The Nokia N8 is one of the latest smartphone releases from the manufacturer. This touchscreen smartphone features Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash and is the very first Nokia smartphone to feature a 12-megapixel camera sensor size of 1/1.83.
The handset features e-mail,
messaging, and internet surfing capabilities. The phone is available in multiple colours, has a Gorilla glass layer of protection, and proximity and accelerometer sensors.
The dimensions of the handset are 113.5 x 59 x 12.9 mm with a weight of 135 g. There are physical keys for the menu, power, lock, volume, and camera. The phone also has an alphanumeric keyboard as well as a full onscreen QWERTY keyboard for efficient text input, ideal for prolific SMS and email users. For those style conscious users out there, you'll be pleased to know that the Nokia N8 comes in silver white, dark grey, orange, blue, and green.
To make the phone even more of your own you have the option of customisable homescreens such as widgets, themes, shortcuts, icons, and menu. Users will also have the option of customisable profiles and can add their very own ringtones to the phone, and can also change the wallpaper, screensaver, audio theme, and colour theme. The phone's several useful applications include: Calendar, contacts, music player, Internet, messaging, photos, Ovi store, video, maps, WebTV, video and photo editor, Office document viewers, mail, and radio.
The Nokia N8 also has full web browsing capabilities with touch control and supports markup languages such as HTML, XHTML MP, WML, and CSS. Users that have Twitter and Facebook accounts can now enjoy unified home screen access to both social networking sites so that they can stay in touch with friends and family around the globe. You can even see upcoming social networking events in your calender.
This smartphone also has some pretty impressive video capabilities as well. The eye-popping HD resolution has a quality 720p resolution that can be used to shoot video. Users can also enjoy ambient stereo audio recording and will have wind and noise reduced. There are also settings for low light environments, white balance, and colour tone. You can also enjoy on demand WebTV and watch global and local streaming internet TV right on your phone, taking your favourite shows and programs with you no matter where you are.
The Nokia N8 is an excellent alternative to some of the smartphones already out there. It's a great phone for business users that need to take their work on the go through e-mail, document editing, and video calling and everyday users as well. Compared to other recent smartphone models, the Nokia N8 rises up to meet the challenge in terms of capabilities and hardware and sales have been decent in the marketplace.
