The Nokia N8 starts to ship - officially

Published by Steve Litchfield at 6:26 UTC, September 30th 2010

So Nokia made the September 'window' after all. As widely reported around the web this morning, Nokia has put out a press release confirming that the N8 has now started to ship, from both Finland and China. "Customers who have placed a pre-order for the N8 in Nokia Online Shops and Nokia retail stores" will get them first. Market availability will of course vary by country and by operator. Look out for part 1 of my multi-part review of the full retail Nokia N8 this weekend on All About Symbian - this device deserves the full review treatment and Rafe and I are not going to hold back.

From the press release:

"With the N8, and the new Symbian software, we are bringing a familiar, faster and more intuitive user experience to the world's most popular smartphone platform. The Nokia N8 has received the highest amount of consumer pre-orders in Nokia history and we are thrilled to start shipments of the N8, the first of Nokia's new Symbian smartphone range," says Jo Harlow, Senior Vice President, Smartphones, Nokia.

"To appeal to today's high-end buyers, smartphones have to be enjoyable, useful and beautiful. Ease of use, excellent multimedia performance and elegant design are all essential elements of the package," says John Delaney, Research Director, IDC.

N8s assembled in China