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After releasing the ahead-of-its-time N95 in 2007, Nokia has failed to keep pace with Apple, HTC, Motorola, and other handset-makers. Now, Nokia has rolled out the N8, Toshiba PA3450U-1BRSwhose 12-megapixel camera puts it at or near the top sony vgp-bps13b/q of all smart phones in terms of still and video-recording capabilities. But Vostro 1510 Battery is a super high-res camera enough to recommend a $549 device which only runs the relatively obscure Symbian^3 operating system?

Design
The N8 measures 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.6 inches and weighs 3.7 ounces. Its rounded edges are reminiscent of the iPhone sony vgp-bps13a/q 3GS, but the two ends of the N8 taper in slightly. The N8's camera and flash protrude jarringly Inspiron 1545 battery from the back, but the device's dark aluminum case looks stylish and is comfortable to hold.

The front of the N8 is dominated by the touchscreen; a single home/menu sony vgp-bps13/b button is below in the bottom left corner. The left side features a microSD slot, a SIM card slot, and a microUSB charging port. The right side features a volume bar, a sleep button, and a physical camera button for taking pictures. The top of the phone features Latitude E6400 Battery a 3.5mm headphone jack, an HDMI output, and a power button. The bottom has a small sony vgp-bps13/q port for a Nokia charger.

Keyboard
When you type on the N8, Sony VGP-BPS9/B prepare to be a little frustrated. In portrait mode, the virtual keyboard is a keypad format; Sony VGP-BPS13 the predictive text feature helped, but typing was slow. The horizontal virtual keyboard is a full QWERTY one that is quicker but has small input keys that are all the same size. Both keyboards have haptic feedback, which was strong enough to notice, but not overwhelming. Still, Android smart phones and the iPhone have both portrait Sony VGP-BPS9 and landscape QWERTY keyboards, making it easier to type no matter how you hold those devices.

Display
The Nokia N8's AMOLED screen comes in at 3.5 inches and displays Sony VGP-BPS9/S 640 x 360 resolution. It looks sharper than any other Nokia screen we've seen, but when you sit it next to the Apple iPhone 4's 960 x 640 retina display or the Motorola Droid X's 4.3-inch 854 x 480 screen, the N8 looks like it's a generation behind. Text on web Sony VGP-BPS9A/B pages is a little hard to read unless you zoom in, but Sony VGP-BPS2 photos and videos look pretty good.

User Interface
Nokia decided to Toshiba PA3457U-1BRS use the new Symbian^3 operating system for the N8, which is essentially the earlier Symbian^2 optimized Sony VGP-BPS2B for touch screens. It adds in home screens, multitouch, and HDMI outputting, but it still lacks the intuitiveness and sophistication of competing mobile OSes. For example, Symbian3 offers three home screens, which is far less than Android 2.2, which has seven home screens. Moreover, text and icons look Sony VGP-BPS2C dated.

Each screen Toshiba PA3399U-1BAS can be customized with widgets such as an e-mail preview or shortcuts for apps, but Sony VGP-BPS2A the process involves several more steps than Android does. Say, for example, you wanted to add the camera shortcut to the screen. First, you must press and hold the screen a few seconds until it buzzes; a box and plus sign will then appear where you can add a wigdet. Press it again, Toshiba PA3399U-1BRS and it gives you a list of widgets. You then must Toshiba PA3534U-1BRS scroll down to Shortcuts, which will populate toshiba pa3535u-1brs battery the area with the icons for four apps. In order to change them, you must then press and hold until a Settings menu pops up. You can then change the four shortcuts to the apps of your choice. We much prefer Android's methods; press and hold on an empty spot, then Toshiba PA3451U-1BRS select an icon to put there, or simply drag an icon up from the Apps menu.

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