Nokia N8 gets handled, survives thorough Russian preview

We heard through the grapevine back at CTIA that Nokia’s elusive N8 would be announced somewhere in the wide world this April, and sure enough, it looks as if the handset has popped up over in one of Russia’s eleven nine time zones. Our pals at Mobile-Review have worked their magic once more on an up and coming handset, this time landing some serious face time with the planet’s first Symbian^3 phone. Despite Nokia pushing the official reveal of said OS to Q3 (from Q2 previously), we’re getting an early look at what exactly is to come here — and if this review is any indication, Nokia’s woes are about to become even more woeful. In short, critics panned the new system for being little more than a polished version of what Nokia’s already offering, and they clearly noted that nothing here lived up to what Android and iPhone OS currently provide. In fact, they even went so far as to wonder who is inside of Nokia purposefully dragging down the brand; granted, it’s hard to say for sure how great (or not, as the case may be) the N8 is without touching it ourselves, but to say it’s off to a running start would be misinterpreting things quite severely. Have a look at the source link below for more of the machine translated goodness, and don’t forget to ogle a few shots of the phone itself.

[Thanks, Andria]

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