Nokia first touch screen phone iphone killer

Largest mobile manufacturer Nokia launches its first touch screen phone Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The XpressMusic looks like an iPhone, and having similar features. XpressMusic got a less sophisticated, single-touch screen, albeit one with more pixels. It got some of the features which some people wish the iPhone had, including a fancier camera that has a flash and can record video, voice dialing, and even an FM radio. This phone comes with Nokia’s Music service, which aims to challenge Apple dominance of the digital music market and iTunes.

This quad band phone has 3.5mm headphone socket, up to 24GB of storage from 8GB of on-board memory and support for 16GB microSD cards, a 3.2-megapixel camera featuring Carl Zeiss Tessar optics and dual LED flash lights, stereo Bluetooth 2.0, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi, and HSDPA data access. You’ll get a microSD card, giving you an initial capacity of 16GB for music. And this is no bad thing considering the 5800 will be one of the first phones to incorporate Nokia’s new Comes With Music service. You’ll be able to play MP3, WMA (protected and unprotected) and unprotected AAC files.

The XpressMusic is currently available only in UK at $400. It will be available in india in the end of the year. So this will be the iphone killer? Take the poll here

Full Specification

• Physical Specs – Size: 111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, Weight: 109 g, Volume: 83 cc, Touch user interface optimised for one-hand use with tactile feedback
• Display and 3D - Main display Size: 3.2″, Resolution: 640 x 360 pixels (nHD) Up to 16 million colours, automatic orientation sensor (Accelerometer) for display rotation, 3D image engine
• Keys and input method - Stylus, plectrum and finger touch, Dedicated Media Bar touch key for access to music, gallery, Voice commands, Physical keys for application launch key (menu key), send & end, power, camera, lock, volume up & down
• Colors and covers - Red, Blue, Black
• Connectors - Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 High Speed, 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector, MicroSD card slot, small DC jack, Micro USB cable interface to PC (CA-101), TV out interface (CA-75U)
• Power - BL-5J 1320 mAh Li-Ion battery, Talk time(max): GSM 8.8h, WCDMA 5h Standby time (max): GSM 406.2h WCDMA 400h
• Memory – MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 16 GB, 81 MB internal memory, 8GB microSD memory card in-box, expandable up to 16GB
• Operating frequency - WCDMA 900/2100 , GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900 (Latin America and Brazil variant only), Automatic switching between GSM bands, Flight mode
• Data network - CSD, HSCSD, GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 32, maximum speed 296/177 kbps (DL/UL), WCDMA 2100/900 with simultanous voice and packet data, maximum speed PS 384/384 kbps (UL/DL), CS maximum speed 64 kbps, HSDPA cat 6, maximum speed 3.6 Mbps (DL), WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g (3G version only), TCP/IP support
• Local connectivity and synchronisation - Bluetooth version 2.0, MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support, TV out with Nokia Video Connectivity Cable (CA-75U, in-box), Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia OVI Suite.

• GPS and navigation - Integrated GPS for pedestrian and car navigation, Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch application

• Photography – 3.2 megapixel camera (2048 x 1536 pixels), Carl Zeiss optics, 3x digital zoom, Dual LED flash

• Video – Video recording at up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps

• Music and audio playback - Nokia Nseries digital music player, Music playback file formats: .mp3, SpMidi, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, Integrated stereo speakers with surround sound (crystal clear hi-fi sound quality with dedicated audio chip)

• Voice and audio recording - Voice commands, Speaker-independent name dialling (SIND), Voice recorder, Digital stereo microphone

• Software platform and user interface -S60 5th edition, Symbian OS version 9.4

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be the iphone killer. Take the poll

Update: Nokia has decided to launch its first touchscreen in India in the third week of November. The handset likely to price it at Rs 20,000. Source: ET

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