Nokia's N8 Foosball viral video

Published by Rafe Blandford at 11:52 UTC, May 31st 2010

Nokia have released their latest promotional video for the Nokia N8; it showcases the N8's video capture and HDMI-out play back functionality. Normally promotional videos don't justify a news story on their own, but in this case I think we can make an exception. The video shows a group playing foosball (table football) and performing some rather impressive skills and tricks - seeing is believing. View the video in the full story.

The Nokia N8 was launched at the end of April, as we noted then:

A key promise of the Nokia N8 is HD video consumption and creation. The camera shoots 720p video at 25 frames per second, which can then be played back on the device (down-sized) or via the HDMI out port (using the supplied cable). Nokia is also introducing the Web TV service, which delivers content-on-demand from local and global TV favourites (e.g. CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic; with additional 'channels' via Ovi Store). This content can also be played back via the HDMI out functionality, which includes support for Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound. Together this ensures both high quality video and audio play back.

Nokia's N8 Foosball Fever

All the foosball tricks featured in the video have been broken out into their own videos with slow motion replays. There's also a behind the scenes video, which reveals how some parts of the video were put together. All the tricks are apparently completely genuine, but we're willing to bet that there might have been more than one take!

News Discussion

junchao8

Originally thought they used N8 to film it, until I saw those profession camcorders. What's the point of this ad then? :con?

Micky!

Agreed, watching the Behind the scenes video kind of spoilt the fun, showing a large professional camera used, and not the N8 to film the viral video :(

Sockatume

I don't think it's meant to look like a video shot on an N8. For one thing, you can see the N8 in the video. It'd be kind of hard for it to shoot footage of itself. It's meant to advertise the phone.

Rafe

I guess you wouldn't get the super slow mo stuff looking so good either... I guess sometimes practicality trumps reality ;)

boxieblue

well, that's kinda lame, really. All people are getting to see is a wonderful, albeit scripted, foosball match. show us the N8's video shooting prowess instead and it will be better marketing.

Unregistered

Nokia showing of the Symbian^3 UI of the N8, in hands on video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rER1fnBrJg

...and it looks nice too. Certainly a far cry from S60 5th.

Arthur

I have been a Nokia/Symbian user since the good old 7650 (check when I joined this site and spare me the "Nokia hater" line). My recent experiences with the N97 and E72 have scarred me of Symbian completely. Silly of me you say? Perhaps. But it will take a lot for me to ever again consider Symbian.

If it wasn't for Maemo or Meego I would be done with Nokia right now.

Just my thoughts.

Unregistered

No matter what items are posted on AAS, there seems always to be people who find something to complain about it, and here I am getting dragged into it.

Such a magnet for such incredibly negative glass half empty people.

brrip

It's supposed to be a viral video. It's how Nike did cage matches a few years ago, showing off nothing but amazing football (soccer). The point isn't to tell the world about the N8, it's to make something cool enough that millions will want to see it.

IMO, it's cool, but not THAT cool.

@Arthur

same here man, been on the symbian bandwagon since the 7650. After my i8910, I'm definitely going Android. The only edge symbian seems to have anymore is the camera, which isn't all that important to me. Maemo looks really pretty, but at least from the outside, it seems like Android has a bigger app-base.

clonmult

I've been using Symbian since the truly excellent Siemens SX1 .... but really don't see anything on Android thats worth jumping ship for. Sure, its fancy, but the N8 is looking like being a well rounded device.

It possibly doesn't have the eye candy of some other OS's out there, but the eye candy doesn't really help you do anything, and Symbian has always tended to be a very functional OS.

cristyiroom

I have just watched the video on youtube and I like it.

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