The flagship Nokia phone, which the Finnish giant makes big bets on, is rumored to appear on store shelves on August 24. In any case, the German department of Amazon already takes pre-orders for purchase of the new smartphone.

The official release date has been fixed by Nokia itself within the summer months. It is still unclear whether the matter concerns the global launch or the company will initially focus on European markets as before. The estimated retail price varies between 460-590 dollars.

The main technical features of the smartphone Nokia N8 include the latest Symbian ^ 3 operating platform, a 3.5-inch touch screen with a resolution of 640×360 pixels, a 12 megapixel photo-video camera with xenon flash, 16-GB of internal flash memory and slot for microSD-cards.

In tests of the prototype of N8 with Speedy Go benchmark that checks video graphics performance is shown that the new device is 54% faster than Samsung Omnia HD and 180% faster than Nokia N97. This is due to the fact that, despite the presence of hardware accelerator in all three phones, only Symbian ^ 3 has access to it.

In the third quarter of 2010 Nokia C6 will appear in the mobile markets of the world. The mobile phone with a touch screen and sliding QWERTY-keyboard is based on the Symbian ^ 1 (S60 5th Edition).

It is a hybrid of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia N97 (mini) and will be available in two colors – black and white. Key features include: 200 MB of memory, A-GPS, Wi-Fi, a 3.5-mm audio jack, a 5 megapixel camera, a 3.2” touch screen.

The need to release touch devices in order not to let competitors far ahead (Samsung, Apple, RIM, HTC), has forced Nokia to release to the market crude devices.

It would seem, Nokia N97, the expensive flagship (and not the first touchphone in a line of the producer), should not bring inconvenience to users with software problems. However, this is not true. An indignant user has posted a video on the YouTube, which accuses Nokia of lies and cites as an example glaring deficiencies of N97, which the manufacturer intentionally hides in its promotional video.

New widgets, called Nokia Bots became available to the owners of the smartphones Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini.

The applications have been developed by Nokia Beta Labs and will run on your home screen with the aim of “improving the usability of everyday procedures”.

Until now four Nokia Bots have been created: Alarm Bot (determines at what time usually users wake up and offers alarm settings and night profiles), Profile Bot (automates the change in the profile during business meetings), Shortcut Bot (provides quick access to frequently used applications) and Battery Bot (monitors battery status and “reminds you of the need to connect the charger”).

The company still does not have any information on the possibility of release of Nokia Bots for other mobile devices.

Analysts at Ovum came to the conclusion that the Finnish Nokia is noticeably behind its competitors in terms of performance. Many companies have made their choice in favor of ARM Cortex A8 processor and Qualcomm Snapdragon, neglecting ARM11. However, Nokia still uses the latter in its smartphones.

The report says that Nokia phones need a little improvement in order to be more competitive. It is noted that only Nokia N900 is equipped with advanced processor (ARM Cortex-A8, 600 MHz), but Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini work with ARM11, the clock frequency of which is only 434 MHz.

The amount of RAM in the most advanced models of Nokia is 256 MB, while our competitors have phones that offer twice more. HTC HD2 is brought as an example, working with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and equipped with 448 MB of RAM.

The matter also concerns displays. Nokia currently prefers resistive screens, but most users prefer capacitive technology. There are about twenty devices in the market, equipped with high definition displays, while there is only one such device – again Nokia N900in the portfolio of the Finnish manufacturer.

Choosing phones, many of us focus on the technical specs and put the appearance and design in the second place. In this material, we do not say a single word about the performance specs or features, and offer photos and a video, where Nokia N97 and Nokia N86 8MP are compared. Which smartphone is better?

Nokia added a client of its popular programs for the Symbian operating system on its online store.

Skype, a free application that allows you to make calls to other devices with installed on client program via WiFi or 3G, has long been popular among computer and mobile users.

Today Nokia has announced that henceforth mobile client Skype for Symbian-devices can be downloaded from the online store Ovi Store, which opens up access to the program for more than 200 million users worldwide.

Currently Skype for Symbian supports the following models of Nokia phones: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530, Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.

The executive vice president and general manager of Nokia Markets, Anssi Vanjoki, did the thing that is unusual for a company like Nokia, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones. In an interview with All About Symbian and Mobile Industry Review, he confessed to a mistake with the Nokia N97.
Vanjoki confirmed that the problems with the Nokia N97 software were really significant, and that the complaints of users in this regard are well founded. He also added that with the release of the 21 firmware version, the problem has been solved.

Vanjoki also said that the company “learned from its mistakes” and would take into account the software bugs in the Symbian ^ 3 operating system, and devices that it will be based on.
Despite the negative customer experience, N97 has become one of the most popular smartphones of Nokia. The sales of the device are fully justified. Despite the fact that the company was the last to enter the mass market of smartphones with touch screen, its sales in this segment of the outcome in 2009 grew by 42 times.

The new application was created in order to help the users of Nokia phones in the diagnosis and troubleshooting of the system, as well as to customize the device. The application can perform network testing, Internet connection, charger connection, speakers, etc. At the moment the application of Nokia Diagnostics works only on the following phones: Nokia X6, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230 and Nokia 5530. The support for Symbian S60 3rd Edition will be added in the future.

One of the world’s largest manufacturers of mobile phones and smartphones, Nokia, is famous for its excellent support for its products worldwide. Branded online services like Nokia Ovi significantly extend the possibilities of our mobile assistants. We would like to remind our readers that with Ovi services you can not only view e-mail and share photos with friends, but also create a backup storage of contacts, plan your calendar, store files with a non-stop access to them via your mobile device. In addition, after the release of a new device its support does not stop, the software is being updated, which greatly simplifies the work with your smartphone, or makes the necessary corrections.

As we know, the Finnish company has updated the firmware of the smartphone flagship with touch screen, which had been codenamed as Nokia N97. The new version received a 21.0.045 number, it includes improvements of voice calls, in addition, the music player has undergone some improvement, the quality of displayed images and video was improved.
The new firmware for Nokia N97 smartphone can be downloaded directly by the device manager with built-in software update (menu SW Updates), or through a personal computer and proprietary program of Nokia Software Updater. .