According to the Nokia people that CNET spoke to, the Nokia N8 will be the last N-series to run on Nokia’s Symbian platform, all N-Series from here on will run MeeGo. Lets hope that this is true since Nokia really gonna need MeeGo to compete with Apples iOS 4 and Android. What do you guys say? Should Nokia stick with Symbian on their top smartphones or should they go with MeeGo instead?
Engadget has made a comparison of the iPhone 4 against what they call the smartphone elite – representatives of respective Mobile OS – HTC Evo 4G for Android, Nokia N8 for Symbian, Palm Pre Plus for WebOS and HTC HD2 for Windows Mobile.
Based on the hardware categories chosen, the N8 stacks up surprisingly well (and nice of engadget to recognize N8 amongst the “elite”).
After a couple of weeks of speculations, we’ve just learned that Nokia N8 is a real handset, packing a 12 megapixel camera and other neat features. The device will be available starting Q3 with a EUR 370 price tag, before taxes. Nokia N8’s camera features Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash and HD quality video capture.
The new device runs Symbian^3, a new platform that we’ve seen in action at the tech shows that took place this year. N8’s platform comes with innovations, like multitouch gestures, flick scrolling and pinch-zoom, plus customizable homescreens (apps and widgets) and 2D/3D graphics architecture. Multitasking is also on board, thanks to apps that run in parallel.
Nokia’s new product incorporates video/photo editing software, that’s intuitive and allows you to mess with content on the go. Also, the handset can be plugged into a home theatre system, for more fun and taking full advantage of its support for HD video and Dolby Digital Plus surround. The device supports access to Web TV services and Ovi Store.
Social networking via a single homescreen app and global Maps walk and drive navigation (free) are available on the smartphone, too, while developers will be interested to learn that there’s an extra bundled for them. Nokia announced that N8 is the first device to integrate Qt, a software development environment, that allows specialists to build apps and deploy them on Symbian and other platforms.
Apr 26
Reportedly Nokia N8 Specs have been leaked and we have it for you here:-
* 12 megapixel camera with f/2.8, 28mm wide angle Carl Zeiss optics, and Xenon flash; dedicated camera key
* 720p video recording at 30 frames per second
* Face recognition
* HDMI output with battery rated at 6.7 hours
* Dolby Digital Plus support, maximum 5.1 channel speaker output
* Six customizable home screen
* 3.5 inch AMOLED screen with 640 x 360 pixel resolution, 16 million colors
* FM radio, and FM transmitter
* Volume: 86 cc
* Weight: 135 grams
* Dimensions: 113.5 mm x 59 mm x 12.9 mm
* 10.2 Mbps down, 2.0 Mbps up, HSPA on the 850/900/1700/1900/2100 MHz bands
* Quadband GSM/EDGE
* Processor: Unknown ARM architecture @ 680 MHz
* Memory: 256 MB of RAM (half that of the Google Nexus One), 512 MB ROM
* Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, WiFi b/g
* 1200 mAh battery
* Symbian^3
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