Thursday, January 29, 2009

Nokia's First Touchscreen Phone Hits The UK


Nokia's first touchscreen phone, the 5800 XpressMusic, has hit the UK on the back of 1 million unit sales elsewhere in the world.More than 100 eager fans queued outside Nokia's flagship store in Regent St, London for what Nokia billed as its "first mass market touchscreen device".
The phone was launched in October 2008, including Moscow and Hong Kong where, according to marketing spiel, it sold out 'within hours'. The 5800 sports a 3.2in widescreen display for displaying photos and Web content and can playback and record video at 30 frames-per-second (fps).

It comes with a healthy 8GB of onboard memory which can hold around 6,000 tracks, supports most major audio formats, has an FM radio and a 3.5mm jack. A Media Bar allows simple tocuh access to the main features, one-touch access to the Net and a contacts bar where you can highlight your 4 main contacts and get quick access to all of their emails, texts and calls.

It features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, for all you Web socialites, the ability to upload videos and photos to key social networking sites and YouTube with a single click.

Available free through many networks with a contract it will cost around £230-250 SIM-free.