Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (Tube) model became very popular even before its first official announcement. Not only it is a fine appearence and function-rich model, it is also a first Nokia attempt to enter touchscreen devices market, apart from rather unsuccessful 77x0 models. This time, Nokia tried to move in right direction, aiming this phone to the multimedia side. Let us avoid its comparison with iPhone, because even if they do look similar, Nokia 5800 is a completely different product (we all got sick of those "..." vs. iPhone comparisons. Nokia finally revealed the launch date: this interesting event will be pretty soon, October, 2. Let's look on the details of this phone while we wait for its release. More information from: Nokia 5800 Tube Presentation.Nokia 5800 carries XpressMusic label, which seems that it will be targeted to music playing features. XpressMusic is Nokia answer to Sony Ericsson Walkman series; phones that carry XpressMusic logo are specially modified to enhance music playback and control. So, Nokia 5800 has all the music lover should want from a cell phone - big screen for lovely album art visualization and decent video playback (3.2 inches, touchscreen, 640 x 360 resolution, 16 million of colors), big amount of flash memory (150 MB built-in, expendable via microSDHC cards up to 16 GB, 8 GB card included), 3.5 minijack audio port (connect almost every headphones on the market without any special connectors), wireless features to make sharing music a snap (Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi), and other multimedia functions as camera (3.2 megapixels resolution, autofocus, double LED flashlight and video recording in VGA up to 30 FPS) and TV-out. GPS is also present; it becomes a standard for all new premium class smartphones. Another interesting feature of Nokia 5800 is the OS it uses - it will be the first S60 Touch interface, called Symbian S60 Taco 5. Previously, the only touchscreen Symbian was Symbian UIQ, mainly used by Sony Ericsson in their smartphones. However it was based on stylus, so Nokia developed its own interface, aimed at simple thumb control. And last but not least, this phones size is comparable to iPhone, a little bit smaller though - 111 x 52 x 15,5 mm, weight - 109 g.It is only a couple of days left until release, so very soon this model will hit the market. Price is unknown yet, however it seems that this phone won't be cheap - it is aimed at premium class smartphone market. Maybe it will get the popularity that Nokia N95 gained, who knows?
