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Best Nokia ever? The mighty N8 is rising
August 10, 2010
By Donovan Jackson
Smartphones today continue to impress the pants off of the public, especially each time a new model is introduced. With the Nokia N8, that level of awe has to ratchet up a good few notches. In this, certainly the best Nokia ever to see the light of day, everything – and that means absolutely everything – about the device appears to be engineered to perfection. Ergonomically and aesthetically, it raises the bar in terms of materials and construction: from the case, which starts out as a single piece of anodized aluminium, to the buttons, to the screen, Nokia’s N8 is designed to be the best.
Feature-wise, the N8 packs enough for at least four blogs, so we’ll save some of the good stuff for later. But as digital cameras and the ability to share (through Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, among other sites) becomes a priority for more people than ever before, we’ll start with this aspect of the master Nokia.
Twelve megapixels. That’s right, the N8 delivers a massive 12 megapixels resolution, through Carl Zeiss optics and with a Xenon flash, capable too, of recording HD video. That’s better than some purpose-designed, latest and greatest digital cameras.
The international ‘Conversations with Nokia’ website has a very informative blog which gives complete details on the Nokia N8 camera, covering everything from how the camera works, why (and how) the step up to 12 megapixels, what to expect in terms of image quality (and video quality) and more.
What’s more, this smartphone has an HDMI-output. That means not only sharing your sharp, detailed images online, it also means sharing them in the living room, on your plasma or LCD high-def television. That port further means you can, in theory, chuck out the DVD player in favour of the smartphone: you can play HD movies by saving them to a MicroSD card, inserting into the Nokia and hitting play. Could this be the way of the future? The smartphone as a portable entertainment centre, ready to be hooked to any available screen to play back any digital content?
Related to the powerful camera and HD video capture capability is the Nokia N8’s impressive memory specifications. It comes standard with 16GB built-in, which is expandable to 48GB. That should provide plenty of capacity to store the images, video and voice that the N8 is ready to record. What’s certain, even at this early stage, is that the Nokia N8 is perhaps the most exciting smartphone to come out of Nokia – and perhaps the most exciting smartphone ever, period.
Click here to order the Nokia N8 online at Nokia Stuff
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[...] yes, I raved about the N8 last year. But in my humble opinion, Nokia has gone one better with the Nokia E7. It has everything the N8 [...]
but what can they actually do? are the gonna refund my R25? because last time when i had trouble with NFS SHIFT they only said i must try to download the game after a while and it did work. But now what? im not gonna try to download the game again and pay R25 again and hope it works this time.
i was really looking foreward buying that 
oh! lastly isnt there a way i can bypass that payment option by using my transaction id? i mean i already have bought the game and isnt the transaction id proof of that? please nokia i hate it when this sort of things happen
imagine buyin an expensive app like gravity,sbp mobile shell or anything over R200 only to get an instalation error!!!! This happend to me also when downloading free apps but what happens when you paid and that happens nokia? im concerned of buyin apps in the future now?????
that exactly why im posting here cause this site has always been the best at trying to help our customers. im afraid now of buying apps/games on my phone now because im afraid ima gona get an “installation error”. i actully saw a nyc game called “i must run” it only costs R9 but money is money and im not gonna buy anything on ovi again unless nokia can help me out!!!!!
@marc – We are going to make sure we find a solution to assist you – the purchase should be in your ‘MyStuff’ list, which means you don’t have to pay for it again – We are following up with our Customer Care guys to ensure that they resolve the matter for you without causing you more issues!
@cindy – Every issue raised is tracked and resolved, we agree that form time to time there are some technical errors, but we work hard to ensure we resolve them and that the matter is resolved. All purchases and previous downloads are in your ‘MyStuff’ folder which means you don’t have to pay for it should you need to re-download it! We are working on @marc’s issue and will hopefully resolve ASAP
@marc – We are going to do everything we can to resolve the issue.
okay thanx nokia i went to my stuff and started to download it now, just hope it works this time. but i really hope this doesnt happens more in the future because it can be difficult when your downloading for example games which is over 100MB. but thanx anyway
[...] now we know all about the ins and outs of the Nokia N8 right? But have you realised just how great the N8’s camera is? I still marvel at the little [...]
Hey nokia i was wandering if you can help me, i received this message “CONGRATULATION’S. YOU HAVE WON R110.000.00 FROM NOKIA YEARLY PROMOTION.YOUR TICKET NO. 011AK. PLEASE CONTACT MR BEN ON 0732184366. FOR YOUR CLAIM PRIZE ! ” do you know about this promotion? Is this legit? Or is it a scam? I dont know if its safe to call. Plz help
@Marc – This is a SCAM – please ignore these kind of SMS or email messages and don’t respond! We will never run random competitions like this – firstly we don’t have any Nokia owner’s details and secondly any competition we run, you will have to enter and it will be on Ringaz, Facebook and Twitter! Please warn all your friends and family too as it is not unique to Nokia
What about downloading Sasol birds app? Would love to do this!
@Violet – We are working with the Developer of the app to try and get it onto Ovi Store, it is a very large file so there is a lot of work that needs to go into it to make it mobile! We will keep you posted on any developments
Hi Nokia: Can you please help i have the DVB-H headset and it works like a charm on my N8. I have treid to connect the phone to a screen to display the tv on the screen but all i get is the word NOKIA in blue in the centre of the screen. This is using the jack output as well as the HDMI output. Can i display mobile tv on a other screen and how do i go about it.
@Wicus – We are checking with our Product Team and also the Accessories team to see if this is possible and we will get back to you ASAP
@Wicus – We have just received feedback from our Product team and unfortunately the TV-Out function of the N8 becomes disabled when you use the DVB-H headset as there are copyright laws etc. that the service has to adhere to. We hope that this answers your question.
Hi Wicus
have you setup dstv mobile on your phone, if yes will you be able to assist me setting it up, ive got my dvb-h headset but it does not want to purchase the package
Morning, I would like to complain about the worst phone I have ever had. The Nokia N8. I got my phone in November, had it two weeks and it broke, sent it away for 3 weeks and got it back. Had it for one day and it broke again, recieved a brand new n8 in January. After about a month it started freezing and would then restart.
It has gotten worse tillthe point of ressetting 4-8 times a day, especially when trying to send an sms, in the last half hour I had to urgently sms someone and it froze 4 times.
The phone is still spotless and has more than 12gb availale space one, have maybe one or two games and maybe 8 apps from ovi store. I will not recomend this phone to anyone. If could just work then I would be happy as I love the features.
@Manie – We are really sorry to hear about the troubles you are having with your N8 – we are going to get one of our Customer Care managers to contact you ASAP to see how we can resolve this issue
hey nokia i have some problems again with my n8, the plastic part on the bottom by the menu key has come loose. ive been to vodashop to repair it but they say they will have to replace the whole body because its constructed like that. i bought it by mtn and they told me mtn must send to you guys for repairs. but will my warranty cover that? if not how much will it cost? thanx
@marc – We have passed your information onto our Customer Care guys to touchbase with you and give you feedback on the 24-Month Warranty and what is covered
hey nokia or anyone here can you tell me were can i buy that dvb-h headset please and how does it work? is it the same as the drifter? and lastly nokia will my n8 ever work with that drifter? it just sucks to see how that stupid iphone can
@john – The DVB-H Headset is available from QD Cellular and some of the Vodashops. It enables you to receive the Multichoice DVB-H broadcast on your N8 (similar to what drifter does) – it works pretty similar, but only via the Headset being connected to the phone in stead of a Bluetooth connection between the device and the drifter. The reason the Drifter is not compatible with the N8 is because we have the DVB-H headset. Please let us know if you need anything else
whats the price? and whats the monthly subscription? and what channels do you get?