Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition

Above some info about Nokia 5800.

Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is a variant of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, but this time more priority than the music navigation features. Design and appearance are the same as the Nokia 5800 XM, which distinguishes only silver accents on the sides.

Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition comes with support the latest Ovi Maps and license voice-guided Drive and Walk navigation are valid forever. Apparently the feature applies only in a few countries. Apart from the additional navigation features, other specifications of this phone is still the same as before.

Detail Specs Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition:

• Network: 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900;3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900 – American version

• Size Dimensions: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc

• Weight: 109 g

• Type: TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors

• Size Display: 360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches

• Alert types: Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones

• Speakerphone: Yes, with stereo speakers – 3.5 mm audio jack

• Phonebook: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

• Call records: Detailed, max 30 days

• Internal Memory: 81 MB storage, 128 MB RAM

• Card slot: microSD, up to 16GB, 8GB included

• GPRS: Class 32

• EDGE: Class 32

• 3G: HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps

• WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology

• Bluetooth: Yes, v2.0 with A2DP

• Infrared port: No

• USB: Yes, v2.0 microUSB

• Primary Camera: 3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash

• Video: Yes, VGA 30fps

• Secondary Camera: Videocall camera

• OS: Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5

• CPU: ARM 11 434 MHz processor

• Messaging: SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging

• Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds

• Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS

• Games: Yes + Java downloadable

• Colors: Chrome, Black

• GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch

• Java: Yes, MIDP 2.1

• Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)

• Stand-by Up to 408 h (2G) / Up to 408 h (3G)

• Talk time Up to 9 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)

• Music play Up to 35 h

Screen Nokia 5800 ExpressMusic

Here about screen of Nokia 5800 ExpressMusic.

The screen is large (3.2’’ / 38x70) and prolonged (16:9 aspect). Samsung i900 and M8800 use the same aspect but a different resolution. The high resolution (640x360, QHD) is amazing to see in a mid-end handset. All of its direct and indirect competitors are equipped with lower quality screens limited to 240x400 pixels (Samsung i900, M8800, LGKC910, KP500) Apple iPhone loses in this competition, too, though the difference from 5800 is negligible. Viewing a high-quality photo on the screen is an illustration much better than any words.

The color palette is rich, the view angles – perfect. The picture is smooth, without a trace of pixelization. Nokia N96 doesn’t stand up to 5800 in this challenge. This type of screens is what the company will be equipping the next year’s entries with, the high definition isn’t being too actual these days.

The luminance sensor automatically adjusts the screen brightness level. The distance sensor is a debut feature in the whole Nokia portfolio. When the handset is close to your head (e.g. during a phone talk) the touch input is automatically blocked.

The screen is pretty sun-resistant, the screen information remains legible even in direct sunlight. The only visible effect is a minor fading of colors.

Talks about Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Above about Nokia 5800.

The 5800 handset, commonly referred to as Tube, appeared at a time when the touchscreen smartphone market segment is swarming with offers. The majority of the offers belong to the top price bracket though, the good examples being Apple iPhone 3G (we don’t take the carriers’ discounts into account, without those the real price of an iPhone is really high), Samsung i900 Omnia/WiTu and the unreleased LG KC910, Samsung PIXOX8800. That’s why Nokia preferred to position the 5800 model as a mid-end mass market offer aimed for maximum audience coverage. That’s also a best way for popularizing the new touchscreen version of the S60 platform, preparing good grounds for further expansion of this series’ future additions covering all price brackets.

 

Let’s get back to the device’s specifications now. The handset’s essential selling points are good functionality, miniature build, touchscreen and a price of 279 euros (VAT not included). A price like that makes 5800 a formidable adversary to numerous multimedia handsets that are already available from the market or are about to hit the shelf. During December, models like Samsung PIXON M8800 and LG KC910 Renoir are going to stay on the same price level with 5800, so allegations of an ‘unbelievably low price’ for Nokia 5800 are far from real life facts. The Finnish device offers a better overall functionality but is a bit weak on the camera side, unlike the Korean competitors that both have hi-end cameras with lots of features, which is an equally weighty argument affecting the consumer choice. Viewty’s success in Europe proves the market potential of the mid-end touchscreen cameraphone concept. The mentioned models, as well as a quantity of Windows Mobile PDAs and Apple iPhone don’t pose a direct competition (in the proper sense of this words) to 5800, but still can act as indirect alternatives for certain fractions of the consumer audience. There will always be some sort of choice, the 5800 by no means being an ultimate offer.

Facts about Nokia 5800

It's all about Nokia 5800.

The Nokia 5800, code-named "Tube," is a Symbian S60 smartphone. It is an XpressMusic series phone, which emphasizes music and multimedia playback. While it has tactile feedback, it doesn't use Nokia's upcoming Haptikos technology^[5].

It has a compatibility mode for Java applications that are not touchscreen-aware. It works by using part of the screen for displaying the essential buttons required by the program.

A prototype of this handset was seen in the 2008 Batman movie, The Dark Knight, Christina Aguilera's "Keeps Gettin' Better" as well as the #1 hit "Womanizer" by Britney Spears. The handset was also seen in Flo Rida's "Right Round", The Pussycat Dolls' "Jai Ho!" and Katy Perry's "Waking Up In Vegas" music videos. The phone has received generally positive reviews, with UK phone magazine Mobile Choice awarding it a full 5 stars in its Feb 8th issue.^[6]

On January 23rd 2009, Nokia announced it had shipped the millionth 5800 XpressMusic device, even though it still had not been fully released worldwide.^[7] In Nokia's Q1 report released on April 16th, 2009 it was announced they had shipped 2.6 million units during the quarter, with cumulative shipments of more than 3 million units since the smartphone's launch in late November 2008.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is not the first touchscreen device in Nokia's range. In 2004, the Nokia 7700 was announced, a Symbian Series 90 device that was cancelled before it reached the market. This was followed by the Nokia 7710 which was an upgraded version of the 7700, which became available during 2005. Nokia also produced the UIQ-based Nokia 6708 phone in 2005, but this was not an in-house development and was bought in from Taiwanese manufacturer BenQ.^[9]. Nokia have also produced a range of Maemo-based Internet Tablets which have a touchscreen interface, however these are not mobile phones. The 5800 is, however, Nokia's first Symbian S60 touchscreen device.

The 5800 idle screen

The 2007 launch of the rival Apple iPhone demonstrated that at the time, Nokia did not only not have any current touchscreen mobile phones, but since the cancellation of the Symbian Series 90 operating system, it also lacked any sort of suitable platform for developing such a device. Although Nokia asserted with some justification that the Nokia N95 was a comparable or better device^[10], most other manufacturers responded with their own touchscreen devices.