In an attempt to turn their back to a financially unfavorable year, Nokia announced that their first mass market touchscreen handset 5800 XpressMusic is getting a really warm welcome at its launch n the UK, but even more it coincides with the first million of units sold.

Currently, the most popular phone in our database, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic may be getting a a hearty welcome in the UK where it costs only 249 GBP (around 265 euro) but in the other European countries its price tag is way different closing 400 euro.

If somehow you happened to miss our Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review, here’s a direct link to it.

2008, October
Status:     Coming soon. Exp. release 2008, 4Q
Size   &  Dimensions:

111 x 51.7 x 15.5 mm, 83 cc
Weight     109 g
Display  Type

TFT touchscreen, 16M colors
Size     360 x 640 pixels, 3.2 inches

• Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
• Handwriting recognition

Ringtones     Type     Polyphonic (64 channels), MP3
Customization     Download
Vibration     Yes
- Stereo speakers

Memory

Phonebook:     Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records:     Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot:     microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 8GB included

• 81 MB internal memory
• 128 MB SDRAM memory
• ARM 11 369 MHz CPU

Data

GPRS     Class 32
HSCSD     Yes
EDGE     Class 32
3G     HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN     Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology
Bluetooth     Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port     No
USB     Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features     OS     Symbian OS v9.4, Series 60 rel. 5
Messaging     SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser     WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Games     Yes + Java downloadable
Colors     Black, Red, Blue
Camera     3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, video(VGA@30fps), flash; secondary videocall camera

Other Functions

• Built-in GPS receiver
• A-GPS support
• Nokia Maps 2.0 Touch
• Java MIDP 2.0
• MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
• MPEG4/WMV/3gp video player
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• TV out
• 3.5 mm audio output jack
• Voice command/dial
• Document viewer
• T9
• Photo editor
• Built-in handsfree

Battery

Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh(BL-5J)
Stand-by     Up to 406 h
Talk time     Up to 8 h 45 min

Nokia as expected today announced the first S60 smartphone with Touch Screen.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (and not XpressMedia) aka Tube is finally a reality.
In the same Nokia Remix event in London UK that Nokia announced Comes with Music service and Symbian S60 5th edition Nokia also announced the first device based on S60 5th edition and that is no other than the long rumored, long awaited Nokia Tube.

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic smartphone belongs in the midrange category but once you see the specs you will realize that Nokia sets very high standards for this product and what Nokia describes as midrange surely blows away most of its High-end competitors.

Nokia 5800 Tube Review Videos