Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review
It is interesting that Nokia decided to add his first touch screen interface in a mass market mobile phone instead of in one of their premium N-series multimedia devices. In any case, this is it, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic complete with the Finnish company’s recent user interface.
Naturally, the highlight of this device is the touchscreen-activated Series60 (S60) interface. This is an extension of its existing S60 3rd edition UI and is dubbed S60 5th edition. What happened to “4″, you ask? Well, according to Tuula Rytila-Uotila, Vice President of Live, GoTo Market, the company that traditionally do not use that code in their products. The 5800 does not have a dedicated pad or an Enter button, but instead is completely controlled by touch screen. The resistive LCD allows you to use your fingers or a pen for input. Will the music theme, Nokia also includes a plectrum - normally used with a guitar on plucking or strumming - as an alternative pointing device.
Various methods have been implemented including a full QWERTY for landscape use, a mini QWERTY if you prefer to make your thumb print in portrait mode and the good old on-screen numeric keypad for one-hand operation. It is haptic feedback for all the operations, a useful feature when you do not have the tactility of physical keys. [source cnet]
Detail specification of Nokia 500 XpressMusic:
- Phone type: Candy bar
- Dimensions (W x D x H): 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm
- Weight w/battery: 109 g
- Secondary display resolution: x pixels
- Input method(s): Touch screen
- Available colours: Silver–Black, Red, Blue
- Network: Quadband
- Network type(s): GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
- Connectivity options: 3G, GPRS, GPS, HSDPA, Bluetooth, A2DP, USB, WLAN
- Calling Features: Video calls
- LCD display size: 3.2-inch 640 x 360-pixel, up to 16 million colors
- Color LCD?: Yes
- Operating system: Symbian OS
- Max. talktime (in hours): 9 hours
- Max. standby time (in hours): 408 hours
- Internal memory: 81 MB
- Expansion slot(s): TransFlash / microSD
- Included accessories: Handset with stylus, extra pen stylus, stylus plectrum, headset, 8GB microSD card, carrying case, portable stand, video-out cable
- Built-in digital camera?: Yes
- Maximum camera resolution: 3.2 megapixels
