Nokia today announced that Nokia N8 with Ovi services has started shipping. Customers who have placed a pre-order for the Nokia N8 in Nokia Online Shops and Nokia retail stores will be the first to receive their Nokia N8. Market availability will vary by country and by operator, with broad availability in the coming weeks.

“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.

According to Nokia, N8 is the world’s best camera phone with 12-megapixel camera featuring Carl Zeiss optics. Other features of the phone are aluminum body, 3.5-inch AMOLED touchscreen, quad-band GSM, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and microSD card slot. Nokia N8 is shipping now in Europe and you can pre-order one in US for shipment in late October priced $549.00 with carrier contract.