2010 has been an interesting year for Nokia. The Finnish company is still the largest producer of mobile phones in the world but especially in the smartphone segment their marketshare is declining rapidly with the uprising of the of the iPhone, BlackBerry and the Android devices. Nokia still remains loyal to their Symbian operating system and in the past year we have seen some interesting releases of new devices.
New C Series
At the CeBIT convention in Germany Nokia first announced their new C-series to the general public with the introduction of the new Nokia C5. The Nokia C5 was a smartphone packed into a feature phone body, boasting S60 3rd edition and a host of messaging and social networking features built in. The phone was available for a reasonably cheap price bringing the smartphone experience to the masses.
Later this year Nokia Also announced the Nokia C6 and the more high-end Nokia C7. Especially the Nokia C7 was an interesting phone as it was one of the first Nokia phones to run on Symbian^3 OS and use the new ClearBlack display technology.
Introduction of the Nokia N8
The most interesting thing for the Nokia fans around the globe was of course the introduction of the Nokia N8. Building on the success of the N-series this phone set the new standard for Nokia. Running on the new Symbian^3 platform this phone featured an impressive 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. Besides shooting fantastic photo