Talk About N Series

I was invited by Nokia to preview the Nokia N8 in New York City. Software is still not finished, but you can get an idea of how it’ll be like. They showed us how the Nokia N8 can be connected to an HDTV with surround sound system via HDMI. You really have to experience it firsthand, because I think it’s amazing. Nokia went on to show its other features like the 12 megapixel camera with xenon flash, multitasking, pinch to zoom in browser and photo gallery, USB on the go, multiple homescreens, homescreen widgets, and more. At the end of the one-hour presentation, I asked Ira Frimere, product manager, to summarize everything in a 2 minute demo for the blog. Related blog post is here: nokb.ly Overall, I think the Nokia N8′s 12mp camera with xenon flash and HD recording will be the major selling point for me. Those who hate Symbian will most likely still hate Symbian^3. The UI changes aren’t noticeable but that was already expected. The Nokia N8 will be available late summer of 2010 for EUR 370.

THIS IS ONE OF THE EXPENSIVE PHONES FROM NOKIA!IT COSTS 550 EUROS AND IT COSTED 600 EUROS WHEN IT WAS JUST OUT! LETS CHECK WHAT IT HAS General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100 Announced 2009, August Status Available. Released 2009, November Size Dimensions 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 mm, 113 cc Weight 181 g Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches – Proximity sensor for auto turn-off – Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate – Full QWERTY keyboard Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones SPEAKERPHONE Yes, with stereo speakers – 3.5 mm audio jack Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Call records Detailed, max 30 days Internal 32 GB storage, 256 MB RAM Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory Data GPRS Class 32 EDGE Class 32 3G HSDPA, 10Mbps; HSUPA, 2Mbps WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP Infrared port Yes USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2576×1936 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, Dual LED flash, video light Features Geo-tagging Video Yes, WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps SECONDARY CAMERA Yes, VGA SOFTWARE OS Maemo 5 CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX530 graphics Messaging SMS (threaded view), Email, Push Email, IM Browser xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds Radio Stereo FM radio (via third party software); FM transmitter Games Yes, 5 + downloadable Colors Black GPS Yes, with A-GPS support; Ovi Maps Java No – Skype and GoogleTalk VoIP integration …

Gazelle GadgetLab reviews the Nokia N85 and puts it up against the N95 8GB. For more please visit gazelle.com

Rob Coombs from ARM talks to Nokia about the latest ‘N’ series device from Nokia running an ARM-Based Processor