N8 Unlocked GSM Touchscreen Phone Featuring GPS with Voice Navigation and 12 MP Camera (Silver/White)

Let me describe an event at work, .......during a meeting when 30+ people are present, someone's phone rings... It is a familiar and typical iphone ringtone. most of the people start fumbling their pockets or start looking at their(i)phone to check if its their phone ringing. iphone has become real common commodity.., believe it or not.. For those who really wants to be unique, especially from iphone users (as per my experience) and feel special about it, this is the phone for you. All right, sentiments apart... Here is my take on this phone. I bought this phone from Amazon shortly after its launch and using it ever since. Since so many users have posted very good and accurate reviews about Nokia N8 with Pros and Cons here, I am focusing mainly on user experience and some WOW factors that other phones can not/do not offer (for free). - Only smartphone that dose not mandate you to subscribe a smart phone data plan without loosing most of its functionality (or without rooting/jailbreaking etc.) savings of $35 a month since day one....I bought this one at full price but its free after a year of use just because of data plan savings. I still use low priced data plan and take full advantages of smartphone features like anywhere email, upload pic directly to facebook, local searches etc etc. - Internet on the go anywhere anytime (with data plan subscription, of-course). I just plug in my phone to my laptop using usb cable and my laptop is connected to internet. I can also use my phone as wifi hot spot and tether data to my ipad hassle free. saved few hundred dollars and bought only wifi version of ipad. saved hundreds more when no data plan needed for ipad. More savings.......and same great ipad experience!!!! - Great camera, takes amazing natural looking pictures unlike other smartphones which tend to over saturate colors to look them better on phone screen. I regularly use nokia n8 to take pictures at work and add it as a part of my presentation. Looks really hi quality even if projected on big screen. I did receive many complements from my (mostly iphone using) co-workers. - Free GPS with no data plan requirement added spoken direction with street names in more than 30 languages, online traffic updates and many other bells and whistles... Self explanatory....I never have to carry my gps while on the go, as true with any other smartphones. Where n8 beats every one is native voice guided navigation in multiple languages without using a data plan (and using it if you want to) I set my route in the phone and let it sit somewhere on dashboard. 95% of the time I could navigate just by listening to the voice guidance without looking at the tiny map screen on the phone. The voice guidance is very clear and spoken street names really makes the driving in unknown place a breeze as you are simply focusing on driving. My wife is so jealous just because of this feature. - HDMI out - I connect my phone to my lcd tv using the provided cable and play Need for Speed (free with phone). Can wirelessly connect to the Laptop !! DLNA sharing app lets me connect and stream my pics and vids from my phone wirelessly to my laptop, which i connect to my tv and share my pics as a slide show to friends at home while me sitting on couch holding the phone in my hand. Well, these are the features and experiences that makes me love this phone, the part I love the most is that these things come with it at a substantially lower price upfront and significant lower monthly cost, not to mention freedom of using it over any GSM network and not having sign a two year contract.!!!! Obviously, this phone has its shortcomings and trade offs, and many reviews here describe them accurately. For me, the cons are, - screen could have been larger, - clunky user interface - soon to be obsolete OS - speaker on the back of the phone right below the camera module, significantly reduces the sound volume if the phone is lying on bed speaker facing downwards. - App store experience could have been better. However, it has been more good experience than bad. Constantly attracting curious looks from people when they see me using this phone, and many of them drop their jaw when they hear that it has 12 MP camera. I dont mean to show iphone down by any means and I personally feel that iphone s user interface is much better. However I do not regret buying Nokia N8 at all. America is a country of freedom and this is the only device that gives me true freedom of choosing any service provider, choosing to opt for a smart phone data plan or not, not binding myself into two year contract and still able to enjoy a smartphone experience and not to forget freedom of using (free) GPS signals without paying for navigation service using the device you own.

I bought this phone from Amazon and I own a Nokia N900 too. I wish to compare these two, as Nokia N900 is one of the greatest phones from Nokia. 1) First let me go to internet browsing. Nokia N900 is the first phone to have full flash player and the major capability is it will play videos directly in the browser, for sites like youtube, facebook etc. Once facebook moved to latest flash player, N900 is not able to play the videos(eventhough there is a hack). Nokia N8, does not have full flash player, but it has flash lite. I was expecting that the youtube and facebook will not be able to play the videos directly in the browser. To my surprise, both the sites played the video in the site itself, thats really great. With respect to Nokia N900, every site determines it as a computer and hence will show the full page, instead of the mobile site, which is good, if the wifi or 3G is really good. With respect to Nokia N8, every site determines it as a mobile and hence will first display the mobile site, but if you re-route it to the full site, still it displays the sites like charm. Conclusion: with respect to internet browsing Nokia N8 does great. 2) Playing videos. Nokia N900 has a resolution of 800x480, hence the videos look very good. Nokia N8 has a resolution of 640x360, so I expected videos(good videos like HD videos) will look less attractive, but to my surprise, it looks great in Nokia N8. Nokia N900 can almost play any video format directly, like wmv, avi etc, including flv. I am not sure whether any other phone can do/compete with this. Nokia N8 on the other hand, has the ability to play any video format, but for avi and flv there is a little trick. When you copy an avi file, your PC may complain that this device is not capable to play it, but you can still use it as a storage and say yes to it. To my surprise, media player picks and plays well. For .flv files, after you copy, the media player is not going to pick it, as if it doesn't support it. If you go to file manager and click on this .flv file, media player picks it and plays well. I haven't tried .mkv file yet, as the mkv files that I have are all big and it is not allowing me to copy those. Conclusion: Playing videos is very good in Nokia N8. 3) Camera. Nokia N900 has 5MP camera and in this area, Nokia N8 stays way ahead with 12MP camera and xenon flash. Nokia N8 has xenon flash, which normal cameras use, still even normal cameras cannot take good pictures in dim night lighting. Similarly N8 photos come good, if taken in close shots in night. In daylight, photos come really good. The beauty with N8 is its photo and video editing softwares out of the box, which are really good. HD video recording in N8 is good, provided you don't show quick movements to turn the camera to a different angle and this is mainly due to the 25 frames per second video recording. Conclusion: Nokia N8 camera and its capabilities are one of the best. 4) GPS. Nokia N900 is pretty dumb in this area too, as it doesn't have voice guidance out of box. So lets directly jump to Nokia N8. Nokia N8 has one of the best GPS with voice guidance, one major disadvantage that I came across is, it needs 3G connection to work(I am not sure whether this is correct, what I am quoting is just my experience). Once it connects, it works good. I just found two minor issues, one is it informs you to take a turn just when you are few feet away to take the turn, whereas Garmin GPS informs you well ahead. Similar way when you arrive at your destination, it says you arrived at destination, it does not say, whether your destination is on the right or left, whereas Garmin GPS tells which side your destination is going to be. Conclusion: Nokia N8 GPS is definitely good. 5) Widgets. Nokia N900 stands out with respect to widgets and its definitely the best in the industry. You can place the widgets whereever you want, even one on top of the other. Widgets are really useful in N900. Nokia N8 on the other hand has fixed dimensions for widgets and you can't place it whereever you like. You need to place it in the designated places. The main drawback for this that I found is, in email widget, you don't get much required information from the widget, you still need to jump into the mail app to know what email came to you now. Still widgets look good in N8. Conclusion: Nokia N8 widgets are still good. 6) Chat and Voip. Nokia N900 stands out in this area too, as Skype worked with Nokia to have the skype integrated into the contacts. Like that, google, yahoo, even sametime all are integrated into the contacts itself. You just need to go to contacts to see who is online. You can call that contact through various options, like gsm call or voip call using skype or skype to skype call or skype to skype video call, same way for google, yahoo etc. It is very powerful, none of the mobile has it integrated like this. With respect to Nokia N8, I believe it is not out of box and I am not sure whether I need to install anything to get a similar experience. Skype has an app, but still video calling is not available and speaker phone capabilities are not available. Fring has video calling capabilities, but only between Fring to Fring. Conclusion: Nokia N8's capabilities in this area are still to be improved. 7) Social networks. Nokia N900 has beautiful widgets and integration to contact well. Nokia N8 is not less to this. It has widgets and integration to contact also well. Conclusion: Nokia N8's social network capabilities are good. 8) Bluetooth. Nokia N900 has the usual bluetooth version and it works good even with A2DP. Nokia N8 stands out in this, with latest bluetooth version 3.0. The transfers are really fast compared to the older version. The beauty comes with out of box drivers to support bluetooth devices like mouse, keyboard etc. Imagine, I paired my bluetooth keyboard and mouse to the phone and it reduced the time that I spent to do the typing, a lot. I don't have a monitor to connect using the HDMI port, if I have, then it becomes a complete system. Conclusion: This is one of the best in Nokia N8. 9) Battery life. Nokia N900, in line with all the other powerful smartphones, with all the widgets constantly checking the internet and all the chat softwares too constantly checking internet, it comes for 75% of the day and you need to charge it after that. Nokia N8, to my surprise even with all the above said things, it is able to withstand for atleast 2 days. Conclusion: Battery is really good in N8. 10) WebTV. Nokia N900 doesn't have this capability. Nokia N8: need to explore in this area. Conclusion: Need to explore in this area. 11) Micro USB capabilities. Nokia N900, not much to say. Nokia N8, can read your memory stick out of the box and will show it as a drive in the file manager. Conclusion: Micro USB in Nokia N8 is capable of more things. 12) Speakers. Nokia N900, has stereo speakers and it can produce loud sounds without any external speakers. Nokia N8, doesn't have stereo speakers, but to my surprise the sound is equally loud as N900, but I found only one problem in this area, as the speaker is in the camera compartment which directly comes in contact to the ground. If you keep the phone down on a desk, you will not be able to hear any sound, as the speaker is blocked by the desk. Similarly even the mic is on the same side, so if you talk over phone handsfree, by keeping the phone on the desk, both the parties are not going to hear properly. 13) FM transmitter and internet radio. Nokia N900 is outstanding in this area. If you find to get your popular radio stations URL from internet, you just need to grab the URL and give it to the media player, then N900 can stream your radio station live from internet either using wifi or 3G, which means even if you are in any part of the world, you will be able to hear your favourite radio station live. Using the build-in FM transmitter, you can transmit to your own car radio. Nokia N8 has the FM transmitter, which is equally good to N900. Even though N8 has internet radio concept, it is basically app based, which means whatever stations the app is providing, thats what you are going to hear. If you want to do the same things as above(like grabbing an url and feeding it to media player), I am not sure how to do it. Conclusion: FM transmitter is really good, but internet radio needs some improvement. I hope, I covered the review of some distinct features apart from the usual ones.

Suspend what you have heard about the Nokia N8 for this review, give it a chance. I am a college student and I have used many different phones. When I bought the Nokia N8 I was coming from the Samsung Captivate android phone. I like my smartphones to have many useful features that can combine the features of multiple devices into one. The Nokia N8 does that for me, it is my phone, camera, MP3 player (and wireless transmitter), video player, and GPS all in one. Now most smartphones have all of these functions, but the N8 excels in all of these areas. 1. As a phone it does it's job very well. The gorilla glass and aluminum case feel very solid and I am proud of the build quality. The operating system could use some work, yes, but for most people, including me, it is more than satisfactory. In terms of app's, it has all that I could want. The OVI store has everything that I need, games, video chat, swype, opera, etc. The multitasking system is epic, easily beats all the other operating systems in that respect. It is very useful when you are using an application or browsing the internet and you realize you need to make a call or send a text message, just minimize, complete your task, and return right where you left off. The features built into the phone meet or exceed other phones. It has HDMI out, USB (flash drive) support, 3.5 mm headphone jack, 16 gb internal memory and external SD card, etc. The battery life is amazing, I can literally go 4 days without charging, try that with an Android phone. 2. The 12 mp camera with zenon flash IS the BEST out there. A good camera is important to me, and I know pixel count is not everything, Nokia knew that too. The camera performs very well, easily replacing my point and shoot camera. The zenon flash beats an LED flash hands down anyday. The 720p video recording is more than satisfactory for me. The dedicated, two stage camera button is also very good. Connecting the phone to the computer is very easy allows for easy transfer of files and pictures. 3. One of the main reasons I cannot leave Nokia for another phone is because of the MP3 player with wireless transmission. Although it is not terribly strong, it replaces another device and comes in very handy. In addition to that, the bluetooth performs very well. 4. I have many movies that I have copied over the years on many 16 gb memory cards and in many formats. The N8 plays most all of them very well. It struggles with high bitrate DivX but at least it can play that format, most phones can't. I have never had a problem with micro SD cards or playing a video. 5. The final reason I can't leave the N8 is due to the lifetime OFFLINE navigation. Noone else includes that for free on their phones. I don't have a data plan with this phone (Wi-Fi is more than adequate) so the offline navigation is key. And it is not watered down at all, it has built in businesses and you can download updated maps for the US and elsewhere for free, forever. Easily replaces my car GPS. CONS: 1. Lack of physical QWERTY keyboard. 2. No PSX4DROID or higher quality games. 3. Battery not easily replacable. So all in all, this phone is a great deal. Where else are you going to be able to pay ~400 dollars and get a phone, camera, GPS, and MP3/4 player? Phone works great with AT&T and since I bought it unlocked I don't have to have a data plan (as long as AT&T continues to think I don't have a smartphone, hint hint, block data on your account). With the N9 coming out (which looks amazing too BTW), this phone is only going to get cheaper in price. In addition, there is a major software update coming out in August for this phone that will fix some of the minor issues with it. The phone will be supported for a while in the future as well. If you are on the fence, do it!

Hi. First of all, there's a lot of reviews out there, some are dead on and others are plainly going to extremes (bad reviews). I'll to try to keep mine closer to facts. Shipping and hardware. I've got mine in no time and excellent conditions. The phone is awesome looking and it's built with the excellence of Nokia hardware. The battery will last 3 to 4 days on a modest usage, and 1 and half days when using lots of apps and data transactions. 0 complaints in this area. Call and SMS. Great call quality, great loudspeaker quality and the SMS app or "Conversatios" as it's called are great. So, purely on the cell phone aspect, this is truly one of the best (compared to my wife's iPhone 4, 0 dropped calls or bad calls). Camera and Video Recorder. This is THE strong point of this phone. Great pictures and the video is gorgeous (720 HD). Has a couple of editing tools (for both images and video), but, you know, nothing you didn't have already on your PC. Score a solid 10 on this. GPS. I had an XpressMusic 5800 before this, and this was one of my favorite qualities (one of very few). In this phone the navigation (using ONLY gps) is faster and overall, it's awesome. Love the fact that data connection is totally optional and the tools and maps are being updated often. So another big 10 on this aspect. Radio & FM Transmitter. Not that they are directly related, but the two worked great. No problems at all on the radio side (I use it on a daily basis). On the FM Transmitter I did have problems of connection at first, but all it took was to change the default frequency (in my case from 90.0 to 90.5) and that was it, worked great! Another 10! Video viewer. I love the fact that I can see (in excellent quality) movies here and, if needed, transmit them (via HDMI) to a TV. The formats, well, I copied an M4V file (ripped one of my DVD's using HandBreak) to the phone and ended up converting it, automatically, to WMV, so it took like an hour to do this, but maybe there are easier ways :P. Anyways, another 10. Apps. The truth is that although there are a lot of applications (some good, some not so much), it doesn't compare (and it probably will never) to either the store of Apple or Android. But it does have most basic stuff. Lets call this a not to solid 7. O.S. Well, now we come to the REAL aspect in which this phone falls way back. So, for starters this is way faster and responsive than the XpressMusic (if any users are thinking on upgrading), but to be honest, the real valid comparison should be to, for example, a Nexus One (Android) or iPhone 4. I mention this two because I have tried both. So, I'm just gonna say that the OS is like half the speed of the Nexus One and a third of the stability of the iPhone 4 :S But let's not compare, shall we, or we'll go through a dark and very popular path. Lets just say that with the first software update (PR1.1) most instabilities and errors have been fixed. The phone it's 80% of the time pretty "fluid" while navigating through the interface and using most apps. Still has some "hanging" problems (reset not needed, only needs some seconds people :P), but not as bad as the beginning (I would say that at first it was only fluid 60% of the time). I'm hoping that further updates will keep refining the overall OS. And, FYI, although Nokia has made a partnership with Microsoft, they have said (and clarify it in BIG BOLD letters), they will continue to maintain the Symbian's phones, so I'm pretty sure updates will still come (at least a couple more). Oh yeah, for anyone who cares, this whole OS thing, well I give it a 7 (with update considered). So anyways, just to sum up my review, this phone (as you can see from the "scores") is a very interesting smart phone with great features and although in the OS department it falls way short to some of its main competition, it still has great strong advantages. Lets say that if you mainly use the calendar, email (sync both to your outlook and/or Gmail!), camera, video recorder, video viewer, PURE GPS navigating, calling/SMS (duh!) and minor to mild usage of apps, this phone is a great option. If you mainly want it to have great (or the best) apps and because of it need the phone to run flawlessly, spend and extra 150 to 200 dollars and buy an Nexus One, HTC Desire or an iPhone 4. In my case, I'm in the first group, so, I'm pretty happy the phone. Hope it helps.

Hi people, Im Carlos from Dominican Republic. I used to be a fan of Windows Mobile a few years ago and then about 2 years ago turned Android. While must of the companies are developing or focus on great phones with fast processors, bigger and vivid screens, which one will integrate NCF?, fingerprint reader, getting app update twice a month or a lot of customROMS to flash like a maniac looking for the best performance... Me, ...tired of that life style, prepare myself for something new. I had a really bad and annoying experience with a Nokia 5800 :S It looks so FAT, screen sucks and feel so plastic! Besides that, the Symbian it uses fed me up. The menu or process for doing anything is maddening. It ask for everything. Makes me feel stupid. I did a very detailed research of this device before I placed my order. I read every single review on amazon and from other websites. At first, I was REALLY scare of the Sleep Of Dead [SOD] that happens on some units but I assume de risk and hope not to use the "return" option. Here are my POSSITIVE impressions of the Nokia N8: + Penta Band 3G: Wherever I go, USA, Europe, Caribbean I'll have 3G access! That's cool. + AMOLED screen: Looks great and it's nice to know that it has gorilla scratch resistant. Of course iF4 and must of Android devices has better graphics. + Housing/Design: Perfect! The aluminium finish, nice material and the silver color makes a great balance. + Camera/Xenon Flash: Much better than all Windows Mobile, Android that I've used. I cant compare to iphone4 since I haven't use it. + FM Radio wRDS and Transmitter: Nowadays it's not common to listen FM stations but I've found the FM Transmitter very useful! The only issue is that must be really close to the radio in order to work better. + Signal: Great. I've experience this talking volume in Blackberry devices. The sound is adequate. + Battery: Great so far :D Gives more than a day. With Android devices battery last 6-12hrs... + USB On the Go: Havent test it but It's really cool to know It's on your device! + HDMI: Havent test it but It's really cool to know It's on your device! NEGATIVE Impressions from other REVIEWS and my fixes: - Virtual Keyboard: Yes, it's bad at first. Need some time to get used to it but It's good using Spanish language. We'll have an update soon, so, we hope Nokia do something with this! There is also another keyboard called "DAYHAND" just google it... It seems that is not available any more. - Browser: IT REALLY SUCKS!!! Try Opera and use Opera Link to have your Favorite websites linked. - No OFFICE Documents Edit: Yes, This was fixed with an update... Anyways I don't use it. - Video Recording has no light: So? Some other devices don't have it either... Im so satisfied with the Xenon that I don't really care of LED. - Battery is not User friendly replaceable: So?!?!?! With Symbian there is no need of flash-a-holic and do some crazy app installations. Just press the power button for a few seconds and I'll restart. - Poor Application Store: It's right, it's not the best. But must of the application I use are available. Too bad Developers are not motivated :( - GPS: I can't use OVI MAPS in my country. Looking for google maps for Symbian... EXPECTATIONS 1) Announcement of the next update with fixes of all software issued including new keyboard!. 2) Hope my N8 dont DIE!!! I wouldnt like to start a return-waiting process. Well, That's all folks. Sorry for my extended review. Oh! Last thing: Don't forget to buy the otterbox to protect this little toy :D

...:::HARDWARE:::... Pro: 1. Very sturdy and robust build. Dropped 2x on hard floors and still unscathed. 2. Feels natural in the palm of my hand. 3. Gorilla glass is tough and scratch resistant enough that you do not need any screen protector. 4. Anodized aluminum body casing resists normal wear and tear and can withstand heat. No need to purchase a protective case. 5. 12MP Camera hands-down is the best camera phone in the world right now. Beautiful, crisp, and full of details can be taken with various built-in scene-mode such as landscape, night mode, sport, up-close, and even Panorama...) Cons: 1. Home button is located all the way at the bottom left corner of the device. I dropped my phone for the first time when I tried to hold my phone (left hand) and pressed the button one-handed. 2. Battery is non-removable. But you can still unscrew the two allen screws on the side of the phone if you ever need to replace the battery. However, according to Nokia, doing so by yourself will void their warranty. ...:::SOFTWARE:::... Here I want to point out that the version that comes with this phone out of the box is Symbian^3. Whereas, the latest update out there as of 2/11/2012 is Symbian Belle. If you haven't updated to Belle already, I recommend doing so ASAP because this is a HUGE software improvement over Symbian^3 where Nokia branded phones were mostly being complained at. From here on out... my review is based on Belle. First off, Belle is BEAUTIFUL! Putting Belle side by side with an Android and iOS device and Belle stands out clearly in terms of color vibrant and icons sorting styles. :Responsiveness: Belle is VERY fast as compared to her sister Anna and Symbian^3. Kinetic scrolling has been improved where scrolling feels a lot more natural and fluid. :Drop/Pull down bar: Swiping the phone from top edge down will pull down the notifications bar with 4 most used buttons: Mobile Data On/Off, Wi-fi On/Off, Bluetooth On/Off, and Silent Mode. Below are your miss call event notifications, active apps, and current data usage. Just like Android's drop down bar, but looks a lot neater and easier to the eye. :Widgets: This is the sweet spot of Symbian OS. Email, Maps Location (ver 3.09), and Facebook (ver 1.5) widgets are speechlessly beautiful. Update constantly right on the home screen. So useful to glance at them for a quick moment without the need to open up the app itself. :Battery: Lasted me the whole day from 7:30 AM to 10:30 PM in a single charge, with heavy usage of music playing (aux connection with my car speaker while driving). Medium usage of browsing Facebook and Nokia Store during my lunch/break time at school and at work. My brightness setting is set to Medium-High. Yet the phone survived the entire day without even hitting the 10% mark at night. :GPS/Navigation/Driving Experience: How do you Call + GPS + Music almost at the same time while driving? If you haven't done so already, download Nokia Carmode from the Nokia Store. Under this mode, EVERYTHING is simplified into 3 most used functions while driving: Call + GPS + Music. 3 huge buttons are on the screen for easy one tap accessing to reduce distraction to the driver. :Social Apps: The new updated Facebook version (1.5) now comes with Notification. A huge improvement from previous version that came with Anna. The self-updating/self-rotating home screen widget is now improved with a larger display and crisper looking. This large display takes half of a home screen now display 10 top recent news feed from Facebook with the scrolling capability for the user to view at their will. The bottom, right after the 10th news feed would now be the Refresh button. Version 1.5 did not come together with Belle update. You have to manually search for "Social Networking Client" in the Nokia Store and download it to update yourself. With Belle, i am now very proud of my N8. No longer afraid to show it off in front of my Android friends. Nokia has won my trust back.

This is an update to the earlier review. The product now ships with Anna and maybe Belle but is easily upgraded. There is even some third-party upgrades that bring this phone into 2013. I purchased it in April 2013 as a replacement to an earlier N8 that I had damaged. BUT: I Originally ordered a Nokia 808. It had a defective memory card-slot. I then ordered three N8s. Two were defective in that the HDMI output didn't work, the third had a defective camera shutter button. I ordered a fourth one from PUT Group after writing them to make sure they weren't a business operating under the same name as the other four companies. Prompt response, helpful information and a promise that I could return it if there was a problem. This N8 is fine. PUT Group is an excellent source to buy the phones. The same cannot be said for XIV Wireless, My Wish-List and Hassle-Free Cell. I'm not complaining about their service. They promptly refunded my purchase. Maybe I just got lucky with PUT but there seems to be some consistent issues with Nokia quality control so make sure you can return the phone if it fails to work. And check out ALL the functions of the phone before ripping apart the packaging. It's still a great phone but I'm totally disappointed with Nokia quality control or the way that some resellers are handling their products. First I must say this is a terrific phone. Consider buying for all the reasons you've read. But don't buy it until Nokia releases the Anna (and preferably the Belle) operating system update. The current one is a bit buggy. Much of the rest of the world has received the update but Nokia in their wisdom has not (as of September 20, 2011) released it for US versions. There is even some suggestion that the US will not ever get the update since Nokia wants to push their upcoming Microsoft products. Until Nokia releases Anna and Belle you should stay away from this phone. For that matter you should consider their customer service attitude toward US customers when you considering buying any Nokia phone. They just don't seem to care about their existing customers - at least those in North America. Phone calls to their support and customer service result in evasion and disinformation about the upgrade. They have lost the confidence of many of us Nokia users.

The Nokia N8 is an excellent phone. It will take a couple of hours to figure out everything about how the phone works but once it's set up the phone offers the following features: - Multitasking: Once you set up all the icons, shortcuts and menus in the different customizable screens in the phone, you actually see how each application is working without affecting the phone performance. For example, you may be playing a song (and its application window shows song, controls, etc), then below that window you can have you email that updates as new email comes, in another window you can see your social media updates and activity on real time, etc. and the phone works like that in all applications. - Camera: Excellent picture quality in photos and video (12 M / 720 p) - Full customizable screens, icons, short cuts, menus, etc. No limits! - All 3G and GSM Bands possible - SIM LOCK FREE! This means, that when you travel internationally, you can buy a "Pay as you go" SIM Card and use the mobile phone locally (also to use wireless data and use Skype or any other application) - Many applications (productivity tools) that Apple and Android would sell you, are free in Nokia OVI - Great battery duration, excellent voice quality and very, very stable - Very productive phone: It gives you many options for any application, for example, it lets you choose what to do and how, for example, if you are going to play your music files, you can choose to transmit that music in FM to your car stereo, etc - HDMI output, so if you load a movie, video, etc. or simply watching videos from the phone, you can connect a HDTV monitor or TV straight from the phone! The only feed back that I have for Nokia is they need to update the Youtube application, of course, Nokia didn't developed it since Symbian is too open and independent developers can upload those applications, but besides that, it is in general terms....BETTER THAN iPhone 4: I have BOTH phones> iPhone 4 with AT&T and Nokia N8 with T-Mobile....and guess which is more productive? Nokia! BTW: You know who uses my iPhone 4 instead? My kids just to play games...and I don't let them touch my Nokia :) I just hope Nokia won't destroy this freedom on their phone after Windows software comes. If I could get the Nokia N9 instead, it will be much better but I think I will try to but it in Australia in October 2011.