At the launch of the Nokia N82 today at the Nokia House HQ, I had the opportunity to talk directly with the product managers responsible behind the the new phone. I set up my Nokia N95 on the Nokia DT-22 tripod on the conference table and recorded the whole session. I omitted some things to make the video short, but it still ended up to be around 23 minutes.

Recording the Nokia N82 Q&A with the Nokia N95

We were given the Nokia N82 to play with during the session so we were a little distracted playing with the phone while trying to ask the product managers our questions. However, I went into the conference room with a list of and was satisfied to get my answers.

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If you watch the video, you’ll see that there were some questions they were not allowed to comment on. Below are some of the answers to the questions we asked the product managers.

• The Nokia N82 started shipping the same time as the launch which is today.
• Costs 450 Euros.
• The Nokia N82 is the flagship imaging phone.
• 5 megapixel camera with Xenon flash is much better than the Nokia N95′s camera in dark environment.
• No current plans for a US-3G version.
• There is no navi wheel.
• The screen auto rotates depending how you hold it. This feature is off at the main display.
• More colors on first quarter of next year. Most likely white.

My initial impressions will be in the following posts. I also love taking videos, so stay tuned for more of that from the Nokia N82.