Saturday, October 11, 2008

Nokia announces touchscreen 5800 XpressMusic


Nokia finally announced their long-awaited Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone. It isn't Nokia's first touchscreen device, but because of the gap between models then it is effectively Nokia's first current-generation touchscreen phone.

The 5800 introduces a lot of new features with the upgraded version of the Symbian S60 operating system, many of which will find their way into other Nokia handsets.

The 5800 XpressMusic is touted to be the counterpart of Apple iphone. The phone will reportedly be released in seven countries before Christmas and the contry list includes Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Russia, Spain, Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates.

The Nokia 5800 will feature a 3.2 Megapixel camera along with Carl Zeiss lens as well as 8GB internal memory, a virtual QWERTY keyboard a graphic equaliser, and built-in surround sound stereo speakers.

Nokia’s touchscreen phone will be launched in India in the third week of November and supposedly will cost around Rs 20,000. Nokia India managing director D Shivakumar said, “What iPhone did was to bring the touch element to a multi-media converged device. Since we are already the leader in converged devices in India, Nokia 5800 will be a revolutionary launch from our stable.”

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic looks to be a very attractive device, and it's pretty good value too.

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