After all the hype and frenzied speculation Nokia has finally unveiled the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, formerly known as the Tube. And it’s an all singing all dancing multimedia affair.
As well as some neat musical nuggets it combines smart touch tech with a bevy of features always at your fingertips thanks to a special media and contacts bar for easy access to music and your mates.
Through a single touch Nokia users can grab their favourite contacts instantly without trawling through long contact lists. The media bar works the same way with at a glance access to music, videos and the web.
Just as rumoured it’ll pack a 3.2 megapixel camera complete with autofocus and Carl Zeiss optics along with video calling talents coupled with A-GPS and Nokia Maps voice guided navigation skills. There’s also 3G, HSDPA and WLAN in there too for whizzy web browsing.
The phone formerly known as the Tube also lives up to its XpressMusic moniker with an 8GB microSD card chucked in, with the option to upgrade to 16-gig.
It promises a colossal 35 hours of music playback along with 5 hours for quality widescreen video action. It’s got some stamina in the call category too with 9 hours talk-time and 17 days of standby time.
The 5800 XpressMusic will be available in blue, silver and black flavours when it launches in early 2009.
What you need to know
Out: Early 2009
Price: £219
Basic specs: 3.2 megapixel camera, 3G, HSDPA, 81MB internal memory upgradeable to 16GB.
Killer feature: Monster media abilities
Closest rival: iPhone 3G
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