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Nokia today rolled out another sleek and stylish masterpiece at an event held in Mumbai, India, the Nokia N8. Priyanka Chopra graced the event and shared a tidbit about the phone. Powered by enticing Symbian^3, the device bundles together various multimedia features and innovative elements. The N8 comes with Ovi Store which is revived with new and interesting apps.

Users can immerse themselves in over 250 new experiences and developers can benefit from the remarkable Qt framework to create custom applications and services on Symbian^3. Captivating many with an easy-to-use interface, the new entrant enables users to multitask and seamlessly swap between various apps. Photo enthusiasts can capture stunning images with the incredible 12MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics and shoot HD videos with utmost ease.

D. Shivakumar, Vice President and Managing Director, Nokia India, commented, “The consumer is in the centre of all that we do at Nokia and we are constantly innovating to enhance user experience and address user feedback. The N8, our latest smartphone, sets a new milestone for Nokia in growth and innovation with the new Symbian ^3 platform that delivers our best smartphone experience required by the ever demanding consumer today. It is the first in a new generation of Nokia devices; devices that are faster, more intuitive and fun to use.”

Apart from sharing images with friends and family, the N8 enables users to effortlessly transfer files to an external hard drive with the handy USB on-the-go. The viewing experience is amplified with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound. Users can entertain themselves with various web TV services which put forth programs, news and entertainment from international and Indian channels.

Social buffs may sound delighted with this new offering since they can update their status and share location and images. Moreover, owners can conveniently view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single app automatically on the homescreen. Drenched in five fresh shades, the solution adorns a real-glass 3.5-inch AMOLED display.

The enthralling Nokia N8 can now be picked up from various Nokia Priority stores for Rs. 26,259. Users can also grab the handset with an Easy EMI scheme which enables them to pay in three equal monthly installments at zero percent interest.

The biggest feature on the Nokia N8 is its 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. It features a substantially larger sensor than any ever used in any other Nokia device – even bigger than many found in dedicated cameras. Recently, we caught up with Nokia’s resident camera guru, Damian Dinning, to get the full lowdown on what went into fine-tuning the N8’s camera and video capture skills – you’ll be able to read the full fact-packed story right here on Conversations this week, so stay tuned.

The Nokia N8 also introduces the ability to record high definition videos and edit them with a smart built-in editing suite on the device. Playback quality is just as important, and the 3.5-inch HD capacitive touchscreen is the ideal window for assessing your flicks and footage. There’s also a HDMI connector allowing you to hook the smartphone to your HD TV and share your media with friends and family in superb quality. We wanted to find out more about the benefits of HDMI in the Nokia N8 so we spoke to Paul Wheeler, a software program manager at Nokia, to get the full story – again, be sure to keep an eye out for our full story this later this week.

The Nokia N8 also doubles as a portable entertainment centre. Watch HD quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound and hook into a dedicated Web TV application for access to news and entertainment on the move.

It’s not just its 12-megapixel camera and HD video skills with HDMI support that set the Nokia N8 apart from the crowd. Packing more memory than most, the Nokia N8 has 16GB of built-in storage and is expandable up to 48GB with a micro SD card.

First video recorded with the Nokia N8 (720p)