The long awaited Nokia N8 is now available for pre-order in Europe. The price of this new smartphone ranges from 459 to 479 EUR: so in Italy it will cost 469EUR, In France – 459EUR, in Germany – 479EUR, and in the USA its price will be about $549. The price differences are caused by different tax rates  in the countries. Smartphone users in these countries now can pre-order and reserve one of Nokia’s new smartphones for themselves. And be sure, many will do it. Of course, the price of Nokia N8 is higher than it has been expected.

Now let’s have a look at the technical specs of this new handset and decide if it’s the phone we have been waiting for such a long time,or not. So:

• 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flask and HD 720p video recording
• OS: Symbian^3.
• 3.5″ AMOLED display with 640×360(nHD) pixels resolution
• HDMI
• Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
• 16 GB internal memory.
• 256 MB RAM
• 680 Mhz

 It’s obvious that the price will go down on the next month and many will wait for its true price, but those who want to own Nokia N8 as soon as possible, will pay a little more to be one of first owners, because pre-ordered phones will be delivered in September.

For the next week’s Mobile World Congress 2010 exhibition Nokia is preparing a new flagship smartphone, working under the newest Symbian3 software platform.
The interface of the new Symbian.
As it is expected, the new mobile operating system will have an improved user interface and full support for HDMI, expanded possibilities of the graphics and visual effects.

Symbian3 includes support for NFC (Near Field Communication) – a system of high-frequency wireless communication of short-range, permitting the exchange of data between devices within a distance of about 10 centimeters from each other. We also know that during the creation of OS, the emphasis was made mainly on the network architecture.
The technical specifications of the device are kept secret. It is said that the novelty will get 3.5-inch touch screen with a support for “multitouch” interface, 12-megapixel camera, will be able to work with video of 720p format and display it on the external screen on the HDMI interface. Supposedly, the device will be able to run DivX-video.
In addition, the manufacturer, at MWC 2010, will most likely announce the updated version of the online Ovi Store, which will let downloading episodes of TV programs and serials.