Smartphone Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, earlier known as Nokia Tube, has attracted the attention for a long time and it deserved it. It intensified after the announcement that was made in the whole world by the company for this phone at the early October 2008. Public interest was fed regularly: the company presented this phone as a “Black Night”, they announced that sales will begin only in some selected regions. Perhaps Nokia 5800 can claim the title of the most expected phone of the year 2008.
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First of all I have to say that this phone has a sensory screen. Even if there were some phones made by Nokia that had a sensory screen, for example 7700 or 7710, none of these devices were for the general public, these phones were some of the niche models. Therefore, Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is the first Nokia with sensory screen for a high number of people and a large sales volume. We may also recall that this phone was the first Symbian device with a matrix that was sensible to touch, and that meant a new era in the history of the platform.
Nokia has chosen to put this smartphone in the Xpress Music series, highlighting in this way its multimedia character and also leaving some place in the N series for a model with touch screen. The main (and only) material used in this phone body is plastic. The front side is made of shiny black plastic the contour and the sides are made of semi transparent plastic in a dark shade and the rear is the same as the plum color like the N73. At the junction of the rear side surface with the lateral sides is inserted a strip of flashy color (the standard set for the Xpress Music – red and blue). A certain passing between the color is missing, and also any combination between them, fact that you can observe in the day light.
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music proportions correspond entirely to the accepted widely standard, but the phone is not excessively wide. This is a good part, the device sits comfortable in your hand and you can manage it with one hand also (no need to worry if the phone will fit in a narrower pocket).
At the top part of the phone were placed the main connection of the phone (charger, standard headphones, USB) and the power button. In the left side of the phone you will find the slots for memory and SIM card ( SIM card removal is possible only by pushing it with the stylus trough a particular hole located under the battery). In the right side is situated a double key of the volume control, the lock slide button and digital camera button. Renouncing at any functional or contextual keys, Nokia has focused the essence of the management on the sensuous desktop. The image quality is high, the resolution of 640 x 320 pixels at a diagonal of 3.2 inches is noticed. Book light is sufficient to combat the direct sunrays, the view angles are large, colors are natural.
Its display uses a 16:9 ratio of the parties, which is reflected positively on viewing the media files. When viewing video, there are no black stripes at the screen edges, to view pictures also covers most of the screen, the free left space can dealt with virtual keys.
For a comfortable use, the manufacturer has provided a stylus, which lies in a part of the phone. It has rounded angles and is quite thin, so people with thicker fingers may face some difficulties. As an alternative to the traditional stylus, they propose a “mediator”. If it is attach to the phone with a braid, then it becomes like a manufacturer’s label.
For the energy economy and to prevent unwanted presses, near to the phone speaker was located a particular approach sensor : when you put your phone to your ear, the screen automatically switches off and gets locked. This lock is automatically canceled, is enough to remove the phone from the ear, that’s why the control problems do not occur during conversations.
As already noted, the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music is based on the new Symbian version – 9.4. Those accustomed to the platform of the earlier editions will notice that there are some changes in the interface. And indeed, icons and virtual buttons increased, and there can not be wrong presses. Only one theme is installed. It is combined with the colors of the phone, a standard thing for the Xpress Music series.
Nokia has used again components that were used in the previous smartphone – ARM processor frequency of 369 MHz. The decision to leave these technical components is somehow daring: sometimes the phone is blocked, these moments are observed while you play a game or watch a video (2-3 breaks per minute). The systematic restarts doesn’t always help. This was a problem of this phone – at the 10.0.4. software there were no such problems. The Bluetooth 2.0 module that is installed, allows receiving and sending data at a speed of around 110 – 140 kbps. Wi-Fi module sets available networks quite workable, after establishing the connection there are no disconnections. Starting and stopping the module occurs automatically: WLAN it’s included only when searching a new network, which saves phone battery.
We must understand that the 5800 Xpress Music is aimed at listening to music and watching movies not only by the owner if the phone. That’s why it has included in the phones box a special support which makes more comfortable watching a movie by more the one person at the same time. An important aspect of media functions became the synchronization with the Internet. This is manifested through podcasts and video channels in the phone, and by adding links to online stores, and by the opportunity to upload their own videos on Ovi.
The battery has the capacity of 1320 mAh and guarantees about two days of work. It is a worthy outcome, if we think about the large display.
Nokia 5800 website was wanted for a long period of time by the interested people.
Eventually,nokia 5800 website was released and you can find it at this address :
http://www.nokia.com/NOKIA_COM_1/Microsites/Nokia_5800_XpressMusic/#/play/
