Nokia announced N8, the first Symbian^3 based device

Still looks terrible. And after the N97 debacle (where an ex-Nokia employee demod half the promo video as being faked) I'm a little skeptical of Nokia products.<p>Sad, as in 2007 they had 3G and webkit on a pure-screen device.

They're calling it "Symbian^3"? Unless you're targeting a personal tech product at engineers, why name your product so as to evoke the concept "math", something that many people not only dislike but fear because it makes them feel stupid?<p>Of course, I suppose most non-technical folks don't see "^3" as "the cubic function" but as "little-up-arrow-thingy three". Still.

I think Nokia might surprise everyone - Qt 4.7 with its new Qt Quick technology allows for some extremely slick user interfaces so while Nokia have certainly disappointed in the past and are way behind Android and iphone I wouldn't rule them out just yet!

Is this going to be a cheap smart phone? I mean we are in 2010 and technology is evolving quickly, a 360 x 640 screen resolution and 680 MHz CPU are enough? or because people care less about them? Actually, it surprises me a lot that it has a 12M Camera.

Nokia is a little bit like BT in the UK. You buy Nokia regardless of the competition, because it's what you know.

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