Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Nokia's first S60 touchscreen device, variously known as "the Tube" or "S60 Touch" was announced 2nd October 2008 in London. Widely touted as Nokia's iPhone killer (or clone), this is not Nokia (or S60's) first foray into touch screen devices.

Previous S60 touchscreen phones: Lenovo P930

Previous Nokia touchscreen phones: Nokia 6708, Nokia 7700, Nokia 7710

Other Nokia touchscreen devices: Nokia 770, Nokia N800, Nokia N810

• Symbian-Freak - S60 Touch overview
• S60 blogs - YouTube demo of S60 Touch api
• Unwired View - 5800 press pics and details
• Forum Nokia - detailed 5800 specifications
• S60.com - 5800 overview
• All About Symbian - 5800 XpressMusic Tutorials - invaluable stuff, great series

There have been issues with faulty earpieces on early models - great investigation by Mobile-Review - although these problems appear to be fixed in later devices.

Reviews

• Mobile Review - Nokia 5800 review
• All About Symbian - 5800 review - part 1 - Hardware / Design and Touch Implementation
• All About Symbian - 5800 review - part 2 - Multimedia
• All About Symbian - 5800 review - part 3 - Software, application compatibility and conclusions
• All About Symbian - The Steve Litchfield 5800 review
• The Register - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic reviewed

Specification summary

• Touchscreen display with finger based navigation
• Symbian OS 9.4, S60 5th edition
• Quad-band (850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz) GSM/EDGE radio
• Dual-band 3G UMTS/HSDPA (two of 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz depending on model) 5800-1 is 900 / 2100 MHz
• Bluetooth 2.0
• WiFi
• GPS
• 3.2" QHD display 640 x 360 pixel (16 million colours)
• 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
• Dimensions: 111 x 52 x 15.5 mm Weight: 109 g
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• TV-out port
• 140MB on-board storage
• Location Tagging
• Shipping from November 2007 in Finland, Russia, Spain and several other markets for 279 Euros before taxes and subsidies - available for under £270 inc VAT in the UK.

Various availability (sim-free and unlocked)

• MobileCityOnline - 400 USD (in stock)
• mobile FUN - 255 GBP - dispatched in 2-3 days (no stock?)
• eXpansys - 285 GBP (out of stock)
• Play.com - 240 GBP - dispatched in 4-5 days (no stock?)

There are plenty of other Specific Phones in the S60, Nokia Eseries, and Nokia Nseries ranges.

Categories: Form Factor Monoblock XpressMusic