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Could the N8 mark Nokia’s return as the mobile Jedi?
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nce the undisputed king of the mobile world, nokia’s laggardness in booking a berth on the touch phone wagon seems to have cost it its title. however, the iPhones and the androids may have found their nokia-branded nemesis – the N8. not only does it mark the debut of Symbian ^3, the latest version of this smartphone oS, it also boasts of the first 12-megapixel camera on a nokia. and if just capturing hD video (720p) doesn’t satisfy the gadget freak in you, this baby can also output video in hD via an adapter! add seamless social networking, free turn-by-turn gPS navigation, and 16 gigs of flash storage to the mix, and what you have in your hand is a monster of a phone!
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Symbian ^3 includes support for gestures such as multi-touch, flick scrolling and pinch-zoom. there are multiple, customisable home screens, a new graphics architecture and improved memory handling for multi-tasking 2 BUILT TO ENTERTAIN
For those looking for some fun on the run, there’s Dolby Digital plus Surround Sound. the specs include an Fm transmitter as well and the phone can be hooked up via hDmI to your home theatre. Neat!
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the 12-megapixel camera comes with carl Zeiss optics and a xenon flash. It captures vids in 720p and you can edit them using the built-in editing app, right on the phone itself
What’s new? The Nokia N8’s home screen
3 The three home screens on the N8 can be customised with your favourite apps and widgets. Get feeds from FB, Twitter, et al, pushed to the home screen for instant updates at a glance. There’s direct access to games and apps on the Ovi Store, and the Web TV delivers local and global TV content for your pleasure!
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