While other manufacturers (hello, Samsung), rushed headlong into a fashion phone with a touch screen, other producers were more cautious. For example, look at Nokia. Although the cellular giant pumps out a dozen phones, it was not until the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music, the company explore the phones with touch screen camera happy (Nokia 810 does not count). Positioned as a competitor iPhone Apple, 5800 is packed with a range of multimedia functions. And all this in a sharp, thin package with an expansive touch screen.
We were lucky enough to test a prototype in 5800 back in October, and found it very promising.Well, now we have the opportunity to play with the final product. Although our opinions on the phone has not changed too much, we believe that a number of disadvantages compared to the competition. UI and input methods are not the best, and could use some refinement, to take advantage of touch screen. In addition, while Nokia Music Store launches in the U.S., the 5800 does not provide full functionality and benefits of the phone XpressMusic, giving the iPhone the edge with a seamless integration of ITunes. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is not a bad phone, but when you factor in the $ 399 unlocked price is a bit harder to shortcomings vehicle pass.
Design
Nokia 5800 shares structural features with the iPhone and Samsung touch-screen phone as Omnia. The form of the candy bar offers clean lines with rounded corners and black-and-maroon color scheme (there is also a thin red stripe). At 4.37 inches by 2.04 inches wide and 0.61 inches, is a relatively small touch screen phone is, although it is slightly thicker than average.Nevertheless, at 3.84 ounces it will not weigh you down. 5800 also offers a sturdy, comfortable feel in the hand.
Buy Nokia 5800 XpressMusic And save Money
The touch screen measures 3.2 inches, making it almost as big as the iPhone. It supports 16 million colors (640×360 pixels) and has the aspect ration of 16:09. With this resolution, the colors are bright and vivid, and graphics and photos are accurate. You can change the brightness, font size and backlight time. During the conversation, the display 5800 will go dark when you lift the phone to your ear. The brightness will automatically adjust to different lighting environments.
The menu system has a standard design, icons in a grid. For the most part, the submenu is equally intuitive, but sometimes it seemed to us that Nokia is not very optimizing the user interface in some applications. (See our notes on the message below as an example). Thanks to the accelerometer, you can switch between landscape and portrait-viewing menu simply rotating the phone. Accelerometer works in most applications.
Display sufficiently responsive, you can use your finger or the included stylus. Nevertheless, it is a bit confusing that some questions to answer one tap, and some require a double stopper.There were times when we wait for a few seconds to run the application only to realize that we had to press it again, so that it would be good to have a more unified system. Items are opened quickly when we chose them, and we should not push too hard on the display. Scroll through long lists takes some acclimation – you have to use a narrow scroll bar on the left side – but we got used to it. But, like most other phones with touch screen, scrolling is not as fluid as the iPhone. You can adjust the calibration and have many options for handwritten. The display has vibration feedback, but the intensity can not be configured.
On the home screen, there are icons for the phone book and phone dialer. You can also add a customizable shortcut or favorite in touch with home screen for quick access. Phone Dialer has a large virtual buttons with a large number, but the phone dialer does not show the corresponding letters on each numeric key. Yes, we understand, the phone has a full keypad for dialing, but you still need to type letters, some numbers (eg 1-866-402-CNET), and when writing the names of persons in automated telephone directory. We are not sure why Nokia left it.When you dial the number on the screen labels on the display to activate the speakerphone, sound the call, and placing a call on hold.
Buy Nokia 5800 XpressMusic And save Money
5800 offers several ways to type messages. Full QWERTY keyboard to make full use of the display in 5800. It should be spacious enough for most users, simply know that the place to create a message is very small. There’s a separate keypad for numbers and symbols, and you can switch the language of the alphabet and writing languages at the touch of a button. You will also find on the shift key, a large gap, and back and regain control. You can scroll the text that you have written by clicking on the selected area on the screen.
If you’re feeling adventurous, you can type messages using a standard alphanumeric keypad.We are not sure why you want to write texts with the usual dance, but the choice is.Nevertheless, as we have said before, we can not see why Nokia does not give us the alphanumeric keypad to dial. 5800 also offers handwriting recognition and a mini QWERTY keyboard, the latter of which painfully small.
Above the display, there is also a little icon next to the sign XpressMusic. It is not clear, but the first by touching a small logo on the multimedia menu appears on the screen, where you can run to music, view photo gallery, watch video, share files and much more.
Under the display 3, the physical controls: Talk and end buttons and menu management. The keys are thin, but they are pleasant to the touch. On the right spine you will find the volume, the phone-lock switch, and the camera shutter. On the left spine there is a slot for a SIM card and MicroSD-card. Special power switch is located on the top of the device next to the jack 3,5 mm headphone (yai!), Micro-USB port and charger port. 5800 has two lenses of the camera. The main 3.2-megapixel lens is located on the back of the phone over the flash, and a second VGA lens for self-portraits is just above the display.
5800 comes with a fair set of features in the field. You get a cable USB, video out cable, headphones with 3.5 mm adapter for a separate phone calls, strap with a stylus plectrum (like a mediator), 8GB MicroSD card, and an excellent position to settle the phone with his hand, watching the video. Additional add-ins, please refer to the mobile phone accessories, ringtones, and help page.
Buy Nokia 5800 XpressMusic And save Money
Features
For each contact in the phonebook holds 5800 10 different phone numbers, three video-phone numbers, 3 e-mail address, 3 address, birthday or anniversary, the department and position, the assistant name and phone number, spouse and child names, and notes. You can save an additional 250 contacts on the SIM card. You can add users to groups, but only groups can be paired with melodies and pictures, this is very strange for such a high-end phone but the phone offers a variety of colors and you can use your own tunes as well.
Others need to include vibrate mode, text and multimedia messages (with the ability to delete multiple texts at the same time), calendar, calculator, alarm clock, world time, notepad, currency and unit converter, voice recorder, speakerphone, and a notepad. You’ll also find full Bluetooth with a stereo profile, file and application manager, speaker-independent voice commands, PC syncing music and photos, instant messaging, USB Mass Storage, and File Manager. Best of all, however, integrated Wi-Fi. This is necessary for a phone with a full-featured HTML browser so we are very happy to see him here. You’ll also find full support for GPS, with access to Nokia Maps.
For all its advertising, the music player is comparable to 5800 with the Nokia N-series models.The interface is simple and offers album art, but it’s not very catchy. Preferences much, however. You can adjust the balance, using the bass booster, stereo widening to activate, and select one of the five EQ settings. Other options include playlists, airplane mode and shuffle and repeat mode. Moreover, the 5800 offers the FM-radio and support for podcasts. As the music on 5800 is a simple process. We included it in our PC with a USB cable and sync our music with Windows Media Player. You can also select a data USB and simply drag and drop files using Windows Explorer. In both cases, our computer recognized our phone instantly. Nokia should include the software with the final version of the production, although we have not received a copy of our promotion model. Depending on your region, you’ll also be able to buy tracks from the Nokia Music Pain. It is not available in the United States, however, that we could not give him the test.
