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Nokia N8 now available for pre-order in the US, $549 for September delivery

Categories: Featured, Nokia, Symbian
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 10:54 AM
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Eager to get your hands on Nokia’s first Symbian^3 handset? Good news as the flagship handset just became available for pre-order on Nokia’s US website. The N8 will set you back a cool $549 and boasts of five-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 capable of running on either AT&T or T-Mobile in the US. The N8 was rumored to be shipping on September 25th and Nokia’s pre-order launch date of late September fits in nicely with this rumored date.

Announced back in April, the N8 is part of Nokia’s attempt to win back the smartphone crowd which is dropping Symbian in favor of the iPhone and Android. The, now infamous, first hands-on preview of a prototype N8 was not very kind to the struggling smartphone platform . In his scathing review, Murtazin deemed the flagship handset and Symbian^3 an embarrassment to Nokia. Nokia responded by lashing out publicly against Murtazin on its Conversations blog and legally with the help of the Russian police.

All this high-tech drama back in July served to focus attention on Nokia’s bullying tactics and away from Murtazin’s poor review. Now that the N8 will be in the limelight again soon, let’s hope Nokia had used this intervening time to iron out any kinks. Though it won’t necessarily wow us like the iPhone 4 or the Droid X, let’s also hope the N8 will be competitive.  More than any other manufacturer, Nokia needs a winner.

Nokia fans outside of the US looking to hop on the N8 bandwagon can do so as the pre-order in the US is part of a larger, global push which includes France, Poland, Germany, Italy, and more. If you plan to add this Symbian smartphone to your repertoire of handsets, hit us up in the comments and let us know what feature you are looking forward to the most.

[Via Slashgear and Nokia]

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Kelly spent the last four years covering mobile technology at places like BGR, Gizmodo and The Unofficial Apple Weblog. Before writing, she spent a few years working with and teaching others how to use Adobe Flash and Macromedia Director. Even earlier than that, she spent several years as a Ph.D student in Microbiology. When she's not writing, she can be found fishing the lakes and hiking the mountains of Western Maine with her husband and tribe of children. You can follow her on Twitter @kellyhodgkins.

  • Tom Langridge

    Is anyone actually buying this?

  • Hary

    There is no point in commenting to these posts here, when you can't appreciate of what this phone brings to the table and the cell phone industry as a whole. When you say, it can't vow you, itself shows your thinking attitude!

    Ever wonder, why hardly anyone comments on this website?

  • Damien

    Only in dark grey???? But I want it in blue :(

  • JP1

    Don't know if I'll buy, but I will certainly give it a look!

    An unlocked phone that can get both AT&T & T-Mobile 3g and give the freedom of breaking away from the sucker contracts. You bet I'll check it out.

    The subsidization of phones by the major carriers is one of the biggest cons going on in consumerdom. Americans keep falling for it though.

    Time to just say no.

    And if any of the great Android Phone Manufacturers or The Mighty iPhone don't have the guts to stand up to the con game from the carriers……..I guess it's time to give Nokia a look.