Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is available worldwide since the fourth quarter of 2008 for an estimated retail price of 279 EUR before taxes and subsidies. Now, when 2008 ended, Nokia has announced that a new 5800 XpressMusic will hit the stores in February 2009.

The 5800 XpressMusic is likely to house the Comes With Music service. Nokia initially said that the device would be available in time for Christmas. However, the manufacturer later revealed that one of the reasons attributed to the slow start has been the lack of innovative handsets that the service has been available on.

The 5800 XpressMusic supports HSDPA data downloads and Wi-Fi networks, and the A2DP Bluetooth protocol for streaming music to compatible headsets and speaker systems. In addition, it will make itself useful in the car with A-GPS and the latest version of Nokia Maps.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide, which covers nearly 90 percent of the world’s population. As people around the world use their phones in different ways, the device has variety of input methods: stylus, plectrum and finger touch support for text input and UI control (alphanumeric keypad, full and mini QWERTY keyboard and handwrite recognition). It also offers connection to mobile broadband using WLAN or HSDPA (3.5G). Still, supported WCDMA frequencies depend on the region where the device is available.
The display has resolution of 640×360 pixels so the screen looks fantastic, has vibrant colors and true clarity.

The device features a 3.2 megapixel cam with Carl Zeiss lens and with a 16 by 9 aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback. With a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook. Song titles can also be shared through Bluetooth, MMS or online sharing. Zooming is restricted to two zoom levels only, unlike the HTC Touch Diamond, which uses a jog wheel. Nokia has announced that they will include an 8GB microSD memory card in the box with the 5800, as there is no significant internal memory on the device. The batteries are supposed to last to five hours of talk-time and 17 days in standby mode and Nokia is predicting a whopping 35 hours of music playback, almost 50 per cent more than what iPhone 3G can offer.

Therefore, Nokia phone fans were disappointed when the famous company delayed the release of this improved 5800 XpressMusic. However, even if a Nokia representative said last week ‘There is no set date yet but we are looking to ship the 5800 XpressMusic in February’, tech-savvy, phone addicts and web surfers are still hoping for an earlier release.

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