Nokia 5800 XpressMusic hits shelves in the United States
Written by Nokia
Friday, 27 February 2009
The latest in Nokia's XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
delivers an affordable music device with a touch screen interface to
the mass market.
Ever-popular device now available optimized for North American market
White Plains, NY, USA - Nokia announced today that the highly
anticipated Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available in the United
States. The latest in Nokia's XpressMusic range, the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic delivers an affordable music device with a touch screen
interface to the mass market.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials including a
graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks and support for all
main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack. Built-in surround sound
stereo speakers offer a powerful sound.
"When it comes to music phones, people all over the world want a device
that is a great music experience and still works really well as a mobile phone,
without sacrificing features," said Ian Laing, Vice President, North
America Sales, Nokia. "The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic delivers on this and
has clearly proven to be a device that consumers are clamoring for -
selling more than one million worldwide since its introduction a few
months ago."
Making the most of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
delivers easy and fast access to all music, video and photos through a
one-touch 'Media Bar' drop down menu. The Media Bar also offers a
direct link to the Web and to online sharing. Because the Nokia 5800
XpressMusic supports Flash content, individuals can surf even more of
the web.
The innovative 'Contacts Bar' lets people highlight four favorite
contacts on their home-screen and, through a single touch, track a
digital history of recent text messages, emails, phone logs, photos and
blog updates.
Among the highest screen resolution available on a mobile
phone, the 3.2" widescreen display brings photos, video clips and web
content to life in vibrant color and true clarity. With a 16 by 9
aspect ratio and 30 frames-per-second playback and recording, the
device is ideal for VGA quality video recording and playback. The
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic also features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl
Zeiss lens. With a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a
favorite online community, such as Ovi Share, Flickr, or Facebook.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers a variety of input methods including
a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a virtual computer-style QWERTY
keyboard, a pen stylus -- and for true music enthusiasts, you can even
use a guitar pick.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will be available for approximately 399 USD
before taxes and subsidies in the U.S. through Nokia Flagship stores in
New York and Chicago, nokiausa.com and independent retailers and
e-tailers. For a limited time, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic will also
come with a 50 USD voucher for Amazon Video on Demand which allows you
to download thousands of movies or TV titles as well as one month of
free turn-by-turn voice guided navigation through Ovi Maps.
* Capacity based on 3 minutes, 45 seconds per song with 48 Kbps eAAC+ (M4A) encoding on the Nokia Music Manager.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobility, driving the transformation and
growth of the converging Internet and communications industries. We
make a wide range of mobile devices with services and software that
enable people to experience music, navigation, video, television,
imaging, games, business
mobility and more. Developing and growing our offering of consumer
Internet services, as well as our enterprise solutions and software, is
a key area of focus. We also provide equipment, solutions and services
for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
The first S60 5th Edition based device - the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.
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