EDIT: Today, (Feb 11, 2011) Nokia announced that it is moving to adopt the Windows Phone 7 platform.  That means that it is ditching the MeeGo system almost completely and will plan to phase out support for Symbian in the next year or two.  That isn''t quite enough for me to change my review on the phone, because the phone still holds its own as the best hardware on the market right now.  But you''ll have to keep in mind that Nokia will slowly stop rolling out updates for Symbian.  If you''re still attracted by the hardware, I say still go for it definitely.  Like I state in my review, Symbian^3 is more than adequate, it is just slightly clunkier than it''s competitors, but it CAN do everything that other OS''s can do.  If you''re not particularly in love with the hardware or hardware is less important to you, I would look elsewhere, or at least wait until Nokia starts rolling out the Windows Phone 7 mobile devices.  So this news really shouldn''t affect either camp of potential buyers: those buyers that are looking for great hardware (like me), this phone is still a worthy investment; those buyers that are looking for the whole package and would be willing to make hardware sacrifices for a better OS, I would wait until Nokia starts making Windows phones and compare those to Android/iOS.Hardware:+ Very solid construction, the body is made out of solid aluminum and there are no loose parts whatsoever+ The screen is made out of gorilla glass, which is about as close to having a bulletproof glass cellphone screen as you''ll ever get.  It''s pretty much impossible to scratch this screen, trust me people have tried on youtube and failed.+ Capacitive touch screen with limited multitouch support (see software for further details)+ Amazing camera, as of this moment, this is pretty much indisputably the best camera phone on the market.  Gone are the days of inch thick camera phones that only output 8MP cameras with a much smaller sensor, the N8 takes 12MP photos with a sensor that is larger than many dedicated cameras.  Megapixels hardly tell the whole story, but the sensor size goes a long way to allowing your N8 to replace your dedicated camera.+ Built in xenon flash, the N8 uses a legitimate camera flash and in my anecdotal use, it has the same range of illumination as my point and shoot.  The LED flash on many other phones can''t compare to a real xenon flash+ Video is very clear and can record in 720p resolution.  One of the best features of this phone''s video capabilities is the fact that when zooming, it uses the fact that it can take up to 12MP frames so that when you zoom in video it maintains 720p resolution and uses more of the camera''s capabilities.  For those of you who know how digital zoom works, that means that while digital zoom while taking pictures still is pretty much pointless, the N8 allows you to take full resolution 720p all the way through the zoom levels and isn''t just a digital zoom of your original 720p frame.+ Built in FM transmitter means that you can play your music through a radio signal which your car''s radio can pick up once you tune to that frequency.  You don''t need to mess with adapters or cables.  The signal isn''t extremely strong, so your mileage may vary depending on your phone''s location relative to the antennae in your car.+ Built in GPS with FREE LIFETIME MAP UPDATES AND VOICE NAVIGATION.  That means essentially for the price, you are getting a built in GPS with your phone, that performs just like a standalone GPS.  You can use the GPS without a data plan with no problem at all, it picks up a signal quickly and is very accurate.  If you''re worried about the phone accessing the data network accidentally, you can just turn off A-GPS (the only function that uses data).  The GPS will still work perfectly normal, it will just take slightly longer to pinpoint your position.- Since there is no LED, there is no video light available for the phone and that also means you can''t use the phone as a flashlight, unless you use the screen with the application QTorch does nicely.- OVI maps (the GPS software) occasionally does weird routes that are not necessarily the best nor the fastest, but it will always take you to your destination, regardless.Software:+ Three completely personalizable home screens that you can swipe left or right to access.  You can provide a shortcut to any of your apps (including third party ones), put in a list of your favorite contacts in a scrollable bar as a widget, get access to email, music player, etc.+ Gallery is now much improved in that you can "check" multiple items at once for deletion or to email, instead of deleting one picture at a time, which was a huge problem in S60v5.+ General use is generally snappy in and out of menus.- Essentially what S60v5 should have been, it doesn''t make huge changes other than the home screens, it just fixes up some of the bugs in S60 like the inconsistent double/single tap to open applications.- Occasionally phone felt slightly underpowered, but these cases were few and far between- Overall, the user interface (UI) is not as polished as Apple''s iOS or Google''s Android.  Things aren''t always as intuitively placed as you would like.  But in terms of functionality, Symbian^3 can do everything that the above two OS''s can do, it just doesn''t really make all the features as accessible.Bottom Line:This phone is extremely well built and has pretty much all the hardware options you can ask for in terms of camera, video shooting, build quality/materials, FM transmitter, built in and free GPS.  In terms of software, Nokia''s OS lags behind iOS and Android, but it is fully capable, just not as polished.  The main draw for this phone, however, is the fact that it is unlocked.  Which means if you don''t need a data plan (more importantly, if you don''t feel the need to pay and additional $30 per month), you do not have to get one for this phone.  Nowadays, every carrier will force you to get a data plan for your phone, which in the long run, comes out to be much more than the cost of buying this phone unlocked ($200 for an iPhone 4, plus $30 additional data plan for 24 months comes out to be $920 just for the data plan.  Not to specifically rag on the iPhone 4, just providing an example of buying any smartphone from a carrier).  That was the big draw for me, and then the amazing camera and free GPS were just bonus features.