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It looks like Nokia is following the age old saying ‘strike when the iron is hot’. Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic is doing well in the market but to earn a few more moolahs off their hot selling phone, they have launched a Star Trek edition 5800XM in UK. Unfortunately, you won’t get any features like you [...]

 
What?! Really? Taiwanese component suppliers are feeding us with some Nokia news that we really want to hear. They are claiming that Nokia is planning to replace 5800XM’s resistive touchscreen display with a capacitive one. Why? But of course, to compete with the touchscreen offerings from Apple, LG, Samsung and others.
The suppliers point [...]

 
The Nokia Beta Labs has churned out another useful product albeit it’s only for 5800 XpressMusic owners or any other phones running S60 v5. The Nokia Photo Browser enables a user to view the gallery in 3D (its interface is akin to PicLens). However, its not the 3D thing to boast about but two noteworthy [...]

 
Nokia 5800XM users can hook their phone right away with NSU to make their good phone better. Nokia has released a software update that promises to improve performance as well as add new functionalities. To name a few, the upgrade gives faster data download speed, integrated dictionary, enhanced email etc.
List of added features and [...]

 
Nokia USA has confirmed that they have now fixed the 3G issue that was present in the NAM variant of 5800 XpressMusic phone. A firmware update will bring the phone to function as intended. An updated 5800XM will soon start retailing at Nokia stores while others who have already received the device can contact Nokia [...]

 
With the multitouch patent very much in Apple’s hands, most of the companies have stayed away to integrate multitouch in their phones. This has led developers to take the task in their own hands. Jamie Fuller, an S60 developer has announced his new project of bringing multitouch to Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic phone. His proof of [...]

 
This is not Nokia would have expected but after a mild launch of 5800 XpressMusic, the phone has been pulled off from Nokia flagship store because of the issues reported earlier, specifically the US pertinent problem of 3G. Currently, Nokia is taking the contact details of all the interested 5800 customers.
[Via Gizmodo]

 
Nokia is finally shipping the 5800 XpressMusic phone in the US for $399 excluding taxes. However, if you’re planning to get one, we suggest you to hold your excitement for a few weeks because the NAM variant is reported to have problems with 3G support for US operators. The problem has not been identified by [...]

 
When Chinese can make a concept phone to reality, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. The latest addition to the perfectly cloned masterpiece is PK Nokia 5800 which is the obvious rip-off of Nokia 5800XM. If the cheap price tag, dual SIM card and coolness that matches Nokia are the things you dig for, this [...]

 
Nokia’s 5800 XpressMusic has been doing well in most of the markets and India is no exception. Launched on Jan 4, according to Nokia channel partners, 58,000 units of 5800XM (58k for 5800, coincidence?!) have been sold within three weeks of its launch. But does the phone’s success got to do with the features alone? [...]

 
Nokia has announced that they have shipped more than 1 million units of its touchscreen enabled 5800 XpressMusic phone. Now there’s every reason for Nokia to be excited since 5800 is a serious touchscreen attempt from them. Right price, decent looks, powerpacked features and of course, proper marketing contributed to garner consumer interest.
Press Release

 
Nokia announced the availability of new firmware of three devices – E71, 5800 XpressMusic and N96. The E71 software now moves to v200.21.118 and includes lots of changes.
Changelog from NokiaAddict:
- Internet Radio application
- My Nokia application
- 3G power reduction for applications using keep-alive style messaging
- User experience improvements:
- Easy Dialing support for Simplified Chinese [...]

 
Nokia’s ‘Touch’ 5800 XpressMusic phone has reached the Indian shores and is available at all Nokia outlets. The phone is priced at a competitive Rs. 19,999 which makes it a worthy contender to snag some share off the music phone market. Here’s a rerun of the specs – 5800 XpressMusic features a large 3.2-inch touchscreen [...]

 
Nokia India today revealed the price as well as the launch month of its 5800 XpressMusic phone ending much of the speculation. The 5800 touted as the ‘first mass-market device with a touchscreen’ will hit the retail shelves in January next year for Rs. 21,839 ($439).
Nokia also announced the launch of the Music Store. [...]

 
Nokia finally took off the covers from its touch screen phone, 5800 XpressMusic. The phone better known as Tube is the first to run on Symbian’s Series 60 5th Edition OS. We would refrain it to compare it with iPhone but LG’s KP500 could be its next best competitor in terms of price.
The phone [...]