Nokia Unveiled 5800 XpressMusic touch screen mobile phone

Nokia turned up the volume on its music offering today by unveiling the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, a mobile device for music that brings innovative new features to the mass market. Delivering on Nokia's vision to provide the best total music experience possible, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be among the first devices to support Comes With Music, Nokia's groundbreaking service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue.

When it comes to music phones, people all over the world want a device that is a great music experience - with more memory, loud and powerful speakers, easy synchronization - and must still work well as a mobile phone with direct access to important contacts and content. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers on all counts and allows consumers to access and share content.

"With the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, we set out to connect people through the one thing we all feel a universal connection to - music," said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia. "The way in which people enjoy music is different around the world. With that in mind, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic gives people the freedom to experience music they love in the way they prefer."

Nokia has a new Contacts bar and Media bar that gives you faster access to contacts and media (music, gallery, games, video center, and browser) on the device. While the iPhone touch screen is good, I like that Nokia supports both finger and stylus touch so you can use a stylus for text input or navigation if you like rather than the tip of your finger only. You can enter text in a four ways supporting finger and stylus methods, including via Handwriting Recognition with the stylus, via Full Screen QWERTY (landscape, finger or stylus), via virtual keyboard (portrait small QWERTY with a stylus) and virtual standard keypad (portrait, stylus or finger). The device also has haptics that cause a vibration when you touch it and I hear there are other cool things (like scroll bar movements) that can be felt and I really need to get my hands on one to experience it.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Specification

• Quad-band GSM with different versions supporting UMTS/HSDPA in various regions of the world.
• 3.2 inch, nHD 640×360 resolution touch screen display
• 802.11 b/g WiFi
• Integrated GPS receiver
• Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support
• MicroUSB connector
• Stereo speakers
• 3.5mm headset jack
• 81MB internal memory with a microSD memory card slot (8GB card in the box)
• 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss and dual-LED flash.
• 1320 mAh battery
• Size:111×51.7×15.5 mm (4.37×2.04×0.61 inches)
• Weight: 109g (3.84 ounces)
• Talk time:Up to 9 hrs (WCDMA), 5 hours (GSM)
• Stand-by time:Up to 17 days (GSM/WCDMA)