Nokia N8 Made Official

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After months of speculation, blurry photos and early Russian previews, the Nokia N8 (formerly known as the Nokia N98 and N8-00) has gotten official by the Finish mobile phone giant. It’s coming later this year with the suggested MSRP set at €370 ($493) which is pretty par for the course for the high-end Nokia smartphones.

The N8 will feature a TI 680MHz processor with 256MB of RAM and a decent 16GB of flash memory. The main camera will have a 12-megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and a Xenon flash (they really didn’t spare any expense, that camera is nicer than some point-and-shoot digital cameras we’ve seen). It’ll have a VGA forward facing camera too, for video conferencing.

It will have a 3.5-inch OLED screen. No slide out keypad or keyboard of any kind. Nokia is going all-virtual with the input on this device, which could be a first for them. The phone will ship with Symbian^3, the updated mobile OS from Nokia. Unfortunately, Symbian^3 reviewed poorly in the early hands-on from the Russian website – but you may want to try it yourself.

The phone will have a HDMI-out port. Nokia’s press release promises “HD-quality” video. You’d imagine that if it had a HDMI port, then it would be at least 720p capable, but Nokia doesn’t explicitly say that. Other features includes GPS with free navigation thanks to Ovi Maps, etc. etc.

It’s set to come out in Q3 2010. Nothing yet on being carried by any carriers, but I wouldn’t count on this phone being carried by any – if Nokia’s past history is any indication. It will run on GSM bands.