Today at 10 AM GMT , Nokia’s N8 product Managers comprising of Maija from Nokia communications team looking after N8 , Esa ( no intro given ) and Aapo Bovellan – Director of Ecosystem Marketing – Nokia Qt SDK launch held a virtual Q&A with bloggers and enthusiasts around the world .
The who is who of Nokia Enthusiast Bloggers were present at the event with CJ reaching the place some 15 min early 
Everyone had their questions and were waiting to ask them - present at the event were
- MickyFin From NokiaDNA and Nokia Users
- ClintonJeff from ZOMgitsCJ
- Mack005 from WOMLanka
- Stobbsc from NomadsNirvana
- FoneArena from FoneArena
- Irfun4ever from Irfun4Ever
- Sergejs from PhoneSpot
- Zeem35 from WOMLanka
- Rafe from All About Symbian
- Axel and Ani
We have summarized all their questions and the answers given for you to read it all at a glance .
MickyFin : Is there any more specific release dates that are country specific, and Will all five colours shown be available on release?
Maija : there will be three colors in the beginning, the silver white, dark grey and green. Info on the release date is third quarter
Mack005 : And how about the battery is it built-in?
Maija : About the battery, we wanted to create a robust, one-piece device that feels good in the hand, therefore the integrated battery that can not be replaced by the user
Stobbsc : My first question if I may is What processor does the N8 have and will it have a GPU core ?
Maija : about the processor: we do actually have a graphics accelerator next to a main processor. Its a way to get a great performance
FoneArena: Did Nokia achieve better battery life due to integrated battery ?
Nokia Esa: Integrated battery does not actually affect to battery life
Mack005 : is it a ARM-11 680MHz processor?
Nokia Esa : that’s the processor , plus we got the graphics accelerator next to it. Getting great speeds with that combination. Some screens are running already now at 60fps
Irfun4ever : Battery cant be replaced. So its warranty included to Phones warranty? Minimum warranty is 2 year in Turkey for Nokia Phones . it means warranty of battery is 2 year?
Maija : we need to check the warranty and get back on that - Answering if battery is also covered in warranty
FoneArena : Can you say how is the N8 Camera better than the N82 ?
Esa : Camera is stunning. It starts from the sensor, bigger the sensor, brighter shots 
I checked few 300-400€ pocket cameras and they had smaller sensors 
And we piled the cam with 28mm wide optics from zeiss, that’s great combination
FoneArena: Esa , Is Nokia entering Pocket Cam business then ?
Esa: we’ve been in cam buziness for a while. it’s in Nseries
Sergejs : Greetings! Does the N8 have a camera cover or not? It’s hard to tell from the official images
Maija : there is no camera cover. The materials are highly scratch resistant, and also, we wanted to make the use of many social applications as seamless as possible
MickyFin Will the N8 FW updates still be tied to product codes leading to great frustration among large groups of users or will S^3 now allow updates to be applied regardless of product code, along the lines of Maemo for the N900 ?
Esa : I need to check the product code thing. Don’t know at this point
Zeem35 : What is the actual available user memory in the ROM?
Maija : the device user memory is 145MB and the Nokia N8 has 256MB RAM, improved with dynamic data management, which means great user experience
Maija : answering Mack005 the user memory is an approximate, it depends how many applications have been pre-loaded to the device, as well as which country and operator variant it is, so the approximate is 145 MB
Sergejs : I thought the camera cover is what makes the experience of shooting pics seamless, but I guess it’s a design choice…
Aapo : concious design decision. two reasons – to have the best possible performance for the home screen. second, to keep it simple enough to use
MickyFin : Can you expand on the USB To Go; what is it, will an adapter be required to use standard USB memory sticks, do you get read/write compatibility with USB memory sticks, and what formats & filesize are supported (e.g. NTFS, HFS? in addition to FATx). Can a 5Gb HD movie be copied into the phone from a memory stick, for example?
Esa : USB OTG: We’ll have an adapter inbox to connect your USB memory sticks & hard drives. There’s obviously a power limitation that N8 can supply so some of the bigger hard drives need an external power supply
Stobbsc : With the HDMI out, is HDCP supported? I.e. will we be able to play back DRM’d HD Content?
Esa : I got to check the HDCP thing
Fone Arena : Esa , does that mean , i can directly transfer stuff from my pendrive to the n8 without a computer ?
Esa : You can copy big files from hard drives without PC. There is one limitation with the filesizes; max is 4GB, it comes from FAT32 system
Zeem35: Is it Upgradable to S^4 when S^4 comes out?
Maija : There was earlier a question on Symbian^4, and here I have to refer to us not commeting on future products. sorry
Rafe: Are there any other use cases outside memory sticks hard drives planned for USB OTG (e.g. keyboards)? I assume this relies on driver support to an extent?
Esa : We’ll start these first USB OTG use cases, obviously its a good source of innovation for the future
Sergejs: Does the Nokia N8 support DivX un XviD movies out of the box, and is it possible to stream hd content that wasn’t taken by the phone to hdmi port?
Not answered
Zeem35 : Why is the homescreen limited to 3?
Maija : on the UI: it is a lot about simplification and performance. The user experience will be smooth with consistent single-click throughout the UI, and the user reaching the wanted applications with the minimum number of clicks
Aapo : @Mickyfin Qt 4.6 ( can’t find the question)
Irfun4ever : N8 coming with Flash 4. is it mean we can be able to watch facebook videos?
Esa : Flash Lite 4 comes with compatibility to Flash 10 video
Rafe: How integrated is the SDK going to get. I appreciate it has the ‘new’ Qt simulator and on-device debugging, but what about integration with (Symbian) Signing and upload to Ovi Store? Any risk of fragmentation between the main Qt SDK and the Nokia Qt SDK (or is it really a question of tighter focus on Nokia specific elements (simulator, mobility APIs etc). Is Qt going to be upgraded separately to the platform i.e. Qt 4.7 release will be getting near final by the end of the summer. Thinking of potential of Qt Quick etc. What about support for Qt SDK on other platforms. I see Mac is a possible, any time line on that? What about Linux?
Aapo : when Nokia N8 ships, we will have Ovi Store publishing in place for Nokia Qt SDK apps
Aapo : Windows and Linux are out first but we are very hard at work with Mac version as well. So we are actively working to get it out. That means Nokia development on all computer platforms!
Symbian Tweet : Dose N8 record sound in 5.1 channel ?
Maija : there is stereo sound recording for the video cam, 5.1 Dolby Digital Plus only in playback
Zeem35: i like the new colours but will they peel or get scratched? is the phone 100% scratch resistant?
Esa : The covers are made out of aluminium and the colors come with anodization process. It seems to resist the scratches by nature. I bet nothing is 100%
AxeL : Will there be multitouch pinch-to-zoom in the browser –
Esa : On browser, we do have pinch zoom Later - and you can do the pinch also in photos & email
Stobbsc : Does the HDMI out just mirror the phone’s screen, at higher resolution, or can applications display content separately to both screens?
With more "connected" tvs and media centres etc, will it support easy wifi media sharing, Upnp, bonjour for service discovery etc?
With the HDMI out, is HDCP supported? I.e. will we be able to play back DRM’d HD Content?
Esa : HDMI, video player & photos come out with 720p, rest of the UI is upscaled from nHD. E.g. Media wall UI looks cool on TV
Guest : Does qt quick offer a common way to develop for symbian and meego? Or the toolkit UI widgets will be different?
Aapo : yes a common way to develop UIs on both platforms. you can do UIs which are also forward compatible with future Symbian and Maemo UIs. Furthermore, there are projects to add mobile specific UI components to the general pool
Ani: Huge Screen, Power consuming services and our loved BL-4D 1200 mAh Li-Ion battery. Why is there no upgrade on it?
Esa : we’ve improved our HW eating less battery and I believe it’s a great improvement with 1200mAh battery
Than the Q&A ended - It was quiet informative about the N8 , let’s see what else is answered in the evening session .
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