The Nokia N8 Is An Advanced Smartphone

May 24
07:25

2010

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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Arguably one of the most exciting handsets from mobile phone giant Nokia, the Nokia N8 provides a simply stunning list of specifications with impressive hardware. One of the major strings to this handsets bow is the inclusion of an amazing 12 mega pixel digital camera.

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The Nokia N8 provides fast Internet access via both 3G coverage and Wi-Fi.  In areas covered by 3G,The Nokia N8 Is An Advanced Smartphone Articles access the Internet is provided courtesy of an HSDPA connection at speeds of up to 10.2 mega bytes per second, along with HSUPA at 2 MB per second.  Whenever Wi-Fi detects a signal from a wireless Internet router, it utilises these to provide a much faster browsing experience.  In order to stay connected to cellular networks in all but the most isolated locations, class 33 versions of both EDGE & GPRS are utilised.

 

As mentioned, the Nokia N8 comes equipped with an impressive digital camera boasting a whopping 12 mega pixels.  This operates at a pixel resolution of 4000x 3000 pixels and includes Carl Zeiss optics, Autofocus and a Xenon flash, leaving users with no doubts over the cameras quality.  Face and smile detection is also included to simplify the task of taking great photos.  The increasingly popular geo-tagging facility is also present which utilises GPS to automatically records the location at which a photo was taken.  High definition video can be shot using the camera in 720p quality at a rate of 25 frames per second.

 

16 GB of internal storage is provided as standard which allows plenty of room for data such as media files.  Although this amount should prove ample for the needs of most users, it can be increased to 32 GB by utilising the micro SD card slot.  The internal phonebook can store a seemingly endless number of entries and fields and comes with the popular Photocall function.  This allows a photo to be assigned to a particular contact within the internal phonebook, which is in turn displayed on the screen whenever that person is in contact.

 

The Nokia N8 is relatively compact at 113.5x 59.1x 12.9 mm and weighs in at just 135 g.  The combination of compact dimensions and its lightweight makes it a pocket friendly handset which is also comfortable to hold and use on the move.

 

A huge number of additional features is included as standard within the Nokia N8.  This ranges from a versatile internal media player which supports many different formats of both video and music files to a document viewer for business users.  Voice command and dial means users can operate many functions simply by talking to the phone whilst GPS with A-GPS support allows various applications to function such as the digital compass and geo-tagging.

 

The screen on the Nokia N8 is an AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and it measures 3.5 inches.  It operates at a pixel layout of 360x 640 pixels can display up to 16M colours for perfect playback of video files and photos.  It features an accelerometer sensor for auto rotate and is manufactured from scratch-resistant materials.

 

Despite incorporating a groundbreaking digital camera, the Nokia has not neglected other areas phone constructing the N8.  It offers functionality to rival even the most established Smartphone Brands and excels in areas where others fall short.

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