Just recently, Nokia released it’s newest addition to it’s roster of “superphones” and it’s very first fully touchscreen phone, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Photo Courtesy of GSMArena.com
Among it’s nice features are:
- 360×640 touchscreen display with a stylus – The big touchscreen display allows for easier navigation with your fingers or with the stylus. If you have been used to using touchscreen phones before, you’ll definitely like what this phone has to offer in terms of ease of access.
- Symbian OS series 60 version 9.4 – This feature brings the power to this phone. It allows installation of a wider range of programs and games and offers additional features not found in Symbian S40 series or lower versions of the S60 series such as the enhanced search feature in the file manager and gallery, the better-featured Organizer (Calendar, Notepad, Code Wallet for safekeeping of confidential codes, PINS and passwords etc). It is also able to read more file types such as WMA(Windows Media Audio) and other Text File types like .VCF for easy phone book importing. Not to mention, the seamless GUI display.
- 3.15 MegaPixels Carl Zeiss Optics Camera with autoFocus and flash for taking pictures and videos, and a secondary camera for videocall – allows you to take breathtaking pictures and unpixelated videos. You’ll never lose the chance to capture that special moment again.
- 802.11b/g WiFi – allows you to connect to the internet at any place that has wireless internet broadcast (WiFi).
- 81MB internal memory – now you can store more pictures, music and videos with a larger internal memory.
- expandable memory up to 16GB – is 81MB not enough to store your files? Expand your phone storage to up to 16GB to provide more room for your songs, pictures and videos.
- 3.5G/HSDPA – Now you can connect to the internet with faster connection speeds of up to 3.6 Mbps (may vary depending on the connection speed that your mobile network provider offers).
- supports Java - better gaming experience for you with a wide variety of Java games and applications that can be installed on your phone.
- Bluetooth, USB – connect to your PC, synchronize information and transfer files with Bluetooth 2.0 and USB connections.
- Stereo Speakers – Enjoy the advantage of an XpressMusic phone with it’s high quality stereo loudspeakers.
With it’s robust features and cool appearance, this phone is expected to take home the loyalty of many iPhone fans. It was initially priced at 279euros which is equivalent to about 18,000 or more in Philippine Peso – still cheap for such a powerful phone.
The complete phone package includes: ExpressMusic headsets, fast charger, user manual and documentation, nokia registration form, installation cd, 8GB memory card, battery.
This amazing phone will be released in the Philippines within the first quarter of 2009.
