Nokia’s newest Symbian^3 powered smartphone has been officially launched, the Nokia N8.

N8 is carved from a single piece of anodised aluminium, and it’s 3.5-inch HD capacitive touchscreen finally includes gesture support such as multi-touch, flick scrolling and pinch-to-zoom. However, the Nokia N8 will have its work cut out to compete against the likes of the HTC Desire, and the upcoming Apple iPhone 4.

“With the Nokia N8, people can create exciting content, connect to their favourite social networks, and enjoy on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps”, said the Finnish giant.

A whopping 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash enables 720p HD video, and there’s 16GB of built-in storage and microSD expansion to stash the resulting massive files on. Additionally the n8 rocks an HDMI output to make sense of all this high-quality output.

The Nokia N8 is Nokia’s first device to be integrated with Qt, a software development environment that helps developers build apps faster and more quickly.

Available in the UK during the third quarter of 2010, the estimated retail price is €370.

Via: Nokia Conversations