An overview of the N8 & the final verdict.

The N8 has a 12MP wide-angle camera with Xenon flash. That puts it in direct competition with entry-level point-&-shoots. Can a $500 smartphone take better photos than a $100 P&S? Can a camera phone replace a compact camera? That is exactly what I'm here to find out - the Nokia N8 vs Nikon L20.

The Broadcom BCM2727 graphics chip brought something that has been sorely missed on Symbian devices – 3D gaming.

The year in blogging & other stuff.

When it comes to 3rd party apps, despite having biggest market share, Symbian has the least number of apps. Nokia’s non-existence in the US market, lack of developer incentives & tools, an unattractive Ovi Store and no app UI guidelines – several reasons can be brought forward to explain this drought of apps. However, with Symbian^3, this is meant to change with the introduction of the Qt framework…

With Symbian^3, many of the native apps have been updated to take advantage of the new hardware. Detailed reviews of these apps are in the N97 software & multimedia reviews. Here, I'll be focusing on the improvements & new features.

After reviewing the hardware, it’s time for an in-depth look at the OS - Symbian^3. The inevitable comparison would be with the N97, released exactly a year ago & running Symbian^1 – which I’ve already reviewed. Let’s see what has changed…