qt applications, Nokia's new cross-platform app framework that will enable users to run the same apps on both Symbian^3 and MeeGo devices. There's also multi-touch and support for gestures such as pinch-to-zoom and flick scrolling. Moreover, Symbian^3 provides improved 2D and 3D graphics to enable a faster and more responsive UI, greater memory management and a visual task manager.
Gaming and Ovi Maps
The Nokia N8 is powered by a dedicated graphics processor unit (GPU) with OpenGL 2.0 support. A built-in accelerometer and the phone's touch UI can be used to improve the gaming experience. Games can be downloaded from Nokia's Ovi Store as well as third-party app stores. Like all new Nokia smartphones, the Nokia N8 offers free Ovi Maps for turn-by-turn navigation.
Phone capabilities and connectivity
The Nokia N8 will support Quad-band GSM networks, and will connect to AT&T and T-Mobile's 3G networks. As far as data speed is concerned, the phone supports 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2Mbps HSUPA. There's also Wi-Fi Wireless-N and Bluetooth 2.1 connectivity. Nokia promises a talk time of up to 5.8 hours, using a 1200 mAh Lithium Ion battery. The video playback time via HDMI to HDTV is claimed to be up to 6 hours for H.264, 30 fps playback. Lastly, the Nokia N8 sports a 3.5mm AV connector as well as a microUSB connector.
Price and release date
The Nokia N8 will be available in Europe in Q3 2010, selling for EUR 370 before subsidies. There's no word on whether AT&T or T-Mobile will pick up the Nokia N8 in the U.S., so expect to buy this one through online stores such as Nokia's own.
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