Nokia N8

The Nokia N8 will be a real multimedia monster, because it's part of the N-line of Nokia. It is an forthcoming Symbian^3 mobile phone from the Nseries with a 3.5-inch, 640x360 capacitive touchscreen. It is Nokia's first camera phone to have a 12 megapixel sensor. It is Nokia's first smartphone to run on the Symbian^3 operating system that will have single-tap interface, addition of multiple home screens, and customization abilities. In addition, the display will have multi-touch capabilities with gesticulate support.

Size and Weight :

The Nokia N8 Mini weighs 135 g (with battery) and measures 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm.

Network and connectivity:

The Nokia N97 mini brings in high-quality network support. It supports GPRS (Class 33), EDGE(Class 33), 3G(HSDPA, 10.2 Mbps), HSUPA(2.0 Mbps), WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology, Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, USB microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support.

Memory and Display:

The Nokia N8 has svelte anodized aluminum body, and a 640 x 360 3.5-inch OLED screen with 16M colors. The latter comes with the usual disclaimer that OLED displays aren't as useful in direct sunlight. It will also contain a full QWERTY keyboard. The screen measures and is multitouch. It also has Multi-touch input method, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off, Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate, graze resistant Gorilla glass display. The Nokia N8 has 16GB of built-in storage and is expandable up to 48GB with a micro SD card., 256MB RAM, 512 MB ROM.

Camera and Video:

The biggest feature on the Nokia N8 is its 12-megapixel (4000x3000 pixels) camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash & autofocus. It features a substantially larger sensor than any ever used in any other Nokia device – even bigger than many found in dedicated cameras. Recently, we caught up with Nokia’s resident camera guru, Damian Dinning, to get the full lowdown on what went into fine-tuning the N8’s camera and video capture skills. It also provides 1/1.83'' sensor size, ND filter, geo-tagging, face and smile detection. It’s not just its 12-megapixel camera and HD video skills with HDMI support that set the Nokia N8 apart from the crowd.

Entertainment Features:

The device also provides luminous options to listening music and watching videos. Digital audio player compatible with MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player, DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player. It also includes TV-out (720p video) via HDMI and composite, Dolby Digital Plus via HDMI, Anodized aluminum casing, Digital compass, Video/photo editor, Flash Lite v4.0, Bit rate up to 320 kbps, Digital rights management support: Windows Media DRM and OMA DRM 2.0, Short range FM transmitter, Stereo FM radio (87.5-108 MHz/76-90 MHz) with RDS. A further menu contains your other apps, but we imagine most people will install their most used utilities things like Facebook, the media player, email and the like on the home screens and avoid entering the menus for the most part. The Nokia N8 brings also compatibility with popular Internet video formats and desktop Flash. With optimized video streaming and playback support, Nokia N8 provides a fantastic platform for bringing your favorite TV and other video services to a mobile computer.

Nokia N8

The Nokia N8, Nokia's latest Smartphone, intuitively connects to the people, places and services that matter most. With the Nokia N8 handset, people can create compelling content, connect to their favorite social networks and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store software apps. The Nokia N8 mobile phone introduces a 12 mega-pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and a large sensor that rivals those found in compact digital cameras. Additionally, the Nokia N8 cell phone offers the ability to make HD videos and edit them with an intuitive photo editing suite.

Specs: The first 12 megapixel & the first Symbian 3 operated mobile - introducing the Nokia N8 - It's not technology, it's what you do with it.

Shoot your masterpiece in HD

Film, edit and perfect your high-definition masterpieces, then share them with the world. Add music, images, text and transitions - all from the phone. With a large 12 MP sensor and Carl Zeiss optics you can capture great images. The Xenon flash allows you to take good pictures in low-light conditions as well.

Connect to your home theatre

It features an HDMI connection so you can easily show

off your images, videos and music on compatible televisions and projectors..

Integrated social networking

Bring your friends together, by pulling feeds and updates from Facebook and Twitter to one handy application. Photos and videos can be shared the moment they're captured,

Make it your own

Personalise your phone by adding your own widgets. Not one but three live home screens – make one for work, use one for fun, and have one with your favourite picture as the wallpaper. Swipe between the home screens with an easy gesture. Download more widgets from Ovi Store.

Download thousands of opportunities

Turn your Nokia N8 into a tool for showing off, having fun and being creative. In Ovi Store you’ll find thousands of different applications to constantly upgrade and improve your device. Download apps, games and videos. The possibilities to make your phone smarter, more useful and simply more fun are endless.

National Geographic in your pocket

On-demand Web TV. Access your favorite TV channels like CNN and National Geographic and get them piped to your phone from the comfort of your bus seat. Visit Ovi Store to find even more Web TV channels.

Navigation. For free. Forever

Voice-guided navigation wherever you are in the world. Absolutely free. Simply enter where you want to go and Ovi Maps with voice guidance will tell you how to get there, turn by turn. By car or on foot.

Fifty hours of music playback

You can browse smoothly through all your favorite albums and once again get thrilled by the album artwork. Re-experience your record collection for over 50 hours straight.

Make a good thing even better

Hear Ovi Map's voice guidance navigation conveniently through the Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-608. Or go all out and make your flight a pleasure with the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905 with eight microphones for cancelling up to 99% of background noise.

Dimensions

· Size: 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm

· Weight (with battery): 135 g

· Volume: 86 cc

Keys and input methods

· Physical keys (Menu key, Power key

· Lock key, volume keys, Camera key)

· Finger touch support for text input and UI control

· On-screen alphanumeric keypad and full keyboard

· Dedicated camera and volume keys

· Possibility to use capacitive stylus

· Handwriting recognition for Chinese

Display and user interface

· Screen size: 3.5"

· Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640 x 360 pixels) OLED

· 16.7 million colors

· Capacitive touch screen

· Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)

· Compass (Magnetometer)

· Proximity sensor

· Ambient light detector

Personalization

· Up to three customizable home screens:

o Widgets

o Themes

o Shortcuts

o Icons

o Menu

· Customizable profiles

· Ring tones: mp3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA, AMR-NB, AMR-WB

· Video ring tones

· Themes

o wallpapers

o screensavers

o audio themes

o pre-installed themes

o changeable color themes

Power Management

· BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery

· Talk-time (maximum):

o GSM 720 mins

o WCDMA 350 mins

· Standby time (maximum):

o GSM 390 h

o WCDMA 400 h

· Video playback time (H.264 720p, 30 fps, maximum): 6 h (via HDMI to TV)

· Video recording time (H.264 720p, 25 fps, ma

ximum): 3 h 20 mins

· Video call time (maximum): 160 mins

· Internal memory: 16 GB music playback time

(offline mode, maximum): 50 h

Data Network

· GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33

· HSDPA Cat9, maximum speed up to 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA Cat5 2.0 Mbps

· WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n

· TCP/IP support

· Capability to serve as data modem

· Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Connectivity

· Bluetooth 3.0

· HDMI

· 2mm Charging connector

· Micro USB connector and charging

· High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)

o USB On-the-Go

· 3.5 mm AV connector

o FM Radio

o FM Transmitter

Memory

· Internal memory: 16 GB

· MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 32 GB

Operating Frequency

· GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

· WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100

· Automatic switching between WCDMA & GSM bands

· Flight mode

Software platform & user interface

· Symbian ^3 for Nokia

· Java MIDP 2.1

· Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2

o HTML 4.1

· Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) & Over the internet (FOTI)

· Flash Lite 4.0

· OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1

Personal Information Management (PIM)

· Detailed contact information

· Calendar

· To-do list

· Notes

· Recorder

· Calculator

· Clock

Email and messaging

· Easy-to-use email client with attachment support for images, videos, music and

documents .doc, .xls, .ppt, .pdf, .zip

· HTML support for email

· Unified email client for multiple protocols: Yahoo!® Ma

il, Gmail™, Windows Live™, Hotmail and other popular POP/IMAP services, Mail for Exchange, IBM Lotus traveler

· Editing of key office documents

· Email web widget for home screen

· Chat instant messaging support: OVI Chat, Yahoo, AIM, Windows Live, Gtalk, MySpace*

· Unified MMS/SMS editor

· Conversational view for SMS

· Push email and expanded portal support available through Nokia Messaging for Email and Instant Messaging

Browsing and internet

· Full web browsing of real web pages

· Web browsing with touch control

· Supported markup languages: HTML, XHTML MP, WML, CSS

· Supported protocols: HTTP v1.1, WAP

· TCP/IP support

· Visual history, HTML and JavaScript support

· Flash Lite 4 will support a majority of Flash Player 10.1 content

· Nokia Mobile Search

· RSS reader

· Support for streaming video

· Unified home screen access to Facebook and Twitter t

hrough Ovi by Nokia Social

client

· Social networking profiles visible in phone contacts

· Upload and view photos and video and see locations via Ovi by Nokia Social client

· Social networking events visible in phone calendar

GPS and navigation

· Integrated GPS, A-GPS receivers

· Ovi Maps with free car & pedestrian navigation

· Wi-Fi Positioning

· Compass and accelerometer for correct orientation of display

· Nokia Map Loader application via PC to upload maps to the device memory

Camera

· 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics

· Fullscreen 16:9 viewfinder with easy-to-use touchscreen parameters

· Xenon flash

· Face recognition software

· Autofocus

· Focal length: 5.4 mm

· F number/Aperture: F2.8

· Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF

· Zoom up to 2x (digital) for still images

· Zoom up to 3x (digital) for video

· Secondary camera for video calls (VGA, 640 x 480 pixels

Video cameras

· Main camera

o 12 megapixel with Carl Zeiss optics

o HD quality 720p resolution

o Shoot 16:9 videos in HD

· Video capture in 720p 25 fps with codecs H.264, MPEG-4

· Settings for scene, video light, white balance, colour tone

· Secondary camera VGA for video calls

Music features

· Cover flow user interface to browse the albums in your music

collection

· Comes with Music service on selected markets

· Nokia Music Player

· Ovi Music store

· Music codecs: .MP3, WMA, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, AMR-NB, AMR-WB

· Bit rate up tp 320 kbps

· DRM support WM DRM, OMA DRM 2.0

· FM transmitter

Gaming

· Use the touch UI to play games

· Dedicated graphics processor with OpenGL 2.0 enables 3D graphics

· Java games

Get the Nokia N8 and leave your digital camera at home. Its 12 megap

ixel camera and Carl Zeiss lens give you pin-sharp photos. And when you shoot at night, the Xenon flash makes sure pictures come out bright and sharp.

Your N8 mobile phone is also great for staying in touch with friends. Get Facebook updates straight to your homescreen – and share videos and pics (there’s room for loads with 16GB of storage built in) to the web easily.