Hi all,
Firstly, I’d like to thank Nokia for inviting me for a special preview of their upcoming device, the 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone.
According to Nokia, the target audience for this phone is the mid range market and youths. The price is 279 Euro before tax.
As usual, there has to be a photo of me holding the device. ahah
The 5800 will feature a screen with resolution 640*360px. It’s is also called the nHD screen because it is basically 1/9th of a HD screen. Let me show you a diagram I drew prior to this post.
The 5800 will be the first S60 touchscreen phone from Nokia and it will also be the most advanced XpressMusic device in it’s category.
Some of the features of the 5800 includes the new S60 5th edition and the latest version of the Symbian OS, 3.2mpx Carl Zeiss Optics camera, 30fps DVD-like video recording, dual LED flash and GPS.
Connectivity wise, it supports 3G, Wifi, Bluetooth and USB.
3.2inch wide screen… dual speakers
The top part of the phone spots an on/off button, 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro USB port.
The phone will come in 3 XpressMusic colours… yes you’ve guessed it. haha… red, blue and grey.
As you can see, the right side of the phone places the camera shutter button, touchscreen slider lock and the volume/zoom keys.
2 new innovations I like about the 5800.
- Haptic feedback: It feels very different from the other touchscreens I’ve tried. This one doesn’t feel like vibration. It feels more like erm… a 0.5mm nudge.. which feels a lot more solid than the rest. (Edit: The haptic felt like a general one.. not specifically at the spot you touch)
- Touch media bar key: Can you see the bright little logo next to the word “XpressMusic” above the screen? Thats the touch sensitive key. Once touched, the quick access media bar will appear.. (the red vertical bar in the photo) and gives access to Music, Photos, Share Online, Videos and Internet.
I’m sure by now you would have noticed the 4 little photos on the main screen.
You can actually set the photos to display the 4 most frequently contacted person so when you touch on their faces, the call logs, sms history and RSS feeds will be shown respectively in tabs.
The 2 keys at the bottom of the screen are dial pad and phonebook respectively.
Now ready for some videos?
In this post, I will show you guys 2 videos.
Video 1: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic accessing OVI Share Online.
Prefer to watch it on Youtube? Click here.
Video 2: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic playing music.
Prefer to watch it on Youtube? Click here.
What do you think of my preview post?
Do you like how the 5800 looks like?
Leave me a comment to tell me what’s on your mind.
NEXT UP!!! Playing VIDEOS on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen phone.
hey, can you try to play RMVB file? thanks
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 am
@mito, i dont have it with me already.. cant test. sorry
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voon
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November 8th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
@smashpop, how about the GPS.. is build in GPS receiver aslo? and how much is after tax in malaysia??
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Wow!! nice phone indeed. Good features and functions. You had the privilege to try it, so good!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:38 am
@Gabriel Lai, ahah yea. i feel glad too
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Wow.. my finger was aching pressing the fresh key in the last 2 mins of 10 mins
Excellent.. good to see the first nokia touch screen phone.. and you have bet symbian freak and allaboutsymbian to this. wow..
IT has also GPS.. how is it targetted only for youth..
What about gaming options? browing?
Thanks for the early preview buddy
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
@Bim, ahah thanks for staying up for the update.
ill post videos of the accelerobeter and touch based game soon
targeted to youth cos music.. and the very low price of 279euro
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i like the phone. but but..can’t sms while driving worrr..
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:39 am
@annna, haha touchscreens memang cannot lor hehe
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Jason, It has digital QWERTY keyboard as in HTC touch?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 am
@ahmike, yes it has qwerty keyboard, mini keyboard, handwirting and normal phone keypad.. 4 diff ways of input
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Gabriel Lai
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October 3rd, 2008 at 8:23 am
@smashpop, this seems to be very powerful as most phones don’t have 4 input methods
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Aaaah, I want one.
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 am
@Sasimi, ahha buy it when its out
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waaaa nokia is always getting better n better…. i as a sony ericsson user oso ABIT jealous lmao D:
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:41 am
@bryanlyt, ahha no need to be jealous… just get a nokia lor
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Hey Pop, I’m sure you can do a better review than this. More specs, information and opinion. Perhaps in your next post, part 2?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 am
@loonatik, read the last line of my post
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Would you happen to have any pics of the main menu, and also the keyboard for text msg entry?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:42 am
@D, yes will have photos and videos. coming up next.
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[...] Special Preview! Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Touchscreen Share and Enjoy: [...]
Like ahmike, same question… How’s the virtual keyboard?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 am
@Oskar NRK, yes it has qwerty keyboard, mini keyboard, handwirting and normal phone keypad.. 4 diff ways of input.
will show video soon
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Nokia taking too long to produce a touch screen phone. Apple definitely gonna leads. Nice song by the way, WILCO ROCKS! Hahahaha, try Fujiya & Miyagi bro!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 am
@maverick, ahhaa thanks bro
love the music you send me
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[...] 5800 express music phone will be officially announced in a few minutes from now, but Jason from Symbian SmashPop has already published a preview of Nokia’s first touchscreen device. From what we had seen [...]
[...] http://symbian.smashpop.net/special-preview-nokia-5800-xpressmusic-touchscreen [...]
Nice review and one superb music phone , I want it ! Greate price
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:44 am
@Tony, yea i want it too! ill probably buy 2.. since its only 279euro before tax
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open my eyes, open my mind…
wow, first touchscreen symbian phone!
Impressive =)
Must have my first try at it
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 am
@boon kheng, yes buy it too. its very promising. ill buy one myself also when its out
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it is NOT the first nokia touchscreen handset. 7710 was the first full touch interface device
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 am
@nookie, please read again.
i wrote there first nokia symbian touchscreen… not nokia first touchscreen
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ArunKarthik
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
@smashpop, Nope, 7710 was a symbian just series 90. and then there’s nokia 6708 which was bad, but still symbian uiq.
Yes, this is nokia’s first touchscreen phone with s60!
btw great job dude!! 
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You had the goods even when Nokia couldn’t provide them (their Virtual Launch Event isn’t working!)
Great post!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:45 am
@Anthony, thanks mate!
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not bad
cant wait for the review~
is it responsive enough? any lagging?
n how bout the virtual keyboard?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:46 am
@jaych3ong, this is still prototype stage.. so cannot judge yet.
ill post video of the keyboard soon. it has qwerty keyboard, mini keyboard, handwirting and normal phone keypad.. 4 diff ways of input
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Nookie is right, 7710 was the first touchscreen for Nokia. A friend of mine had it, but it was more at the support service then in his hands…
I’m curious for the keyboard
PS: did you hear the price? 279 euros without taxes, in Italy 20%, then 335… I want it!!! Samsung Omnia i900 (with Windows Mobile, that I hate) costs 500 euros!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:47 am
@Oskar NRK, I wrote there first nokia symbian touchscreen. not first nokia touchscreen. do you know that 7710 was not symbian?
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Oskar NRK
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:50 am
@smashpop, I didn’t know, I’m sorry..
PS: thank you for the replies
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Name
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:11 am
@smashpop, The 7710 was based on Symbian OS v7.0s and the Nokia “Series 90″ (S90) 1.0 software/UI platform. And it was actually preceded by the 7700, which was never really for sale anywhere (same Symbian/Series 90).
And the first “Symbian” touch screen device of all time (just before the OS was renamed Symbian) was the Ericsson R380 (circa year 2000):
http://www.gsmarena.com/ericsson_r380-195.php
The first “actual” Symbian based touch screen phone was the Sony Ericsson P800 (Symbian 7.0, UIQ 2.0).
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:30 am
@Name, thats why i wrote there Nokia symbian touchscreen and not sony ericsson symbian touchscreen.
anyways, I made a mistake.
7710 was symbian.. but it was series 90.
So i shall edit my post to First nokia s60 touchscreen phone
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Mmm interesting..is this better than an iPhone?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 1:58 am
@Dario Salvelli, with 3.2mpx carl zeiss auto focus camera, VGA 30fps video recording, loud stereo speakers, video call, bluetooth, MMS… i wouldnt know.
what say you?
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Thanks, by the way, 7710 also Symbian …., first S60 Touch?
Never mind, small matter, the matter is that when it out? Gotham City has it already …
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 am
@mito, anyways, I made a mistake.
7710 was symbian.. but it was series 90.
So i shall edit my post to First nokia s60 touchscreen phone.
thanks for correcting me.
it will be out early january
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ArunKarthik
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 pm
@smashpop, at the nokia conversations site, this is what i found:
“When will the 5800 XpressMusic be shipping in India?”
Before the end of this year, says Jo.
so wouldn’ that mean elsewhere it should release soon or atleast at the same time? i’m from india btw!
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smashpop
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October 4th, 2008 at 10:56 am
@ArunKarthik, according to Nokia Malaysia, it will only be available in the market very very early january
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its in grey, blue and red.
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
@gitm, yup. updated
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It’s a baby iPhone killer..
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
@kinz, totally agree
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gonna be sweet!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:10 am
@KY, agree
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wow…come with grey as well…cool
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Great job brother! One day alone you drove thousands of traffics.. looking for more great posts!
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Hey, looks pretty nice, especially for a mass market device, it should do quite well and seems to be very reasonably priced too.
I would have liked to see it a little thinner and if they made the screen AMOLED that would have been an absolute killer, OK perhaps they’ll save that for the N Series full touch!!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:57 pm
@Mark, then it wouldnt be mid range and the price will not be 279 anymore
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Mark
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:08 pm
@smashpop, definitely true! Although I’m sure they’ll add an extra $100 to the price by the time it reaches Australia, as is always the case, these companies seem to think we have too much cash here!
Looking forward to more full touch devices from Nokia, hopefully its a sign of things to come.
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:16 pm
@Mark, ahah serious? thats very bad! well we r all now looking forward to the nseries touchscreen but in the meantime ill play with this first ahah
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Looks really promising so far, and congrats on beating all the major sites to get the first ‘review’
I might eventually skip this phone and wait for their next touch phone to be released. I’m guessing this one will have a few flaws in one way or another since it’s their first shot at this specific market. I’m guessing an N Series phone will be announced in a not so distant future, I might hit that one instead.
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 pm
@Daniel, ill buy both. lol
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Daniel
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:00 pm
@smashpop, Why am I not even surprised
Btw., what plugin are you using for this reply feature in the comments? It’s awesome, and I’d really love to have it on my own weblog
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:15 pm
@Daniel, its called wordpress threaded comment
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Daniel
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October 3rd, 2008 at 4:21 pm
@smashpop, Cheers mate
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i recognize the red side bar! isnt this the phone that took out the building in dark knight?
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 pm
@crazeemunky, yes its the phone batman used in the dark knight
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Really impressive photos, best I’ve seen on the web thus far, to be honest.
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
@genXhippie, thanks mate. next update will have more photos and videos of 5800 accelrometer game
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Will it be full of your finger prints just like N78???
Is it WIFI enabled??
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 8:05 pm
@I lve this phone, yes fingerprints all over.
yes wifi. i wrote there already. please read
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the haptics, the touch screen. thats the Only thing that might be a bit IFFY… if its usable and not a tedious job, then this phone will be mine! just tell me how hard do we have to press the screen using fingers, and what about scratches on the display? that would suck!
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smashpop
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October 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 pm
@ArunKarthik, you dont have to press hard. just a light tap will do.
scratches? get a screen protector… but dont worry cos the 5800 comes with a wonderful case
http://symbian.smashpop.net/nokia-5800-xpressmusic-gaming-casing
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ArunKarthik
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October 4th, 2008 at 1:58 am
@smashpop, wow if its that simple then it’d be awesome! would the t9 input work well? i’m a big t9 junkie and one main reason why i’m gettin this phone is because of that! even with touch screen, would it be fast enough? and by fast i mean really really fast!!
and also, is there any vibra-response when the screen is touched?
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smashpop
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October 4th, 2008 at 10:57 am
@ArunKarthik, hi yes. even if T9 is fast.. will you be fast enough? its not the same typing t9 on a flat surface you know?
and please read my post again on “2 new innovations I like about the 5800.”
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ArunKarthik
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October 4th, 2008 at 11:55 am
@smashpop, wow fast reply! today’s my bday and i was hopin to buy this today itself lol! anyway yeah will have to wait! But thanks a lot for all the replies dude you rock!
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Hi,
you could insert some photos to know the quality of the camera?
thanks
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smashpop
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October 4th, 2008 at 10:59 am
@tatotk, i will. check out my blog daily. Currently im posting 5800: Gaming.
Next up is 5800 input methods.
So eventually photo samples will be up
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Yo lo quiero y a la espera que ENTEL PCS lo traiga a chile…
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Nice post.
Perfect phone with amazing price. Definitely my next phone.
Where the stereo speakers located? I can’t find them in any picture.
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smashpop
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October 4th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
@mirror, its at the bottom. watch out for my upcoming post. ill show the speakers in video
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You lucky bastard!
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smashpop
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October 4th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
@rodak69, lol
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yo pop! when will they realease n85??
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smashpop
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October 6th, 2008 at 1:07 am
@Alex, in few weeks time will start shipping
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Alex
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October 6th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
@smashpop, i heard the price is around rm2100-rm2500 izzit right??
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smashpop
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October 6th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
@Alex, nope. its 279 euro. go calculate.
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Alex
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October 6th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
@smashpop, so the price is around 1341…. i thought 2.1k-2.5k LOL
DUDE u ROXX!!!!
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lucky fella!
thickness is like n73? from the photos.. and ur hand.. i am guessing its around n73’s thickness…
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smashpop
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October 6th, 2008 at 11:23 am
@Seaedge, yea around there
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Hi smashpop,
I’m most interested about the effectiveness of its HAPTICS because of the absence of physical keys. Is it the whole device that vibrates or just the screen? And what makes it different from other devices that also employs haptics?
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smashpop
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October 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
@BoyBawang, the whole phone vibrates. not as expected huh… well the better haptics might be implemented in upcoming touch devices
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any idea about the launch dates in india??
price is expected to be around 18-20k
im just waiting for the phone to launch . cause im goin to buy it on day 1.
the minute i saw the launch of the phone on oct 2nd i made up my mind that i was goin to get it.. ever since i`ve been waiting for the phone(not been too long tho :-P)
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smashpop
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October 9th, 2008 at 10:40 am
@cbarai, see this
http://symbian.smashpop.net/nokia-5800-release-date-for-7-countries
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cbarai
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October 9th, 2008 at 6:34 pm
@smashpop,
yes i saw that post but it doesnt metion dates. just an approximate time frame.
i was looking for more specific dates like we had for the uk (16th october– before it got pushed to Q1 09)
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Please tell me what is the music of background of this video:
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Maps?
Thanks:).
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smashpop
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October 12th, 2008 at 12:52 am
@acid255, Tonight by Lykke Li
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planning to get this phone soon as the price does not exceed MYR1.5K
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smashpop
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October 13th, 2008 at 11:20 am
@neo_sharky, don worry. im sure ull get it then
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This is better than 5800?
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/008/10/nseries_flagship_touch_to_be_released_sooner_than_expected.htm
as it is a Nseries i suppose
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smashpop
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October 13th, 2008 at 11:20 am
@Nseries freak, no comment yet
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Is the 5800 rsap enabled? (remote SIM application protocol)
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wat s d indian price of nokia 5800??
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smashpop
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October 15th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
@arthy, its 279 euro without tax.. so you calculate according to the exchange rate ok? im nto quite sure about that
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Well i heared all the goodies about this phone and am lookin forward to get it. but before that i would like to know some flaws of it during your experience with this phone..
thanx.
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..and would also like to know the nearest contender of the phone if we keep the price aside.
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omg thats one omfg phone i wanna get!
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Hi, Smashpop…Will u pls tell me whether the touch screen is scratch proof or not??I’ve used Sony Ericsson W 960i and it makes scratches over the screen… I dont want to make another mistake …Thats y i’m asking u in advance.. Pls Clarify …
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