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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Nokia first touch screen phone iphone killer - Originally Published at KnolIndia (RSS)

Nokia, leader in mobile devices, on Tuesday launched its most advanced multimedia device N96 in India. N96 will be available in the market from September 15 with price tag of Rs 34,999. N96 has memory of 16GB that can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card. The N96 can store upto 18,000 songs, up to 20,000 images at 5 mega pixel, upto 60 hours of video or full length movies and has 2.8″ screen with multimedia buttons. It is the official successor of N95. Find the full feature here.

N96 has a new feature called “Live Mobile TV”. It uses DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting – Handhelds) technology, which gives access to the world of live TV with few clicks. Program guides and reminders tell you what’s showing and help you tune in on time. The N96 web browser includes a mini map, using this u find the section on the page and click to joom the contents of that section.

It has enhanced navigation with integrated A-GPS (Assisted GPS receiver). The compaltible computer can be used with n96, which calculates your current position faster than a standard built-in GPS receiver. When used with nokia MAP, A-GPS can help you get connected promptly, even in cities where tall buildings offten impair satellite signal connections. Enhanced navigation is a separete service from integrated A-GPS.

Major differences between N95 and N96

• 16GB of integrated memory (as opposed to 8GB for N95 8GB), plus further extensibility via microSD memory card
• 2.8 inch display with 16 million colours (same as N95 8GB, versus 2.6″ display for original N95)
• Camera flash is a dual-LED in the N96 while it is only a single LED in the N95
• Longer music playback time (14 hrs) and video playback time (5 hrs)
• Mobile TV DVB-H receiver is built into N96
• S60 3rd Edition is upgraded from Feature Pack 1 to Feature Pack 2
• N96 is a dual-band HSDPA (900 and 2100 MHz) while N95 was a single band (2100)
• Thinner and lighter than N95 8GB
• No infra-red port on N96
• CPU downgraded to ARM9 264MHz for N96
• No Hardware 3D graphics accelerator for N96

Nokia N96 launched in India - Originally Published at KnolIndia (RSS)