Nokia turned up the volume on its music offering today by unveiling the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. 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.


Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the web and to online sharing. Because the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports Flash content, individuals can surf the entire web, not just pieces of it. In addition, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials, including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound stereo speakers offer the industry’s most powerful sound.

“As Nokia’s first mass-market device with a touch screen, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic turns a ‘user interface’ into a ‘human interface’ by truly putting people first. For example, we’ve introduced the Nokia Contacts Bar, which is like a digital RSS feed on your life,” said Harlow. “By adding the benefits of touch screen technology to S60, the world’s leading smartphone interface, Nokia is taking the familiar and giving it a human touch. We have used touch technology where it really adds value such as the Contacts Bar, Media Bar and clever shortcuts from the homescreen to menu items such as calendar, profiles and clock.”

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook. Music playlist song titles can also be shared through Bluetooth, MMS or online sharing.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available worldwide beginning in the fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated retail price of 279 EUR before taxes and subsidies. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic featuring Comes With Music will be available early next year. Pricing details to follow.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Features List

* Contacts Bar -Person centric user interface with visualized contacts
* Media Bar -Always an easy access to your favorite media
* 3.2 inch display
* Stereo speakers with surround sound
* Stylus and finger touch support for text input and user interface control
* Powerful connections with 3G, HSDPA and WLAN
* 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeissoptics and dual-LED flash
* Front camera for video calls
* Built-in A-GPS and Nokia Maps and voice guided navigation
* Responsive touch screen with tactile feedback
* Proximity sensor for preventing inadvertent touches and for saving power
* nHDwidescreen quality video playback

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Specifications:

* WCDMA 2100/900,GSM 850/900/1800/1900,HSDPA, WLAN
* or GSM 850/900/1800/1900
* or WCDMA 850/1900, HSDPA, WLAN, GSM 850/900/1800/1900
* User Interface:S60 5th Edition
* Dimensions:111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm (L x W x T)
* Weight:109 g
* Display:3.2 inch nHD(640 x 360 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
* Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5J,1320mAh Lion
* Memory:81 MB internal memory, support for up to 16GB microSD memory card
* CameraLens:Carl ZeissTessar
* Image capture:Up to 3.2 megapixels(2048 x 1536)
* Video capture:nHD(640 x 360) at up to 30 fps
* Flash:Dual-LED camera flash
* Talk time: Up to 9 hours (GSM),5 hours (WCDMA)
* Standby time: Up to 17 days (GSM),17 days (WCDMA)
* Music playback:Up to 35 hours
* Video playback:Up to 5 hours (Mpeg4) 3 hours (nHD)
* WLAN (IEEE 802.11 b/g)
* MicroUSB, 3.5 mm AV connector
* Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, AVRCP

Labels: Nokia

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