The Nokia N8 smartphone at last as its release date for the UK now, it will be available to buy on October 22 from major stores such as Vodafone, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Carphone Warehouse, O2, Virgin Mobile, Orange, Phones4u and Three Mobile.

The Nokia N8 will also be available October 15 online with immediate delivery at http://shop.nokia.co.uk/, if you wish to choose contract then you will get the handset free for £30 per month, or you can choose the SIM free handset for £429.

The Nokia N8 main features include: Exclusive content from the Ovi Store including BBC iPlayer, New and exclusive Ovi apps including X Factor and LoveFilm, Record HD quality videos; edit using a unique, built-in editing suite and play-back with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound, 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, Connect to your social networks and view live feeds from Facebook and Twitter in a single app directly, via up to three personalized home screens and Flick scrolling and pinch-to-zoom, plus a faster and more responsive user interface.

This looks like it will be a very popular smartphone indeed, especially with its 12MP camera, easy access to social networks like Facebook and the prices are reasonable as well.

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