Nokia's new addition to their smartphone range is the N8. With a large number of different features and technologies it is sure to be a close competitor to the popular iPhone. What makes the Nokia N8 doubly special is the use of Nokia's new Symbian ^3 operating system. At the forefront of the huge list of features offered by the N8 is a twelve megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and full 720p HDMI support for the recording and playback of home made videos. After recording and editing your movies via the handset's on board software editing suite, you will be able to playback your movies in the comfort of your home by using a non-standard cable connected to your television, but what makes it more special is the ability to output Dolby surround sound through the HDMI cable also. The 3.5" liquid crystal touch screen display of the Nokia N8 will hold a resolution of 640 x 360 and contain up to 16.7 million colors. There are also a number of sensors incorporated into the design which should makes things much more interesting, such as an accelerometer, a digital compass, an ambient light detector and a proximity sensor. Nokia's new addition to their product line up is a clear attempt at competing directly with the Apple iPhone. There is, or will be, a mass of downloadable content available through the Ovi store including access to Web TV with media from companies like National Geographic, CNN, E! Entertainment and Paramount. Social Networking is another feature that the Nokia N8 flourishes in. Updating your Twitter or Facebook status is as easy as downloading an application to do everything for you. To summarize, the Nokia N8 promises to deliver the customer a very convincing rival of either the popular iPhone or Blackberry, containing features that bring it right to the forefront of modern mobile phone technology. Once it is released, there will be nothing to stop it helping Nokia maintain their status as the biggest mobile phone manufacturer on the planet.