Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Music and mobility in the same time for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

With Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia introduced its first mobile touchscreen for the general public, and enriches its offer with a dedicated mobile music to the music that supports Comes With Music, Nokia’s service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalog.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the Media Bar (“Media Bar”), a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment content, including songs, videos and photos of his favorite holder. It has a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for storing up to 6000 titles, supports all major digital audio formats is equipped with a 3.5mm jack and speakers stereo with surround sound.

Network compatibility

The terminal is compatible with EDGE and 3G +. It runs on Symbian S60 Touch: the new interface offered by Nokia especially allows the user to navigate with a finger or stylus, the force feedback under finger pressure and accelerometer to switch to landscape mode by simply rotating the phone.

It also incorporates a GPS chip (A-GPS compatibility), the wireless technology Bluetooth and WiFi. The large 3.2 inch screen has a 16:9 format. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens. And with a speed reading and recording 30 frames per second, this device is suitable for recording and playback of VGA-quality video.

First Nokia full touch

The least we can say is that the 5800 XpressMusic was expected to turn. And because it is the first Nokia full touch!

Since the announcement of the iPhone in January 2007, the small world of mobile telephony is in turmoil. You will not learn anything by saying that there was a before and an after. While LG has cut his foot in the grass out of Apple in the first few weeks before the Prada smartphone apple, around June 2007. Samsung has quickly joined the dance and we have for almost a year and a half for a variety of mobile tactile does not require a stylus. Even brands like HTC or Asus, present for a very long segment of Windows Mobile smartphones touch has kept pace with the other trying to superimpose a layer of software on the Microsoft operating system so that it is also used to finger only. With varying degrees of success.

Other features

Why return to these facts? To tell you that during this time, Nokia was missing! The world’s leading manufacturer apparently did not believe that he would meet with the touch so popular with the public. Suddenly, it was not until the beginning of 2009 to finally see a mobile out full touch. After such an expectation, at least it was hoped that the Finnish manufacturer we are preparing a bomb with his secret, just as was the N95 in its time. The result? A smartphone certainly comprehensive, but the technical features a notch below the top names in the category. But as we shall see a little later in the test, the 5800 has other strengths that are not translatable into a sheet.

To return to its characteristics, its 3.2 inch screen, with a resolution of 640×360 pixels, offers 16.7 million displayable colors. It also loads a digital camera of 3.2 megapixels, can shoot VGA. Side connectivity, the smartphone is fully revealing itself compatible with all standards of the time as Edge, 3G + (HSDPA), GPS (A-GPS), Wi-Fi (b / g) and Bluetooth 2.0 .

Package Contents

As usual with Nokia, the pack of 5800 is pretty well supplied, including:

• Charger
• A battery
• stereo headset
• A 3.5mm jack adapter with a microphone
• An 8 GB microSD memory card and SD adapter
• A pen that attaches to the + side of a pick plastic (!)
• A USB data cable
• cable TV output
• The manual
• A CD containing the latest version of Nokia PC Suite and utilities

Salute as he owes the presence of the memory card 8 GB microSD! If LG is also provided with a Renoir, one finds only a 1GB card in the pack for the Samsung Pixon. Other good news: Nokia provides cable TV in the 5800 box, which is the case with any competitors tactile.

Test and review conclusions

For its first mobile touchscreen (the second in fact if you count an obscure model released years ago), Nokia did well. His text was not ashamed of the comparison with most models offered by other manufacturers. He defends himself well despite a media sheet considerably less impressive. The phone features are also somewhat successful with a range of about three days and satisfactory call quality. However, this product should be primarily for fans of Finnish brand to transfer to touch.

For others, while nice it is, this 5800 can not be compared to an iPhone, or even a HTC Touch HD to a lesser extent. It still keeps the advantage of being more compact than all its competitors and provide ergonomics close to that of a Nokia mobile non-touch. All at a reasonable price.

Positive points (pros)

• Picture quality in daylight
• VGA Video captured fluid
• Compact
• Finishes Strong
• Good audio rendering
• Ergonomics pleasant
• Operating system stable enough for a first mobile
• Screen reagent not need a stylus
• As many functions as a NSeries

Negative points (cons)

• The photo quality in dark environments
• The new operating system is ergonomic, but not innovative
• Display a bit small compared to competitors (resolution atypical)
• The user interface very brief