The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Touch-Interface: What Nokia Needs to Work on
January 7, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Ramblings of a Gadget Geek
I was finally able to put the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic through its paces. Right away, I was able to see how the manufacturer could incorporate in its next touch-driven device.
To sum it up, Nokia simply did not maximize their touch interface. Primarily because pre-existing patents limit the functionality the Finnish company could provide, and emphasis on the old way of doing things. Read more
Nokia Tube Gets a Name (5800) and a Dose of Product Branding (XpressMusic)
July 28, 2008 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Cellphones, Portable Audio, Portable Video
Looks like the Nokia 5800 will be part of the XpressMusic line of phones, which include luminaries like the 5310. At least according to the leak by the Chinese peeps, though why the new moniker “XpressMedia” wasn’t used will be a question.
According to the source, The upcoming Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone feature:
- A 640 x 360 (16:9) 3.2″ 16-million color display
- the Symbian S60 “5th Edition” OS
- An accelerometer for auto screen rotation
- A 3 megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss lens dual LED flash
- some GPS, WiFi (b/g), and Bluetooth 2.0
- a 3.5mm jack for audio and video output (includes TV-out!)
- 140MB of internal memory
- a microSD that accepts up to 8GB (SDHC)
- 1320mAh of battery power via the Nokia BL-5J. W00t!
- a length of 115mm, width of 52mm, thickness of 14.55mm, and a weight of 104 grams
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