Since the official announcement of the Nokia N9 it’s a hot topic. Thus it’s quite reasonable to mention the main aspects that distinguish the novelty from its older brother of the N series — the Nokia N8. In particular, you will find 11 differences between them.

1. Screen Size

The Nokia N8 has a capacitive 3.5 inch touchscreen, while the Nokia N9 is 0.4 inches longer (3.9-inches).

2. Screen Resolution

The screen resolution of the N8 is 360 x 640 pixels, while the Nokia N9 boasts 480 x 854 pixels.

3. Dimensions

The N9 is thinner than the N8. The dimensions of the phones look like this:

N8 – 113,5 (D) x 59.1 (W) x 12.9 (T) mm
N9 – 116,5 (D) x 61.2 (W) x 12.1 (T) mm

4. Sound

While both phones have 3.5mm headphone jacks, the Nokia N9 is the first smartphone in the world with support for Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Headphone.

5. Camera

The Nokia N9 is equipped with an 8MP camera with optics Carl Zeiss, auto-focus and dual LED flash, but the elder brother has 12MP and xenon flash. Both can shoot video with a resolution of 720p HD,  the Nokia N9 shoots 30 frames per second, while the N8 shoots slightly less — 25. But with the release of OS  updates the N8 owners have the opportunity to take  30 frames per second.

6. CPU

The N8 runs a 680MHz ARM 11 processor, while the Nokia N9 has a CPU with 1 GHz (Cortex A8), so we can expect that the novelty will be faster than its predecessor.

7. Memory, Bluetooth

The Nokia N8 has 256 MB of RAM, while the Nokia N9 has 1GB memory, which allows multi-tasking, too. The N8 has Bluetooth 3.0, but the Nokia N9 is equipped with Bluetooth 2.1.

8. Operating system

The Nokia N8 works, as it turned out, with the operating system without a future — Symbian ^ 3. The Nokia N9 received MeeGo v1.2 Harmattan.

9. Swipe

The N8  has 3 custom desktops that allow you to use up to 18 possible widgets. The N9 interface uses ‘Swipe,’ which is much more convenient and comfortable.

10. NFC

The Nokia N9 as well as the Nokia C7 support the NFC technology, something that current N series flagships can not boast.

11. Buttons

The buttons on the N8  are placed in the lower left corner.The N9 has no buttons! This makes it the world’s first touchscreen smartphone without buttons.

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The Nokia N9 was recently spotted at FCC. A teaser video demonstrating the smartphone has also appeared, and this makes us think that the device will finally be released soon. The release date cannot be guessed yet, but I think it will be around June.

The most interesting thing that different sources prescribe different feature packages to the device. There are various display options for the Nokia N9, ranging from the typical 3.8 up to 4.3. The processor options include Intel (which is more typical for Nokia) and Qualcomm. The largest choice is given to the camera — here we have a range starting with 5 megapixel and going up to 12 megapixel. And finally, there are disagreements about the operating system of the devices. The fact that Nokia started its cooperation with Microsoft makes us think the device will run WP7, but some people say that the device was ready before this cooperation, so it will be equipped with Symbian OS. But even Symbian might appear in two versions — Anna and MeeGo.

The video lasts only 52 seconds, but there’s a lot of info in it. I think that the most impressive part is the end of the video, which states  ”Our Next Sense: Nokia N Series.”

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When the NokiaN8 came on stage all eyes were on the array of colors that the Smartphone offered.

The Nokia N8 is pleasantly surprising with its range of colors, there are five different solutions: silver, dark gray, orange, blue, green. It is great that there are such bright and vivid colors; the device looks original and pleasing to the eye.

Great news is that ‘Blue Variant’ of Nokia N8 is set to be launched this week. Read after the jump to know more!

Despite some malfunctioning issues the  Nokia N8 still combines high end features. The powerful 3.5-inch touchscreen together with the 12-Megapixel gives the user incredible experience, while the Symbian^3   is an adequate level OS comparable to other OS in terms of convenience, speed, features.

Nokia Online has announced that the Blue Variant will be available by the end of November, no days left.

You can get hands on the Nokia N8 for £429 (inc. VAT) SIM free, your current telco tariff and plan remaining the same.

Quite a strange image appeared on the Internet. On it there’s a smartphone from Nokia with a QWERTY-keyboard based, apparently, on Symbian OS.

The device has an 8 megapixel camera and seems to have the goal of taking the average price segment. It is unlikely that the phone will be released within the Nseries – despite the fact that such assumptions can be found in many western blogs. Just yesterday, Nokia announced that it will not release any Symbian-device in a series of N. And of course, the photo does not exactly look like N9 – after a 12 megapixel N8 the Finnish manufacturer would not be releasing an 8 megapixel gadget.

Phone looks more like a model for the Eseries. But despite it the visible badge of “C0″ – turns it into a representative of budget C-series. It is noteworthy that the model C0 is already announced in several models and is a very expensive candy bar. But according to the resource itself the device is simply an N9 which is less likely to be true.

At the beginning of last week Nokia introduced three mobile phones at once – Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5. It was also expected that on the same day the Finnish company will announce the flagship of the Nseries – Nokia N8. However, this did not happen.

It is reported earlier that Nokia N8 had to be on sale in May, but for some reasons the release was put off till mid-July. The announcement date was also extended for a month or two.

Nokia N8 promises to be an interesting event in the mobile industry. There are several reasons for that. First of all, it is the first phone based on Symbian ^ 3 platform. Secondly, this is the first 12 megapixel camera of the company. Thirdly, it is the first Nokia phone with HD-video recording (720p).

We hope that the specifications will be confirmed and Nokia N8’s release will not be delayed . After all, in summer Apple will release iPhone 4G with promising iPhone 4.0 OS, which is destined to become a bestseller.

Nokia company has announced the launch of a line of Cseries devices, which will include models which are rich in features and affordable. Nokia C5 smartphone opens the new series, based on the platform of S60 third edition.

At the end of last year, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said that next year the company would present many new smart phones at affordable prices. Today Nokia keeps that promise starting the line of the budget phones Nokia Cseries. Let us remind that the company’s portfolio already includes a line of Nseries, Eseries and Xseries. Nseries include devices with maximum functionality, oriented for “geeks” and, consequently, most expensive, Eseries include devices optimized for e-mail and messaging, mainly oriented at corporate users. Xseries include multimedia devices for active audience. Cseries will also include low-cost feature-rich devices, oriented at the mass market. HTC successfully launches devices with similar positioning, for example Tattoo.

Nokia C5 opens the new line, made in a classic form-factor and based on the platform of the S60 third edition. It is equipped with a 2.2-inch screen with resolution of 320 x 240 pixels, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 3,5 mm AV jack, radio, GPS-receiver and support for third-generation networks. Nokia stresses that this model is equipped with a free step by step and automotive navigation, but this is not its unique feature – the appropriate application (Ovi Maps 3) works on other devices.

The phone book of Nokia C5 allows you to see the status of contacts in the Facebook social network, and the home screen allows you to place a link to three friends for quick access to functions such as voice calls and messages. There are applications for direct access to Facebook, MySpace, YouTube and other sites.

Nokia Messaging service allows you to automatically receive text messages from different email accounts and messaging services. Mail, however, can be obtained without Nokia Messaging – mobile phone is provided with applications to work with the email by protocols POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Work time of Nokia C5 in offline regime is up to 12 hours of talk time and up to 26 days in standby mode.

The smartphone will be available in white and gray colours and will be on sale in the 2nd quarter of 2010 for a suggested retail price of €135 excluding taxes. MicroSD memory card capacity of 2 GB will be included in the device. The maximum supported memory card size in thr mobile phone is 16 GB. In the future, other smartphones of the series will be produced, while the number five in the labeling of products means that the current device will be based on functionality for the middle model line.

Nokia’s share of volume shipments of mobile phones, according to Gartner, last year decreased to 36.4% compared to 38.6% in 2008. According to the results, the company sold about 441 million cell phones, which is 2.2 percentage points less compared to 2008. In order to strengthen its position in the global market, last year Nokia announced about its intention to reduce the range of models and begin producing more affordable smartphones. In addition, the company signed an agreement with Intel, within the frames of which Maemo and Moblin open software platforms were merged into the MeeGo project. According to analysts, the effect of this transaction will manifest itself not early than the second half of 2010.

Nokia has decided to use a new system of marking of mobile phones. This step aims to facilitate the orientation of the usersto the model line of the Finnish manufacturer.

For example, yesterday, a phone was announced that is marked according to the new nomenclature system. It’s Nokia C5 smartphone, which is included in C series (available solutions). Apart this quite cool series there are also the following series: X series (music phones), E series (business-class smartphones), N series (flagship multifunction devices). But the phone which belongs to a particular series will be indicated through the corresponding letter, and the position among the series will be denoted by its main digits. The greater the number is, the stronger are the technical characteristics of the device . Thus, it turns out that the most advanced smartphone of Finnish manufacturer will be marked by N9 index.

Nokia Company believes that the new system of marking of mobile phones, developed early in 2008, will provide certain impression of the device, only by its name.