News: Nokia N8 starts shipping

Nokia has announced that its highly anticipated N8 smartphone has started shipping. The Finnish company stated that the N8 will be broadly available around the globe within the coming weeks.

“With the N8, and the new Symbian software, we are bringing a familiar, faster and more intuitive user experience to the world’s most popular smartphone platform,” said Jo Harlow, senior vice president, Smartphones, Nokia.

“The Nokia N8 has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders in Nokia history and we are thrilled to start shipments of the N8, the first of Nokia’s new Symbian smartphone range.”

When it is released it will be the first handset to feature the company’s revamped Symbian S^3 mobile operating system. It also boasts a 3.5" AMOLED display and capable 12 MP snapper with Carl Zeiss optics as well as a Xenon flash and the ability to record HD-ready (720p) videos.

Users will be able to display these on their HDTVs via the phones HDMI port and the phone also sports Bluetooth 3.0 as well as 16 GB internal memory.

No announcement regarding local release dates has yet been made, but it is expected to become available within the first half of next month.

Nokia N8 starts shipping

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