Source: SlashGear

The much-anticipated Nokia N8, the must-have smartphone for the latest Ovi Store apps, will be available to purchase on the 22nd October from the Carphone Warehouse, O2, Orange, Phones4u, T-Mobile, Tesco Phone Shops, Three Mobile, Virgin Mobile and Vodafone .

The Nokia N8 smartphone will also be available online for immediate delivery at http://shop.nokia.co.uk/ from the 15th October, for £429 SIM free or on contract from £30 per month.

The Nokia N8 will come packed with a range of brand new, exclusive content from the Ovi Store including BBC iPlayer, enabling catch up on the last seven days of BBC radio and television. Specifically designed for the Nokia N8 to make the most of the device’s features, the app has the same functionality as the online version of BBC iPlayer.

The Nokia N8 offers amazing functionality and usability:

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

Sami Lehtinen, Group Manager, Nokia UK, says, “The Nokia N8 is one of the most innovative phones of 2010, packed with market leading features, including the best picture and video capability available on a smartphone.

“The reaction to the Nokia N8 continues to be phenomenal and, after all the build up, it is great to be getting it into the hands of customers.”

With the launch of Milestone, Motorola is now riding the Adroid band-wagon. It's appealing sleek design, is meant to change the Motorola's typical perception among a large user community.

As the company puts, Motorola Milestone is meant to deliver a richer Web experience, smarter messaging and top-of line media features. Milestone comes with the worlds slimmest QWERTY keypad.

Features

The web is richer. Photos are sharper. Videos pop. It has the most advanced Google browser and the very latest software with an advanced processor and 3G speed for faster search. It can help you navigate turn-by-turn. It even has a 5MP camera with a flash, image stabilisation, and a DVD-quality recorder. It's the phone without compromise

World Wider Web

Zip through the internet with 3G speed, a Flash 10 ready HTML browser and a super fast processor. View it all on a huge display with double-tap, pinch and zoom and over 400,000 pixels, more than twice than the leading competitor.

Search for everything, everywhere

The newest Google features let you use your voice or your fingertips to search for what you want. Find anything on the web or on your phone, including contacts, applications and more.

Every way to say it

Work and personal emails stream into one easy-to-navigate inbox. Respond quickly with the QWERTY or virtual keypads. Keep your contacts together, check social network status messages and download apps from Android Market™.

Pocket paparazzi

Take stills and videos with the 5MP camera with built-in flash, zoom and auto-focus, and DVD-quality video recorder. Drop, drag and sync your content, then post, share or playback with the optional MOTOROLA MILESTONE Multimedia Station.

Go there

With built-in GPS you arrive at the right place with MOTONAV spoken turn-by-turn directions. The MOTOROLA MILESTONE Phone Holder² transforms your phone into a hands-free, personal navigation device with satellite location and cell tower technology.

Dock it

The optional Motorola MILESTONE Multimedia Station transforms your phone into an alarm clock, music player or digital picture frame. For navigation on-the-go, the optional Motorola MILESTONE Phone Holder gets you from Point A to Point B, hands-free.

Intelligent apps

Discover thousands of apps and hundreds of widgets in Android Market. Create personalized finger gestures that open your links.