Nokia N8 recent showcase in Nokia World along with different Nokia managers speeches showed that with this phone, as the first fruit of Symbian^3, and its unique features like a 12-megapixel camera Nokia hasn’t been as competitive as it might have been in smartphones market. Nikolas Savander, Nokia EVP, Markets noted that Nokia N8 has already been signed up for by more than 100 operators in 44 countries. But Nokia N8's features do not stop here, as Anssi Vanjoki, head of Nokia's Mobile Solutions unit, described the Nokia N8 as “a feature-packed product and from every technical specification, it’s superior”.

Following describes Nokia N8 in more details:


Aluminium- The Nokia N8 is crafted from a single piece of anodised aluminium. The process of anodising the aluminum increases its corrosion and wear resistance. With the casings’ ultra scratch-resistant powers, you can scratch a set of keys on the back of the device and with a quick wipe the mark will magically disappear. The anodised aluminium doesn’t just banish scratches, it also means it’s possible to bring the N8 to the market in a rainbow of colours. Aluminium has been voted as the most preferred cell-phone material by consumers in a poll designed by Nokia. As the head of design for Nokia N-Series believes, with aluminium you can anodize and bring colour into the metal but it still looks like metal. This is the property perfectly used in Nokia N8. He said: “Aluminium as a material gives us the possibility to make the most out of colours inspiring us to bring dark and bright colours in. The colours balance with the aluminium's itself and also reflect people’s spirits and express who they are. The orange to bring some warmth, the blue for feeling young, fun and cool, and last but not least, the green for a fresh tone. Based on a Nokia's poll, Dark grey has been chosen as the most favorite colour of N8 by 34% of cosumers.

Buttons- All the buttons along the side of the device are cut-outs from the same piece of aluminium, adding to the luxury feel of the device. Also, for the clumsy amongst us, the moveable buttons have been rubberised to save your digits from mishaps.

HDMI- Showing off your mobile content at home has never been easier. The HDMI connector allows you to connect your N8 to your TV and share all the pictures on the phone. Alternatively, you can watch side-loaded true HD quality content in real time via HDMI at up to 30fps. In addition, with16GB of internal memory you can probably store 30 or 40 ninety-minute-type movies. The TV-out function of HDMI makes the N8 as a kind of portable hardware version of a Blu-ray disc player as it delivers a better quality than you get out of a DVD player. In the box, the N8 will come with HDMI adapter for you to connect with a standard HDMI cable.

Dolby Digital Sound- Adding Dolby Digital Plus with 5.1 Surround Sound, N8 is a more complete package. This is a technology of high-quality multi-channel sound which delivers a step-change 448kbps bandwidth (comparing 256kbps in previous versions) to whet the appetite of the music industry. Dolby Digital Plus does a real-time, nice and clear sound so that you can listen to it even into your earphone speakers.

Screen- With the capacitive touchscreen on offer on the N8, there’s the capability to pinch zoom in applications like Photos and Browser. Did you know that capacitive touchscreens will only respond to materials that are conductive?  Handy if you’ve got sticky fingers and need to give the screen a quick wipe with a cloth. It also responds to just a touch rather that a press on the screen. No worrying about oops-a-daisy inputs here. With a 3.5 inches screen estate, AMOLED, 16M colours and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels, it’s perfect for watching widescreen movies too.

Battery Life- Within the Nokia N8 is an integrated battery that’ll keep you in juice for days. Talk-time at its maximum is 720 mins (GSM) and 350 mins (WCDMA) and standby time comes in at 390 hours (GSM) and 400 hours (WCDMA). Not bad for a smartphone, we think.

Social Networking- Social networks can be accessed from multiple places such as the homescreen, maps and contacts. Live feeds are directly pushed to the homescreen for easy viewing. Also, you can comment, read and send messages, update your status and share your location, photos and more. Calendar events from social networks can also be added to the device calendar. Moreover, Nokia N8 for the first time brings Nokia's new app named “Social” which is developed for Symbian^3 devices. Social allows you to connect to all your networking sites with one application rather than having to load an app for each.

Flash Support- The N8 supports all the video features of Adobe’s latest Flash offering, Flash player 10.1 and most Action Script 3 based content. A point to note: the device does not support all of Flash Player 10.1 features and Action Script 3 for graphics rendering although all video-related features are supported.

Email- Nokia N8 features a completely new email client combining several accounts into one. There is a large amount of supported email clients with POP3/IMAP and also support for the business email solution, Mail for Exchange.

Sensors- The Nokia N8 has backlighting and ambient light sensor, magnetometer (compass), orientation sensor and a proximity sensor. Both the orientation sensor and magnetometer come in very handy for finding your way around using Ovi Maps. The proximity sensor and ambient light sensor, on the other hand, are your battery’s best friend. The proximity sensor will switch off the screen every time you bring the phone to your face to answer a call and the ambient light sensor will adjusts the display’s brightness dependent on your surrounding