Just in case the title didn’t give it away, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia’s eagerly awaited first full touchscreen phone, has launched at long last and is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk. The 5800, formerly known as the Tube, was first spotted early last year and even made a cameo in the recent Batman film The Dark Knight before it had even been officially announced which surely got people chomping at the bit to get their hands on it. Well finally the wait is over; the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now in stock at Mobiles.co.uk and available on O2, Orange and T-Mobile with a range of fantastic deals. But why should you care? What’s so special about the 5800? Well it does feel like it’s been in production for an eternity so lets refresh our memories and remind ourselves why the Nokia 5800 is such an exciting new phone. The Nokia 5800 is Nokia’s first full touchscreen mobile phone (yes we do know they make touchscreen internet tablets and no we don’t count them as proper phones). As such, there was a lot riding on the user experience of the 3.2 inch TFT touchscreen but thankfully it exceeds expectations. The touchscreen is responsive and tactile enough to keep up with even the fastest of fingers but forgiving enough for those who are taking their first steps into the touchscreen world. Of course in 2009, a phone has to try a little harder to get our attention and luckily the 5800 has enough under its bonnet to mix it with the big boys. The 5800 XpressMusic takes itself seriously as an internet device (possibly drawing from the internet tablet heritage) thanks to HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity putting high speed web browsing at your finger tips. Couple this with an impressive web browser and the excellent display (with built in accelerometer for rotating the screen) and you’ve got yourself one powerful internet device. Elsewhere, the 5800 supports numerous music and video file formats and comes bundled with an 8GB memory card giving you somewhere to store 1000’s of tracks and hours of video. And if photography is your thing, the 5800 features a 3.2 Megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens, Autofocus and digital zoom plus video capture at 30 frames per second. And finally for those of you who like to get out and about, the 5800 has a built in GPS receiver with Nokia Maps pre-installed. Have i forgotten anything? Probably. The 5800 is packed full of top of the range features which firmly cement it as one of the phones of 2009 and definite contender for best touchscreen mobile phone. In stock now and available on O2, Orange and T-Mobile, click here to check out the latest offers and get yours first!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Nokia E72 Coming Soon!

For veterans of this Blog, you’ll know that we made no secret of our love for the Nokia E71. It really is hard to describe how good it feels in your hand with the kind of high quality materials that would feel right at home in a Vertu handset but thankfully without the price tag and with a spec list that’s just as impressive. In short, we loved the E71. But, the mobile phone industry is ever changing and manufacturers cannot sit and dwell on the successes of the past but must always look ahead to the future. So, what do fans of the original have to look forward to? Why its successor, the Nokia E72 of course!

In terms of dimensions, the two phones are almost identical, with this latest incarnation coming in marginally longer and a mere 1g heavier but it’s what they managed to pack into that extra gramme that’s most impressive. More on that in a moment, first, just take a look at the phone. Ordinarily it’s hard for a phone with a full QWERTY keyboard to look good but the E72 looks brilliant! Decked out in high quality materials with a nice ridged metallic black and highly polished black plastic face, the E72 has a more rounded finish which gives it a more universally appealing design. The keyboard has also grown in size to improve usability. As Apple have proved, the combination of high quality black plastics and shiny silvery metals goes together like cheese on toast and the E72 certainly has a certain iPhone flavour too it.

Away from its good looks, the E72 provides the perfect balance of work and play. For the business minded, the E72 will again offer true push email letting you send and receive emails from up to 10 different accounts and supporting Microsoft Mail for exchange. To compliment the impressive email capabilities, the E72 also features a document editor, letting users edit Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files directly on the phone before attaching and emailing them. The processor receives a healthy boost up to 600 MHz (compared to 369 MHz found in the E71) and the HSDPA connectivity will now max out at 10.2 Mbps. Wi-Fi connectivity is also included as is built in GPS, a digital compass and Nokia Maps pre-installed. And of course, the E72 runs on the Symbian platform meaning you can customise it 6 ways from sunday through services such as the Nokia Ovi store.

Now onto the fun bits; the E72 features the most powerful camera ever found in an Eseries device with an impressive 5.0 Megapixels on tap. Autofocus and an LED flash are also included and the E72 will also shoot video and features a front facing camera for all your video calling needs. The multimedia player is joined by a 3.5mm jack meaning you can bring your own personal headphones along for the ride and with hot swappable memory up to 16GB, you should have more than enough space for music and movies.

In case you can’t tell (i’m hiding it well), we’re really excited about the Nokia E72. If it can capture the magic of the E71 and bring enough new goodies to the table, the E72 will definitely be one to look out for. Click here to register for updates and we’ll let you know as soon as it’s available to order.

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