Although Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic hasn't yet hit the PC Magazine Labs for full testing, I was able to spend a little time tinkering with the device. The time I had with it left me asking one big question: "Why, Nokia, why?" Casting aside some of its greatest strengths in favor of a trendy touch screen, the 5800 XPressMusic comes off as a buggy iPhone imitation, rather than a triumph from the world's number-one cell-phone maker. And that's a pity, because Nokia's "Comes With Music" program, which offers a year's worth of free music downloads for your 5800, could truly rock the mobile world.
Let me bracket my criticism with some disclaimers. I spent a few days with a pre-release, non-U.S. model of the 5800. I expect (or at least hope) that Nokia will fix many of the bugs I saw before the 5800's release Stateside early next year. And U.S. versions of phones typically look quite a bit different from their overseas counterparts, software-wise.
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Still, the 5800 offers some frustrating text-entry options. If you want a large-enough, finger-friendly keyboard, it takes over the whole screen and you lose what you're looking at. Otherwise you need to use the handwriting recognizer or pull out a stylus (there's one onboard) and use the smaller keyboard.
My 5800's instant-messaging program didn't work. And the phone is missing some applications I like on Nokia's N-series and E-series phones, including the QuickOffice Microsoft Office document reader and Nokia's Microsoft Exchange mail connector, the latter of which wouldn't install. Again, I imagine these problems will be straightened out before the phone is launched.
Nokia makes excellent phones by leading the way. The company's Nseries media phones, like the N82 and the N95 8GB typically top our cameraphone charts, the E71 puts a keyboard into a uniquely elegant form factor and some Nokia feature phones, such as the 5310, really stand out. But, while it is an early model, the 5800 still feels like a panicked reaction to the iPhone. A year of free music may very well vault this handset to success, but the phone I saw still has a way to go.
Although Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic hasn't yet hit the PC Magazine Labs for full testing, I was able to spend a little time tinkering with the device. The time I had with it left me asking one big question: \"Why, Nokia, why?\" Casting aside some of its greatest strengths in favor of a trendy touch screen, the 5800 XPressMusic comes off as a buggy iPhone imitation, rather than a triumph from the world's number-one cell-phone maker. And that's a pity, because Nokia's \"Comes With Music\" program, which offers a year's worth of free music downloads for your 5800, could truly rock the mobile world.
The 3.85-ounce 5800 definitely looks like your typical Nokia, with its narrow candybar-style body (4.4 by 2 by .6 inches—HWD). The front of the phone is dominated by a huge 3.2-inch, 640-by-360-pixel touch screen. There's a tiny self-portrait camera above the LCD, along with a quick-action button that pops up a menu of the most-frequently used applications. Below the screen, are Select, Pick Up, and End Call buttons. On the back of the phone is a 3.2-megapixel camera with an LED flash. On the side are volume and camera controls, a lock switch, and a MicroSD card slot.
The U.S. version of the phone will support 850/1900 HSDPA, quad-band EDGE (3G on AT&T and 2G on T-Mobile), and Wi-Fi. Calls sounded fine on the 5800, and the handset connected to both 3.5-mm wired and mono and stereo Bluetooth headsets without problems. The speakerphone was nice and loud without any distortion. Like on most Nokia phones, the voice dialing is mediocre—it's less accurate than the popular Nuance suite you see on many other phones. A cool feature: You can put photos of four of your favorite contacts on the home screen for easy dialing.
Unfortunately, in its first touch-screen handset, Nokia didn't get a lot right. If you have a touch screen–only device, your navigation gestures (swiping, zooming, and dragging) need to work perfectly. Some touch-screen gadgets hedge their bets by including a track-ball or cursor pad. Nokia puts all its chips on the 5800's touch screen, and it's a bad bet.
I couldn't test the \"Comes with Music\" program, which will surely be the 5800's most compelling feature. In some countries, the phone will be sold with unlimited music downloads for a year—and you can keep the music files forever. While this offering is certainly compelling and aims directly at Apple, Nokia couldn't confirm that this feature will be included in U.S. handsets.
I tried to sync the 5800 with my Windows Vista PC, but Nokia's PC Suite wouldn't recognize it—likely because the phone hasn't been released yet. I was able to drag and drop songs and videos onto the included 8GB MicroSD card, however. (There's also 86MB of memory on board—mostly for apps and photos.) My test handset stalled while trying to absorb 900 songs into its library, and I had to reboot. After that, it was fine. But dragging and dropping—or, for that matter, using Nokia PC Suite—is clumsier than Apple's smooth iPhone/iTunes integration. Both MP4 and WMV videos looked and sounded great on the wide 640-by-360 display.
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, codenamed "Tube" (as it is more formerly known) is designed for two things - music and video - and I'll save you the bother of drawing this out by saying simply... yes, in not just my experience, it is better than the iPhone.
So, I ripped an MP3 from a CD at the highest bitrate and the best quality possible and transferred it to the memory card on both the 5800 and the iPhone. I even set the equaliser the same on both and configured the settings as identically as I could.
The Nokia 5800 has everything the iPhone has, including the more important to a student wireless capability. Almost every university campus has wifi, but not every (including ours on all but one network) is 3G enabled. It makes a difference especially when you're living on a budget.
I got a Nokia 5800 Xpress Music at the launch in Bonifacio High Street last January 10, 2009 (Saturday, which coincidentally was my birthday). I was there as early as 8AM so I was included in the first 58 and received the free SennHeiser headset. The unit was a red one version 11 firmware.
Such prolific availability at UK launch indicates that the 5800 XpressMusic is something of an attention seeker. It is, after all, the first appearance of S60 5th edition, which, vitally, supports touch control. That might be enough to make you want to rush out and buy this handset, but hold your horses. I see this phone as a competent first attempt rather than an all out iPhone killer. 0852c4b9a8
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